UT picked to win the East, Bama the West and SEC

Discussion in 'Vols Football' started by Beechervol, Jul 14, 2016.

  1. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

  2. emainvol

    emainvol Administrator

    #PollFocus
     
  3. GahLee

    GahLee Director of Conspiracy Theories, 8th Maxim

    Whoever voted for Vandy and South Carolina should have their media privileges revoked.
     
  4. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    actually recently saw some vandy love because they have a "really talented lb core." yeah, but what about the offense?
     
  5. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    Webb, their RB, is a very good football player. They'll be lucky to be bowl eligible, though.
     
  6. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Yeah. They have 2 shots in the east and they could lose both of those.
     
  7. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    all I know is they hired the worst offensive coordinator in at least 20 years at cal. also a guy despised by the Utah and Oregon fanbases.
     
  8. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Essentially.

    1. Bama
    2. LSU
    3. UT
     
  9. JT5

    JT5 Super Moderator

    Hard to believe that in a quarter century of SEC championship games, UT and Bama have never faced off for the prize. Hoping this is the year.
     
  10. TDVol1989

    TDVol1989 Always Be Menstruating

    Actually, not that hard to believe since we play each other each year. But, historically speaking it should happen.
     
  11. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    Why did you write "Essentially" and then just put the top three of what the media listed for the SEC champion? If you were going to just list third category and then repeat verbatim what the media said, you probably should have just said that. But if you were trying to formulate a list of the most likely SEC champion based on the media picks for the east and west, you wouldn't have put them in that order.

    UT got 225 1st place votes out of 331 possible. 68% to win East.
    Bama got 246 out of 331 == 74% to win West.
    LSU got 76 out of 331 == 23% to win West.

    So, these 331 sportswriters think that LSU is going to make it to the SECCG only 23% of the time, but that they have a better chance of winning the SEC than Tennessee, who will make it there, they think, 68%.

    Jesus tap-dancing Christ.

    The moral of the story here is that these 331 sportswriters are dumber than a bag of full of randy *****, as is anyone who puts "Essentially" before their statistically challenged conclusions.
     
  12. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    The West has been so much better than the East of late that I don't really see the problem with saying the conference championship will be decided between two West schools. Not really sure how great LSU will be this year, but there have been several years lately where the top 2 teams were from the West.
     
  13. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    Look at who's won an SEC title the last 7 years.
     
  14. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    No thank you.
     
  15. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    76 believe LSU will win the West. 59 of those 76 believe they will win the SEC. Where's the illogic? The points represent votes not likelihood stats.
     
  16. emainvol

    emainvol Administrator

    Shhhhhh... he's on a roll, don't stop him.

    Next he'll be telling us how he will build a wall and make the University of Kentucky pay for it.
     
  17. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Does life suck that bad?
     
  18. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    I didn't read the article, but perhaps they have the chances of UT winning the SEC as very low, and the west team winning at like 90% probability regardless of whichever one it is? I think there is a way the stats could work out if they didn't specify the probability of UT winning the conference
     
  19. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    Seriously?
     
  20. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    See above.
     

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