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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 131759510" data-attributes="member: 1428007">The BIG 12 has --going forward 8 schools.&nbsp; Say they remain together as an 8 team conference.&nbsp; They will play 5 OOC foes and you can bet that several of those are going to be power schools, at least one a year up there with the OUs and especially the UTs of the world.Pretending that OU/UT are removed from the schedule and no one is replacing them is ---you got it, cutting teams out for BIG 12 schools.It is absolutely reasonable to look at schools in other conferences without the top 20% schedule in their conference--which also drives a good portion of THEIR ratings, if you are trying to claim BIG 12 schools &quot;have no value&quot;.&nbsp; You compare apples to apples.&nbsp; What does an ACC school look like not playing Clemson and whatever other two teams are driving the top 20% of their ratings?&nbsp; Same for Big Ten, SEC, PAC etc.&nbsp; otherwise you are giving a false diluted take on the BIG 12 schools.I mean, if WVU plays i.e. Penn State, UCLA, VT and 7 BIG 12 schools along with a couple G5--their ratings are NOT going to be 50% reduced from if they had played OU/UT instead of PSU, UCLA and VT.&nbsp; In fact, they may be BETTER overall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 131759510, member: 1428007"] The BIG 12 has --going forward 8 schools. Say they remain together as an 8 team conference. They will play 5 OOC foes and you can bet that several of those are going to be power schools, at least one a year up there with the OUs and especially the UTs of the world. Pretending that OU/UT are removed from the schedule and no one is replacing them is ---you got it, cutting teams out for BIG 12 schools. It is absolutely reasonable to look at schools in other conferences without the top 20% schedule in their conference--which also drives a good portion of THEIR ratings, if you are trying to claim BIG 12 schools "have no value". You compare apples to apples. What does an ACC school look like not playing Clemson and whatever other two teams are driving the top 20% of their ratings? Same for Big Ten, SEC, PAC etc. otherwise you are giving a false diluted take on the BIG 12 schools. I mean, if WVU plays i.e. Penn State, UCLA, VT and 7 BIG 12 schools along with a couple G5--their ratings are NOT going to be 50% reduced from if they had played OU/UT instead of PSU, UCLA and VT. In fact, they may be BETTER overall. [/QUOTE]

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