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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Well, I can't argue speculation. That's what irrational folks do. I can only go by the basis of the data so if you don't like the data I won't be much help. Both the computers and the pollsters equated Va Tech and Oklahoma so if they're all wrong, the discussion is moot.
Either way one cannot assume a victory over Va Tech while assuming a Kansas loss to OU. Neither is knowable and neither is proveable whatsoever.
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I never gave VaTech a second thought until you brought them up. But since you did, they played in a cream puff league that routinely gets beat like a drum in bowls and lost to a team MU beat. So while it is correct to say we will never know for sure I do think the Tigers would have beaten them that year.
Having said that it's irrelevant to who was better between MU and KU that year. The H2H along with the other common opponents those schools play tell us all we need to know. You're right though the margin isn't big, I never said it was, but it is definitive.
As far as OU is concerned the only thing I did w/ them is not necessarily penalize MU for losing to them since KU didn't play them. I did the same thing with the league heavies and relative door mats in other years as well. That's not the same as assuming KU would have lost to them (although I think they would have). Since they played each other and have a sample of several common opponents we can look at it isn't necessary to get into any of that.