Pre season win - loss predictions for athletic teams are pretty much an exercise in guessing, backed up by personal opinion and trying to back up that opinion with past performances and conjecture with a few facts that may or may not be significant thrown in. They can be somewhat accurate with some teams with a known pedigree like Alabama and Ohio State, but for the most part can be wildly inaccurate with teams that are not a known quantity, like Iowa.
Arguing over the accuracy of these predictions is an exercise in futility. They are opinions and nothing more. They mean absolutely nothing to the teams and shouldn't.
They are fun to do for some fans and expected part of the job from sports writers. Thats it, other than that you can take them all and put them in file 13 for later review. I'm sure thats what the coaches and players do with them.
JMO
Arguing over the accuracy of these predictions is an exercise in futility. They are opinions and nothing more. They mean absolutely nothing to the teams and shouldn't.
They are fun to do for some fans and expected part of the job from sports writers. Thats it, other than that you can take them all and put them in file 13 for later review. I'm sure thats what the coaches and players do with them.
JMO
