Cyclic cohomology. Serre spectral sequences. Discrete valuation domains.
If this happens we’ll see just how significant the SEC bias is.
Why would it need to be "bias" that leaves them out? If they get crushed on Saturday, then there is certainly an argument to drop them considerably.
I think their lack of ‘brand’ would kill them and they’d be out. If they lose to OSU and it’s relatively close they are still in the bubble IMO. I think the committee would rank the SEC teams and ND above Indiana.
Football, NFL and Penn State. You.
So just idle chit-chat? Nothing of substance?
You’re always so precise with your vocabulary, fair enough. Suppose Indiana loses to OSU by 10. Putting an SEC team in over UI would be evidence of a bias, I’d say.
Another thing going in Indiana’s favor is that it seems Notre Dame gets in if they win out. If Indiana can say that their OSU loss is a “better” loss than Notre Dame’s loss to NIU, then that will carry weight.
If they lose by 10, then I'd expect them to open on the road but make the playoff. But if they lose by 3+ touchdowns, the committee has a pretty tough job in figuring out what to actually do with them (based on their resume that I added when I edited post 12 in this thread).
I'm sure they'll be making that argument...but in looking at the full resume, Notre Dame would have that win at Texas A&M, a win at home over Louisville, and a neutral site win over Army, which are all looked at more favorably than Indiana's best win.
To mathematicians, this is “idle chit-chat.” If you put two mathematicians together at a party, they’ll talk mathematics.
That adds up. I suppose talking about other things would be considered derivative. You are certainly a part of a unique set.
CFN's latest percentage odds to make the playoffs:
Reading a lot of the stuff you post just reinforces that I simply got a degree in Math, but I'm not a "Mathematician". Plus, Statistics is probably my favorite part of math.
They need to go back to the drawing board with some of their calculations.
Reading a lot of the stuff you post just reinforces that I simply got a degree in Math, but I'm not a "Mathematician". Plus, Statistics is probably my favorite part of math.
it’s more honest for me to say that I have a doctorate than it is to say that I’m a mathematician. Mathematicians create mathematics. I didn’t even manage to get my dissertation published.Reading a lot of the stuff you post just reinforces that I simply got a degree in Math, but I'm not a "Mathematician". Plus, Statistics is probably my favorite part of math.
IMO:
to me the question is this... does a 2 loss team that then losses the conf champ game drop below a 2 loss team in same conf that didn't have to play in conf champ game... could a team be at a disadvatage making its conf champ game. Perhaps is the 3 loss team lost to the 2 loss team you could justify this (GA losses champ game and Alabama get is instead of GA)
Well, let’s look at the PSU 67%. That would roughly line up with an 80% chance of PSU beating Minnesota, 80% chance of PSU beating Maryland, and a 2-loss PSU not making the CFP.
Yeah, I wouldn't put a ton of faith in Pete Fiutak.
There was a post about the Army-Navy game not counting towards the rankings. Maybe that is what you are thinking of?
My guess is they needed to set the playoff schedule ASAP after conf championships games for logistics. Couldn't wait one more week since the games start on Dec 20.
I'm mostly looking at Ohio St at 65% (much, much too low), Amry/Tulane/Boise adding up to 1.34 (chances are much lower that >1 of those teams will make it), Texas at 61% (again, much too low), Georgia at 32% (is this serious?), Clemson too low, BYU WAY too high, etc. The entire SEC there adds up to about 2 spots. It's pretty much a terrible estimate, and I have no idea how he possibly came up with it.
