specialsauce wrote:1:26am on a Saturday night and you're checking internet message boards? Yah, some social life..
That's because you, specialsauce, are the perfect nightcap right now. Love reading your stuff. Guaranteed to be golden.
specialsauce wrote:It's better than Wichita's? How? Because of the RPI? lol. You have ONE Top 100 win. ONE. You've played TWO Top 100 games. TWO. You have a loss to a 200+ Murray State team. Your resume sucks but it's arguably equal to WSU's. Sorry if that's a kick to your corn flakes.
Yes, because of RPI. You know, the thing they flash on the screen and discuss after the committee deliberates for a few days coming up with a little know thing as the NCAA Tourney... Even with the losses you've named... the RPI is still better than Wichita's. That's because of your 247 SOS. Yes, you can't control your non-con teams doing well, but it is what it is. A TWO FREAKING FORTY SEVEN. Sorry, but that doesn't cut it on any level. And the game against Northern Iowa might even hurt that with how they've been rolling lately.
So no, our resume isn't "arguably equal to WSU's". Yes, ours is bad but it's better than yours. We have nearly an identical record and have done it with a SOS 100 points (according to Sagarain) or nearly 200 points (according to RPI) better than yours. Neither of us have a quality win. We both have bad losses (ISU has a worse one), but looking at the data as it sits, the resume is better.
I'll pass on the corn flakes, but you can make me waffles if you'd like.
specialsauce wrote:Did you just say the games against WSU are meaningless to you? LOL. That's rich. I'm sure in your warped head you believe that just to spite WSU, but they're the most important games on your schedule, unless Valley titles are meaningless to you, and judging by your history in this league - they are.
This is where your good friend CONTEXT comes in. Yes, they're meaningful in that we'd like a Valley Title over here. Would love to run the table for that. But in terms of looking for an at large bid when it comes to selection sunday... when you look at your RPI and other numbers... wins over the Shockers would be meaningless. Might give us a couple top 100's, but you'd be out of top 50's which is what they really start comparing. All about context my friend. I apologize if that's a foreign concept.
You see, the adults were talking and having a rational conversation until you ran in guns blazing acting like you knew every side of the argument without listening to anyone. It helps to read, be informed, and then state educated opinions.... otherwise in instances like these you come off foolish.
Context. Look it up.
specialsauce wrote:Who the hell wouldn't wanna bolt from this conference? Are you still sauced? It's not like WSU carrying this conference doesn't get taken for granted. Everybody hates WSU. I get it. When you dominate for so long, it's only natural. But most of the fans here don't give a crap and don't have one ounce of future vision in their tanks.
This statement right here makes you... 23 or 24 years old? Can't quite figure it out yet. Will let you know when I narrow it down a little further. You're a wee lad still, with no sense of history in the conference. But thanks for dominating and carrying us. Without you, we wouldn't be here. All hail Shocker Nation...
