Strength of Schedule 1-30

Season to Date

1) Santa Fe ------- 0.622 -- (1) -- 0
2) Alpena ---------- 0.575 -- (6) -- 4
3) Wichita Falls --- 0.574 -- (2) -- 5
4) Helena ---------- 0.572 -- (6) -- 2
5) N. Iowa --------- 0.568 -- (2) -- -5
6) Texas ----------- 0.565 -- (4) -- 5
7) Traverse ------- 0.564 -- (6) -- 2
8) Texarkana ------ 0.559 -- (5) -- -3
9) Minnesota ----- 0.558 -- (10) -- -2
10) Springfield ---- 0.553 -- (11) -- 4
11) Billings --------- 0.552 -- (6) -- 1
12) Fargo ---------- 0.539 -- (13) -- 0
12) Bismark -------- 0.539 -- (12) -- 4
14) Wasilla -------- 0.537 -- (15) -- 0
15) S. Minnesota - 0.518 -- (14) -- -9
16) Mahoning ----- 0.503 -- (17) -- 3
17) Cleveland ---- 0.502 -- (16) -- -5
18) Bozeman ----- 0.485 -- (18) -- 1
19) USNTDP ------- 0.476 -- (19) -- -5
20) Fairbanks ----- 0.455 -- (20) -- -2

Alpena was the biggest mover this week going from #6 to #2 and Billings dropping from #6 to #11.


Remainder of Season

1) Wichita Falls --- 0.627 -- (3) -- -5
2) Billings ---------- 0.617 -- (5) -- -1
3) Helena ---------- 0.606 -- (1) -- 8
4) Santa Fe ------- 0.605 -- (4) -- 0
5) Cleveland ----- 0.604 -- (6) -- 5
6) Wasilla --------- 0.575 -- (2) -- 0
7) N. Iowa --------- 0.562 -- (9) -- 5
8) Fairbanks ------ 0.560 -- (8) -- 2
9) Alpena ---------- 0.555 -- (7) -- -4
10) Texas ---------- 0.544 -- (12) -- -5
11) Bismark -------- 0.542 -- (11) -- -3
12) Minnesota ---- 0.540 -- (13) -- 2
13) Traverse ------- 0.538 -- (10) -- -4
14) Springfield ---- 0.537 -- (13) -- -4
15) Mahoning ----- 0.529 -- (15) -- -3
16) Fargo ---------- 0.524 -- (16) -- 0
17) S. Minnesota - 0.519 -- (17) -- 9
18) USNTDP ------- 0.498 -- (19) -- 7
19) Texarkana ----- 0.494 -- (18) -- 3
20) Bozeman ----- 0.474 -- (20) -- -1

4 of the bottom 6 for strenght of schedule season to date are also in the bottom 6 for the remainder of the season.


Weekly strength of schedule ranking based on average opponents winning percentage. The number in the ( ) indicates previous weeks rank. The last number listed indicated the Road / Home game differential. A positive number indicates the team has played that many more Road Games while a negative number indicates they have played that many more Home Games.

I am glad you get a thrill out of your SOS computations. I'll be the first to admit that I do not know a good way to compute SOS. I have researched and tried to find a good way to compute SOS, but I never found a way, so I scrapped the idea. I enjoy BP's rankings because they use several different categories to get an overall point value in determining the rankings of teams in the NAHL. I have yet to really figure out what your SOS rankings are supposed to be telling me when you just throw them out there by themself.

Let me try to decipher them by looking at the "Remainder of the Season" part of your rankings. Hmmm....looks like Texarkana has the 2nd easiest schedule from here on out. OK.....let's see if that adds up. Of our (19) remaining games, (2) are at home against Traverse City....that is no biggie. (5) are against WF, with 3 of the games in WF. That really doesn't sound all that easy to me. Another (5) are against SF, with 3 in SF. Again, doesn't sound all that easy to me. (4) are against Fairbanks, with 2 of those in Fairbanks. Keep in mind that Fairbanks is the 2nd place team in the West. Uh, yeah....that sounds really easy. (2) are against Wasilla, in Wasilla.....a breeze I am sure. And, (1) is against Texas, in Frisco on a Wednesday night. I guess we should stroll thru that one without a problem, too. Not to mention, that our final 9 games of the year (the entire month of March) are on the road.....a Thursday, Friday and Saturday weekend in SF, the next Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, the next Friday and Saturday in Wasilla, and finally, the following and final Friday and Saturday of the regular season in WF. Sure sounds like the 2nd easiest finishing schedule to me.

