Category: Sports
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I was looking back at my NFL rankings over the past few months, and I found something interesting in my week 16 rankings. I actually had the NY Giants ranked higher than San Francisco. Anyway, below are my final 2011-2012 NFL rankings. Rankings updated as of 2/9/2012; Records updated as of 2/9/2012; CHFF rankings as…
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Rankings as of 11:05am on 2/6/2012. Sagarin Ratings for games though 2/5/2012. AP Poll as of 1/30/2012. (It’s 11:11 am on Monday and the AP poll isn’t out yet. What takes these guys so long?) Previous rankings are here. Two new teams this week: Murray St. and New Mexico. Murray St. is in the SITW top…
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I just came across the article “A Statistician Shares How To Pick Your Super Bowl Pool Like A Champ” at businessinsider.com. The author of the article, Jill Krasny, asked edgehogs.com statistician, William Briggs, for some advice: “You want to pick the scores that are most likely to happen, and look at historical information about how…
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Here is an article I wrote for Significance Magazine about Tom Brady and the Super Bowl called “A Tale of Two Bradys: It was the best of his games; it was the worst of his games.” Go Pats. Cheers.
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I received an email this morning from a friend: “Is there any sort of a statistical breakdown for which are the best numbers to have in a Super Bowl squares pool (for entertainment purposes only)?” Now, if my friend were going to use this information to gamble, it would be highly unethical. However, since he clearly stated…
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Rankings as of 10:23am on 1/30/2012. Sagarin Ratings for games though 1/30/2012. AP Poll as of 1/30/2012. Previous rankings are here. Moving into the top 25 were Vanderbilt, Florida, Virginia, and Louisville. They replaced Seton Hall, UConn, Minnesota, and Kansas St. who all dropped out of the top 25. Breakdown by conference: 3, 4, 6, 3,…
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Rankings as of 8:26am on 1/23/2012. Sagarin Ratings for games though 1/23/2012. AP Poll as of 1/23/2012. Previous rankings are here. (Note: The Missouri Valley Conference will now be represented by red. In order for the Pac-12 to earn back their color, they will need to get a team in the top 25 and have…
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I didn’t post picks form last weekend, but I would have chosen New England, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Green Bay for a record of 2-2 this past week. -I’m going to quote myself and re-post this point (from here) because it seems very relevant: “Last year there were 2 teams that averaged over 23 points…
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Rankings as of 3:05pm on 1/16/2012. Sagarin Ratings for games though 1/15/2012. AP Poll as of 1/16/2012. Previous rankings are here. Three new teams this week: Marquette, New Mexico, and Wichita State. Marquette and New Mexico return to the top 25 after a week off, whereas Wichita State makes its top 25 debut in the…
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