yeah I get that, and it is ver interesting. I'm just curious about what the rankings would be if one were to

Aug 22, 2019
1:49:46pm

DrBYU All-American

include only games between primary rivals (USC/UCLA; ASU/UA; UW/WSU; Bama/Auburn; etc). We obviously still have the smallest MOV, but the WL% would be interesting to examine across that more homogenous set of rivals.

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BYU: Managing to lose way more than their share of close rivalry games

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

8/22/19 1:30pm

RE: BYU: Managing to lose way more than their share of close rivalry games

2FarGone

8/22/19 1:32pm

RE: BYU: Managing to lose way more than their share of close rivalry games

Borg

8/22/19 1:34pm

Just so frustrating

Squirt

8/22/19 1:35pm

Not a close rivalry according to people on here because BYU can't win.

chitownboy

8/22/19 1:38pm

That's a ridiculously binary way of looking at it.

Indy Coug

8/22/19 1:40pm

Few of those are true rivalry games of the same magnitude as BYU UU (e.g., ASU vs UCLA as opposed to UCLA vs USC.

DrBYU

8/22/19 1:39pm

Maybe so, but if they play at least 20 out of 25 years there's enough data points

Indy Coug

8/22/19 1:42pm

yeah I get that, and it is ver interesting. I'm just curious about what the rankings would be if one were to

DrBYU

8/22/19 1:49pm

"I'll take Things That I Didn't Need Stats to Tell Me for 500, Alex."

NOCAL_YFAN

8/22/19 1:58pm

The law of averages must begin to smile down on us soon, no?

whirl

8/22/19 2:05pm

And that number is skewed by 7 games. Of the past 25, 18 have been won by

StarMan

8/22/19 2:15pm

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