05-01-2017, 09:56 AM
(05-01-2017, 09:26 AM)BobK link Wrote:That 13 RPI is one behind .....
Arizona
Yep, the vagaries of RPI strike again. In this case, UA is first in nonconference RPI, with an 18-3 record and the sixth-best SOS. They have a four-game sweep over #27 RPI McNeeese State and single victory over #17 Arkansas. And that's it for top 50 wins for the Wildcats, who currently sit 7th in the Pac-11. But they have lost to some really good teams...
Looking ahead: Stanford has five remaining games at Sunken Diamond: vs #224 SJSU, #125 USF, #51 UW x 3. The Cardinal have ten remaining road games: @ #95 ASU x 3, #77 C.al x 3, #256 Santa Clara, #115 WSU x 3. Lately we've been playing well on the road, but that's a lot of travel during the month of May.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
