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Topic: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

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Bobcat110
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New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 11:34:19 AM

According to Sagarin computer rankings.

29th OHIO@ ; 78.50 pts.
101st New Mexico State@ 62.49 pts
105th Marshall@ 61.64 pts

Based on those numbers, Ohio should be favored by about 13 instead of 6.5.

www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc12.htm

Last Edited: 9/14/2012 11:35:45 AM by Bobcat110

MariettaCatFanatic
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 12:10:53 PM

I don't buy into this computer garbage at all. Marshall is most def. better than New Mexico St. and you best believe we will have our hands full tomorrow night.

GO BOBCATS!

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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 12:12:56 PM

The Sagarins aren't really reliable until about the midpoint of the season.

No way is NMSU better than Marshall.

Rowdy Rufus
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 12:28:04 PM

I don't think you can put a value on the rivalry factor. I firmly believe this game will be the most difficult for the Bobcats so far...

I can't wait to see Marshall's stadium. Does anyone know where the memorial is located. I need directions from the stadium.

Gallia Cat
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 12:44:57 PM

Jeff McKinney wrote:

The Sagarins aren't really reliable until about the midpoint of the season.

No way is NMSU better than Marshall.

I am agreeing with you on everything Jeff! No way New Mexico State is as good as Marshall. I do think that New Mexico State was a perfect opponent to play just prior to Marshall. They pushed Ohio's pass defense which will be severely tested against Marshall.

Can't wait until tomorrow!

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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 1:32:32 PM

Rowdy Rufus wrote:

I can't wait to see Marshall's stadium. Does anyone know where the memorial is located. I need directions from the stadium.

If you mean the fountain, it's on their green, behind the student center, on the other end of campus. About 4 blocks (stadium is on 20th Street; fountain is approximately 16th Street).

davepi2
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 1:38:14 PM

besides the memorial on campus don't forget the graveside memorial also. I don't know the directions to it but it is a graveyard overlooking Huntington.

anorris
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 2:50:03 PM

As others have mentioned, Sagarin ratings have pre-season bias built in at the beginning of the season and that isn't eliminated until the teams are, in his words, "well-connected." Only then do I put real stock in them.

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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 2:51:11 PM

The Memorial is actually on 20th street, as you come down 5th avenue, when you get to the stadium, turn right. Go under the underpass and proceed up past 11th avenue, pass 11th, through the light and vere to the left up the hill, the cemetary is on the right, drive until you see the entrance, a few hundred yards. When you get into the cemetary, drive, and constantly vere to the right until you reach the memorial.

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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 3:37:40 PM

I think the reason NMSU is ranked higher is because they crushed Sacramento State, which went on to beat Colorado last week.

L.C.
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/14/2012 4:42:58 PM

Given that Sagarin claims not to be accurate for the first few weeks, I wouldn't use it for comparisons at this point. An indicator that you can use is the point spread. Ohio was favored by 21 against NMSU, and is favored by 6 or so against Marshall, at Marshall. That means that Ohio would probably be favored by 12 or so if the game were in Athens. Thus, the gambler consensus seems to be that Marshall is about 9 points better than NMSU.

�We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.� ― Epictetus

LoganElm_grad09
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/15/2012 12:05:42 AM

Marshall is 9 points better than NMSU...

Who we beat by 27

Cat4ever
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/15/2012 6:58:52 PM

LoganElm_grad09 wrote:

Marshall is 9 points better than NMSU...

Who we beat by 27

...and after about a half-quarter, they are 14 points better than us

The only thing that is a fact is that nothing is a fact.
If this statement is true, it is also false.
--Dr. Donald Horning, circa 1965

Kevin Finnegan
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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/15/2012 8:03:07 PM

I don't know why everyone is so quick to discount this statement. NMSU beat Sacramento State who went ahead and beat Colorado. Then they lost to OHIO. Marshall got beat by WVU quite handily and then beat Western Carolina, who will likely lose handily to Wofford today. I'd say there is little to show thus far that Marshall is superior to NMSU.

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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/15/2012 8:46:12 PM

finnOhio wrote:

Little to show Marshall is better?? ... Start with C A T O he's shredding our secondary with 300 yards and still in 3rd quarter. And he's a sophmore ...

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RE: New Mexico State is better than Marshall

Posted: 9/15/2012 11:59:43 PM

finnOhio wrote:

And Colorado is pathetic. Lost tonight 69 - 14 to Fresno State. Down 55 - 7 at halftime.

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