Agreed. My one challenge to their numbers is for the athletics
Recent football should just be the past 10 years. History would be from 10-20 (maybe 30) years. Past that is ancient history and no longer relevant in the current environment.
The way they have it now, too much weight is given to football history that was far in the past.
Basketball is also lumped together too much and given too much historical weight. And basketball provides a lot of content and is more valuable than they give credit for.
Lastly, if football is driving this (as they state) then the NCAA championships across all sports should not matter much at all. Their sports section has a lot of room for debate.
It might not change the top scoring teams too much, but some of the next level teams should shift around.
Thread Replies (21)
FiveThirtyEight just posted an analytic approach to Big10 expansion
-- vt2unc
Aug 25, 2022 at 11:29 AM ET
vt2unc
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08/25/22 11:29 AM ET
Horrible criteria, this is about football $$ & probably basketball money!
-- Stech
Aug 26, 2022 at 12:56 PM ET
Stech
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08/26/22 12:56 PM ET
Best info on expansion I have seen yet. This is the info I would look at if
-- cricket77
Aug 26, 2022 at 12:09 AM ET
cricket77
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08/26/22 12:09 AM ET
read his criteria and report back**
-- HokieHollar
Aug 26, 2022 at 12:10 AM ET
HokieHollar
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08/26/22 12:10 AM ET
So the flip side would be going to the SEC?
-- hokieball
Aug 25, 2022 at 03:03 PM ET
hokieball
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08/25/22 03:03 PM ET
For SEC, I think VT is in the top 10 targets
-- HokieAl
Aug 25, 2022 at 04:43 PM ET
HokieAl
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08/25/22 04:43 PM ET
What move? Add another school with a small fanbase and no brand? **
-- IV_Hokie12
Aug 25, 2022 at 06:04 PM ET
IV_Hokie12
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08/25/22 06:04 PM ET
The ACC's options are very limited.
-- tarheelblue
Aug 25, 2022 at 06:12 PM ET
tarheelblue
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08/25/22 06:12 PM ET
Yes. The ACC’s goals are different from many of its schools.
-- hokieZ71
Aug 25, 2022 at 06:52 PM ET
hokieZ71
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08/25/22 06:52 PM ET
Yep. Playing for a distant third. That's what is has always been.**
-- TDVick
Aug 30, 2022 at 01:32 AM ET
TDVick
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08/30/22 01:32 AM ET
Even a small move at this point would ensure #3 status
-- Truthahn
Aug 26, 2022 at 02:38 PM ET
Truthahn
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08/26/22 02:38 PM ET
If the ACC is going to expand into Texas, then wouldn't TCU or Houston
-- VTHokie2000
Aug 26, 2022 at 02:51 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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08/26/22 02:51 PM ET
I'm not sure I would say Baylor is "better off" given it has multiple
-- VTHokie2000
Aug 27, 2022 at 09:23 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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08/27/22 09:23 PM ET
Baylor is in the drive-able sweet spot.
-- Truthahn
Aug 29, 2022 at 10:35 AM ET
Truthahn
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08/29/22 10:35 AM ET
Baylor's and TCU's football stadium are both around 45K. I think Baylor's
-- VTHokie2000
Aug 30, 2022 at 06:25 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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08/30/22 06:25 PM ET
Survival. The exact goal the ACC should shoot for. Rest is a pipe dream**
-- BAMRising
Aug 25, 2022 at 06:34 PM ET
BAMRising
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08/25/22 06:34 PM ET
We used to call these types of weighted analyses “baffle ‘em w/ BS”.
-- marcbvtgm
Aug 25, 2022 at 01:53 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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08/25/22 01:53 PM ET
Agreed. My one challenge to their numbers is for the athletics
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-- HokieAl
Aug 25, 2022 at 12:43 PM ET
HokieAl
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08/25/22 12:43 PM ET
Whoops, meant for VPI_1998 below**
-- HokieAl
Aug 25, 2022 at 12:44 PM ET
HokieAl
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08/25/22 12:44 PM ET