On behalf of the System, I apologize

[GridironGuru]

Congrats to UNI on a magnificent season. I want to apologize to the Panther Nation for underrating the Panthers, as their effort against the Mountaineers of Appalachian State was excellent. The System indicated a touchdown and a half victory by App State and even though the all-time Southern Conference leader in offense only played half of the game, that is not an exucse. The superior team won the game, but in this case, there is nothing wrong with 2nd place.

Long live the other other system, too: the I-AA Playoff System

-Howard Barnes


'Preciate it.

[Newsbreaker]

Uh, yea. See ya.

[GonzoCat]

Well Howard, I in turn would like to apologize for the treatment you received on this board after your earlier posts. You come across as a pompous ass and many posters including myself just assumed you were and treated you as such.

Upon further reflection and analysis of your posts however I now see that you very likely suffer from severe mental deficiencies. It was rude of us to make fun of you.

Congratulations to your team, coaching staff, and all the ASU fans who are not jerks.

[pantherdad]

As a proud panther dad (daugher Josie will graduate in 08), I would like to try and shed a little light on Mr. Barnes system. I believe he and his system do suffer from mental illness and he is a bit pompous as one would say. However, as an older gentlemen I am familiar with his system and its accuracy. Once I found out Mr. Barnes had our fine team losing by 9 points I decided not to attend the game. The 14 hour ride back would have just been too painful.

So I would like to thank Howard for saving me the agony of the long trip home. I do think we can be proud of second place. My historical research shows that second place is the best any team in Iowa sports history has ever gotten. That is why I sent my daughter to UNI.

[lightnin49]

So, how does one qualify to be a GURU? Is the App State Nation site (should they have one) too full to accept this genius?

[Newsbreaker]

So, how does one qualify to be a GURU? Is the App State Nation site (should they have one) too full to accept this genius?

I think in their part of the country, a full set of teeth is all you need.

[MGLD Panther]

Teeth and a vocabulary a little bigger than "all y'all" and "y'all."

[ejacobson]

[QUOTE=pantherdad]As a proud panther dad (daugher Josie will graduate in 08), I would like to try and shed a little light on Mr. Barnes system. I believe he and his system do suffer from mental illness and he is a bit pompous as one would say. However, as an older gentlemen I am familiar with his system and its accuracy. Once I found out Mr. Barnes had our fine team losing by 9 points I decided not to attend the game. The 14 hour ride back would have just been too painful.QUOTE]


Long ride yes, painful, maybe, but what if?? UNI wasnt supposed to win any of the previous playoff games, by anyone's system. Now 14 hours is a large commitment for driving, but IMO if you are using the system as an excuse as why you didnt go that is just wrong. If you didnt have the money, or time, or energy all reasonable, but because some guy and his "system" say a team is going to lose it is ridiculous to take that as is, especially with a National Title on the line. You play the games because no stat sheet or system can tell the outcome before the game, not for sure, not 100% of the time, and certainly not when the Panthers are on the field. I am sorry if this comes across as rude, but any defense of any such system deserves to be questioned. Its just not right IMO. Its not what sports, especially college sports are all about. Second in the country is tremendous and the FB team desereves all the accolades they are getting and more. But dont overlook that this team proved that all a team needs is opportunity and motivation, not the approval of some computer model. That is why college sports are so much fun. Sorry for the rant, and sorry if this is rude, but I just cannot tolerate being told that I am going to lose, because of such and such a stat, no team plays like that and no athlete (current or former) will ever trust in such a system.

[lightnin49]

Wow. I assumed "pantherdad" was being sarcastic with his comments. If not, I agree totally with the last 2 posts. Pantherdad, what should I believe?

[GonzoCat]

I don't think that was a legitimate poster, if it was I feel sorry for him. I think it might of been Howard by another name. Or the poster was attempting sarcasm.

As far as I can tell there is no such thing as the "Howard Barnes System", I think it is just something a flamer made up. There has never been any system that was right 87% of the time or whatever he claimed. If there was he would be richer than Bill Gates.

The most any sports system could ever tell you is that if UNI and ASU played 100 times, ASU would win 55 of them and UNI 45, or whatever. It could never predict the outcome of a single game.

[GridironGuru]

You can disagree with me, but respect the System

PantherDad, thanks for the compliment---I think. College expenses are at all time highs, so I'm glad I saved you a little coin for the gas money you saved by not making the trip. However, if you are a true fan, you probably should have gone to the game. One of my sources at UNI told me it was quite the spectacle in Chattanooga.

To the skeptics out there, and in particular to those UNI fans that "just don't get it," I do not purport that the SYSTEM picks 88% of games correctly. Without going too far over the heads of those skeptics, the positive predictive value that I am referring to has more to do with specificity than sensitivity and it is what it is: a proven (and statistically significant) and viable model.

Focus, people. I'm saluting the 2nd place UNI football team.

-HB

[Newsbreaker]

What's funny here is that you think you're clever.

Last time it was 85%...now it's 88%, and yet it was wrong the last time you used it.

I have a system with a positive predictive value stating that you live in your parents basement, drink moonshine, play "Magik the Gathering" 23.2 hours a day, and never have to worry about pleasing a woman.

Take a shower. It will help. Try to focus here.

[whiskey kitty]

I have a system with a positive predictive value stating that you live in your parents basement, drink moonshine, play "Magik the Gathering" 23.2 hours a day, and never have to worry about pleasing a woman.

Newsbreaker, he doesn't even drink moonshine. It's more like Bartles and Jaymes.