Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Temple non-conf scheduling

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Temple 1998-2007
Average Rank = 64.8
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
35 17 18 0 48.6% 11 20 4 31.4% 4.8 12 34.3% 4 11.4% 17 48.6%
NCAA Ranks 38 90 68 39 80 74

Analysis: The Owls are tricky to analyze, mainly because they were independent for a while these past few years. They’re in the process of joining the MAC, and were in the Big East until 2004, which make them transitional in a lot of respects. Basically they’re willing play anyone – good BCS teams, bad BCS team, good non-BCS teams... you get the point.

Fact: Most people thing of Temple as an easy win, which might be true in most seasons. However, a lot of teams are willing to travel for that easy win – Temple has played nearly half their non-conf games at home during the BCS era (17 of 35). Even BCS teams like Virginia, Maryland, and Oregon State have played in Philly.

Fact: The MAC seems like it’ll be a good fit for Temple, if only because they’re somewhat familiar with the teams. 10 of their games from 1998 – 2004 were against the conference.

2008 Outlook: Pretty challenging for 2008. @ Penn State is tough, @ Navy should be tricky too, while @ Army probably won’t be. Home against Connecticut is a toss-up.

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Temple Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
8/29/08 @ Indy Army non 2.4 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/08 vs BigEast Connecticut BCS 7 9 41,36,-,-,32
9/20/08 @ Big10 Penn St BCS 7.2 11 -,-,3,25,25
11/1/08 @ Indy Navy non 8.6 10 -,24,30,-,-
8/31/07 vs Indy Navy non 7.4 10 -,-,24,30,-
9/15/07 vs BigEast Connecticut BCS 6.4 9 -,41,36,-,-
9/29/07 @ Indy Army non 2 4 -,-,-,-,-
11/10/07 vs Big10 Penn St BCS 7.2 11 15,-,-,3,25
9/4/04 vs ACC Virginia BCS 7 9 -,-,-,25,38
9/11/04 @ ACC Maryland BCS 8.2 11 -,-,10,13,20
9/18/04 vs zAA Florida A&M zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/25/04 @ MAC Toledo non 8.6 10 -,27,22,-,-
10/2/04 vs MAC Bowling Green non 7 11 -,-,-,37,23
8/30/03 @ Big10 Penn St BCS 7.6 10 15,11,-,-,15
9/6/03 vs zAA Villanova zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/20/03 @ CUSA Cincinnati non 5.2 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/27/03 @ CUSA Louisville non 8.2 11 -,-,32,16,-
10/4/03 @ SunBelt Middle Tenn St non 4.2 8 -,-,-,-,-
8/29/02 vs zAA Richmond zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/5/02 vs Pac10 Oregon St BCS 6.2 11 -,-,-,5,-
9/21/02 @ SEC South Carolina BCS 4.6 9 -,-,-,21,13
9/28/02 vs CUSA Cincinnati non 5.4 8 31,-,-,-,-
10/19/02 @ Indy Connecticut non 1 3 -,-,-,-,-
8/30/01 vs Indy Navy non 5 9 27,-,-,-,-
9/8/01 vs MAC Toledo non 7.8 10 -,-,-,-,27
9/22/01 @ MAC Bowling Green non 3.8 5 -,-,-,-,-
11/24/01 vs Indy Connecticut non 0.6 3 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/00 @ Indy Navy non 5.8 9 -,27,-,-,-
9/9/00 @ ACC Maryland BCS 4.2 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/16/00 vs MAC Bowling Green non 4.4 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/23/00 vs MAC E Michigan non 4 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/99 vs ACC Maryland BCS 4 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/11/99 @ Big12 Kansas St BCS 10 11 16,6,17,7,9
9/18/99 @ MAC Akron non 2.6 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/25/99 @ MAC Marshall non 4.4 12 -,-,-,40,27
9/5/98 @ MAC Toledo non 7.4 11 -,-,24,-,-
9/12/98 vs MAC Akron non 2.8 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/26/98 @ ACC Maryland BCS 3.8 6 -,-,-,-,-
10/3/98 vs zAA William & Mary zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-

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