While it is at the top of my rankings, LSU is not the best team in the country. If a couple of plays went the other way, they would be 3-3 right now. However, as my father-in-law says, if a frog could fly it wouldn’t bump its butt when it leaped. If doesn’t matter in …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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. …
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“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 …
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 …
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 …