I'm personally going with a weighted system of how I look at Wins 🏆 and even the extremely unlikely possibility 😉 of a Loss this Fall...
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My points scale criteria ranges from an extraordinary, nationally recognized, upset Win (= a score of +5.50 [+7.50 for a National Championship W]..., to a Loss expected by everyone else in the known universe, outside of me and Tom Allen (= a -0.50)
vs Illinois: a Win would receive a score of 4.00 due to its importance towards mentally reenergizing both our Team and the fanbase, while a Loss would receive a -3.5 due to deflating nature of it...
vs Idaho: a Win would get a 1.0, whereas a Loss would be a -4.50 (see above)
vs WKy: a Win gets a 1.0 and a Loss a -4.50
vs Cincinnati: at their place, at night.., 4.00 (inflated due to early national poll implications and puts last seasons bitter loss to them in the rear view mirror)
for the Win..., -1.5 for a Loss
vs Nebraska: at Nebraska..., a night game at their place..., a 4.00 (inflated due to their name recognition, that it's a nationally televised night game, And it would be a key early Big Ten W), for the Win and a -1.0 for a Loss...
vs Michigan: (Our Homecoming game) a 4.5 for a Win and a -1.5 (its Homecoming) for a Loss
vs Maryland: a 1.5 for a Win and a -1.5 for a Loss *(it's at a pivotal point in the season)*
vs Rutgers: a 1.5 for a Win and a -1.5 for a Loss
(Key midseason away game)
vs Ped $tate: a 4.0 for the Win (their name recognition plus it's a key Big Ten Win in the East) and a -1.0 for a Loss
vs "the" O-H-I-O $tate: at the "Shoe", a 5.50 for the Win (National level Upset, where we not only have beaten a great team at Their place but also the gambling influences, And the Big Ten front office influences...; a Loss = a -0.50 (as in: no one outside of me and Tom Allen believed we ever had a chance anyway)
vs Michigan State: at their place, a 3.5 for the Win (a tough place to get a W and it's a Trophy game) and a -1.5 for a Loss (it's a Trophy game)
vs p u : (*It's for the "Bucket" *), a 4.5 for the Win and a -4.5 for a Loss
Big Ten Championship Game: a 5.0 for the Win, a -0.50 for a Loss (no one on this planet outside of Tom Allen, Vesuvius, and myself gave us any chance of reaching the game, much less winning it)
*Bowl Game: 3.50 for the Win (need a Bowl W) and a -1.5 for a Loss (everyone remembers the last game for better or worse) //Add 2 points to the Win [for a 5.50] if that Bowl game**is a championship preliminary game..., and an L is still -1.5...
National Championship Game: 7.50 for the Win, -0.50 for a Loss
//** and..., by popular demand..., add +1.00 to any New Years Eve+ Bowl Win...(other than a championship prelim game)...😉//
+57.0 = what they used to call on the Rifle Range "a Possible" (Best score possible)🥇🏆🍺💥
-27.0 = The worst possible outcome, and we're all following Big Red Crimson Buffalo off the proverbial cliff in a Lemming-like stampede that would rival any disaster ever seen before involving a Bison Herd (virtual or otherwise)... The ensuing en-mass mental breakdowns on here would reach epic proportions never before seen on the interwebby thingy... 🙉🙈😖
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