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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 3286646, member: 591"] I think the stats are interesting and thanks for providing them. That said, my thing is always the "smell test". Auburn has a good WCBB history. It is, arguably, "history" and not the more recent editions, but unlike today's generation, I can recognize good history when I see it. They can thank Joe Ciampi. Missouri, as an example, does not have a good WCBB history unless there is something to their pre-SEC history that I don't know about. And the current product, while good, hasn't been around long enough to qualify for a "good history". Part of what I think is that stats over a 40 year or so history doesn't capture the variations. Very few teams have 40 years of above average performance, and I'm not completely certain that a period where the heights were extremely high (USC under Coach Sharp for example) and the "history" undeniable, but the program has never returned to those heights. I don't think your stat system would think much of USC, even with the NCs, but to deny they have a good history strikes me as silly. [/QUOTE]