Power 5 desirability rankings - from our friend Pat Forde

[Redmich]

Spoiler - he has us ranked 33rd behind Wisconsin - Iowa - Michigan St - Northwestern - Iowa State - Oklahoma St

all the other blue bloods are in the top 10

Programs ranked

 

[TFrazier]

 

[Redmich]

He’s a sports illustrated hack

 

[TFrazier]

He’s a sports illustrated hack

I guess I should have added something that indicated sarcasm.

 

[huskerfan66]

Who spells Ford with an e? Those that want to try to soun important

 

[TruHusker]

This is a data driven result, hard to argue with that. The fact that the data is derived from the past five years automatically eliminates Nebraska from any serious contention. As in all things like this, it is easy to poke fun at the results, as Husker fans, yes, we do live somewhat in the past collectively, but try to come to gripes with the reality of this or find a different way to determine the results.

The simple truth is, Nebraska needs to get its collective act together especially in major men's sports or they will continue to devalue the the label.

 

[headcard]

So what “data” is he using? Nebraska sells more tickets, sells more merchandise and has better ratings than half the schools above them. This is just bizarre.

 

[wkato]

Winning will fix that.

 

[BlackNGoldWings]

So what “data” is he using? Nebraska sells more tickets, sells more merchandise and has better ratings than half the schools above them. This is just bizarre.

Your choices for metrics are what is bizarre.

 

[anon_aq2oj9agff6mk]

Pat Forde sleeps with his socks on and hates ranch dressing. Just a complete tool. That being said, we really haven't brought much in terms of value since joining. Outside of showing other major programs how NOT to play special teams and pay attention to detail that is.

 

[headcard]

Your choices for metrics are what is bizarre.

OK. How so?

 

[250vertical]

Who spells Ford with an e? Those that want to try to soun important

Missouri grads

 

[mgbreis]

Didn't read. But he definitely hates Nebraska and was in the group of media carrying torches and pitchforks that went after us in 2020 when we (GASP!) wanted to play football. This quote of his from back then:

"Nebraska’s carping falls in the category of Unwarranted Entitlement. Like, who cares what Nebraska thinks? You’re unhappy making $54 million in media rights as the ninth-best football program in a 14-team conference? Please, go. Pack up your John Deere and hit the farm roads out of here."

He's an ignorant POS and I'd be hard-pressed to name a media member whose opinion I value less. I mean, he's from Colorado and went to Missouri, it's not hard to figure out the Nebraska hate.

 

[jehresm]

So what “data” is he using? Nebraska sells more tickets, sells more merchandise and has better ratings than half the schools above them. This is just bizarre.

He's using a composite score based on five metrics, all weighted equally:

1. Football rank (using 5-year Sagarin average),
2. Academic reputation (based on US News rankings),
3. All sports ranking (based on 2022 Learfield Director's Cup standings)
4. Average football attendance for 2017-21 (excluding 2020), and
5. TV ratings (based on how many 2017-21 football games a team played with over a million TV viewers)

Think about where NU stood in June 2010 (particularly 1, 4, 5) vs. today.

NU looked good to the B1G then because

1. Tom Osborne was the AD. (The guy who many NU fans claimed stunk from 1973-1993 and whose "meddling" kept Perlhorst's Coach RiLLLLLLLLey from greatness).
   Also, 2009 team "won" the Big XII Championship 12-10 if not for Texas alum/head of Big XII officials Walt Anderson demanding 0:01 be put back on the clock, and Pelini/Suh had beaten Arizona 33-0 in the Holiday Bowl
2. Harvey Perlman's arrogance hadn't yet managed to get NU kicked out of the AAU
3. Irrelevant, no conference invitations consider success in lacrosse, fencing, crew, or other Olympic sports
4. Sellout streak
5. Easily in top 15. But media markets matter too.

 

[headcard]

He's using a composite score based on five metrics, all weighted equally:

1. Football rank (using 5-year Sagarin average),
2. Academic reputation (based on US News rankings),
3. All sports ranking (based on 2022 Learfield Director's Cup standings)
4. Average football attendance for 2017-21 (excluding 2020), and
5. TV ratings (based on how many 2017-21 football games a team played with over a million TV viewers)

Think about where NU stood in June 2010 (particularly 1, 4, 5) vs. today.

NU looked good to the B1G then because

1. Tom Osborne was the AD. (The guy who many NU fans claimed stunk from 1973-1993 and whose "meddling" kept Perlhorst's Coach RiLLLLLLLLey from greatness).
   Also, 2009 team "won" the Big XII Championship 12-10 if not for Texas alum/head of Big XII officials Walt Anderson demanding 0:01 be put back on the clock, and Pelini/Suh had beaten Arizona 33-0 in the Holiday Bowl
2. Harvey Perlman's arrogance hadn't yet managed to get NU kicked out of the AAU
3. Irrelevant, no conference invitations consider success in lacrosse, fencing, crew, or other Olympic sports
4. Sellout streak
5. Easily in top 15. But media markets matter too.

A pretty stupid way to compute value. Value is $$$ and we still take it in for the B1G even if we are down.

#1 is just silly, there are always flash in a pan teams that put together a few good seasons. Is a team like Boise or Costal Carolina really actually valuable because they have been competitive the last few years.

#2 LOL, OK. Yes Bama and Oklahoma are sought after because of their outstanding academics.

#3 Seriously? We are going to pretend to care about lacrosse and swimming or whatever. Is is about the hundreds or millions of dollars football brings in.

#4. Finally a metric that makes some sense. Still one of the best here.

#5 Another metric conferences will actually care about and still one of the best here.

 

[Biggus Blockus]

So what “data” is he using? Nebraska sells more tickets, sells more merchandise and has better ratings than half the schools above them. This is just bizarre.

Perhaps he is using Wins and Losses in the last decade? Recent Conference Championships? Ya know crazy stuff like that

 

[headcard]

Perhaps he is using Wins and Losses in the last decade? Recent Conference Championships? Ya know crazy stuff like that

That would be pretty crazy indeed. A flash-in-the-pan team that strings together a couple of good seasons is not going to be desirable to any P5 conference just because they happen to have been decent recently.

 

[Swiv3D]

So what “data” is he using? Nebraska sells more tickets, sells more merchandise and has better ratings than half the schools above them. This is just bizarre.

It's the data of personal feels from God himself, Pat Forde