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Date Posted: 10/ 4/15 8:37:15pm Sun
Author: Naked Eye FB Quant
Subject: Emerging Difficulty Assessing Strength of PL fb teams
In reply to: agatefan 's message, "Re: FWIW, 10/5 Massey Ratings and Basset Predictions, Etc." on 10/ 4/15 7:45:12pm Sun

1. One Model: Fordham has had the jump on transitioning to tougher FCS opponents and annual FBS games while transitioning to schoolies..
2. In another model, Gate has engaged in an aggressive scheduling strategy 3. In the meantime, Lehigh, Lafayette and to a lesser extent, Bucknell is tip-toeing into a more aggressive strategy year-by-year.
3. Until the recent hire of the new AD at HC in Feb 2014, it wasn't clear whether HC would have the stole equivalencies to schedule FBS games and the will to schedule up in the FCS. They've scheduled aggressively, but not getting to the Fordham and Gate model til the 2017 season.
4. And Georgetqwn is trying to find suitable non-scholly teams and years to be the 9th Ivy inn scheduling.

When you get into the thick of PL competition, the value of scheduling up can be demonstrated by what the players have picked up and how the coaches have guided them through their early challenges.

No doubt, each of these models are consistent with traditions and athletic aspirations associated with the brands of each school. It can get pretty old to get the crap beat out of you if the transition to this scheduling isn't accompanied by knowledgeable coaching, good strategic branding and buy-in from the recruits to enter into these experiments.

It makes accurately predicting Gate's performance against Princeton and Fordham as difficult as gauging how difficult Lehigh, Laffy and Bucknell will be. Buckie's weak schedule, excepting Army, may make them the easiest opponent of the 3 although they have the best record at this date.

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[> [> [> How well Gate matches up with Princeton is key to the game -- Andy Kerr, 10/ 5/15 11:46:20am Mon

Stats provide some valuable insight.
From there, how the teams match up, scheme-to-scheme, position-to-position, will rule the day,
Princeton employs a lot of offensive razzle-dazzle, which can be an 'x' factor in determining the game's outcome.




>1. One Model: Fordham has had the jump on
>transitioning to tougher FCS opponents and annual FBS
>games while transitioning to schoolies..
>2. In another model, Gate has engaged in an aggressive
>scheduling strategy 3. In the meantime, Lehigh,
>Lafayette and to a lesser extent, Bucknell is
>tip-toeing into a more aggressive strategy
>year-by-year.
>3. Until the recent hire of the new AD at HC in Feb
>2014, it wasn't clear whether HC would have the stole
>equivalencies to schedule FBS games and the will to
>schedule up in the FCS. They've scheduled
>aggressively, but not getting to the Fordham and Gate
>model til the 2017 season.
>4. And Georgetqwn is trying to find suitable
>non-scholly teams and years to be the 9th Ivy inn
>scheduling.
>
>When you get into the thick of PL competition, the
>value of scheduling up can be demonstrated by what the
>players have picked up and how the coaches have guided
>them through their early challenges.
>
>No doubt, each of these models are consistent with
>traditions and athletic aspirations associated with
>the brands of each school. It can get pretty old to
>get the crap beat out of you if the transition to this
>scheduling isn't accompanied by knowledgeable
>coaching, good strategic branding and buy-in from the
>recruits to enter into these experiments.
>
>It makes accurately predicting Gate's performance
>against Princeton and Fordham as difficult as gauging
>how difficult Lehigh, Laffy and Bucknell will be.
>Buckie's weak schedule, excepting Army, may make them
>the easiest opponent of the 3 although they have the
>best record at this date.


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