Interesting bit from Earl Nall

[VolunteerGeneral]

Earl has added last years final top 10 rankings for last year after he eliminated Margin of Victory from his formula.

 

TOP 10

 

1.Ezell-Harding (private school)

2.Collinwood

3.Bruceton

4.Gordonsville

5.USJ (private school)

6.CPA (private school)

7.Cloudland

8.Midway

9.Greenback

10.Cascade

 

Now what exactly is everyone in an uproar about???

[nonews]

... you neglected to mention of course that Mr. Nall was attempting to show that NOT using margin-of-victory gave less accurate results...

 

... this sounds like one of Pujo's faulty "leaps of logic"...

[VolunteerGeneral]

No news...The NCAA will now adopt the policy of not using MOV. Who do you think has studied it more? EARL or the NCAA?

[just1np]

Who has more to gain? The NCAA(multi-billion dollar industry) or Earl Nall(some TN football dude)?

[nonews]

... and WHY do you think the NCAA is now adopting this? Because it makes their system more accurate, or because it has become "politically correct" to downplay the effect of MOV? Try using that expensive OHA education...

[Edited by nonews on 7/23/02 6:48A]

[nonews]

... you didn't explain the fact that eliminating MOV actually makes Earl Nall's poll LESS accurate...

 

... had to edit my typo, you know Vg's always on the ball!...

[Edited by nonews on 7/22/02 11:59P]

[nonews]

... did you also notice that I DIDN'T point out the redundancy of terms in your original post? You might say it's a kinder, gentler, me!...