All Division I Football, and Men's and Women's Basketball
All of the facts and data around recent games – heavy on analysis to understand what the Evaluation means
Greetings all and I hope you are ready for some analysis. I’ve spent most of the afternoon putting all kinds of numbers together. I know, I know – you wish you could have been here. Maybe next time. By the way, and I honestly don’t remember if I’ve mentioned this before, but my friends, who …
Read More “G’s Explanation for Week 12 or Let the Games Begin”
Happy Sunday evening, CFB fans. Earlier today the GCR came out and had not only a new top 4, but a new #1 for the first time in a long time. For those who are seeing the GCR for the first time, that concept is pretty rare. Ohio State held that spot in a way …
Read More “G’s Explanation or Just How Good Are the Top Teams, Anyhow?”
Good evening to all the college football fans out there. Earlier today, we talked about the number of high-ranking teams who were idle. In Division I, the weekend started with 12 undefeated teams – 9 in FBS and 3 in FCS – and 8 winless schools – 3 in FBS and 5 in FCS. Of …
Read More “G’s Explanation for Week 10 or Another Look at the Zeros”
Hello oh great and wonderful college football fans. This year there are 39 bowls (40 if you count the championship game) so 78 of the 130 FBS teams (fully 60%) will have an opportunity. The rules are pretty straightforward. FCS schools do not qualify for a bowl (there is one between the MEAC and SWAC …
Read More “G’s Explanation – Week 9 or Who Ain’t Going Bowling”
Once again, this is a combined post of both “normal” Sunday analyses. Florida A&M beat North Carolina A&T 31-28 in OT this afternoon to complete Week 8 action. In this post we are going to see the full GCR (spoiler alert, Alabama is NOT in the top 4 – I know all of my Auburn …
Read More “G’s Evaluation and Explanation or What a(nother) Weekend!? Upset Week Part Deux!”
I talked in the previous post about Upset Week. It really shook the GCR and the AP poll. In that poll, the SEC holds the top 2 spots. The GCR does not agree with Ohio State and Alabama holding that. But I do have 4 SEC teams in the top 10. So, I get it, …
Florida beat Auburn and Michigan took out Iowa. That’s 2 major teams that lost a zero – in their cases out of the loss column. Thanks for a pic from the SEC game goes to Florida season ticket holder Jason Loccisano. I’m betting his ears are still ringing!! As I was watching the two games …
What a crazy week – Clemson (8) just about lost to an old school go-for-two instead of the tie. Maybe UNC’s (65) Brown forgot about the overtime in this newfangled 21st century football. Texas A&M (33) struggled against a <yawn> bad Arkansas (142) team. BYU (104) who beat Power 5 schools Tennessee (125) and Southern …
Read More “G’s Explanation or My Division is Bigger than Yours”
Wow. Just wow. UCLA (137) and Washington State (119) decided to play basketball with the previously winless Bruins topping the previously unbeaten Cougars 67-63 – in regulation. UCLA gave up 28 in the second quarter to be down 35-17 at the half, but put up 50 in the second half (29 in the 4th quarter). …
Read More “G’s Explanation or 4 Weeks into the Season, Seriously, Who Can Make the Playoffs?”
Greetings from a sort of tired (it’s been a busy weekend) blogger who is getting re-energized thanks to this week’s math-ridden analysis. From here on out, all rankings for teams are the GCR ranking, not the AP or other human poll. The ranking was posted earlier today so check that out as well. There were …
