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Those who have been paying attention will recall that I devised many years ago a fiendishly clever scale for ranking frequent opponents, called the Yearly Opponents Mm42 Approved Measure of Adversity! (YOMAMA!)
It goes like this. Frequently played opponents are ranked, by winning percentage, according to the
following scale:
We are Rival to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, etc.
Clemson barely qualifies as a Rival, at 35.2% against us thanks to their FLUKE win last year. We can restore order and toss them out of Rivalhood with a win this year.
Florida State was our Lapdog Toady when they joined the ACC, but they have since climbed up to Hapless Victim, Punch Drunk Sparring Partner, and finally qualify as our Rival.
Some notable teams who have not managed to win 35% against us and are therefore not worthy of the title Rival, even though we have played at least 10 times: LSU (33.3%), Florida (31.6%), Maryland (27.8%), Miami (33.3%), and NC State (34.6%).
In fact there is ONLY ONE team in all of college football that we have played more than 10 times, and yet failed to qualify as a Rival or better against. That team is N0T3R DAM3!!!
In the glorious Gator Bowl victory over the Farting Amish in 1999, we "climbed the mountain", so to speak, and went from their Lapdog Toady to their Hapless Victim. However, the two losses (or screw-jobs by the refs, if you prefer) since then have dropped us back perilously close to Lapdog Toady status at 16.7%.
So, if you are lacking in reasons to hate Notre Dumb, just remember: YOMAMA!
It goes like this. Frequently played opponents are ranked, by winning percentage, according to the
following scale:
35% + = Rival
26% - 35% = Punch Drunk Sparring Partner
16% - 25% = Hapless Victim
0% - 15% = Lapdog Toady
A few examples:26% - 35% = Punch Drunk Sparring Partner
16% - 25% = Hapless Victim
0% - 15% = Lapdog Toady
We are Rival to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, etc.
Clemson barely qualifies as a Rival, at 35.2% against us thanks to their FLUKE win last year. We can restore order and toss them out of Rivalhood with a win this year.
Florida State was our Lapdog Toady when they joined the ACC, but they have since climbed up to Hapless Victim, Punch Drunk Sparring Partner, and finally qualify as our Rival.
Some notable teams who have not managed to win 35% against us and are therefore not worthy of the title Rival, even though we have played at least 10 times: LSU (33.3%), Florida (31.6%), Maryland (27.8%), Miami (33.3%), and NC State (34.6%).
In fact there is ONLY ONE team in all of college football that we have played more than 10 times, and yet failed to qualify as a Rival or better against. That team is N0T3R DAM3!!!
In the glorious Gator Bowl victory over the Farting Amish in 1999, we "climbed the mountain", so to speak, and went from their Lapdog Toady to their Hapless Victim. However, the two losses (or screw-jobs by the refs, if you prefer) since then have dropped us back perilously close to Lapdog Toady status at 16.7%.
So, if you are lacking in reasons to hate Notre Dumb, just remember: YOMAMA!
