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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5425381, member: 1969"]
That's not really correct (or maybe it depends_.   If you stink, like the ACC did last year there is nothing you can do to really game things.

[I][B]Beating punching bags is only going to win the computer ratings game for the ACC if they do it as well, or nearly as well as the other power conferences.   And last year the ACC was not even close to the other powers- they got their ass kicked in the "Q4" games relative to the other big conferences.[/B][/I]

Here is my data from OOC this year (about 85% of games up to December 15 when i quit tracking it)

Margins in Q4 games:
B12 - 28.3
SEC - 27.9
B10 - 25.9
BE - 22.4
ACC - 19.2
That 9 point delta is a massive difference when those are about 50% of your games.

As stated in my tracking thread, the Q4 games matter a lot because its nearly half of your OOC possessions.   And that is problematic - they shouldn't mean as much.   (ACC played 46% of them... in line with all the other big conferences who played 44% to 49%)  But its not simply a matter of playing more of them... everybody plays a lot.   Its doing as well as others in them.
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