Search results

I’m not saying use a computer model to pick teams. I’m saying use objective criteria and objective rules. Define in advance what it means to deserve your shot, and stick with it. But, as far as accuracy,!I can show you how well they do in predicting games and how they do against the point...

The predictive models will put emphasis on point differential before garbage time, EPA, offensive and defensive efficiency, etc. it’s not just who you beat but how thoroughly you dominated them and how good they were. In boxing terms, if two boxers fought the same opponents, but one kept...

Well, we can rank GT ahead of Clemson and UGA and FSU using transitive wins :p Edit: oh, wow, that site does margin of victory comparisons, to rank us ahead of undefeated teams. That’s funny

We beat the teams that beat Boston College, but they beat us. Some teams don’t match up well with particular teams.

If that’s the way you’re going to rank teams, you want to rank by resume, and that puts Washington ahead of Oregon and FSU in the top three. That argument comes up all the time in ranking systems. Fans write in saying “my team beat that team-why aren’t they ranked higher?”. The answer is that...

Merriam-Webster's definition of "scamper" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper Definition (Entry 1 of 2) intransitive verb : to run nimbly and usually playfully about

Posted without comment

Offensive and defensive coordinators are being let go today. The portal is closed. LSU, UNC, Hawaii. More probably coming tomorrow

UNC keeps rotating DCs. They just do badly at UNC—several have had better runs elsewhere. Since fans are grumbling that Brown needs to retire, and he looks pretty dang tired, I’d think UNC is going to get an experienced name brand coach. They got up and comers before Chizik, and they didn’t work...

Diaz is taking over a team that overperformed compared to their recruiting rankings, and a lot of players hit the portal. Duke is lower pressure than Miami or Louisville, but they made bowls with Elko and fans will expect continued success. Manny needs to hit the ground running. He doesn’t have...

That’s an inconsistent way of selecting four tournament (playoff) teams. If you’re going to pick based on what they’ve accomplished during the season, do that. If you’re going to pick the best four, do that. If you’re going to pick conference champions, do that. What you just described flip...

In most of the portal trackers I’ve seen, they show entered, committed, and enrolled. I don’t see a list of athletes interested in a school. You might be able to look on each athlete’s page, but that would be a ton of work

FSU had more accomplishments during the season than almost every team. ESPN even had their own measure called “strength of record”, which they hid when FSU won the ACC championship. It’s back after the beat down by UGA, and FSU plummeted. I didn’t put FSU in the four best, but Bama doesn’t make...

That’s a crazy blend of DK and a Gartner hype cycle Here’s the original https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2475

It wasn’t the Cy Young trade or NBA MVP. It wasn’t that the system was supposed to put the best four teams in—because they didn’t pick the best four teams. It wasn’t picking the four most accomplished teams (that would have put FSU in). It wasn’t putting in the four teams that would create the...

Roddy has worked his way up into a studio job. Hopefully, we get someone in the same mold

Two QBs. He was being recruited over massively. FSU fans wanted DJU to be the backup QB

It’s tough to tell. He had a better ESPN QBR rating this season than anyone in the ACC. He was third in the PAC 12. Is it him, or was the game easier at Oregon State?

There was one tiebreaker—Bama vs Texas for the #4 slot. The committee looked at head to head and booted the #3 team to get in the #4 and #5 teams.