CompuDrew Week 3

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 …

CompuDrew Week 2 – College Football Ratings

One of the biggest controversies of the BCS is that the computers cannot take margin of victory into account.  This means the Texas blowout of Missouri (41-7) would be given the same weight even if the Horns beat them by two points on a last second touchdown, or needed a blocked field goal as time …

CompuDrew – My college football computer ratings

Do you want to know an intelligent, passionate fan’s perspective on college football? Go somewhere else. In the meantime, here is my computer rating system (my next post will be about my completely reasonable playoff proposal–even Lee Corso is appeased). CompuDrew – Andrew Ishak’s computer ratings This rating system is based on team record, strength …

Stats are for Losers?

I was playing with my daughter yesterday with the TV on in the background. I wasn’t really paying attention to the screen. Hungry for college football content, I had TiVoed a Texas Longhorns Season Preview on Fox Sports Southwest. They had interviews with coaches mixed with footage of the 2008 season, so I was kind …

Today’s Game is like the Super Bowl of Professional Football

If you are hosting a Super Bowl party today, I have gone ahead and made you a checklist of requirements for your event: 1. The most important requirement is a large TV. Giant, wall-sized TVs are preferred, HDTVs are a must. If you have to ask what HD is, give up your hosting duties now. …

An Open Letter to my Soon-to-be-Daughter

“Your Time has Come” by Andrew Ishak Dear soon-to-be-daughter, I am so excited to meet you! Mommy and I have been thinking about you for nine months, and we just can’t wait to hold you and kiss you and love you! 🙂 Today is Mommy’s due date, which means that you were supposed to come …

For Coach Price

My friend Brian wrote me an e-mail this morning to say that our JV football coach, Gary Price, had passed on from this world. Coach Price was very active with students at Monta Vista in other capacities as well; he worked in food service at the school, coached the women’s basketball team, even coached baseball …

Texas vs. Ohio State + College Football Preview

It’s less than 90 minutes to kickoff and I can’t wait for Texas/Ohio State to get started. This is the my most anticipated game since…well, since Texas played USC in January for the national championship! And let’s not forget the other big game today: UC Davis vs. #21 TCU. TCU is the best opponent we’ve …