Category: Sports
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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…
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Ranking Team 1 TEXAS 2 KANSAS STATE 3 TEXAS TECH 4 ALABAMA 5 OREGON 6 LSU 7 TCU 8 WEST VIRGINIA 9 STANFORD 10 IOWA STATE 11 FLORIDA 12 GEORGIA 13 NOTRE DAME 14 BAYLOR 15 SO CAROLINA 16 FLORIDA STATE 17 OKLAHOMA 18 OREGON STATE 19 USC 20 ARIZONA STATE 21 MISS STATE…
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Overall Records for 2012 SU: 27-21 (56.25%) ATS: 27-21 (56.25%) O/U: 25-23 (52.08%) 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) Thursday @8:20pm New York Giants at Carolina Panthers Prediction: Panthers win 27-26 Pick: Panthers +1.5 O/U: Over 49.5…
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StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 18, 2012 at 12:18pm. SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record Projected Record Prob Make Playoffs SOS Run Diff Texas 1 – 87-59 95-67 99.9% 11 +123 NYY 2 – 83-63 91-71 98.0% 5 +97 Washington 3 ↑1 89-57 98-64 99.9% 25 +128 Oakland 4 ↑1 84-62 90-72 88.2%…
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StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 18, 2012 at 12:18pm. SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Run Diff Texas 1 – 87-59 1 1 11 +123 NYY 2 – 83-63 7 3 5 +97 Washington 3 ↑1 89-57 2 5 25 +128 Oakland 4 ↑1 84-62 4 2 8 +80 LA…
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I just came across this poll question on ESPN about people’s opinions regarding the Yunel Escobar’s suspension, and I couldn’t help but notice that this map (below) look very similar to the 2008 presidential election map. I suppose you could view the map below as essentially serving as a state by state snap shot of how residents…
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StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 18, 2012 at 6:10pm. SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Points Diff San Francisco 1 ↑1 2-0 1 2 10 +16 Green Bay 2 ↓1 1-1 4 13 23 +5 New England 3 – 1-1 5 7 32 +19 Baltimore 4 – 1-1 6 6…
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Update: Apparently, it seems, I am completely wrong about this, and that it is well established that a team should go for two earlier. Via Twitter, @bdoc87 points to the book “Mathletics” where they suggest going to two in this situation as early as the second quarter. There is also this chart, which says that…
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NCAA Football Rankings after week 3 as of 9/17/2012 at 6:13am Rank Team Record 1 TEXAS 3-0 2 TEXAS TECH 3-0 3 KANSAS STATE 3-0 4 ALABAMA 3-0 5 LSU 3-0 6 IOWA STATE 3-0 7 ARIZONA 3-0 8 STANFORD 3-0 9 OKLAHOMA 2-0 10 TCU 2-0 11 WEST VIRGINIA 2-0 12 BAYLOR 2-0…
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Week 2 (11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS, 8-8 O/U) Thursday @8:20pm Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers Prediction: Packers wins 26-21 Pick: Packers -5 O/U: Under 50.5 Sunday @1pm Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants Prediction: Giants 24-21 Pick: Buccaneers +7.5 O/U: Over 43.5 Arizona Cardinals at New England Patriots Prediction: Patriots wins 28-20 Pick:…
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