The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[LA Ute]

LA Ute. I am indifferent to whether the PAC-10 is the best football conference or not, but you should be more careful about the language you use. What we find in that table is that in 2010 the PAC-10 had the highest sample mean Sagarin rating. Certainly the mean is not irrelevant but it is not necessarily the best measure of conference quality. Second, I am about 95% confident that the average rating for the PAC-10 and the SEC are statistically indistinguishable from each other. At best one can say that while the PAC-10 had a higher mean rating, we cannot reject the hypothesis that the PAC-10 and the SEC have equal mean quality.

I was hoping for something illuminating like that from you.

Seriously, thanks. My point was that the PAC-10 looks purty darn good in the Sagarin ratings, and that the hurtful things often said about that conference are uncalled-for, and borderline mean-spirited.

[USCoug]

I would agree with that. Is Ohio St. eligible this year? Who is the best team in that conference this year?

Wisconsin is the early favorite.

[TripletDaddy]

LA Ute....you should be more careful about the language you use.

[NorthwestUteFan]

I was hoping for something illuminating like that from you.

Seriously, thanks. My point was that the PAC-10 looks purty darn good in the Sagarin ratings, and that the hurtful things often said about that conference are uncalled-for, and borderline mean-spirited.

No kidding. I thought this thread was talking about the Big TejasXII?

[falafel]

I was hoping for something illuminating like that from you.

Seriously, thanks. My point was that the PAC-10 looks purty darn good in the Sagarin ratings, and that the hurtful things often said about that conference are uncalled-for, and borderline mean-spirited.

[YOhio]

My point was that the PAC-10 looks purty darn good in the Sagarin ratings, and that the hurtful things often said about that conference are uncalled-for, and borderline mean-spirited.

No. Pelagius said that you're the one who needs to be careful with the language you use. Not everyone else.

[TripletDaddy]

[falafel]

Its called :justinsorensen:

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Ahem.

In January 2011 Sagarin rated the PAC-10 the top football conference:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc10.htm

Fire away.

TripletDaddy has hitched his wagon to the B12, no sense trying to get him to be fair.

[LA Ute]

First, I'm glad you like that emoticon so much. You are welcome.

Second, what's the matter with you? You're Mr. Trojan Fan around here. How can you stand by while people denigrate the PAC-12???

This was before adding Utah and Colorado, right?

Well, yes, I believe I said something like this:

In January 2011 Sagarin rated the PAC-10 ....

So your premise is right. You get an "F" in pertinence, however. Keep this up and it's going to affect your grade.

[TripletDaddy]

TripletDaddy has hitched his wagon to the B12, no sense trying to get him to be fair.

This is the only wagon in the B12 kie2:

[All-American]

Perhaps. But I don't think there is a MWC team capable of winning the Big Ten this year either (or any year).

I seem to remember the MWC champion beating the Big 10 champion in the rose bowl last year.

[TripletDaddy]

First, I'm glad you like that emoticon so much. You are welcome.

Second, what's the matter with you? You're Mr. Trojan Fan around here. How can you stand by while people denigrate the PAC-12???

I thought they were denigrating you, hence my inaction. My bad!

[YOhio]

This is the only wagon in the B12 kie2:

IT'S A SCHOOOOOOONER!

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

IT'S A SCHOOOOOOONER!

It is always fun to see the Longhorn's pulling that thing around wherever they want. One of the best traditions in college football, I'm sure DDD agrees.