Blind Resume Test by The Dallas Morning News

[MepoDawg#]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/co...iowa-ok-state-in-college-football-playoff.ece

 

[doughawk]

Everyone should be required to read this !!

 

[anon_snp6dc585nnj4]

One glaring Error!!!

They are missing the ESPN FPI.

 

[HerkyFan]

Clone, Big 12 and SEC fans will demand that this article is to be ignored.

 

[hawkeye54545]

Classy rag, the DMN people do their homework.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

So, apparently they agree with Iowa fans. In that case they are smart and unbiased.

 

[7thsummitcoach]

Being a Hawk in the DFW area...I can tell you most people can't believe that Baylor, TCU (Daughter will be a Horned Frog next fall), and Oklahoma St aren't getting the lion share of the press. To the point that they are offended that the rest of the Football world isn't bowing down to their offensive prowess.

But yes, the DMN is a classy rag, does it's homework, and should be revered.

 

[milehighhawkeye24]

This is how they should look at teams, look at the objective results and not the name of the school and/or conference affiliation.

 

[BirdistheWord]

it is so B12 biased down here, iowa may as well be UNI

 

[spiderland]

Those numbers for Baylor are embarrassing. 58th ranked defense against the 89th "toughest" schedule. What a frickin joke. I hope Stoops hangs 70 on them tomorrow.

 

[Pepperman]

Didn't realize O$U hasn't played a top 25 team yet. Maybe they aren't as good as we think.

 

[CO_hawk]

Still looks as if LSU is on the same level as Iowa, if comparing resumes.

 

[naturalmwa]

Still looks as if LSU is on the same level as Iowa, if comparing resumes.

Except for that one loss you mean?

 

[ClearwaterHawkI]

It would like to roll up this sports section and beat the three stooges(cowturd,
Pollack, Finebaum) with it

 

[Lone Clone]

That's interesting, but obviously it's a bit misleading, particularly when it comes to SOS. Baylor still has to play TCU and both Oklahoma schools, with two of the three games on the road, while Iowa has home games against Minnesota and Purdue and a road game at Nebraska.

In addition, because of the back-loaded schedule in the Big XII, the SOS is affected because the opponents' record suffers due to who they've played. Kansas State, for example, is going to show up as a stronger opponent at the end of the season than it does now. Likewise West Virginia. Neither one has a winning record now, but both are likely to end up in bowl games with 7-5 records.

Not saying Iowa won't have a stronger case than Baylor when all the games are played. Just saying that a snapshot at this point in the season is likely to be more misleading than usual.

 

[HerkyFan]

That's interesting, but obviously it's a bit misleading, particularly when it comes to SOS. Baylor still has to play TCU and both Oklahoma schools, with two of the three games on the road, while Iowa has home games against Minnesota and Purdue and a road game at Nebraska.

In addition, because of the back-loaded schedule in the Big XII, the SOS is affected because the opponents' record suffers due to who they've played. Kansas State, for example, is going to show up as a stronger opponent at the end of the season than it does now. Likewise West Virginia. Neither one has a winning record now, but both are likely to end up in bowl games with 7-5 records.

Not saying Iowa won't have a stronger case than Baylor when all the games are played. Just saying that a snapshot at this point in the season is likely to be more misleading than usual.

Except clone, Big 12 and SEC fans are pissed about where Iowa is right now. The article proves they are all wrong.

 

[shoot_the_three]

What do people think the rankings should be based on right now if not a "snapshot at this point"?

 

[Scott559]

What do people think the rankings should be based on right now if not a "snapshot at this point"?

In the case of the Big 12, The rankings should be based on what they may do later, In the case of the SEC, Rankings should be based on the fact that they are the Friggin SEC, Nuff said, In the case of Iowa, Ranking should be based on the fact they lost to Tennessee in their bowl game last year.

 

[hwk23]

That's interesting, but obviously it's a bit misleading, particularly when it comes to SOS. Baylor still has to play TCU and both Oklahoma schools, with two of the three games on the road, while Iowa has home games against Minnesota and Purdue and a road game at Nebraska.

In addition, because of the back-loaded schedule in the Big XII, the SOS is affected because the opponents' record suffers due to who they've played. Kansas State, for example, is going to show up as a stronger opponent at the end of the season than it does now. Likewise West Virginia. Neither one has a winning record now, but both are likely to end up in bowl games with 7-5 records.

Not saying Iowa won't have a stronger case than Baylor when all the games are played. Just saying that a snapshot at this point in the season is likely to be more misleading than usual.

Not that misleading, Baylor has yet to play a team with a winning record. Iowa has beaten 5 teams with winning records. They shouldn't get credit for teams they haven't played yet. Also, Iowa most likely will play tOSU, if we win out, and they are ranked higher than any team on Baylor's schedule.

 

[theiacowtipper]

The top teams in the Big 12 played what, one or two teams with a pulse out of conference. Tennessee and Minnesota. They predictably go undefeated. Then the story is, look at how good our teams are, they are all undefeated. Of course they are undefeated, they haven't played anyone.

 

[Lone Clone]

Not that misleading, Baylor has yet to play a team with a winning record. Iowa has beaten 5 teams with winning records. They shouldn't get credit for teams they haven't played yet. Also, Iowa most likely will play tOSU, if we win out, and they are ranked higher than any team on Baylor's schedule.

I didn't make myself clear, apparently. I meant misleading in terms of how it will relate to the situation after the end of the season.

 

[hawks_82]

I didn't make myself clear, apparently. I meant misleading in terms of how it will relate to the situation after the end of the season.

I think everyone gets that Clone. But the point is, this past Tuesday, iowa had a better resume than Baylor, Okie State, etc. there was absolutely no reason iowa shouldn't have been in 5th (or better) in the rankings.

Things can and will change. If Baylor wins convincingly tonight, I would have zero problem with them jumping IOWA.

 

[artradley]

That's interesting, but obviously it's a bit misleading, particularly when it comes to SOS. Baylor still has to play TCU and both Oklahoma schools, with two of the three games on the road, while Iowa has home games against Minnesota and Purdue and a road game at Nebraska.

In addition, because of the back-loaded schedule in the Big XII, the SOS is affected because the opponents' record suffers due to who they've played. Kansas State, for example, is going to show up as a stronger opponent at the end of the season than it does now. Likewise West Virginia. Neither one has a winning record now, but both are likely to end up in bowl games with 7-5 records.

Not saying Iowa won't have a stronger case than Baylor when all the games are played. Just saying that a snapshot at this point in the season is likely to be more misleading than usual.

So for today's rankings we should give Baylor credit for games they haven't played?

 

[hwk23]

I didn't make myself clear, apparently. I meant misleading in terms of how it will relate to the situation after the end of the season.

Ok, gotcha. I don't think the strength of schedule is accurate in many cases anyway, especially not Sagarin. For example, look at Wisconsin's SOS at 74th. Wiscy has played Alabama and Iowa, two top 10 teams. TCU has a 37th SOS and they have played 1 team with a winning record, Okie State. Makes no sense. TCU shouldn't be ahead of Iowa either in SOS. Iowa has beaten 5 teams with winning records and two top 25 teams.