The Wiz has posted a bunch of pics from Auburn’s spring game, including this scoreboard shot of Gene Chizik’s resume.
"Previously coached at Iowa State"... and?
Nothing like a little judicious skimming to clean things up.
Daily Archives: April 20, 2009
“This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let’s not bicker and argue over who killed who.”
Filed under Gene Chizik Is The Chiznit
An early strength of schedule question
Every once in a while, I’ll go take a look at Phil Steele’s site to see if he’s got anything posted of interest.
What I came across is his ranking of 2009 schedules based on the NCAA’s criteria of opponents’ wins and losses. I’ve always been less than impressed with this methodology (and to be fair, Steele has too). Here’s one example why.
Look at Florida’s schedule for this year:
Sep. 5 Charleston So Sep. 12 Troy Sep. 19 Tennessee Sep. 26 at Kentucky Oct. 3 Oct. 10 at LSU Oct. 17 Arkansas Oct. 24 at Miss St Oct. 31 † Georgia Nov. 7 Vanderbilt Nov. 14 at S Carolina Nov. 21 Florida Int’l Nov. 28 Florida St
And here’s Georgia’s:
Sep. 5 at Oklahoma St Sep. 12 S Carolina Sep. 19 at Arkansas Sep. 26 Arizona St Oct. 3 LSU Oct. 10 at Tennessee Oct. 17 at Vanderbilt Oct. 24 Oct. 31 † Florida (Jacksonv’lle) Nov. 7 Tenn Tech Nov. 14 at Auburn Nov 21 Kentucky Nov. 28 at Georgia Tech
Right now, Steele has those ranked as rough equivalents, the #43 (Georgia’s) and #44 (Florida’s) schedules in the country. And here’s what the toughest schedule of any SEC team looks like – it’s South Carolina’s #4 ranked schedule.
Sep. 3 at NC State ESPN Sep. 12 at Georgia Sep. 19 Florida Atl Sep. 24 Mississippi Oct. 3 S Caro St Oct. 10 Kentucky Oct. 17 at Alabama Oct. 24 Vanderbilt Oct. 31 at Tennessee Nov. 3 at Arkansas Nov. 14 Florida Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Clemson
Of Florida’s and South Carolina’s, which schedule seems more similar to Georgia’s?
Filed under Phil Steele Makes My Eyes Water, SEC Football
Monday morning buffet
Rise and shine, campers.
- At Auburn, they’re excited about the new offensive coordinator, they ran the ball well at the spring game and they still don’t have a quarterback. The more things change…
- MWC Commissioner Craig Thompson’s proposal to reinvent the D-1 football postseason doesn’t sound like it’s picking up steam heading into the BCS meetings which start today.
- What do you think the AJ-C would do with a story like this if it involved a Georgia football player and Mark Richt?
- “There is nothing written that says a coach becomes an offensive genius simply because he has the duty of calling plays.” True dat.
- The Fridge thinks Diddy should suck it up and take his medicine like a man.
