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Rank Team Record 1 MISSOURI 7-1 2 ARIZONA STATE 5-2 3 FLORIDA STATE 7-0 4 STANFORD 7-1 5 OREGON 8-0 6 OHIO STATE 8-0 7 MIAMI-FLORIDA 7-0 8 ALABAMA 8-0 9 BYU 6-2 10 SO CAROLINA 6-2 11 GEORGIA 4-3 12 CLEMSON 7-1 13 OREGON STATE 6-2 14 TEXAS A&M 6-2 15 GEORGIA TECH…
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Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: It’s still relatively early in the NFL season, but signs point to this being one of the worst seasons ever for simulation & statistics based predictors of game results. In fact, having followed several websites for the last few years, this is by far the worst I can remember each one…
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Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: It’s still relatively early in the NFL season, but signs point to this being one of the worst seasons ever for simulation & statistics based predictors of game results. In fact, having followed several websites for the last few years, this is by far the worst I can remember each one…
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Updated: October 24, 2013 Pro: The rankings are based on how a team performs and accounts for how many points they would be expected to score based on their statistical output such as rushing yards, passing yards, etc. This ranking considers past seasons statistics with heavier weights placed on games that are more recent. This…
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I really enjoyed the below comment from this Deadspin article: This sir, is exactly how I feel. I’m a journalism student and my professors hate Bill Simmons. Not because he isn’t a talent journalist, but he hasn’t been a journalist for the last 5 years and yet writes douchebag seriousness on his “Grantland” website that…
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Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics”-Mark Twain There was an interesting post at sportsinsights.com earlier today, which looked at the performances of West Coast NFL teams based on game location. The authors hypothesize that “NFL West Coast teams traveling east suffer declines in performance.” It’s an interesting idea, and, if true, could…
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The Bears seem to be trying to echo last year, where they spent most of the season as the NFC North’s favorites until they ceded ground to the Packers. Meanwhile, the Saints didn’t take too much of a hit from that heartbreaking last-minute loss to the Pats, while the Jets did. And, I guess, better…
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Rank Team Record 1 MISSOURI 6-0 2 FLORIDA STATE 5-0 3 CLEMSON 6-0 4 OREGON 6-0 5 STANFORD 5-1 6 GEORGIA 4-2 7 OHIO STATE 6-0 8 MIAMI-FLORIDA 5-0 9 ARIZONA STATE 4-2 10 ALABAMA 6-0 11 SO CAROLINA 5-1 12 UTAH 4-2 13 LSU 6-1 14 FLORIDA 4-2 15 WASHINGTON 4-2 16 BAYLOR…
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Introduction I recently wrote an article about Football Outsiders flawed argument about NFL place kickers. The Football Outsider’s people responded, and I wrote a rebuttal here. The original piece from Football Outsiders that sparked my interest in this topic is below: Field-goal percentage is almost entirely random from season to season, while kickoff distance is…
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Done up stylish-ly, as we did last year. Just in time for them to not actually matter. Thank you, week six.
