Published 10/23/2008
by Ryan Raber
at Bleacher Report - College Football
How great would it be if the minds behind the Big 12 and SEC could orchestrate something like the Big Ten and ACC do in basketball?
As several articles and posts have aptly pointed out, it is possible to manipulate statistics to say whatever we want. In fact, it was once said: "There are lies, there are damn lies, and then there are statistics."
Let's say I were in charge, and you could take current rankings and come up with the following set of games (higher-ranked teams usually get home field, but both conferences get six each):
2 Alabama at 1 Texas
4 Oklahoma at 5 Florida
9 Georgia at 7 Oklahoma State
8 Texas Tech at 11 LSU
Vanderbilt at 19 Kansas
16 Missouri at South Carolina
Auburn at Colorado
Nebraska at Kentucky
Arkansas at Kansas State
Baylor at Ole Miss
Tennessee at Iowa State
Texas A&M at Mississippi State
Let's all collectively agree to look at CURRENT TEAMS only. Take a deep breath, ...
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