SomeGuy
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Reg: 11-22-04
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01-16-22 07:14 PM - Post#333430
In response to palestra38
Oh, I think you are reading something into my argument that isn’t there. I think Penn is in very good position just like you do. I think we’ll win some road games this year too, and I think (hope) we’ll finish top 4. I didn’t intend any of what I said to suggest otherwise — just arguing about the home dog stuff.
In regards to circularity, by throwing out the ratings you reduce the debate to nothing but competing declarations of who is the better team. I guess we’ll find out more as teams play return games. I think we will see a lot of splits this year because the spread between the teams isn’t what it usually is.
The three road wins so far are Columbia over Penn, Harvard over Columbia, and Brown over Harvard. One true upset (Penn’s loss), and two where the better team seemingly (I have to say seemingly because, if you’re not accepting the rankings as indicative, I’m not sure how we are evaluating who is the better team, so I have no idea if you agree with me) won (Harvard’s games). But we already have two games where the lower ranked team was at home and won — Penn over Brown, Dartmouth over Brown. Still a small sample size, but so far not many upsets, and not much impact on score.
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