I think they are personnel based

Sep 15, 2009
12:48:03pm

cougarick

Some guys are just better at holding onto the football than others. If fumbles were just random occurances, I don't think you'd see large fluctuations in the rankings.

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Are fumbles random?

Indy Coug

9/15/09 12:43pm

How does this account for changes in players?

scall

9/15/09 12:47pm

That's exactly what I was thinking

ChinoCoug

9/15/09 12:49pm

BYU 2006 returned a bunch of offensive starters

Indy Coug

9/15/09 12:52pm

I'm talking about coaching personnel

ChinoCoug

9/15/09 12:59pm

You can see wide variances with the same

Indy Coug

9/15/09 1:01pm

One observation, 199 more to go

ChinoCoug

9/15/09 1:05pm

The null hypothesis here is that they are random

Indy Coug

9/15/09 1:07pm

They hired Crowton in 2007

Indy Coug

9/15/09 12:50pm

And their running backs and receivers

scall

9/15/09 1:02pm

Isn't it more about the player? If it were ramdom

brizz

9/15/09 12:47pm

Also, some of those teams are consistently better

brizz

9/15/09 12:53pm

Then explain Les Miles' numbers

Indy Coug

9/15/09 12:55pm

Les Miles ain't 1/10th the coach Urban Meyer is

Top Ute

9/15/09 1:05pm

LSU finished 1st in fewest fumbles

Indy Coug

9/15/09 1:06pm

See ... I proved your point

Top Ute

9/15/09 1:07pm

Plus, they improved the year Crowton arrived

Indy Coug

9/15/09 1:09pm

I think they are personnel based

cougarick

9/15/09 12:48pm

100+ fumble lost for a season? that is almost 8-9

claw

9/15/09 12:48pm

Roh- it is rankings

claw

9/15/09 12:49pm

These are NCAA rankings, not fumble counts

Indy Coug

9/15/09 12:49pm

Also, you need to take into account recruiting

Ssebo

9/15/09 2:02pm

Can you correlate fumbles lost and games won?

GuitarGuy

9/15/09 12:51pm

The theory is that coaching affects ball security

Indy Coug

9/15/09 12:54pm

Whit has ball security coming out his pores

GuitarGuy

9/15/09 12:56pm

Frankly, this is revisionist history

Indy Coug

9/15/09 1:00pm

So are you saying we lose to FSU???

Shabwak

9/15/09 12:52pm

You have obviously never played football.

cougking

9/15/09 2:25pm

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