... handle MOV. Can you describe it without revealing your overall secret? I'm most curious about how you handle runaway scores... << There's a diminishing...
... the NFL. It doesn't use MOV only, it uses something they call "Strength of Victory." Take MOV divided by total points scored by both teams and you get a...
Every game does not matter in college football. Look at the current rankings. Arkansas beat Auburn by 17 Points. Auburn beat Florida by 10. Florida beat...
Column by Carol Slezek Chicago Sun-Times October 31, 2006 An NCAA task force called the "Presidential Task Force on the Future of Division I Intercollegiate...
... There is. The easiest way to explain what I do with it is adjust weights in a neural network. ... For my purposes it is. If you won 50-40 the probability...
Other than every game either doesn't matter or isn't a playoff (which you say five times), I'm not sure of your point. Are you saying that only "key members"...
Are you suggesting these one-loss teams should be rated in the following order: USC, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, Cal in order to show that every game...
Detroit Free Press November 1, 2006 EAST LANSING--In 2003, his first season as Michigan State football coach, John L. Smith turned a 4-8 team into an 8-5 team....
... I think you're taking the notion that "every game counts" too literally. Of course not every game has an impact on the national championship, but every...
... coach I can think of that moved ... Bobby Ross. With the Chargers, not the Lions. And has then moved back down and had (relative) success with Army, which...
... team. ... it ... see ... something is ... Why blame the completely objective computers as opposed to the completely subjective humans? ... schedule ... ...
Column by George F. Will Washington Post October 25, 2006 Before Miami police quelled the recent riot involving more than 100 University of Miami and Florida...
The two members from each conference who voted to side with the CFA side of the equation were USC and UCLA from the PAC-10 and Ohio State and Michigan from the...
... This is an interesting article, but I find the criticisms of graduation rates among athletes to be fairly nonsensical. There is nothing about being big,...
... I think the above colleges should considered hiring a young coach......with potential.............like Major Applewhite.... Rice's offensive coordinator...
Column by Jim Carty The Ann Arbor News November 2, 2006 On the day John L. Smith was told he won't return as Michigan State football coach next year, it needed...
Jerry, just curious...do you expect Louisville to jump Texas in the human polls after their win over WV? Will their new SOS ranking help them to leap Florida...
Yes and yes _____ From: collegebcs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:collegebcs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Zooey Glass Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 12:07 AM To:...
Q: What's the WV Mountaineers favorite candy bar? A: Butterfinger Oh well, there's always next year. We'll still have our big guns and maybe our defense will...
Lansing State Journal November 3, 2006 Michigan State football coach John L. Smith taped his final episode Thursday evening of Fox Sports Net Detroit's "One on...
Often people say that what makes college football so exciting is that "every game in the regular season counts." While this isn't perfectly true, it's very...
... big guns and maybe our defense will have matured. Look out for the Mountaineers in 2007! << Pat White was fabulous and deserved much more than he got from...
... I hate to see games decided by turnovers and special teams. Six fumbles, losing three, and that punt were the story. WVU has a great team which is exciting...
... teams.<< Then you'd better hope Da Bears don't make the Super Bowl, because it seems that all of their close games are decided by turnovers and special...
... I do too. It's the turnovers which can leave me unsatisfied (unless the fumbling team is playing Ohio State, of course). And also questionable penalties at...
... Speaking of which, Louisville coaches will have to perform a near preternatural feat in getting their kids ready for the Knights this week. After such a...
<<I hate to see games decided by turnovers and special teams.>> Yeah, so does every fan when it costs their team the game. SC turned the ball over 4 times...
... I think WVU's BCS bowl win, their Maryland win, and Lousiville's Miami domination are enough, along with the amazing success of their top three teams...
I don't believe they should be a BCS conference. John Martin ... From: R Woodley To: collegebcs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 1:29 PM ...