So, I guess what I am saying, Mr. Tornado Warning, is that I still think your SOS rankings are

1CP

1 Cool Pucker wrote:

I am glad you get a thrill out of your SOS computations. I'll be the first to admit that I do not know a good way to compute SOS. I have researched and tried to find a good way to compute SOS, but I never found a way, so I scrapped the idea. I enjoy BP's rankings because they use several different categories to get an overall point value in determining the rankings of teams in the NAHL. I have yet to really figure out what your SOS rankings are supposed to be telling me when you just throw them out there by themself. Let me try to decipher them by looking at the "Remainder of the Season" part of your rankings. Hmmm....looks like Texarkana has the 2nd easiest schedule from here on out. OK.....let's see if that adds up. Of our (19) remaining games, (2) are at home against Traverse City....that is no biggie. (5) are against WF, with 3 of the games in WF. That really doesn't sound all that easy to me. Another (5) are against SF, with 3 in SF. Again, doesn't sound all that easy to me. (4) are against Fairbanks, with 2 of those in Fairbanks. Keep in mind that Fairbanks is the 2nd place team in the West. Uh, yeah....that sounds really easy. (2) are against Wasilla, in Wasilla.....a breeze I am sure. And, (1) is against Texas, in Frisco on a Wednesday night. I guess we should stroll thru that one without a problem, too. Not to mention, that our final 9 games of the year (the entire month of March) are on the road.....a Thursday, Friday and Saturday weekend in SF, the next Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, the next Friday and Saturday in Wasilla, and finally, the following and final Friday and Saturday of the regular season in WF. Sure sounds like the 2nd easiest finishing schedule to me. So, I guess what I am saying, Mr. Tornado Warning, is that I still think your SOS rankings are 1CP

Sounds like you are trying to make excuses for losing before hand. It is not that hard...Strength of schedule = strength of schedule. BTW...Wasilla has a losing record and so does Santa Fe; WF is basically 50/50. They might be away games at altitude (SF) or in Alaska but if the Bandit's. and their fans, expect to be champions and have possibly "the best goalie in the league" (from another post) then these are the kind of games they need (and should) to win.



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Jtornado wrote:

1 Cool Pucker wrote: I am glad you get a thrill out of your SOS computations. I'll be the first to admit that I do not know a good way to compute SOS. I have researched and tried to find a good way to compute SOS, but I never found a way, so I scrapped the idea. I enjoy BP's rankings because they use several different categories to get an overall point value in determining the rankings of teams in the NAHL. I have yet to really figure out what your SOS rankings are supposed to be telling me when you just throw them out there by themself. Let me try to decipher them by looking at the "Remainder of the Season" part of your rankings. Hmmm....looks like Texarkana has the 2nd easiest schedule from here on out. OK.....let's see if that adds up. Of our (19) remaining games, (2) are at home against Traverse City....that is no biggie. (5) are against WF, with 3 of the games in WF. That really doesn't sound all that easy to me. Another (5) are against SF, with 3 in SF. Again, doesn't sound all that easy to me. (4) are against Fairbanks, with 2 of those in Fairbanks. Keep in mind that Fairbanks is the 2nd place team in the West. Uh, yeah....that sounds really easy. (2) are against Wasilla, in Wasilla.....a breeze I am sure. And, (1) is against Texas, in Frisco on a Wednesday night. I guess we should stroll thru that one without a problem, too. Not to mention, that our final 9 games of the year (the entire month of March) are on the road.....a Thursday, Friday and Saturday weekend in SF, the next Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, the next Friday and Saturday in Wasilla, and finally, the following and final Friday and Saturday of the regular season in WF. Sure sounds like the 2nd easiest finishing schedule to me. So, I guess what I am saying, Mr. Tornado Warning, is that I still think your SOS rankings are 1CP Sounds like you are trying to make excuses for losing before hand. It is not that hard...Strength of schedule = strength of schedule.

