Bill Connelly, the Godfather of college football advanced stats, once mentioned the concept of equilibrium in relation to college football programs. At least, I think it was Bill Connelly back when he wrote for our SB Nation sister site, Rock M Nation. Google can’t help mne confirm this. Whoever actually introduced the concept, the general idea is that programs have a baseline expectation from year to year. They may overachieve or underachieve in any given year, but you know with some certainty that Alabama will contend for the championship. You know that Oklahoma probably won’t win it, but they’ll be on the periphery as elite an program.
The State of the Franchise
