2018 SOS

[ricko6543211]

Per ESPN FPI:
1 UCLA
2 FSU
3 Pitt
4 Northwestern
5 LSU
6 Texas
7 Purdue
8 Michigan
9 Oregon St
10 WV

http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings/_/sort/sosRemainingRank/order/false

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

Per ESPN FPI:
1 UCLA
2 FSU
3 Pitt
4 Northwestern
5 LSU
6 Texas
7 Purdue
8 Michigan
9 Oregon St
10 LSU

http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings/_/sort/sosRemainingRank/order/false

Preseason strength of schedule exercises are pretty much the epitome of a fool's errand.

 

[LACatFan]

Fixed it for you....

1 UCLA
2 FSU
3 Pitt
4 Northwestern
5 LSU
6 Texas
7 Purdue
8 Michigan
9 Oregon St
10 West Virginia

And Alabama at #30? What a joke. On the rest of the Power Five.

 

[ricko6543211]

Preseason strength of schedule exercises are pretty much the epitome of a fool's errand.

Ummm, well I think we have a more difficult schedule than normal. I suppose that could change, but I'd be quite surprised if it ends up being a relatively easy one.

 

[EvanstonCat]

Ummm, well I think we have a more difficult schedule than normal. I suppose that could change, but I'd be quite surprised if it ends up being a relatively easy one.

Getting GCG (as well as many others on this board) to have an appreciation for probabilities is a fool's errand. Just look at the recruiting rankings and ratings debate.

 

[BosCat]

I know Clayton's status is in doubt, but it's a bit early to send up an SOS for 2018.

 

[NJCat]

I know Clayton's status is in doubt, but it's a bit early to send up an SOS for 2018.

How does SOS depend on Clayton's health? It's all about how good the other teams are.

 

[JJTBC]

How does SOS depend on Clayton's health? It's all about how good the other teams are.

Wow, that joke flew over your head. I’d be really embarrassed if I were you.

 

[NJCat]

Wow, that joke flew over your head. I’d be really embarrassed if I were you.

I'm embarrassed every day of my life.....

 

[ChappyCat]

I think we can all agree that a team’s strength of schedule is very fluid as we go through the season but it can easily be said that the teams we are looking at will be very good- Purdue and Duke could be under the radar good; Michigan and Michigan State back to back, especially MSU in EL; Nebby for HC helps but it’s likely that Frost’s team will have a good offense going against what appears to be a suspect secondary for us; then the TOUGHEST stretch of four straight weeks of Wisky, Notre Dame, and on the road at Iowa (I am guessing a night game), and a possible road trap at Minnesota, though each team is playing before their most bitter rival.

But it’s all about going “1-0 each week”, right?
Nontheless fun to talk about in the doldrums of the pre-camp months.

Go ‘Cats!

 

[EvanstonCat]

I'm embarrassed every day of my life.....

Well, you know what they say, "Knowing is half the battle!"

YO JOE

 

[Wrestlerneverdiesasacatfan]

Per ESPN FPI:
1 UCLA
2 FSU
3 Pitt
4 Northwestern
5 LSU
6 Texas
7 Purdue
8 Michigan
9 Oregon St
10 WV

http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings/_/sort/sosRemainingRank/order/false

Dang tough schedule. I'd be happy with 11-2 or 12-1. Heck,I'd even take 10-3! Whatcha think?

 

[Gladeskat]

Getting GCG (as well as many others on this board) to have an appreciation for probabilities is a fool's errand. Just look at the recruiting rankings and ratings debate.

To have an appreciation for underlying assumptions, variability, and R^2 apparently is still a challenge for you.

 

[JJTBC]

Preseason strength of schedule exercises are pretty much the epitome of a fool's errand.

Yeah, nobody talk about anything Gocatsgo doesn’t want to.

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

Yeah, nobody talk about anything Gocatsgo doesn’t want to.

Where exactly did I say not to talk about it? Have at it. I just said that I think they're a fool's errand.

 

[Deeringfish]

Where exactly did I say not to talk about it? Have at it. I just said that I think they're a fool's errand.

Yes so if we talk about it, you judge us to be fools.

 

[pawildcat_rivals209725]

I'll leave the probability thing to others but I don't think it's going out on a limb to say that it's going to be a tough schedule if you play nine B1G teams plus Notre Dame and an improved Duke team.

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

Yes so if we talk about it, you judge us to be fools.

Basically.

 

[Deeringfish]

Basically.

Nice

 

[SmellyCat]

Just nine weeks away...

 

[zeek55]

It's a hard schedule to judge in some sense given the year-to-year variation in team strength that occurs naturally in this sport.

There's no Ohio State or Penn State in the crossovers, but there is Michigan and Michigan State. Notre Dame, Duke, and Akron is a tough non-conference schedule on paper.


Best comparison is probably 2015 where we went 10-3 against a schedule that included: #3 Stanford (12-2), Duke (8-5), Eastern Illinois (7-5), and Ball State (3-9) as the non-conference schedule with Michigan and Penn State as the crossover games.

Our division should shake out pretty similarly to that year if you swap Iowa with Wisconsin and assume Minnesota/Nebraska are probably a bit better than they were that year with Purdue being much improved over 2015.

Of course, we didn't know how good Stanford was until a couple weeks after we beat them, but this time we'll know how good Notre Dame is when they come here.