Oh, thats nice....

bp

BTW, nice edit....

Jtornado wrote:

1 Cool Pucker wrote: I am glad you get a thrill out of your SOS computations. I'll be the first to admit that I do not know a good way to compute SOS. I have researched and tried to find a good way to compute SOS, but I never found a way, so I scrapped the idea. I enjoy BP's rankings because they use several different categories to get an overall point value in determining the rankings of teams in the NAHL. I have yet to really figure out what your SOS rankings are supposed to be telling me when you just throw them out there by themself. Let me try to decipher them by looking at the "Remainder of the Season" part of your rankings. Hmmm....looks like Texarkana has the 2nd easiest schedule from here on out. OK.....let's see if that adds up. Of our (19) remaining games, (2) are at home against Traverse City....that is no biggie. (5) are against WF, with 3 of the games in WF. That really doesn't sound all that easy to me. Another (5) are against SF, with 3 in SF. Again, doesn't sound all that easy to me. (4) are against Fairbanks, with 2 of those in Fairbanks. Keep in mind that Fairbanks is the 2nd place team in the West. Uh, yeah....that sounds really easy. (2) are against Wasilla, in Wasilla.....a breeze I am sure. And, (1) is against Texas, in Frisco on a Wednesday night. I guess we should stroll thru that one without a problem, too. Not to mention, that our final 9 games of the year (the entire month of March) are on the road.....a Thursday, Friday and Saturday weekend in SF, the next Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, the next Friday and Saturday in Wasilla, and finally, the following and final Friday and Saturday of the regular season in WF. Sure sounds like the 2nd easiest finishing schedule to me. So, I guess what I am saying, Mr. Tornado Warning, is that I still think your SOS rankings are 1CP Sounds like you are trying to make excuses for losing before hand. It is not that hard...Strength of schedule = strength of schedule. BTW...Wasilla has a losing record and so does Santa Fe; WF is basically 50/50. They might be away games at altituden (SF) or in Alaska but if the Bandit's. and their fans, expect to be champions and have possibly "the best goalie in the league" (from another post) then these are the kind of games they need to win.

Well, obviously you are doing absolutely nothing to hide the fact that you are an ignorant ass who likes to put your own spin on what someone else says. I am not making excuses for anything, just pointing out the obvious to folks who are intelligent enough to understand. There is nothing easy about a month long road trip no matter who you play. Bottom line is, TW's SOS rankings are ......and you are obviously where comes from.

1CP

Jtornado wrote:

1 Cool Pucker wrote: I am glad you get a thrill out of your SOS computations. I'll be the first to admit that I do not know a good way to compute SOS. I have researched and tried to find a good way to compute SOS, but I never found a way, so I scrapped the idea. I enjoy BP's rankings because they use several different categories to get an overall point value in determining the rankings of teams in the NAHL. I have yet to really figure out what your SOS rankings are supposed to be telling me when you just throw them out there by themself. Let me try to decipher them by looking at the "Remainder of the Season" part of your rankings. Hmmm....looks like Texarkana has the 2nd easiest schedule from here on out. OK.....let's see if that adds up. Of our (19) remaining games, (2) are at home against Traverse City....that is no biggie. (5) are against WF, with 3 of the games in WF. That really doesn't sound all that easy to me. Another (5) are against SF, with 3 in SF. Again, doesn't sound all that easy to me. (4) are against Fairbanks, with 2 of those in Fairbanks. Keep in mind that Fairbanks is the 2nd place team in the West. Uh, yeah....that sounds really easy. (2) are against Wasilla, in Wasilla.....a breeze I am sure. And, (1) is against Texas, in Frisco on a Wednesday night. I guess we should stroll thru that one without a problem, too. Not to mention, that our final 9 games of the year (the entire month of March) are on the road.....a Thursday, Friday and Saturday weekend in SF, the next Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, the next Friday and Saturday in Wasilla, and finally, the following and final Friday and Saturday of the regular season in WF. Sure sounds like the 2nd easiest finishing schedule to me. So, I guess what I am saying, Mr. Tornado Warning, is that I still think your SOS rankings are 1CP Sounds like you are trying to make excuses for losing before hand. It is not that hard...Strength of schedule = strength of schedule. BTW...Wasilla has a losing record and so does Santa Fe; WF is basically 50/50. They might be away games at altituden (SF) or in Alaska but if the Bandit's. and their fans, expect to be champions and have possibly "the best goalie in the league" (from another post) then these are the kind of games they need to win.

