[stupac2]

I heard back!

Thanks for the message, Stuart. I'm not sure I'll have the opportunity to do a multi-year look at this in season, but it's food for thought and something I might be able to take a look at in the weeks ahead. I will say that the preseason ratings and the different ways Bill and I do opponent adjustments are probably driving any discrepancies between teams for now this year more than play vs drive factors.

So not a lot of detail, but it sounds like it's probably just early-season uncertainty being handled differently, though that doesn't explain the large divergence last year.

[stupac2]

I heard back!

Thanks for the message, Stuart. I'm not sure I'll have the opportunity to do a multi-year look at this in season, but it's food for thought and something I might be able to take a look at in the weeks ahead. I will say that the preseason ratings and the different ways Bill and I do opponent adjustments are probably driving any discrepancies between teams for now this year more than play vs drive factors.

So not a lot of detail, but it sounds like it's probably just early-season uncertainty being handled differently, though that doesn't explain the large divergence last year.