Phil Steele #2--Experience Score

You know that I am all totally OMG! for Phil Steele.  So, in these, the long dog days of summer, I'm spending some time looking at some of the metrics he has developed, and how it impacts our team and the conference.

Today, we look at Phil's experience score.  Below I've posted the text for how these rankings are determined....and then the rankings for MAC teams.

I then devised a formula that factors all 5 into the total points equation and then turned the point total into a number from 100 to 0. A 100 would be a team with 25 seniors (NCAA scholarship limit) in the two deep and every yard and tackle returning and 120+ career starts on the offensive line. A 0 would be a team with no experience and 0 seniors in the two deep. Just as in years past the first number is where each team ranks in the NCAA.

Phil Steele Experience Rankings for MAC
Rank	Team	Score
1	UT	83
2	Miami	77
3	Temple	76.5
4	Ball State	75.7
5	Kent	70.1
6	NIU	69.5
7	WMU	65.3
8	CMU	63.4
9	EMU	61.4
10	BGSU	60.2
11	Buffalo	59.4
12	Akron	54.2
13	OU	42.1

So analysis:

• Keywords for Bowling Green this year:  tempered expectations.
• Despite this, Steele thinks OU can win the East.  Gotta look into that.
• UT has rebuilt themselves very quickly...which puts pressure on our program.
• Miami's new Coach has walked into a very good situation for a first time head coach.
• Another long year in Akron....the team in the East BG does not play.

Any other thoughts?  We'll continue looking at these kinds of things as we march slowly toward the start of Fall camp.