Here is is folks your stupid comment of the week courtesy of INCH. It would be interesting to know what he is basing this comment on?
matt: In your opinion, are the bubble teams like Notre dame better then those lower tear WCHA teams that have a really strong RPI. or do you think those bubble teams would be worse in the WCHA??
Mike Eidelbes: I don't pretend to be an expert on the permutations of the computer rankings, but I think the books get cooked a tad in the favor of the WCHA teams because of the strength of schedule stuff. Despite their recent struggles, Notre Dame is a darn good team. If the Fighting Irish were in the WCHA, I think they'd finish fourth or fifth -- certainly ahead of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota Duluth and possibly ahead of Minnesota State and/or St. Cloud State.
Since 01/04/2008 the Irish have had an impressive run. So impressive the Irish are 5-7-4 losing to an impressive collection of CupCake Hockey association teams. The loses are against, Ferris State University, tOSU and Western Michigan University. That is not the path one takes in making the NCAA tourney.
can we give this guy a trophy? Here's how I read it. Ridiculously tough schedule=cooked and biased toward the conference. If this was the BCS football counterpart, Hawaii would be his national champion! Are you kidding?!
ReplyDeleteNo kidding, I am sick and tired of these people whinning about the WCHA. The CCHA is plugged full of cup cakes.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think Notre Dame would have won a game or two against those five teams mentioned, but finish above the majority of them? NOT!!
ReplyDeleteNo need to cook the books...
ReplyDeleteLet the Irish play in the WCHA for a couple years, and they'll need more than the luck o'the Irish.
Last year, they took over first place with a sweep of 5-22-2 Bowling Green, a team the Irish faced six times during the regular season.
The following week, they maintained their hold in the #1 spot with three points over 13-13-7 Nebraska Omaha.
This was a tune-up for a series with 3-21-4 Merrimack.
From top to bottom, you get a game every night in the WCHA.
I'd love to see St Clown play the Irish like they played us last weekend.
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