Can you guess why the Cajuns' RPI increased?

[GoneGolfin]

_ Brian...

I came in late... just read through all of this... and threw up my head was hurting so much!! _

LOL. I will buy you a beer at the game this weekend.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

So you could manipulate the schedule by bringing in better teams in bad conferences since they will likely not be as good of an opponent, but would still give you a high number for your OWP.

Yes ... for the lesser competitive part of your schedule, you want to bring in teams that have a decent W/L record that was built against a weak schedule. Your RPI will overweight that team's W/L record while underweighting that team's strength of schedule. Of course you will also want to schedule those games at home. :-)

You want to avoid the teams that are expected to be down and have poor W/L records (or are likely to have under .500 W/L records) because they have a difficult schedule. Your RPI will underweight that team's difficult schedule and overweight its poor W/L record.

In moderation of course, you do want to balance junk RPI scheduling with high profile team scheduling in order to get record vs top 50, 75, etc as well as challenging your team. _

Absolutely. You supplement with high RPI teams that will not hurt you if you lose. Sprinkle in some high RPI road games for potential RPI bonuses.

I am available for schedule consulting if Tony needs me.

Brian (will work for beer)

[CajunRed]

_ LOL. I will buy you a beer at the game this weekend.

Brian _

Ha!! Will hold you to it!

[cajunhawk]

Someone get David Walker on the phone and tell him to hire Brian as a consultant for scheduling purposes. I take myself to be a pretty intelligent individual. I graduated college without really trying. But this post has me totally confused and lost. I once tried to read Stephen Hawkings Origins of the Universe and was in a stupor the entire time. Same thing here. Brian you are a statistical beast. Im glad I deal with tax returns and whole numbers for a living. Dollars and cents baby.

[GoneGolfin]

_ Ha!! Will hold you to it! _

But first you will need to read my last three pieces on monetary policy, the Treasury/Fed relationship w/respect to "on the run treasury issues", and a balance sheet/exit strategy update.

There will be a quiz at the end.

"Fed Exit Strategy"
http://financialsense.com/fsu/editor...009/0729a.html

""Lending" a Helping Hand"
http://financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2009/0804.html

"Fed Exit Strategy? (An Update)"
http://financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2010/0212.html

Brian

[LFTCajun]

_ But first you will need to read my last three pieces on monetary policy, the Treasury/Fed relationship w/respect to "on the run treasury issues", and a balance sheet/exit strategy update.

There will be a quiz at the end.

"Fed Exit Strategy"
http://financialsense.com/fsu/editor...009/0729a.html

""Lending" a Helping Hand"
http://financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2009/0804.html

"Fed Exit Strategy? (An Update)"
http://financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2010/0212.html

Brian _

Seems you have another hobby Brian. One that may even land you as an interviewee on the Bob Brinker show, or sitting on camera in front of Neil Cavuto.

Very impressive articles! And I almost understood them.

WITH THAT SAID, please keep the usual coming...