aceinthehole
September 3rd, 2014, 11:45 AM
Yes, I know this is FBS, but how would a grid like this look like for FCS schools.
http://online.wsj.com/news/interactive/SHAME082714?ref=SB10001424052970203937904580118002 691523946#
The Grid is a way of sorting out which fans can boast about their team—on and/or off the field—and who should think again before gloating. The horizontal axis assesses on-field strength for this upcoming season. We took the preseason ratings of all 128 major-college teams from several media outlets and predictive computer models, then averaged them together to smooth out the slight outliers. The better the team, the farther they are on the right.
The vertical axis measures shame. This is trickier to quantify, of course, but there is data to help the cause.
We decided the thin line between admirable and embarrassing with a weighted calculation of every team's academic performance, NCAA violation and probationary record, attendance figures, off-season arrests, total funding it takes from the university or state and amount that student fees subsidize the athletic department.
But that still doesn't cover everything. This is college football, after all. The juiciest scandals are too unbelievable to fall under one data point. How, for example, do you categorize Southern California suspending cornerback Josh Shaw on Wednesday for admitting he lied when he said he injured his ankles jumping out of a building to rescue a drowning relative in a pool? That is why we also account for an "ick" factor—that je ne sais quoi that makes academic eggheads, Division III purists and other tailgating holier-than-thous spit out their Chardonnay
The big winners of this year's Grid—that is, schools located in the upper right—included UCLA and Stanford, a pair of Pac-12 teams that are contenders for this season's first-ever College Football Playoff.
An outsize number of teams this season fell into the least desirable quadrant of the Grid—the bottom left—because of poor Academic Progress Rate scores, reliance on subsidies or both.
The bottom-right quadrant of embarrassing powerhouses is always full of big names. This season is no exception with Florida State, Alabama and Oklahoma—the top three teams, in that order, in the preseason coaches poll.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-college-football-grid-of-shame-1409185352?tesla=y
http://online.wsj.com/news/interactive/SHAME082714?ref=SB10001424052970203937904580118002 691523946#
The Grid is a way of sorting out which fans can boast about their team—on and/or off the field—and who should think again before gloating. The horizontal axis assesses on-field strength for this upcoming season. We took the preseason ratings of all 128 major-college teams from several media outlets and predictive computer models, then averaged them together to smooth out the slight outliers. The better the team, the farther they are on the right.
The vertical axis measures shame. This is trickier to quantify, of course, but there is data to help the cause.
We decided the thin line between admirable and embarrassing with a weighted calculation of every team's academic performance, NCAA violation and probationary record, attendance figures, off-season arrests, total funding it takes from the university or state and amount that student fees subsidize the athletic department.
But that still doesn't cover everything. This is college football, after all. The juiciest scandals are too unbelievable to fall under one data point. How, for example, do you categorize Southern California suspending cornerback Josh Shaw on Wednesday for admitting he lied when he said he injured his ankles jumping out of a building to rescue a drowning relative in a pool? That is why we also account for an "ick" factor—that je ne sais quoi that makes academic eggheads, Division III purists and other tailgating holier-than-thous spit out their Chardonnay
The big winners of this year's Grid—that is, schools located in the upper right—included UCLA and Stanford, a pair of Pac-12 teams that are contenders for this season's first-ever College Football Playoff.
An outsize number of teams this season fell into the least desirable quadrant of the Grid—the bottom left—because of poor Academic Progress Rate scores, reliance on subsidies or both.
The bottom-right quadrant of embarrassing powerhouses is always full of big names. This season is no exception with Florida State, Alabama and Oklahoma—the top three teams, in that order, in the preseason coaches poll.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-college-football-grid-of-shame-1409185352?tesla=y