Blackheart

This just in...Motzko is a dick.

So just for fun, I google what the difference was between the Pairwise ranking system and the new NPI. When they moved to NPI this year I thought it was kinda crazy but this explanation makes sense on the surface. Either way, it's much better than the fiasco that college football goes through every year determining who's in or out of their fake ESPN influenced playoff field. The main difference is that Pairwise was a multi-step comparison system using RPI, common opponents, and head-to-head results to rank teams by wins, while the new NCAA Power Index (NPI) is a single, iterative formula (like KRACH) that combines winning percentage (25%) with a much more robust, recursive strength of schedule (75%), dropping low-value games and aiming for a more accurate, less quirky ranking by focusing on overall schedule strength rather than just common opponents. Pairwise (The Old System) Method: Compared teams head-to-head (H2H), against common opponents (CO), and via their RPI (Rating Percentage Index). Process: Teams earned "points" for winning these comparisons, and the team with more points "won" the comparison. Final rankings were based on the total comparisons won, with NPI (or another metric) as a tiebreaker. Weakness: Could produce odd results from small head-to-head wins or weak schedules, leading to controversy. NPI (The New System) Method: A single, holistic formula combining winning percentage (25%) and strength of schedule (75%). Strength of Schedule: Calculated recursively, similar to KRACH, by averaging the NPI of opponents, giving more weight to the overall strength of the schedule. Key Changes: Drops low-value games: Focuses on overall strength, so bad losses don't disproportionately hurt as much, and quirky schedules matter less. More accurate SOS: Replaces the old RPI's complex SOS calculation with a more direct, iterative one. Quality Wins: Includes quality win bonuses and adjusted home/away/overtime weights, but within one unified index. Goal: To provide a fairer, less controversial picture of the best teams by emphasizing overall performance and schedule strength. In essence, NPI simplifies and refines the process by embedding all factors into one powerful algorithm, moving away from the sometimes confusing "comparison" ladder of Pairwise.

Dartmouth was just a mathematical anomaly...I'm sure they'll settle into the middle of the pack.

Yeah, lets put the 5'8", 160 lb guy out there to clear out the net front...

I'm seeing a slight resemblence...

No love from the Motzko?

Bad uni’s

yeah, I heard they can be hard to find as well...😉

Gadowsky's kid is on the roster...he any good?

Well, this was all kinda depressing...

Nothing wrong with 8 tracks...even had the converter so I could listen to cassettes in my 8 track player. Young punks...

Content that's formatted?

What's a blog?

It’s spelled: S i e v e

No way UND could ever skate with Michigan. It’s inconceivable.

St. Cloud would make a banner for that.

Why you think it's a fake Mafia? What should we be looking for?

Seems a little sus...

I've got people...

Grimy Grimes (Gabinet) better get control of his monkeys.

So he could walk at the end of the season and go play on the same team as his brothers?

And maybe order off the back of the menu at Perkins?

guerin desparate?

Definitely good to get Rickwood and Z back for this game.