From: v262xxve@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Timothy C Pitts)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Re: Why so many Va Tech woofers?
Date: 3 Sep 92 21:37:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
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In article <1992Sep3.193921.3109@chpc.utexas.edu>, boisseau@chpc.utexas.edu (John R. Boisseau (Jay)) writes...
#Yes there is, until I see a power rating comparing the two for the last
#three years, complete with breakdowns of how many "Top 25" caliber teams
#each played, and how many "dogs" each whipped. Also, how did each do
#in that span vs. common opponents?

I'll do part of this, but I don't put much faith in ``power ratings'' so
I'll ignore that part.  Note:  Since KOC/PC and bowl games are not true
``scheduled'' games, I've omitted them.  Key:  team-score-record-AP rank.

UVA                         VaTech
1991
@Maryland    6-17  2-9       JamesMadison    41-12  9-4
Navy        17-10  1-10      @NCState         0- 7  9-3   24
@GaTech     21-24  8-5       @SCarolina      21-28  3-6-2
Duke        34- 3  4-6-1     @Oklahoma       17-27  9-3   16
Kansas      31-19  6-5       @WVa            20-14  6-5
@Clemson    20-20  9-2-1 18  @FSU            20-33 11-2    4
UNC         14- 9  7-4       Cincinnati      56- 9  4-7
WakeForest  48- 7  3-8       Louisville      41-13  2-9
VMI         42- 0  4-7       Akron           42-24  5-6
@NCState    42-10  9-3   24  EastCarolina    17-24 11-1    9
VaTech      38- 0  5-6       Virginia         0-38  8-3-1

1990
@Kansas     59-10  3-7-1     @Maryland       13-20  6-5-1
Clemson     20- 7 10-2    9  BowlingGreen    21- 7  3-5-2
Navy        56-14  5-6       @EastCarolina   24-23  5-6
@Duke       59- 0  4-7       SCarolina       24-35  6-5
Wm&Mary     63-35  9-2 (?)   @FSU            28-39 10-2    4
NCState     31- 0  7-5       WVa             26-21  4-7
@WakeForest 49-14  3-8       @Temple         28-31  7-4
GaTech      38-41 11-0-1  2  SthrnMiss       20-16  8-4
@UNC        24-10  6-4-1     NCState         20-16  7-5
Maryland    30-35  6-5-1     @GaTech          3- 6 11-0-1  2
@VaTech     13-38  6-5       Virginia        38-13  8-4   23

1989
@PennSt     14- 6  8-3-1 15  Akron           29- 3  6-4-1 
@GaTech     17-10  7-4       @SCarolina      17-17  6-4-1
Duke        49-28  8-4       Clemson          7-27 10-2   12
Wm&Mary     24-12  ??        Temple          23- 0  1-10
@Clemson    20-34 10-2   12  @WVa            12-10  8-3-1 21
UNC         50-17  1-10      FSU              7-41 10-2    3
WakeForest  47-28  2-8-1     @EastCarolina   10-14  5-5-1
Louisville  16-15  6-5       Tulane          30-13  4-8
@NCState    20- 9  7-5       Vanderbilt      18- 0  1-10
VaTech      32-25  6-4-1     @UVA            25-32 10-3   18
@Maryland   48-21  3-7-1     @NCState        25-23  7-5

                               Dogs             Decent teams
        Top 25 teams:     (5 or less wins):  (7+ wins, I-A only):
        UVA      VaTech    UVA     VaTech     UVA      VaTech
1991     2         4        5        3         4         5
1990     2         3        3        2         3         6
1989     2         4        3        3         5         5
Total    6        11       11        8        12        16

Common opponents:
1991    NCState
1990    Maryland, NCState, GaTech
1989    Clemson, NCState

I think it's safe to say that at least for the past three years, VaTech
has had a tougher schedule than Virginia has no matter how you measure it,
I'd even go so far as to say that it is significantly better, and that
VaTech could typically drop its toughest opponent, and many times its
second toughest one and end up with a schedule the equivalent to (or stronger
than) Virginia's.

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Timothy C. Pitts             
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