Cougars look to boost RPI, earn respect
The SIUE men's soccer team has beefed up its strength of schedule hoping to prove more after last season's disappointing finish.SIUE released its 2011 schedule last week as the team prepares for its second run through the Missouri Valley Conference. The Cougars have nine games scheduled at Korte Stadium, including three conference matches.
Head Coach Kevin Kalish said the Cougars are up against a tougher slate as they work to improve upon last year's 10-win season, which left them just short of making the NCAA tournament.
"There is a good balance between home and away matches," Kalish said. "We want to challenge ourselves and put us in a position to see where we stack up against some of the best teams in the nation."
The Cougars will have more than enough opportunities to prove themselves, beginning with their regular season opener Aug. 27 at Tulsa. The Golden Hurricanes made the second round of the NCAA tournament last season with a 12-7-2 record, and were ranked 21st in the final RPI rankings. Last season, Tulsa held the No. 2 ranking in the country when they beat SIUE 1-0.
"The more games you can get against quality opponents like Tulsa the better," Kalish said. "From a preparation standpoint, it is a great test for us to start the season. They are well-coached and we are looking forward to the challenge."
Before beginning the regular season at Tulsa, the Cougars have two exhibition games, beginning with an Aug. 14 battle against Northwestern at Korte Stadium and a match across the river at Saint Louis Aug. 19.
Northwestern from the Big Ten was 8-8-2 last season, but made the NCAA tournament the prior three years.
"They have a track record of success, and it is a great preseason game for us and our fans," Kalish said.
The game against SLU is the fourth revival of the Bronze Boot rivalry, which was big in the St. Louis soccer community throughout the '70s and '80s. Since 2009, the Cougars and Billikens have played to a 1-1-1 record all in exhibition play. SIUE won a spring game against SLU in April on penalty kicks.
For now, the rivalry remains off the regular season schedule.
"It will have the feel of the regular season game," Kalish said. "It's played like a regular season game in terms of intensity.
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The SIUE men's soccer team has beefed up its strength of schedule hoping to prove more after last season's disappointing finish. SIUE released its 2011 schedule last week as the team prepares for its second run through the Missouri Valley Conference.
by CardiacHill on Jun 27, 2011 6:00 PM EDT in Pitt Basketball We all know that Pitt's non-conference schedule has ranked right up there in recent years. Ever since Jamie Dixon and the Panthers felt slighted at some lower-than-expected seeds,
Strength of schedule doesn't hold much importance to Auburn if it keeps going through seasons like its 11-20 campaign last year. But Barbee said he hopes it'll start to matter soon. “At the end of the day here at Auburn we're going to try to build a
In 2011, the Ducks' out-of-conference schedule is strong with a neutral-site game versus LSU on September 3rd and playing host to Nevada a week later on September 10th. Strength of schedule can play to a team's advantage in a close race for a
fail to see that U of L will face more top 25 opponents than just about anyone in the country because they play in the Big East, and that Pitino's Cardinal teams have consistently finished their seasons with a top ten strength of schedule ranking.
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Favorable schedules, while Tom Brady and Matt Cassel do not. (Though it should be noted that Brady’s schedule is actually more favorable than last season.)
Bottom line: Preseason SOS is volatile, especially for pass/receiving, so be careful not to depend too heavily on it when making roster/draft decisions. It can be used as a tiebraker between two players in the same tier — i.e. Joe Flacco (+4) vs. Ryan Fitzpatrick (-3) — but I wouldn’t bump a player up or down a tier based on his predicted SOS.
Very interesting. However, the chart seems to be the opposite of what is described. Very good defenses are listed as “–” and very bad defenses are listed as “++”. That way does actually make more intuitive sense as far as looking at the chart, since very good defenses are going to be very bad matchups for QBs, but again, it’s the opposite of how you described it in the preceding paragraphs. Unless I’m reading something wrong.
Also there’s a typo on Baltimore’s row. You list them as facing 3 bad matchups during the year when the chart shows them facing 4 (weeks 11, 14, 15, 17).
Two games in the standings at this pt might be a strength of schedule difference. Maybe the Rays are better than NYC and Boston.
But not "strength of schedule," which is bullshit. Based on black & white winning % of previous year without any context/analysis.
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