[MikeReilly]

I'm into the SOS (strength of schedule) discussion. For example, at one recent regional, one team ended up ranked 6th and their wins included 3 no-shows. Another highly ranked team had no ability to score, just drive and deliver Empty Cells. (This is not a slam against any team, it's a mathematical discussion.)

So, what about this for SOS:
Using historical OPR, RS, or whatever stat is most relevant, go back and give Alliances theoretical score predictions. If Blue Alliance of 1-2-3 has an OPR of 100 versus the Red Alliance of 4-5-6 and their OPR of 20, 1-2-3 should win by 80. That would be an "easy" match for 1-2-3, a "hard" match for 4-5-6. Each alliance would get a 1 for "easy", 2 for "medium", 3 for "hard", and then average the match scores for their SOS.

You could go further, by using the difference of the Alliance OPR and the actual match score difference.

Just thinkin', maybe I'll get around to doing it.