UM back into the top 25 next year?.
To determine how realistic it would be for UM to get back in the top 25, I reanalyzed the changes in the Sagarin ratings from last year to this year. The conclusion (see analysis below): The task of...
View ArticleClass size vs star rating
There is always a debate about the significance of recruiting rankings when teams don't have the same number of recruits. Here's the question for this year. Is it fair to rank UM's class higher than...
View ArticleInvestigating media bias
Many of the posts here have suggested that a certain unnamed newspaper in a big city near Ann Arbor has a media bias. If you want to learn more about the topic of media bias—how to investigate it and...
View ArticleDoes crime pay? How can the cops (NCAA) stop the burglars (OSU)?
According to economists, “a burglar burgles because he finds it a more attractive profession than any other. Without an effective deterrent, he will continue to do so and overwhelm the courts with...
View ArticleMSU curses, the Satan Saban, and Dantonio’s Inferno
When I heard the cry of BCS injustice from QB Kirk Cousins. I was so concerned about his emotional distress that I sought to understand why MSU deserved a BCS Bowl game. Maybe MSU was deserving...
View ArticleCombined BB and FB ratings: UM #1 in nation
UM is #1 in the nation in a combined BCS-like ranking for BB and FB together. To compute such a rank, I took the mean* of the computer and human poll ranks (using Sagarin and the coach’s poll for both...
View ArticleFinding the Best Leaders for the Leaders and Best
IMO, since Bo left, UM has often looked not at the strength of its leaders but their weaknesses. So, it has often chosen opposite, new leaders who lack these weaknesses, but who often also lack the...
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SOS in the B1G
In the national playoff discussions now, we hear so much about WL records and large scoring margins. Yet, as every chess enthusiast, baseball player and 10-year old video gamer knows, it does not mean...
View ArticleHow the NFL Grinch Tried to Steal Christmas
The NFL Grinch---a bitter, grouchy, internet-dwelling creature with a heart "two sizes too small"—heard all the noisy coaching festivities in Blueville. Annoyed, he decided to steal Christmas.He...
View ArticleWashington Post: Is the NFL's deflategate report flawed or falsified?
The Washington Post just reviewed the widely reported study of a think tank (AEI), which dismantled the NFL's Wells report. AEI showed that the Pats balls were not abnormally deflated. That had...
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