Here we are, entering the halfway point. I have preached schedule matters all year. And I think it’s good time to really bring that to light. You will see that Strength of Schedule has been added as a data point in the weekly report. The chart still exists at the bottom, but I wanted to put a number scale 1-14 to put some perspective to it. For reference, 1 means hardest - 14 means easiest. Some key learnings from this:
- Of the tier 1 teams, only my team is playing a top 5 hard schedule.
- Brandon has played Seed #10-14 for his 5 wins. His loss came against #7 Garrett and he lost by 53 points. He plays #5 Brian this week.
- Dylan is particularly shitty. He has played the easiest schedule and yet holds the 2nd worst record.
- Much of the bottom tier teams, and those who are falling in tier 2 are playing particularly hard matchups.
- Since Kory stoped playing tier 3 teams through weeks 1-4, he has lost to quality teams.
Bottom line. Schedule matters. It’s random. Some top teams aren’t actually good (Brandon) and some bad teams aren’t actually bad (Mike). And some bad teams are actually REALLY bad (Dylan).