The Should vs. Did Crisis

That's it - I'm calling it a crisis. It's a crisis. We're at a pivot point and it cannot pivot in the direction it's been trending. Logic must be applied. Understanding must be reached.

(Yes, it's fully basketball season now and here I am still writing about football. But after a terrible basketball loss, we finally get to use football to make ourselves feel better. This post will not only help your Should vs. Did understanding, it will hopefully make you feel better.)

This will not be an INI-based NERDstats post. I simply tweeted something about Illinois vs. Alabama yesterday and some of the responses helped me see that many people have their Shoulds and Dids all jumbled up. Combine that with one of the responses to Bill Connelly's latest SP+ tweet and... I have some things I need to talk about.

Let's start with the response to Bill Connelly's latest SP+ ratings: