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Message: [QUOTE="wfschrec, post: 96708, member: 361"] Ok and VT moved up and they still have the same OC and HC ... they sucked with the same coaching staff that now has them top 40 ... bad example. Had they changed coaches I could see using them. As for UCLA they moved up 18 slots ... we moved up 16 again a sliver's difference bad example. Temple advanced 5 more slots ... Virginia only 2 more slot ... another bad example since that difference is very slim. Also for UVA you have a team with an SOS that went like the following: 2007 50th in Division 1, 2008 9th in Division 1, 2009 18th in Division 1, 2010 65th in Division 1, 2011 67th in Division 1 ... don't think that SOS didn't help that much? Plus the one thing that gets overlooked when it comes to this season vs last season ... in 2010 SU's SOS was 85th in Division 1, this year it is 48th. And if you look at SU's SRS (Simple Rating System; a rating that takes into account average point differential and strength of schedule.) SU has done the following: 2007 -10.72 2008 -9.00 2009 -4.41 2010 1.29 2011 -2.19 Marrone posted a positive SRS for the first time at SU since 2003. We have only had a positive SRS 4 times since 1999, that is God awful. We saw our SOS improve by 100% from 2010 to 2011, lost several key components on both sides of the football (Bart, Carter, Smith, Hogue, etc.) and expected drastic improvement? Honestly? You can bend those offensive stats to read one way but when you read between the lines there is more to it than just looking at averages. And for what its worth the SRS for Auburn this season is the smallest its been since 2008 and is the second worst SRS they've recorded since 1998 ... the SRS is a nice indicator since it accounts for SOS as well as margin of victory ... Also UNC's SOS is the lowest its been since 2007 as well ... there are so many factors that go into this that you should look at the bigger picture. Am I happy with the offense? Hell no ... we need some game breakers but its not as black and white as saying oh this year we ranked x and last year we ranked y ... [/QUOTE]

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