Oklahoma has jumped to the top of my rankings due to their strength of schedule. Boise State is starting to drop because they are playing such weak teams. No it’s not their fault, but to be number one you have to play a great schedule and win. Teams like Oklahoma, LSU, and Alabama have done …
I don’t think LSU, USC, or Florida are three of the top 4 teams in the country. But, they have the best strength-of-schedules to date of any 3-0 teams. I think they’ll drop one each in the next three or four weeks.
Boise and Fresno still have the highest strength of schedule because they have each played a very good team and no bad ones. So they’re still on top. Obviously they are going to play more games this season, so just hold on–it will shake itself out. Also, strength of schedule for the better conferences will …
Question: Do you think UNC dropped further in the polls this week because of suspensions? Better question: Should it matter? Yes and no. My guess is that voters took the suspensions into account when determining how “good”* they think UNC is. But they shouldn’t. Imagine if a great team went 12-0, won their conference championship, …
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Tiger planned to tone down the outbursts in competition when he returned to golf this spring: He called winning golf tournaments “irrelevant.” He talked about finding his “inner peace.” He promised to be less excitable on the golf course, so forget those tantrums and fist pumps. Let the video below stand as proof that you …
I’ve been working hard (or hardly working! LOL ROLF) on what to research for my dissertation, which is part of the reason I have not been posting here. I have been kicking around two ideas, and after talking it over with some smart people I think I’m headed in the right direction. Here’s a one-page …
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Thank you to everyone who took the music survey over the last week. You listed 136 song entries and 121 unique songs. Here is a list of the 12 songs that were picked by more than one person: Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling Dave …
Okay, now that my heart has restarted after the Texas/Nebraska game, let’s talk about actual matchups for a playoff. First, let me tell you what I like and don’t like about these matchups: If you won your conference this year and you played reasonably well, you’re in. Conference champions are starred below in the rankings. …
I got some good feedback after posting my playoff system proposal last week. One thing that makes this year really strange in terms of proposing such a system is that there have been three distinct classes of playoff worthy teams this year and I think the case could be made that a cutoff after the …
Let’s take a quick look at the current CompuDrew ratings. Part 2 of my playoff proposal is below (read Part 1). So based on Part 1, the top 7 6 conference champions make the playoffs, as well as the two highest-ranked at-large teams (I called it a wildcard last week, but I’ll use the popular college …
Here are the latest CompuDrew rankings. The first part of my playoff proposal is below. Before I detail my playoff system, I should let you know that its biggest strength lies in appeasing all of college football constituencies: the teams, the schools, the conferences, the bowls, and most importantly, the fans. CompuDrew Playoff Proposal Part …
Okay, this is a little embarrassing. I was looking at my formula and I realized that when we get to the end of the season, the combined reward-punishment of both teams playing in a conference’s championship will be negative. Put another way, the ratings would favor teams that don’t even play in those games. So …
Not too many meaningful changes in the top 10, except for Oregon jumping up after their win over USC. Texas fans should note that while CompuDrew still has them ranked 4th, they are closing the gap in terms of raw score because their schedule is looking stronger each week (although playing Baylor on November 14 …
One of the many wonderful things about my marriage is that my wife and I like doing complementary chores. Actually, to be accurate we don’t mind doing complementary chores, but that’s good enough. Heather prefers cleaning the bathroom to taking out the trash. I prefer the opposite. Heather would rather clean the dishes than cook …