The Degrees of Loss Separation is a simple concept, I go out and find a highly rated team with some losses playing against a crappy team with lots of losses. Next I find a chain of losses which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt (not at all) that the underdog is going to pull the major upset and storm the field. The Final Outcome is calculated simply: Add up the scores of the losers, add up the scores of the winners in the degrees of loss separation and divide both by the # of degrees.
The Game: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Southern California Trojans
Let's get this series of posts started off with a bang. This weekend Southern Cal, the former #1 team in the country, heads into South Bend to take on historic rival and 2007 team of misery, the Notre Dame fighting Irish. This season the Irish rank amongst the worst teams in the country in both offensive and defensive production. Quite a combo. Meanwhile the Trojans have taken the coveted Jeweled Shillelagh each of the past 5 seasons and come into the weekend a 17.5 point favorite.
3º of Loss Separation : ND beat UCLA beat Stanford beat USC
Coming off the loss to South Florida the Auburn Tigers returned home for their conference matchup versus the bottom feeding Bulldogs and were unceremoniously dropped. Two weeks later the Tigers went into Gainesville and knocked off the defending champs whom after another loss to LSU rebounded last week in Lexington for a big win over the Wildcats.
Final Outcome: Notre Dame 29 USC 15
So if you thought that the loss to Stanford was stunning and upsetting to Trojan fans, just wait until the Trojans go into South Bend and get absolutely pounded by the worst Irish team in my lifetime. This 29 to 15 outcome just may end in Charlie's Staples bursting in excitement.
The Game: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Southern California TrojansLet's get this series of posts started off with a bang. This weekend Southern Cal, the former #1 team in the country, heads into South Bend to take on historic rival and 2007 team of misery, the Notre Dame fighting Irish. This season the Irish rank amongst the worst teams in the country in both offensive and defensive production. Quite a combo. Meanwhile the Trojans have taken the coveted Jeweled Shillelagh each of the past 5 seasons and come into the weekend a 17.5 point favorite.
3º of Loss Separation : ND beat UCLA beat Stanford beat USC
Coming off the loss to South Florida the Auburn Tigers returned home for their conference matchup versus the bottom feeding Bulldogs and were unceremoniously dropped. Two weeks later the Tigers went into Gainesville and knocked off the defending champs whom after another loss to LSU rebounded last week in Lexington for a big win over the Wildcats.
Final Outcome: Notre Dame 29 USC 15
So if you thought that the loss to Stanford was stunning and upsetting to Trojan fans, just wait until the Trojans go into South Bend and get absolutely pounded by the worst Irish team in my lifetime. This 29 to 15 outcome just may end in Charlie's Staples bursting in excitement.
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