Mythbusters: Bison Effect Version

[JSUBison]

Spin off from the Davis thread. I was wondering what the actual numbers are. Yes Davis did lose to Montana, but those sad sacks at UN_ did beat SHSU after playing the Bison. What is the truth to this? Is there a pattern of teams losing their next game, or is it selective memory, we remember the teams losing but forget about the teams that win?

Current records of opponents by year of their next game after playing NDSU, known on Bisonville as "The Bison Effect". I went back to 2010, the start of the playoff era. Thanks for making me waste an hour of my Sunday morning digging this shit up.

2010 7-4
2011 6-4
2012 3-8
2013 5-5
2014 5-5
2015 5-5
2016 8-2
2017 3-7
2018 6-4
2019 3-1

Overall record of teams following a Bison game: 51-45

[scottietohottie]

I thought we only went back 8 years? Now im just confused.

[EC8CH]

Feels like wins vs the spread should be considered to account for relative strength of the teams they played the following week.

[scottietohottie]

Check out Youngstown state 2011.

[scottietohottie]

And even if the other team won the next week it doesn't necessarily mean they played their best game. Maybe a sluggish quarter or half. The fighting hawks barely beat Sam Houston. You could say the refs and Sam Houston gave that away.

[El_Chapo]

38-37 since 2011 though

[scottietohottie]

What's are record after a bye week?

[Professor Chaos]

I think there's some truth to the fact that teams play worse the week after they play the Bison than the week they play the Bison but it's not nearly as some on here think it is. I'd attribute it more to the natural swings every team has throughout the season where they'll play really well in a couple games, really poorly in a couple games, and the rest are their "average". The thing is every team is jacked to play the Bison so it's pretty rare that they have a poor game against NDSU whereas in the games following the NDSU game they go back to their normal stinker frequency.

That's my theory.

[JMUVtFan]

Feels like wins vs the spread should be considered to account for relative strength of the teams they played the following week.

This makes sense to me.

[JMUVtFan]

This makes sense to me.

Actually potentially need to weigh home vs. away and also final ranking. For example Montana was ranked 18 in the Stats poll. I bet they'll be higher this week. So does that ranking perceived ability not also affect the spread? Too much work for me