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All of the facts and data around recent games – heavy on analysis to understand what the Evaluation means
Michigan (1-1/74) and Notre Dame (1-1101)/67) both lost on the same day while Alabama (2-0/5) was ahead just 21-16 late in the fourth before scoring 3 TDs in less than 4 minutes to make the game look like a cake walk (damn those cameras keeping the Tide from telling “their” version of the game). The …
Welcome back sports fans. Yesterday we published the first GCR of the season with some surprising results. The top 5 teams are all from the SEC. I know some of you out there may be accusing me of bias, but I’m really not that smart. My good friend JW who is the other guy in …
Welcome to first Sunday where we can FINALLY talk about college football games. The season began with a back-and-forth matchup in the only game with 2 Core 4 (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, Notre Dame) teams. Neither team could put the other away and it came down to the kickers. While FSU’s hit 2 …
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As anyone who has read this blog for any length of time, I try very hard not to discuss politics or anything outside of college football. There are exceptions. School shootings (at all levels) are out of control (not that there is a number other than 0 that is in control). Last year the Virginia …
Happy Wednesday and welcome to a late edition of G’s Explanation. Tomorrow, week 3 kicks off and so will the next installment of G’s Expectation. But today is about a few things I noticed about so far this season. First, the SEC may not have the depth it has in the past. Last season the …
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Happy Wednesday college football fans. We had an eventful extended week 1 and I can’t wait to see what surprises are in store for us this weekend. For those that are new or newer to the GCR, we have 4 different kinds of posts. First is G’s Evaluation which is the computer ranking based on …
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Greetings college football fans. We now know the wishes of the playoff committee: Georgia (13-0/1) will play Ohio St (11-1/3) in the Peach Bowl while Michigan (13-0/2) takes on TCU (12-1/4). If you saw my post this morning, this is not a surprise at all. I was at lunch when the announcement came (yes, I …
To the grieving college football community and especially to the shock and pain the University of Virginia is feeling, this latest shooting involving a school is many too many. An ex-player at Virginia shot and killed 3 current football players as well as wounding 2 other students. He has been apprehended and perhaps we will …
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Happy Humpday, college football fans. We are approaching Halloween which brings us some great rivalry games like Michigan/Michigan St and Georgia/Florida, and it also brings us close to November when the MAC goes wonky on us (in a wonderful and fantastic way) with Tuesday and Wednesday games for a month. That means in November we …
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Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans and welcome to Monday night. I thought tonight we’d explore both conferences and divisions (FBS only). In the data, I’ve ranked each (two different tables) by average ranking. I’ve also added how many undefeated teams and one-loss teams are still around for each. Then, the best and …
