Numbers & Words: How to Talk abou...
Numbers & Words: How to Talk about Strength of Schedule with Bill Connelly and Parker Fleming

Phantom Island by Steven Godfrey & Ryan Nanni

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Strength of schedule gets thrown around as a seemingly easy way to separate the brave from the weak in college football, but how should we actually think about this metric? ESPN's Bill Connelly, author of Forward Progress: The Definitive Guide to the Future of College Football and Parker Fleming, proprietor of CFB Graphs, join Ryan Nanni to talk about what goes into a strength of schedule measurement, how the Playoff Committee should think about SoS in their rankings, whether schedule strength can actually influence who teams choose to play, and plenty more.

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