Power Poll (through week 7)

Philadelphia Freedom · October 27th, 2003, 09:41 AM

Okay, in my local league I started doing what I called a Power Poll (no this has nothing to do with Levitra or any other similar products).

Actually the idea came from a league I was in back in college. Instead of head to head games each week, every team played everyone else. In a 12 team league this meant that the top team went 11-0 and the worst team went 0-11.

I then got a percentage number by taking the total number of wins possible (11 each week times the number of weeks played) and dividing that into the actual number of wins for each team.

Since I noticed how my team has “allowed” my opponents an incredible 118 points a game I thought the Power Poll idea might be interesting here. I have done the Poll through week 7 (I will update it each week) and the results are a little surprising.

The higher your percentage the better off you are doing.

Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers--82%
Royal Hawaiian Opihi--71%
Urza's Ragers--64%
Indiana Undead--64%
Bay Area Bloodsucking Insects--60%
Liquid Swords--51%
Parkwood Predators--47%
Philadelphia Freedom--45%
Jersey Toxic Waste--42%
RDP/Soap Box Derby Car--29%
Nittany Dodgers--25%
Wonder Mutts--22%

Although this is meaningless in a head to head league like this I at least feel better knowing that the Freedom are not quite as bad as the record would indicate.

Also, has anyone benefited more from their match-ups then the Toxic Waste? They don't win pretty but they certianly seem to win!

Preds · October 27th, 2003, 10:24 AM

I'd love to see those numbers for lkast season.

I bet they'll support my belief that Jersey was a fraud last year that got many fortuitous breaks.

I don't see them finishing any higher than 3rd overall in that ranking system, maybe as low as 5th.

Philadelphia Freedom · October 27th, 2003, 10:42 AM

I will take a look at the past numbers and see what I can do.

Philadelphia Freedom · October 27th, 2003, 11:45 AM

2002 regular season win total and Power Poll %:

Parkwood Predators-11-75%
Hudson Valley Undead-11-68%
Royal Hawaiian Opihi-7-62%
Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers-9-56%
Bay Area Bloodsucking Insects-7-54%
Jersey Toxic Waste-7-52%
Nittany Dodgers-7-51%
Urza's Ragers-5-40%
Philadelphia Freedom-4-39%
Rabid Llamas-3-36%
Wonder Mutts-7-34%
Detroit Wyverns-6-33%

Looks like Toxic Waste did alright (sixth overall). The Wonder Mutts really did well with their match-ups and the Wyverns benefited as well.

Preds · October 27th, 2003, 11:49 AM

Great stuff, your data supports my hypothesis that the 2002 Toxic Waste Championship was a sham!

I found it interesting that the Insects are beating my 75% mark of a year ago significantly with an impressive 82%. Nice job Joe (although I think Shaun Alexander's dirt cheap contact has a large role in that ;))

Royal Hawaiian Opihi · October 27th, 2003, 11:51 AM

Here's the real way to test the sharks... head-to-headx12 each week! It marks consistency, depth & planning. The Opihi are all in favor of adopting this for next year!!! ;)

Nittany Dodgers · October 27th, 2003, 02:10 PM

The Dodgers organization will support any poll that regards us anywhere better than 12th. Good work Matt!

Flaxwless · October 27th, 2003, 04:56 PM

I'm not too suprised by my ranking. Every year I'm in the thick of it but I've never been the power house teams like the Preds, Squirrels, and Ophi.

Great job. Would be interesting to see at the end of the year.

Royal Hawaiian Opihi · October 27th, 2003, 05:07 PM

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Every year I'm in the thick of it but I've never been the power house teams like the Preds, Squirrels, and Ophi.

Well, this is only my 2nd year in this league... and I've yet to consider myself as one of the "powerhouse teams." Until I either win a division championship or make the increasingly-slim-opening Wildcard bid, I'll stay away from any such moniker.

But thanks for the nice word!

Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers · October 27th, 2003, 05:22 PM

I love this kind of stuff. I'd be shocked if I finished the year rated that high though. And even though it is flattering to hear Frank refer to BDSC as a "power house" we would like to defer that label until we actually win a freakin playoff game!

This is our year though, I feel it in my bones!

