Sagarin is insightful enough to know that college football is not a one game season, and that teams are not fully measured by considering their play against Rutgers.
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Rutgers 8 wins. Michigan 5 wins. Rutgers beats Michigan. Rutgers wins bowl game. Michigan no where to be found during the holiday. Michigan has higher Sagarin rating. There's your insight.
you certainly could be right...
but, his exact quote was: "It’s really a commitment to FBS. I imagine if someone had a contractual issue we’d take a look at that. But this is the template that everybody thinks is best going forward from a variety of perspectives.”
"we'll take a look" isn't exactly "we fully support and will allow"
I agree, but for the additional reason that Philadelphia is the 5th largest TV market in the US and doesn't have a P5 team.
The B1G should have RU, MD and PSU rotate playing Temple so that Temple is always playing a B1G team OOC and a B1G team should be playing at the Linc every 2-3 years at least.
No expert here on Sagarin. Not much separating #60 Michigan and #62 Rutgers. Michigan played a tougher schedule according to Sagarin, and Michigan beat a team that beat us on our home field (TFTFP) as well as losing to Ohio State and Michigan State without getting bulldozed.
Michigan State bulldozed them. That game was over as quick as our game.
Their OOC schedule was tougher solely due to Notre Dame vs. our MEAC game. Washington State beat Utah at Uteland, however, certainly Utah was a tougher opponent than Washington State, although our game was on the West Coast and Michigan got destroyed by Utah at home.
Our B1G West games were tougher, playing the West winner and a healthy Ameer vs. them playing Northwestern, a team that also did not make a bowl. One can argue either way on the scheduling although I probably give them a tougher schedule by a small margin.
That doesn't make up for their total of 5 wins.
Rutgers and Penn State could both consider playing Temple every year. But, I think that Maryland might be better served by playing teams like Navy, Virginia, Virginia Tech or Old Dominion.
It's important for programs like Maryland and Rutgers to maintain their presence on the East Coast.
West Virginia will struggle over time due to being a lone wolf.
Monmouth and Coastal Carolina are in the same conference so of course they play them. Apples and Oranges.
You left out its an agreement and not a rule as well as there is no punishment.
New Mexico is a triple option team similar to the Academies. Kinda ironic given your concern.
