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From: Seapig <sea...@altavista.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:34:31 -0800 (PST)

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Subject: Re: If Texas Wins the MNCG...

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On Nov 6, 5:04 pm, stephenJ <sjar...@pop.com> wrote:

> > unclejr wrote:
> > Which team is the team of the decade? A valid argument can be made
> > for Texas, Florida, LSU, and USC.

> Bot for USC. 1 national title wouldn't cut it in that discussion.

> surprisingly, bellomy is right. a texas win would make a 3-way tie
> between UF, LSU, and UT.

> --
> Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

> - J. Fowles

I think it's overly simplistic to just look at MNCs - what teams do
when they aren't winning MNCs also matters. I came up with a quick
'n' dirty point system, awarding points based on each season's final
AP Poll on a 30, 24, 23 ... 1 basis. I gave ten bonus points for the
a BCS championship, so a MNC was worth a total of 40 points most
years. In the split season, LSU gets 34 and USC gets 30. I think
that's a fair compromise between Jaros' position and everybody else's.

Here's the top 25 for the decade so far (2000-2008 seasons):

1. Oklahoma 185
2. USC 184
3. Texas 180.5
4. Ohio State 152
5. LSU 150
6. Florida 147.5
7. Miami 133
8. Georgia 127
9. Virginia Tech 106
10. Michigan 96
11. Auburn 84
12. Oregon 75.5
13. Boise State 71
Florida State 71
15. Tennessee 61
West Virginia 61
17. Iowa 60
18. Louisville 56
19. Alabama 53
Penn State 53
21. Utah 51
22. Washington State 49
23. Kansas State 48
24. TCU 47
25. Notre Dame 46

My point system is arbitrary, and it's so close at the top that this
doesn't prove anything. A minor tweak would give us a different #1.
But, I think it does show that Texas would be the most deserving "team
of the decade" if they win another MNC, because they've been better
than the other two-time winners between MNCs.

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