Mike, yes Shaun's cheap little salary saved us enough to keep players like David Boston and his amazing talents! What a steal. That reminds me, I think its time to put Boston on the block again..........

Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers · October 27th, 2003, 05:22 PM

Any chance we could see the power rankings from 2001? I'd be interested in seeing that.

Philadelphia Freedom · October 28th, 2003, 08:07 AM

Let me see how busy I am at work tomorrow. If I have time I will pull it together and post it in this thread.

Philadelphia Freedom · October 29th, 2003, 12:18 PM

2001 regular season win total and Power Poll %:

Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers-9-72%
Devil Hounds-8-65%
Parkwood Predators-12-62%
Rabid Garbage Dogs-10-62%
Bay Area Bloodsucking Insects-8-58%
Wonder Mutts-7-52%
Indy Dragons-6-48%
Pennsylvania Piranhas-6-41%
Canibalistic Cobras-4-39%
Philadelphia Freedom-5-36%
Lehigh Valley Blackeyes-4-33%
Urza's Ragers-5-31%

I am going to start another thread with 2003 numbers through week 8 which I will update as we go.

Jersey · October 29th, 2003, 04:03 PM

Let me just say something about the Sham theory given by the preds...

Look at any team in the league or any league for that matter and find someone who lost thier first 7 games and then won thier last 7 and had good numbers. The fact of the matter is I had 2 WR's up until week 8 when I picked up Keyshawn Johnson which totally changed my team and put me on the road to the championship. I dont think that's a sham...it's a great coaching job and great front office work for picking up the right player period!!!

Preds · October 29th, 2003, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jersey Toxic Waste
Let me just say something about the Sham theory given by the preds...

Look at any team in the league or any league for that matter and find someone who lost thier first 7 games and then won thier last 7 and had good numbers. The fact of the matter is I had 2 WR's up until week 8 when I picked up Keyshawn Johnson which totally changed my team and put me on the road to the championship. I dont think that's a sham...it's a great coaching job and great front office work for picking up the right player period!!!

It's a sham with a HUGE amount of LUCK.

October 27th, 2003, 09:41 AM	#1
Philadelphia Freedom Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Posts: 6,270	Power Poll (through week 7) Okay, in my local league I started doing what I called a Power Poll (no this has nothing to do with Levitra or any other similar products). Actually the idea came from a league I was in back in college. Instead of head to head games each week, every team played everyone else. In a 12 team league this meant that the top team went 11-0 and the worst team went 0-11. I then got a percentage number by taking the total number of wins possible (11 each week times the number of weeks played) and dividing that into the actual number of wins for each team. Since I noticed how my team has “allowed” my opponents an incredible 118 points a game I thought the Power Poll idea might be interesting here. I have done the Poll through week 7 (I will update it each week) and the results are a little surprising. The higher your percentage the better off you are doing. Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers--82% Royal Hawaiian Opihi--71% Urza's Ragers--64% Indiana Undead--64% Bay Area Bloodsucking Insects--60% Liquid Swords--51% Parkwood Predators--47% Philadelphia Freedom--45% Jersey Toxic Waste--42% RDP/Soap Box Derby Car--29% Nittany Dodgers--25% Wonder Mutts--22% Although this is meaningless in a head to head league like this I at least feel better knowing that the Freedom are not quite as bad as the record would indicate. Also, has anyone benefited more from their match-ups then the Toxic Waste? They don't win pretty but they certianly seem to win!

October 27th, 2003, 10:24 AM	#2
Preds *****istrator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Hamburg, NY Posts: 17,782	I'd love to see those numbers for lkast season. I bet they'll support my belief that Jersey was a fraud last year that got many fortuitous breaks. I don't see them finishing any higher than 3rd overall in that ranking system, maybe as low as 5th. __________________ *4x Frenzy Champions (2003, 2005, 2013, 2022) with 9 appearances in the Frenzy Bowl (4 in the past 5 seasons*) 2022 Co-Champions with WchMeGo Roosters Email: preds1@gmail.com Cell: 716-481-8823

October 27th, 2003, 10:42 AM	#3
Philadelphia Freedom Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Posts: 6,270	Let me work on that I will take a look at the past numbers and see what I can do.

