Saint Peters Peacocks The Weekend That Was

[DocCajun]

On the bright side, it's not looking good for today's game.

Come on rain!

[Cajun90]

Where would we be if we actually lost a game, or two to the Peacocks?

Way to early for it to mean anything. Numbers are going to bounce around everywhere this early in season. Need a lot more connectivity for them to start making sense. A loss to them would be no different than say a loss to Tulane at home. Playing them is the killer and three times is overkill.

Excuse me while I get back to my cloud seeding project

[GoneGolfin]

Interesting. That raises (and I think answers) and interesting question for Brian.

Question: Does combined opponents' raw number win/loss record (multiplied by number of games played vs. that opponent) add up to calculate OWP?

It seems like I answer this question several times each year. :-)

NO

I also inferred as such earlier in this thread.

I.e. Since St. Peter's comes in 0-1 with loss Wednesday, they contribute 1 loss to our OWP... although that game is not even listed on warrennolan.com. I would not expect the change in Cajuns RPI ranking to be so drastic if this was the case.

Wipe the above paragraph from your memory. This is not how it works ... though many people believe this to be the case.

OR - more likely based on this drastic shift - Since St. Peter's doesn't have a win - we now have a single game contribution by an opponent with a 0.00 WP - added in with the contribution of WP of our other 10 opponents?

Yes, exactly what I said in this same thread last night.

No matter the results of any games this weekend between Saint Peter's and Louisiana ... we will exit the weekend with a .0000 OWP contribution from Saint Peter's. What remains to be decided is how that .0000 OWP is weighted ... X 1, X2, or (gasp) X3.

And to be more specific about the effect of playing last night's game ... it is not about the # of ranking spots dropped. That has several variables unrelated to the Cajuns' RPI. It is the drop of the Cajuns' RPI itself and specifically the SOS component (2/3 OWP and 1/3 OOWP). Immediately after adding last night's game, the Cajuns' SOS dropped from .5934 to .5613 ... partly because it is early and partly because you are adding a .0000 and another very low number to the mix (.2731 before last night's results).

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Playing them with no wins right now is best, as bad as it is no matter what any win helps the rest of the way out. It can't get worse than zero

It cannot get worse than a .000 OWP ... except when you weight that .000 two or three times.

But after whatever number of games are played this weekend, yes ... any win by Saint Peter's improves the situation.

Brian

[angeleast]

It cannot get worse than a .000 OWP ... except when you weight that .000 two or three times.

But after whatever number of games are played this weekend, yes ... any win by Saint Peter's improves the situation.

Brian

So our only hope is that ST Peters plays thier azz off and has a decent season going forward.

[GoneGolfin]

So our only hope is that ST Peters plays thier azz off and has a decent season going forward.

Yes ... you hope that their schedule is weak (with plenty of home games) ... and that they end with a WP considerably better than past years.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Where would we be if we actually lost a game, or two to the Peacocks?

The same as any loss (or two) to USM or any other home opponent.

Now mentally ...

Brian

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