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[Anonymous]

I agree. BYU-P doesn’t deserve to be associated with anything good.

[jamarcus24]

I like them.  Joel Klatt has always had a pretty rosy opinion of Utah and I just think he’s a pretty good color guy overall.

After Utah/Oregon 2015 I exclusively associate the word “wow!” with Gus Johnson.  If you took a shot every time he said the word during one of his play calls you’d be smashed by halftime.

[gothamute]

Short answer is that ESPN’s FPI model is updated with data from each game once it happens, which impacts their baseline assessments of each team’s relative ranking on Offense, Defense and Special Teams (which in combination informs the overall team FPI). Then they run enough simulations of each remaining game to produce statistically significant resutlts and create their predictions. (538 actually uses FPI for 75% of their model, while the Playoff Committee’s CFP [or AP if CFP not yet released] rankings make up the other 25%)

So it actually doesn’t have to do with who has conference games left (the model now knows that only we can win the South and that only UW/Wazzu can win the North, so the championship game iterations only consider two matchup possibilities)… what it means is that the net effect of our performance against Colorado (combined with the net effect of everyone else’s performances) exceeded our previous relative baselines enough to swing the projections of the remaining games in the new simulations (that are based on the updated baselines). For what it’s worth, last week FPI favored us over Wazzu in P12Champ scenario but not against UW. So our performance against Colorado was, on a relative basis, enough to “change” the model’s mind about our chances head to head with UW.

ESPN on how FPI works:

“The Football Power Index (FPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward for the rest of the season. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Projected results are based on 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date, and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily.”

538 on how their models work:

“Games are simulated mostly using ESPN’s Football Power Index. We say “mostly” because we’ve also found that giving a little weight to the playoff committee’s weekly rankings of the top 25 teams helps add to the predictions’ accuracy. (We use the Associated Press Top 25 poll as a proxy for the committee’s rankings until the first set of rankings is released in the second half of the season.) Specifically, the model’s game-by-game forecasts are based on a combination of FPI ratings and committee (or AP) rankings — 75 percent on FPI and 25 percent on the rankings.”

For math types so inclined, the detailed 538 explanation can be found here:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/methodology/how-our-college-football-playoff-predictions-work/

[Stone]

This approach would work better in a professional league (as done in some soccer leagues) because college players have a defined time limit on playing. But regardless, I would love a system where team could advance to on a year to year basis. The reality is that there are P5 schools that are worse than G5 schools. Let G5 schools have the opportunity to play into a P5 league (and the associated perks) and put P5 schools at risk of being demoted. You would essentially need to rank all schools at the end of the year and promote/demote some. At least then a G5 school could prove it on the field and advance via merit, instead of being stuck in a caste system.

[Stone]

I’ll engage on this again, because I think it is an interesting debate.

To summarize, I prefer an 8-team playoff, with auto bids for all P5 champs, three at large, with one of the three at large being a G5 team (all at large selected by committee). I think this makes for a more fun season for all FBS teams and fans. So that is my primary reason for wanting it: it would be more fun for all.

The other reason why I think that system is better is because otherwise there is effectively no way for a G5 team to ever qualify. They can only play who they can play. A system that ensures they cannot qualify for the playoff before they have even played a game is not just un-fun, it is unfair because there is effectively nothing those schools can do to qualify. Due to their conference affiliation, G5 schools can never play a schedule that would be hard enough in the eyes of some. And yet every G5 school would jump at the chance to join a P5 conference and the benefits associated with them.

Put this in a different context: a system where *anyone* can be president, but only if they can demonstrate an excellent education (i.e. SOS); but only Ivy League schools are considered an excellent education and certain people are excluded from Ivy League schools. Those excluded people can get all the education they can, but because they are excluded from Ivy League schools, they can never be president. Or a situation where *anyone* can participate in an election, but just so long as you are a certain race…oh, nothing you can do to change your race, well, sorry.  That is essentially what the playoff is today: *any* team can play in the playoff, so long as your SOS is strong enough…oh, there is nothing you can do to improve your conference schedule, well, sorry.

If you want to put G5 schools in a different division and say they are not part of the playoff system, fine, at least that is facially honest. The BCS and the current playoff are classic monopoloy/cartel systems where there are predetermined losers and winners before the first ball is snapped every season. I prefer a meritocracy where every team legitimately has a shot to play their way into the playoff. One can say that UCF (or Utah in 04 and 08) would never have survived a P5 schedule, maybe so, but that is just speculation because they do not have the opportunity to play that schedule, despite the fact that they would willingly jump at the chance to join a P5 conference and do so. 

 

 

[Anonymous]

I don’t want to talk s**t about Wilson. Ute fan from a dedicated family of Ute fans. Victim of circumstance. I feel bad for the kid, being associated with a 2nd or 3rd tier program that is going nowhere. I also know what it’s like having to settle. Poor kid. 

[Duhwayne]

There is a reason their highs are really high and their lows are really low. They are bred to be that way. Most people are just watching ball. BYU fans are watching ball for Jesus.

Diagnostic criteria for 301.81 Narcissistic Personality Disorder
These criteria are obsolete.
DSM Criteria
DSM Version
DSM IV – TR
DSM Criteria
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

(1) has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)

(2) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love

(3) believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)

(4) requires excessive admiration

(5) has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations

(6) is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends

(7) lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others

(8) is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her

(9) shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

[Stone]

This is the thing with coaching changes, even hires considered to be home run hires can struggle. Sure, it may change and Chip may help UCLA reach new heights in a few years, but maybe not. Coaching changes can work out great, but there are risks associated with them. See also Nebraska, Arkansas, and Florida State this year. There are examples of great improvements immediately (see Urban Meyer at Utah), but it can be a crapshoot. Personally, I would keep Whit as long as he wants to stay. Could we get someone better, maybe, but maybe not. Even if Chip Kelly or Scott Frost were the replacement (and I doubt they would be), things may not improve for quite awhile (if ever) over Whit.

[Tony (admin)]

This W fan’s posts have three IP addresses associated with them. Two resolve to Ogden and the other to SLC. So either a W fan living in Utah or… a witch!

[UteFanatic]

I will always be grateful for what Urban did for Utah while he was here, but his behavior over the years has shown that he lacks integrity and character. I’m glad he is longer associated with Utah, he is not a good person.