Oh, thats REALLY nice....

The same SF and WASILLA teams that yall had trouble with the last couple of weeks...May I add, Wasilla has not scored on Texarkana this year? Or maybe Santa Fe has not beaten Texarkana yet this year?

Your kidding, right?

bp

BorderPatrol wrote:

Jtornado wrote: 1 Cool Pucker wrote: I am glad you get a thrill out of your SOS computations. I'll be the first to admit that I do not know a good way to compute SOS. I have researched and tried to find a good way to compute SOS, but I never found a way, so I scrapped the idea. I enjoy BP's rankings because they use several different categories to get an overall point value in determining the rankings of teams in the NAHL. I have yet to really figure out what your SOS rankings are supposed to be telling me when you just throw them out there by themself. Let me try to decipher them by looking at the "Remainder of the Season" part of your rankings. Hmmm....looks like Texarkana has the 2nd easiest schedule from here on out. OK.....let's see if that adds up. Of our (19) remaining games, (2) are at home against Traverse City....that is no biggie. (5) are against WF, with 3 of the games in WF. That really doesn't sound all that easy to me. Another (5) are against SF, with 3 in SF. Again, doesn't sound all that easy to me. (4) are against Fairbanks, with 2 of those in Fairbanks. Keep in mind that Fairbanks is the 2nd place team in the West. Uh, yeah....that sounds really easy. (2) are against Wasilla, in Wasilla.....a breeze I am sure. And, (1) is against Texas, in Frisco on a Wednesday night. I guess we should stroll thru that one without a problem, too. Not to mention, that our final 9 games of the year (the entire month of March) are on the road.....a Thursday, Friday and Saturday weekend in SF, the next Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, the next Friday and Saturday in Wasilla, and finally, the following and final Friday and Saturday of the regular season in WF. Sure sounds like the 2nd easiest finishing schedule to me. So, I guess what I am saying, Mr. Tornado Warning, is that I still think your SOS rankings are 1CP Sounds like you are trying to make excuses for losing before hand. It is not that hard...Strength of schedule = strength of schedule. Oh, thats nice.... bp BTW, nice edit....

Editing to spell correctly. That is kind of a lame point. So I edited, Big Fu**ing Deal. Last time I checked the TT went 4-2 against SF and 2-0 against Wasilla during the last 3 weeks. May have not been blowouts, but they were wins. My point again...if ya'll expect to be considered the "best" in the league and potential champions then stop making excuses, play the games, and win.

Yes!@ I edited again...sorry, my spell check was not working.

