Tuesday, May 7, 2013

What does What If Sports think of Bob Stoops and Andy Staples

My twitter feed is abuzz today with Bob Stoops questioning the depth of greatness in the SEC. SI's Andy Staples posed the question of what the record would be a in head-to-head 1-10 match-ups.
I went to the website WhatIfSports.com to see what the simulators think.

I used the 2012 versions of the respective teams based their standings on the ESPN college football standings page.


SECScoreBig 12Score
Alabama47KSU10
Georgia17OU49
Florida58Texas6
LSU6Ok St44
Texas AM26Baylor21
So Carolina21TTU50
Vandy13TCU20
Miss St23WVU48
Ole Miss27Iowa St16
Mizzou27Kansas38

Surprisingly enough, we end up with the Big 12 holding a 6-4 advantage. Of course since we care more about how the boneg would have faired...

SECScorebonegScore
Alabama56OSU17
Georgia27Nebraska36
Florida7Michigan9
LSU33PSU20
Texas AM24Wisconsin6
So Carolina24Northwestern23
Vandy34MSU3
Miss St21Purdue34
Ole Miss27Iowa20
Mizzou50Indiana17
Arkansas62Minnesota14
Tennessee47Illinois10


It isn't pretty. The boneg finishes 3-9 and all 3 wins are likely upsets. It ends up much like Michigan's split MNC year of 1997-98 - the only conference wins are Michigan, Purdue and Nebraska...