Comments on: Who Really Had The Toughest Schedule In The SEC This Season?

By: Observations On Florida’s Nightmarish Sugar Bowl

Observations On Florida’s Nightmarish Sugar Bowl — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:24:51 +0000

[...] Florida went 11-1 against the season’s toughest SEC schedule. They did so with a heckuva defense and a penchant for taking care of the ball (they were plus-17 [...]

By: General Malaise

General Malaise — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:10:58 +0000

@John at MrSEC Not a complaint, just the way I thought about it when I first saw the numbers. The unbalanced schedule is always interesting to parse. You’ve got a great site.

By: I4Bama

I4Bama — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:34:25 +0000

@John at MrSEC @General Malaise
Not complaining. Just discussing. The site is great and I love the stats, especially given that you always find a new slant on them.

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:28:49 +0000

@General Malaise

Thought about it? Yes. But we’ve found the more complicated we make things, the more complaints we receive. For that reason, we elected to keep this one simple. (Though we always get some complaints whether we go the simple route or the in-depth route.)

Thanks for reading,John

By: I4Bama

I4Bama — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:46:22 +0000

@General Malaise
Which is exactly why it is impossible to compare schedules. There are obvious discrepancies (see SC and GA), but when we get into subleties there is no accurate method. It is also impossible to account for which teams tanked the rest of their seasons due to one loss or whether one team played LSU at home while another got them on the road…

By: General Malaise

General Malaise — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:38:02 +0000

Did you think about controlling for the strength of the team in question? What I mean is, by losing all of their games Auburn made their opponents look better and conversely made their schedule look harder. The inverse is true for Alabama and Florida whose wins make their schedules look a bit easier. If you take out the total number of opponents’ wins that came against the team in question, you get a better picture in my opinion. It doesn’t change things greatly, but it does change some. An adjusted opponents’ wins list would look like:

t-1. Missouri    33
t-1. LSU            33
t-3. Auburn       32
t-3. Florida       32
t-3. Ole Miss    32
6.    Tennessee 31
7.    Texas A&M   29
8.    S. Carolina 28
9.    Arkansas     27
10. Kentucky      26
11. Vanderbilt    24
t-12. Georgia     23
t-12. Alabama   23
14. Miss State   21

By: LeaveMuschamp

LeaveMuschamp — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:48:36 +0000

@MrSEC Even with our sorry a** coach if u want 2 call him 1