Vegas Vic

Thank you for posting these videos, RC. They are great for anyone just getting started, and they also contain a lot of helpful information for someone like me who has been playing the game for many years.

Arlie, I'm noticing some oddities with the Rose Bowl when it's one of the semifinal playoff games in the four-team playoff. Instead of picking two teams in the top four, it's matching the Big Ten champion against the Pac 12 champion. I just saw a four-loss Ohio State team (ranked 19th) get one of the semifinal slots in the 2018 Rose Bowl, and undefeated Oklahoma (who was ranked #2) didn't even get one of the 40 bowl bids.

Arlie, I don't see any extra field in the pstats conference table that differentiates the Pac 12 from the Mountain West or American Athletic (who all have two divisions of six teams each). How did you get the Pac 12 to play a 5-4 schedule and the other two to play a 5-3 schedule? What happens with custom mods? Will the 12-team conferences all play a 5-3 schedule, or is there a way to make them play a 5-4?

Arlie, thank you for this update. I have a request, and hopefully you can get this corrected. In the 14-team conferences, the teams are playing a 5-3 schedule instead of a 6-2. So every team is missing a game against a division rival. For instance, in 2015, Alabama doesn't play Texas A&M. FWIW, it looks like this is symmetrical among the 14-team conferences (by the numerical order of the teams). Thanks again, and hopefully this won't be too tough for you to resolve. The ideal setup would be for the user to be able to select the format for conference scheduling (6-2, 6-1-1 (for permanent crossover rivals), 6-3 (the Big Ten is going to nine conference games next year), etc.