Interesting Big 12 Football Stat

[Steffy08]

The road team went 26-17 in Big 12 conference games this year.  Also, the road team out-scored the home team by 44 points, meaning that there was a +1/game advantage of playing on the road this year.

I don't think home field advantage is what it used to be.  The college kids don't care as much about (traditional) sports, and everybody in the stands seems to be genius offensive coordinator.

[pissclams]

that’s really surprising

[The Big Train]

I think it’s more interesting than surprising TBO ‘clams

[pissclams]

it’s both and when I read it, I was surprised
and there’s a little something that I like to call freedom of surprisingness so suck it

[star seed 7]

I would say p surprising cause home teams should win more than they lose 

[meow meow]

especially surprising when you consider ku hasn't won a road game ever

[DQ12]

Why are two games unaccounted for?  Should be 45 big 12 games.

EDIT: nvm.  two neutral site conference games.  disregard.

[Shooter Jones]

Meh. Both Baylor and KU had a 5 home game schedule (1 Baylor game was neutral site).

That's 10 (9*) road wins for the conference and a lot of points outscored.

[star seed 7]

Shooter Jones making a strong case for interesting

[MadCat]

Even more surprinteresting considering the road loss constant that is KU.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

especially surprising when you consider ku hasn't won a road game ever

Well they also don't win home games, so it balances out.

[Steffy08]

Meh. Both Baylor and KU had a 5 home game schedule (1 Baylor game was neutral site).

That's 10 (9*) road wins for the conference and a lot of points outscored.

Ku/Bu played one more home game combined than road games.  That can’t account for the difference.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

When you have 20% of your conference teams winning a combined 1 conference game, it's going to be skewed.

[Steffy08]

When you have 20% of your conference teams winning a combined 1 conference game, it's going to be skewed.

No, it isn’t, because Ku and Bu lost almost the same amount of road games as home games.

[The Big Train]

Let’s focus on if this is surprising of interesting guys

[bones129]

Let’s focus on if this is surprising of interesting guys

Neither.

[DQ12]

I'd be interested to see how this stacks up to other years. 

[Shooter Jones]

Meh. Both Baylor and KU had a 5 home game schedule (1 Baylor game was neutral site).

That's 10 (9*) road wins for the conference and a lot of points outscored.

Ku/Bu played one more home game combined than road games.  That can’t account for the difference.

If they win just two home games each, the league is .500 home/away (well, road teams 22-21)

Like I said, MEH.

[Steffy08]

Meh. Both Baylor and KU had a 5 home game schedule (1 Baylor game was neutral site).

That's 10 (9*) road wins for the conference and a lot of points outscored.

Ku/Bu played one more home game combined than road games.  That can’t account for the difference.

If they win just two home games each, the league is .500 home/away (well, road teams 22-21)

Like I said, MEH.

The numbers suggest that KU and BU had a better chance of winning a road game than a home game.

[DQ12]

hey dummies:  KU and Baylor accounted for a net two more home losses.

quit trying to make this stat less interesting/surprising.

[LickNeckey]

The road team went 26-17 in Big 12 conference games this year.  Also, the road team out-scored the home team by 44 points, meaning that there was a +1/game advantage of playing on the road this year.

I don't think home field advantage is what it used to be.  The college kids don't care as much about (traditional) sports, and everybody in the stands seems to be genius offensive coordinator.

I can barely make it through live sporting events anymore because of this

[Steffy08]

hey dummies:  KU and Baylor accounted for a net two more home losses.

quit trying to make this stat less interesting/surprising.

If you take KU/BU out of the equation, I believe the road team record is 17-10 (if my quick math is correct).

[Shooter Jones]

hey dummies:  KU and Baylor accounted for a net two more home losses.

quit trying to make this stat less interesting/surprising.

If you take KU/BU out of the equation, I believe the road team record is 17-10 (if my quick math is correct).

Home records:

4-0
3-1 
2-2
2-2
2-2
2-3
2-3
0-4 - TECH
0-5 - (4*) BAYLOR
0-5 - KU

[ChiComCat]

KSU games alone put the road team at +3.

[Shooter Jones]

hey dummies:  KU and Baylor accounted for a net two more home losses.

quit trying to make this stat less interesting/surprising.

The worst teams in the league had the 5 home game schedule... And the worst 3 were all winless at home in conference play.

I really don't think the stat is that interesting.