Or, how about #18 > #39? (Sagarin Ratings) Or, how about 21 > 26.5? (Median computer ratings combined)
Iowa State and Texas Tech Respect
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Or, how about #18 > #39? (Sagarin Ratings) Or, how about 21 > 26.5? (Median computer ratings combined)
Perhaps you want to read your Sagarin closer:
In ELO_CHESS ISU kicks the **** out of Texas Tech - ISU is rated #28, TT is rated 36. But because TT ran up the score against nobodies, they are rated 17 in PURE POINTS versus ISU which is rated 42 because they had closer scores against better competition. In other words, it's skewed as hell.
As far as computer rankings, who gives a ****? Computer rankings this early in the season are meaningless.
If Texas Tech's football was rated on the number of Texas Tech grads that work for Domino's, they'd be #1.
So is the RPI, and that's where RPI comes from...computer rankings. In the computer ranking, 13 computers have Tech in the Top 10...while only 4 have ISU Top 10.
Deviating from original argument focused around strength of previous competition. Position change in argument is immediate sign that original position has failed to present valid counter
aka FAIL
Sagarin:
Tulsa: 53
Iowa: 62
Western Illinois: 190
Northwestern St: 149
Texas St: 155
New Mexico: 124
USA TODAY
Talk to me when Texas Tech has beaten somebody. (you shouldn't have brought Sagarin in - it just made Tech's schedule look even worse)
If TT happens to beat us, they'll have earned my respect because we're the first real team that they will have played this year. But until that happens, Tech fans coming here demanding respect their team simply hasn't earned can go **** off.
Ouch, that's about the meanest thing you can say to a red raider (made me laugh though)... Anyways, its seems no one in the big 12-4+2 respects either of our teams, only one way to change that...
Good luck this weekend and I hope one of our teams can take the conference this year. And please beat purple aggie this year, I cant stand those horned frogs...
Not really, because PURE POINTS (which Sagarin admits is more accurate than Elo Chess), has Tech beating ISU by about 9.5 points...or 10 points rounded up (9 if you're an ISU fan, and want to round down...LOL).
You were the first one to bring the computers into this. All you did was show that the computers, cumulatively, think Tech is better right now.
Well ****, if the computers already have Tech winning by 9.5 points, then why the **** should we even play the game?!
How do the fans of one team not giving respect to the other team remotely have any impact towards the final outcome of the game one way or the other. From your post I would have to agree with your TT fans as you seemingly are not giving thme any respect - so if ISU loses, you are because of it, you are soley responsible. :twitcy:
For the record I'm not giving any respect to TT, why would I, as a fan I don't have to and why would any fan because in the end It doesn't matter.
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An aggie pretending to be a friendly red raider... likely story. Just wanted to stop by say good luck and if my raiders cant take the conference I think it would be really cool if you guys did.
Hahahaha....yep definitely an aggie! Aggies were the only ones who resorted to education smack.