October 27th, 2003, 11:45 AM	#4
Philadelphia Freedom Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Posts: 6,270	Here are the 2002 numbers 2002 regular season win total and Power Poll %: Parkwood Predators-11-75% Hudson Valley Undead-11-68% Royal Hawaiian Opihi-7-62% Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers-9-56% Bay Area Bloodsucking Insects-7-54% Jersey Toxic Waste-7-52% Nittany Dodgers-7-51% Urza's Ragers-5-40% Philadelphia Freedom-4-39% Rabid Llamas-3-36% Wonder Mutts-7-34% Detroit Wyverns-6-33% Looks like Toxic Waste did alright (sixth overall). The Wonder Mutts really did well with their match-ups and the Wyverns benefited as well.

October 27th, 2003, 11:49 AM	#5
Preds *****istrator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Hamburg, NY Posts: 17,782	Great stuff, your data supports my hypothesis that the 2002 Toxic Waste Championship was a sham! I found it interesting that the Insects are beating my 75% mark of a year ago significantly with an impressive 82%. Nice job Joe (although I think Shaun Alexander's dirt cheap contact has a large role in that ;)) __________________ *4x Frenzy Champions (2003, 2005, 2013, 2022) with 9 appearances in the Frenzy Bowl (4 in the past 5 seasons*) 2022 Co-Champions with WchMeGo Roosters Email: preds1@gmail.com Cell: 716-481-8823

October 27th, 2003, 11:51 AM	#6
Royal Hawaiian Opihi Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Palmdale, CA Posts: 16,604	Here's the real way to test the sharks... head-to-headx12 each week! It marks consistency, depth & planning. The Opihi are all in favor of adopting this for next year!!! ;)

October 27th, 2003, 02:10 PM	#7
Nittany Dodgers Feeding Frenzy Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Maplewood, MN Posts: 5,204	The Dodgers organization will support any poll that regards us anywhere better than 12th. Good work Matt!

October 27th, 2003, 04:56 PM	#8
Flaxwless Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 6,050	I'm not too suprised by my ranking. Every year I'm in the thick of it but I've never been the power house teams like the Preds, Squirrels, and Ophi. Great job. Would be interesting to see at the end of the year. __________________ Bay Area Bloodsucking Insects - 1st EVER Feeding Frenzy Champion Bay Area Bloodsuckers 2008 SAC'D Champions - 2nd Worst to First in Year! 2011 SAC'D Champions - #5 seed, # 2 power rankings, #1 in the end!

October 27th, 2003, 05:22 PM	#10
Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 946	I love this kind of stuff. I'd be shocked if I finished the year rated that high though. And even though it is flattering to hear Frank refer to BDSC as a "power house" we would like to defer that label until we actually win a freakin playoff game! This is our year though, I feel it in my bones! Mike, yes Shaun's cheap little salary saved us enough to keep players like David Boston and his amazing talents! What a steal. That reminds me, I think its time to put Boston on the block again..........

October 28th, 2003, 08:07 AM	#12
Philadelphia Freedom Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Posts: 6,270	As for 2001 Let me see how busy I am at work tomorrow. If I have time I will pull it together and post it in this thread.

October 29th, 2003, 12:18 PM	#13
Philadelphia Freedom Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Posts: 6,270	2001 Results 2001 regular season win total and Power Poll %: Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers-9-72% Devil Hounds-8-65% Parkwood Predators-12-62% Rabid Garbage Dogs-10-62% Bay Area Bloodsucking Insects-8-58% Wonder Mutts-7-52% Indy Dragons-6-48% Pennsylvania Piranhas-6-41% Canibalistic Cobras-4-39% Philadelphia Freedom-5-36% Lehigh Valley Blackeyes-4-33% Urza's Ragers-5-31% I am going to start another thread with 2003 numbers through week 8 which I will update as we go.

October 29th, 2003, 04:03 PM	#14
Jersey NF-FFL Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Weehawken, NJ Posts: 565	Let me just say something about the Sham theory given by the preds... Look at any team in the league or any league for that matter and find someone who lost thier first 7 games and then won thier last 7 and had good numbers. The fact of the matter is I had 2 WR's up until week 8 when I picked up Keyshawn Johnson which totally changed my team and put me on the road to the championship. I dont think that's a sham...it's a great coaching job and great front office work for picking up the right player period!!!

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