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  • Week 5 QB Performances Reviewed Via RIPPEN

    An explanation of RIPPEN Alex Smith led the way in quarterback performances this week with an astonishing RIPPEN just over 43, and Blaine Gabbert continues to dwell at the bottom of all of my tables with a RIPPEN just above 3. RIPPEN rankings for week 5 performances: Player Team RIPPEN QB rating Smith, A. SF…

  • NFL Rankings – 10/9/2012

    StatsInTheWild NFL rankings as of October 9, 2012 at 12:34pm.  SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Points Diff San Francisco 1 ↑2 4-1 3 2 6 +81 Chicago 2 ↑2 4-1 6 3 8 +78 Houston 3 ↓1 5-0 1 1 15 +76 Minnesota 4 ↑1 4-1 8 6 7 +41…

  • NFL Predictions – Week 5

    Overall Records for 2012 SU: 47-31  ATS: 44-33  O/U: 45-32 Week 5 (10-4 SU, 7-7 ATS, 7-7 O/U) Week 4 (10-5 SU, 10-5 ATS, 12-2 O/U) Week 3 (5-11 SU, 9-7 ATS, 9-7 O/U) Week 2 (11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS, 8-8 O/U) Week 1 (11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS, 8-8 O/U) Week 4 Thursday @8:25pm Arizona Cardinals…

  • Week 4 QB performances reviewed via RIPPEN

    An explanation of RIPPEN All I have to say is that Romo threw 5 interceptions and Sanchez still had a worse game this week than Romo.  That’s astonishingly bad. RIPPEN rankings for week 4 performances: Player Team RIPPEN QB rating Cutler, J. CHI 45.991 140.1 Griffin, III, R.  WAS 41.929 102.4 Newton, C. CAR 33.071…

  • NFL Rankings – 10/3/2012

    StatsInTheWild NFL rankings as of October 2, 2012 at 6:48pm.  SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Points Diff Arizona 1 – 4-0 5 2 3 +30 Houston 2 – 4-0 2 1 16 +70 San Francisco 3 ↑3 3-1 4 7 5 +39 Chicago 4 ↑1 3-1 9 9 8 +40…

  • RIPPEN Ratings – 10/2/2012

    An explanation of RIPPEN RGIII moves into the number one spot on the year with his nearly 70% completion percentage, 8.6 Yards per attempt, and only one interception so far.  Brady, Ryan, Schaub, and Newton round out the top 5.  The bottom five are Fitzpatrick, Sanchez, Weeden, Wilson, and,in dead last, Gabbert. Fitzpatrick is being…

  • Replacing Passer Rating: Introducing RIPPEN

    I’ve always hated passer rating.  It’s on a bizarre scale (maxes out at 158.3 in the pros), it weighs passing touchdowns too heavily (imho), and it doesn’t mean anything (what is 120 vs 80? No one knows).  So, I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I’ve finally come up with the replacement statistics…

  • NFL Week 4 Predictions

    Overall Records for 2012 SU: 37-26 (58.73%) ATS: 37-26 (58.73%) O/U: 37-25 (59.68%) Week 4 (10-5 SU, 10-5 ATS, 12-2 OU) Week 3 (5-11 SU, 9-7 ATS, 9-7 OU) Week 2 (11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS, 8-8 O/U) Week 1 (11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS, 8-8 O/U) Week 4 Thursday @8:20pm Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens Prediction:…

  • How bad was the call last night?

    UPDATE: This apparently only applies to non-US bettors. According to a Yahoo! news article: At least one sports book has apparently decided to sidestep the controversy by refunding the losers their money in the form of a free play, according to NESN. Sportsbook.com took the unusual step because, as one company official put it, “I can’t…

  • NFL Rankings – 9/25/2012

    Note: I’ve stopped using data from 2011, so these new rankings reflect only 2012 data. StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 25, 2012 at 6:10pm.  SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Points Diff Arizona 1 ↑12 3-0 5 1 3 +27 Houston 2 ↑5 3-0 1 3 16 +46 Atlanta 3…