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How can 60k sports fans be so dumb?
ESPN.com allows users to rank the top 30 teams in college football, vote on the best backfield duo, etc etc. Fun times. And to start the season, readers can also make predictions about who will win their division, their conference, and the MNC in January. Let's take a look at how 59,982 people had voted as of last night. My votes are in bold, ( Read more... ) -
corsoism of the day
"Chick Fil-A did not invent the chicken, just the chicken sandwich. And this one is going to be a defensive struggle."
- Lee Corso, on the Peach Bowl
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BCS Bowl Preview: Sugar
Let's get one thing out of the way: it's fun and easy to rip on the Big East. In last season's Fiesta Bowl, their conference champion was shredded 35-7 by at-large team Utah, and by adding one letter you can call them the Big Least. It's the one thing Pac 10 fans and the rest of the country can agree on: the Big East is the worst BCS conference ( Read more... ) -
BCS Bowl Preview: Fiesta
For weeks there was controversy about who the Fiesta Bowl would pick from many good teams. The list included Auburn, Miami, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, and possibly Penn State. In the end, there wasn't much of a choice to be made. With LSU and Va Tech being upset in their conference championship games, Notre Dame and Ohio State gained ( Read more... ) -
The Elevens
ESPN writers made lists of the top 11 college players they've ever seen either live or on tv (I'm not counting ESPN Classic... just games I saw when they were played and players when they were still in college). The 11 players are 7 main positions QB, RB, WR, OL, DL, LB, DB, and then 4 wild card (you pick) spots. Then there are 11 other bests. ( Read more... ) -
tinkering with computer polls: going live
It's time this baby got unleashed.
http://amath.colorado.edu/student/lawrenjb/cfb/Site has a little explanation of how the two rating systems work, and I'll be posting updates frequently including historical results. Full factor model results will be coming as well, though I haven't quite determined how it will optimize those (ie, what will be ( Read more... )