You just don't fuckin get it, do you? No one is making excuses....Will you please show me ONE DAMN EXCUSE on this thread?

bp

1 Cool Pucker wrote:

Let me try to decipher them by looking at the "Remainder of the Season" part of your rankings. Hmmm....looks like Texarkana has the 2nd easiest schedule from here on out. OK.....let's see if that adds up. Of our (19) remaining games, (2) are at home against Traverse City....that is no biggie. (5) are against WF, with 3 of the games in WF. That really doesn't sound all that easy to me. Another (5) are against SF, with 3 in SF. Again, doesn't sound all that easy to me. (4) are against Fairbanks, with 2 of those in Fairbanks. Keep in mind that Fairbanks is the 2nd place team in the West. Uh, yeah....that sounds really easy. (2) are against Wasilla, in Wasilla.....a breeze I am sure. And, (1) is against Texas, in Frisco on a Wednesday night. I guess we should stroll thru that one without a problem, too. Not to mention, that our final 9 games of the year (the entire month of March) are on the road.....a Thursday, Friday and Saturday weekend in SF, the next Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, the next Friday and Saturday in Wasilla, and finally, the following and final Friday and Saturday of the regular season in WF. Sure sounds like the 2nd easiest finishing schedule to me. 1CP

Looks like a whole paragraph of excuses. But, that's just me

Man, you 'Nado fans get awfully defensive. 1CP was not making excuses beforehand. He's calling bogus on TW inference that Texarkana has an easy schedule for the rest of the season.

You are right, that is just you....that definitely clears things up for me.

After reviewing this thread, I have to applaud the use of the emoticon...nice application.

Moe Bandits wrote:

Man, you 'Nado fans get awfully defensive. 1CP was not making excuses beforehand. He's calling bogus on TW inference that Texarkana has an easy schedule for the rest of the season.

Don't think there was an inference in there. I believe all he is saying is that they are playing a schedule that is against a combination of teams with a losing record. I believe that is fact as pointed out by his list. As far as being sensitive...BP or 1CP said I was an "ignorant ass" and i am where comes from. Sounds to me like he got his feelings hurt by my statements.

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Moe Bandits wrote:

Man, you 'Nado fans get awfully defensive. 1CP was not making excuses beforehand. He's calling bogus on TW inference that Texarkana has an easy schedule for the rest of the season.

Thanks, Moe!

Jtornado wrote:

Moe Bandits wrote: Man, you 'Nado fans get awfully defensive. 1CP was not making excuses beforehand. He's calling bogus on TW inference that Texarkana has an easy schedule for the rest of the season. Don't think there was an inference in there. I believe all he is saying is that they are playing a schedule that is against a combination of teams with a losing record. I believe that is fact as pointed out by his list. As far as being sensitive...BP or 1CP said I was an "ignorant ass" and i am where comes from. Sounds to me like he got his feelings hurt by my statements.

Damn, we have to wait 15 minutes to reply to your posts so you can make all of your edits.

If that is what TW was saying, then he doesn't need to call it SOS. There are a few more factors that need to be included in SOS besides Win-Loss records.

1CP

Oh, and I am a long ways from my feelings being hurt. As a matter of fact, I have been laughing my ass off at just how ignorant you look after posting all of the above. I think it is hilarious that you have to make your own little interpretation of facts that have been posted just to satisfy your weak mind.
(And this is an edit for addition, not correction.)

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Jtornado wrote:

Moe Bandits wrote: Man, you 'Nado fans get awfully defensive. 1CP was not making excuses beforehand. He's calling bogus on TW inference that Texarkana has an easy schedule for the rest of the season. Don't think there was an inference in there. I believe all he is saying is that they are playing a schedule that is against a combination of teams with a losing record. I believe that is fact as pointed out by his list. As far as being sensitive...BP or 1CP said I was an "ignorant ass" and i am where comes from. Sounds to me like he got his feelings hurt by my statements.

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You edited that post THREE times, and you still can't get your facts straight? Wow...

bp

There...no edits.

Jtornado wrote:

There...no edits.

What a coincidence....no intelligence either.....

1CP

1 Cool Pucker wrote:

Jtornado wrote: There...no edits. What a coincidence....no intelligence either..... 1CP

Hey! I am not the one attacking the person. Just speaking the facts of TW's list. So, before you rip on my "intelligence" or "weak mind", remember...I am not the one digressing from the topic of the thread.

Jtornado wrote:

Don't think there was an inference in there.

Then what is the point of his SoS rankings?

bp