Oh yeah... I'm with you there! If the Gators take care of their business, this flawed system will at least have gotten that part right!!! Go Gators, roll back the tide!
Rob From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver Barry Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:14 PM To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post You're absolutely right Rob. Let me revise my comments. The system works... for the Gators! :-) Oliver _____ From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com on behalf of NZ Gator Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 9:42 PM To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post When I teach my course on mathematical modeling of ecosystems, one of the things I have to point out repeatedly to my students is that they will get some answer no matter how badly they've modeled the system. The mere fact that they got an answer from their model doesn't mean it's a valid or useful answer. The same thing applies here. The BCS system -which is a mathematical model- 'works' in the sense that it gives us some result each year, but that doesn't mean the results are valid or that the system 'works' in the sense if it working well. Texas, USC, Texas Tech, Utah -I'm sure there are others- all have a legitimate right to complain about a system that doesn't give them a chance to prove whether their teams are better than ours. It's a broken system and needs to be replaced with an 8-team playoff. Rob From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver Barry Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:30 PM To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post It's going to be Oklahoma. They will destroy Missouri. Texas is just going to have to live with the fact the voters, including computers, like OK better. USC won the Pac 10. As Leon would say, so what? Gators will play OK. The system works. <https://mail.haloprop.com/exchange/obarry/Drafts/RE:%20%5bgatortalk%5d%20Re :%20%5bgatornews%5d%20Today%27s%20Gatornews%20from%20Miami%20Herald%20and%20 Palm%20Beach%20Post.EML/1_multipart/image001.jpg> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Halo Realty, LLC 700 E. Main St. Hendersonville TN 37075 [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: 615-822-3509 fax: 615-822-7741 mobile: 615-972-4239 _____ From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Vega Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:23 AM To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Today's Gatornews from Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post On Dec 1, 2008, at 10:00 AM, JunoGator wrote: The national championship game in Miami on Jan. 8 will pair one team each from the two best conferences in football (Big12 and SEC) - just as it should be. One of those teams will be Alabama or Florida - just as it should be. The other will be either Texas as Oklahoma - yes, just as it should be. Who said the system doesn't work? Pete Carroll might have an argument. Unlike texas, Southern Cal won its conference. If it weren't for the artificial restriction on margin of victory, the computers would likely have Southern Cal as #1 in the country. See Sagarin here: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt08.htm "Predictor" is his real formula, the one Sagarin used before the BCS made him drop margin of victory. Note that Florida is the only other team anywhere close to Southern Cal. Texas and Oklahoma are a far cry behnd. -Zeb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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