SEC Reading Amusement

[tbaydog]

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150522/article/150529903?p=1&tc=pg

 

[patdog]

Ironic that in his article about inflated fan expectations, even his "reality" predictions are inflated. He predicts the SEC to win 118 regular season games this fall. There are only 112 games scheduled.

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

Ironic that in his article about inflated fan expectations, even his "reality" predictions are inflated. He predicts the SEC to win 118 regular season games this fall. There are only 112 games scheduled.

14 teams x 12 games each = 168 games

 

[HD6]

His Final West Standings.....

Alabama 11-1

Auburn 11-1

LSU 10-2

Ole Miss 9-3

MSU 9-3

Texas A&M 8-4

Arkansas 8-4

Somebody with more smarts than me, is that mathematically possible?

 

[uptowndawg]

Nope.

7x8= 56 conference games
14x4 = 56 non conference games.

Don't count the conference games twice. Vandy vs. Kentucky is 1 game, not 2.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Nope, not possible.

If the SEC west went undefeated against everyone but each other, they would total 21 losses. He has the total at 18.

 

[uptowndawg]

It's not. For West teams to all have the highest possible record then they would have to win all non conference and non division games. To get the math to work with that assumption, subtract 6 from the win column to give you each teams division record. If their combined division record isn't .500 then it's not possible.

In this case he assumes division records to be:

5-1
5-1
4-2
3-3
2-4
2-4
--------
Total = 24-18

I don't think he put much thought into the math.

 

[57stratdawg]

Well, lets just take 3 wins from OM and call it a day.

AMIRITE?!?!

 

[jakldawg]

VANDERBILT

Fan expectation: The symbol for pi.

Why didn't he just say "pi" ?
Or go with 3.14159 and forget about who doesn't get it.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

SEC West wins count two I guess.

I really think this year is going to be a jumbled mess in the West. Everyone has some strong points, everyone has some gaps.

I keep trying to harness my expectations for MSU but I also remember some past SEC teams that really over achieved when they had a talented Senior QB.

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

There are 168 games. But only 112 possible wins.

My problem was not getting the context he was meaning. All I read was "there's only 112 games scheduled". That's not true. Vandy vs. Kentucky is 1 game to KY AND 1 game to VU. But obviously there can be only 1 win in that game. At the end of the year when you add up all the W/L records for SEC teams, it will total 168.

7x8= 56 conference games
14x4 = 56 non conference games.

Don't count the conference games twice. Vandy vs. Kentucky is 1 game, not 2.

 

[patdog]

No. There are only 112 GAMES. A game requires two teams. There will be 112 winners and 112 losers. Vandy vs. Kentucky is ONE GAME.

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

No. There are only 112 GAMES. A game requires two teams. There will be 112 winners and 112 losers. Vandy vs. Kentucky is ONE GAME.

I understand your point. I'm sorry you can't understand mine.

 

[Dawgzilla]

All of you are missing the point. These are not the authors predicted number of wins for each team, they are what he considers a realistic over/under on number of wins. Some teams will be over, some teams will be under. He is not saying that each team will hit that number of wins on the nose.