SOM Football "Power Rating Project" (PRP)

Do you want to find out exactly ‘how good’ the 2006 Strat-O-Matic Colts really are? Are you a Cardinals or Lions fan and find yourself sick-and-tired of NOT being relevant to any discussion involving the 2 words “good” and “football”? Are you an online league martyr—always willing to put aside the slightest aspirations of a league championship by taking the 2006 Raiders or the 1969 Steelers? PRP allows the Lions and the Cardinals of the NFL (as well as the McNeese State’s and the Indiana State ’s at the collegiate level) to compete for that ‘top shelf’ billing normally reserved for the prima donna’s of the NFL and NCAA. There is another added ‘bonus’ to participating in PRP. Have you ever locked up vs. hmm? Let’s say for example—the 1990 Saints or the 2000 Chargers—in an ‘even’ match-up??? Taking a ‘not-so-serious’ look at that soft little 8-8 and horrid 1-15 record might leave you on the wrong end of an ass-whoopin after 4 QTRs of play! These are referred to as ‘hidden Strat nuggets’—akin to the DVD ‘Easter Eggs’. PRP will alert you to these ‘brass knuckles’ hidden under the soft pliable vinyl gloves.

What is PRP? First and foremost, PRP has NOTHING to do with ranking YOU as a coach. Get that out of your head right now… if you want to rate your coaching ability—go see that ‘other’ site of Darkfather’s. PRP may not rate ‘coaches’, but it does rank Strat-O-Matic TEAMS (both NFL and NCAA) by using a rating system very similar to Goofballs (the ‘coaches rating’ ladder).

GROUND RULES:

• ALL V6 and V7 boxscores can be entered
• ALL online games between stock teams count (league, pick-up, tournament, etc.) regardless of rule-set
• Teams are ranked according to Win/Loss percentage of ‘Quality wins/losses’—not ALL match-ups will affect your rating
• PRP ratings continue from season to season with no rating ‘wipeouts’
• After each ‘season/version of Strat released’, severely over-performing and underperforming teams will be evaluated by a hand-picked panel of experts to determine if a PD or Sagarin adjustment is required to bring the team in-line w/similarly rated PD or Sagarin teams.

• RATING SYSTEM:
  • NFL
    • A match-up where the ‘net point differential’ between the 2 teams is < 4.00 is an EVEN game
    • If the ‘net point differential’ is > 4.00, the match-up is considered a MISMATCH
  • NCAA
    • All wins and losses are based on point spreads determined by the Sagarin rating method
  • A ‘W’, ‘L’, or ‘T’ in an EVEN match-up counts as a (Quality) win, loss or tie respectively
  • A ‘W’ or a ‘T’ as an UNDERDOG in a MISMATCH (or BLOWOUT) will count as a (Quality) win
  • A ‘L’ or a ‘T’ as a FAVORITE in a MISMATCH (or BLOWOUT) will count as a (Quality) loss
  • As an alternate way of looking at team ‘ratings’, each team (for gee-whiz purposes only) is assigned points based on the specific type of win or loss incurred:
    • +1.0 for an UNDERDOG ‘W’
    • +0.5 for an EVEN ‘W’
    • -0.5 for an EVEN ‘L’
    • -1.0 for a FAVORITE ‘L’

FEATURES:

• Easy 1-step game result entry (upload your boxscore and you’re done!)
• Every boxscore available online (pending space limits)
• NFL and NCAA separate ladders!
• Historical team data (wins, losses, point differential, Sagarin ratings) available