75 NET

[Phi_1055]

I know I sound condescending, but I work in data analytics for a living. Analytics are for nerds who need to feel included in decisions. It's a way to have yourself in the game and become an essential part of the outcome. Data can always be twisted to fit the narrative.

The data isn't clean if you value similar info as different. Losing should not hold more value than wins, as more data comes in. The losses shouldn't grow in importance as more wins come in. That seems to be the case with Rutgers fans.

It doesn’t sound condescending. I had an analytical job. I 100% agree that the NET has flaws and limitations, particularly how it uses scoring margins as a criterion.

But detractors of the NET must keep in mind that it was the schools and coaches who voted to implement it. And whether or not Pike personally likes it, he knows how it works, so it falls upon him to manage it. Scheduling cupcakes has a small upside and big downside.

RU/Pike can’t on the one hand be in favor of using the NET the way it was designed and on the other be opposed to it when it hurts us.