Why don't they wait until the end of the regular season to have a BCS poll that had nothing to do with the coaches and AP? What they would do is go by who...
... BCS ... would ... and ... compared ... getting ... I don't think there's anything wrong with the proposed new formulas other than the weighting of the...
... Actually, I've calculated exactly this for the 2003 season, taking the "and sso on" as far as opponents' opponents' opponents, which is enough to connect...
... You're not dense, I didn't explain how it worked at all, just sort of said what it was. It's kind of like the RPI for basketball, but calculates opponents ...
Excerpts from article on the new BCS formula by Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated.com: In the old BCS formula, there were four equally weighted components,...
I thought this would have been posted by now. It it was but was stuck in moderation, just delete. Thursday, Jul 15 2004 11:40AM ET BCS Announces Changes to...
This seems so reactionary to last year. Each year they tweak this because the previous year people got mad. The fact is, USC shouldn't have been in the NC....
... That makes no sense whatsoever. Why throw out the high and low, and then use the 25 points for first with whats left? How do you do that? The number of...
... It's even worse than that. There's nothing in theory that would prevent the #1 from being thrown out of all six polls, the #2 being thrown out of all six,...
Mark wrote: << Why throw out the high and low, and then use the 25 points for first with whats left?...The "25 points for first" system already reduces the...
... they tweak this because the previous year people got mad.<< Yes, they're always fighting the last war, trying to "fix" the injustice(s) of the previous...
... worth ... But, shouldn't they keep in SOS? I mean, look at USC's schedule this year. They have one game that is even remotely difficult, and that is...
... Any computer ranking worthy of the name has an SOS component, probably a large one. And certainly any of them would use a better definition than the BCS...
SOS is in in the sense that it is still measured (in six different ways) by the computers. However, the impact is greatly reduced, and that's a bad thing if...
Column by Ivan Maisel of ESPN.com: KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Two years ago, when the NCAA allowed a 12th game in certain years, depending on the calendar, most people...
Hmm, tough call 1.USC 2. Oklahoma 3. LSU 4. UGA 5.Iowa I have always been a been a believer in Va tech, but there team is in such a disarray with the problems...
... Actually, this would be a good time to give an update on my poll of preseason mags and websites. I've added four more since the last time: Football.com,...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP)--The Atlantic Coast Conference has proposed making football players eligible to compete for five years, saying the extra season might ...
... Conference has proposed making football players eligible to compete for five years...The ACC, which proposed the rule to the NCAA earlier this month, ...
Say Iowa is unusual pick. Want to give some background or insight (or are you just a hopeful Hawkeye? Terry ... in such a disarray with the problems with Vick...
... This makes no sense, especially coming from the ACC. Let me see if I got all of this right: 1) 70 percent of all student-athletes are already in school for...
Honestly, Iowa was an anti everyone in the Big 10 pick actually. I root for the Buckeyes, my brother is an alumni, but 2 young Qb's scare the crud out of me....
... As many starers Michigan lost, Ohio State lost more. But those two schools are still the favorites in the Big 10. Wisconsin returns more starters than...
I can't really speak for Iowa or Minnesota. Having gone to the spring game I am confident that the defense for Ohio State is going to be even better than the...
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