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Updated Preseason College Football Rankings
We’ve updated our Elo Ratings since the last time we wrote about them. Specifically, we’ve recalculated the expected wins and win probabilities of all the teams based on their updated schedules. This resulted in lower overall win totals given the shortened season, but some teams have a higher win probability for the season as a…
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Podcast: Week 1 Recap: Navy Doesn’t Practice, Biggest Upsets, and What We Miss About Tailgating
Actual FBS College Football games were played last weekend to our delight. And College Gameday was on TV (1:23), albeit for 2 hours and it started at 11. 2:33 – What we miss most about tailgating 6:20 – Week 1, how Elo did, and Navy doesn’t know how to tackle 7:44 – Drew explains positive…
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Podcast: Home Field Advantage, Pass and Rush Correlation, Preseason Elo Ratings + Subscribe to our Newsletter for our Week 1 Predictions
College football is officially back! 1:48 – We talk how no fans will affect home field advantage this season, how it’s traditionally calculated, the top places for the home field effect, and how we handle this in Elo. 20:50 – With spring football looming, we talk whether more players will be opting out, and would…
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Podcast: The B1G Bubble, Line Yards vs. Rush EPA, Micah Parsons Opts Out, and Our Bikes Got Stolen
We talk about the Big Ten bubble and the potential for B1G Weekends in the Spring (2:20). The SEC, ACC, and Big-12 are full steam ahead trying to get a Fall 2020 college football season in (5:45). We went on vacation and got our bikes stolen, but then went full detective-mode miraculously recovered them (11:40).…
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Introducing College Football Elo Ratings
In preparation for the 2020 College Football season, we did some exciting new work with something called Elo Ratings. We got them ready just in time for kickoff, only for COVID-19 to throw a wrench in the 2020 season, along with all of our lives. Instead of waiting around, I figured I’d use this time…
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Did Notre Dame’s Schedule Just Get Easier?
The ACC announced their plans for an eleven game season this week that includes ten conference games, one non-conference game, and Notre Dame as a member for 2020 only. There will also be no ACC divisions for this season. All of the conference’s decisions are of course subject to change as the coronavirus pandemic unfolds,…
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We Can’t Play College Football This Fall
We all want college football to happen this fall. But is it realistic to responsibly do it?
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