I bet I've heard two dozen analysts in the last few days, when talking about the resume's of contenders, "when they played, St. Mary's was No. ___ ." The ranking when they played? Are you kidding? Nothing could be more irrelevant. Because, if they were no. 3 then, but now they're no. 45, what makes the difference that the opponent was no. 3 BEFORE THEY PLAYED ANYONE other than bottom feeding programs?
I just heard Jeff Long chairman of the playoff committee on Big Ten and Beyond use the same analysis point. WTF? It really bunches my bloomers.