Interesting...

[Piscis]

 

[18IsTheMan]

lol, poetic. exactly .500

 

[Piscis]

It looks like the averages are pretty spot on when you think about the public perception of the football programs. Historically, we are equals with Baylor, Cal, Duke, Illinois, Minnesota, MSSt, Purdue, Rutgers, SMU and UVA.

 

[kidrobinski]

Why not us? Because we’re not a blue blood that’s why; the list speaks volumes, yes.

Legacy, cool points with peers, favoritism from officials and conferences, and now donors; that’s a tough hill to climb.

 

[gamecock stock]

I count 11 schools that average more than 2 wins over us. I thought there would have been more. So, I'm pleasantly surprised.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

Why do we average a 10 game season while others average 11?

 

[nlstanford]

Why do we average a 10 game season while others average 11?

Post season play & conference championships maybe?

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

Post season play & conference championships maybe?

Teams AVERAGE conference championships? That can't be.

 

[Lurker123]

Teams AVERAGE conference championships? That can't be.

No, not average championships, but the additional bowl games and championships could be why the other teams have more games per season over time.

I also assumed there was some questionable rounding going on, to give some teams only 10 games a year.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

No, not average championships, but the additional bowl games and championships could be why the other teams have more games per season over time.

I also assumed there was some questionable rounding going on, to give some teams only 10 games a year.

I assume, like most of these things, it's meaningless.

 

[SouthernBelly]

Why do we average a 10 game season while others average 11?

Scheduling formats and requirements have different significantly over this time frame.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

Scheduling formats and requirements have different significantly over this time frame.

That would be true for everyone.

 

[Lurker123]

That would be true for everyone.

Bad rounding?

 

[SouthernBelly]

That would be true for everyone.

Yes. That is why there are so many varying averages.

 

[Uscg1984]

Also, pre-1950 or so, there was a lot of variance in the number of games each team played each season. SC wasn't regularly playing 10+ games a year until around the middle of the 20th Century. I'm sure some programs were playing that many games every season a lot earlier.

 

[Freddie.B.Cocky]

I wonder what NDs would be?

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

Yes. That is why there are so many varying averages.

So you're saying that something that is the same for everyone explains the variance?

 

[Piscis]

Also, pre-1950 or so, there was a lot of variance in the number of games each team played each season. SC wasn't regularly playing 10+ games a year until around the middle of the 20th Century. I'm sure some programs were playing that many games every season a lot earlier.

In 1955, SC played 9 games. In 1965, SC played 10 games. 11 game schedules didn't really become the norm until around 1970. From 1925 until 1970, football seasons were generally 8 to 10 games.

 

[SouthernBelly]

So you're saying that something that is the same for everyone explains the variance?

See the posts from Uscg1984 & Piscis today, they explained what I was referring to