All Division I Football, and Men's and Women's Basketball
Some fun analysis about college football – includes both data and opinion
Welcome back, college football fans as we celebrate not only our 23rd most challenged conference in 2026, but also the GCR’s 650th official post! We also have to thank our readers for sharing our space with others, which is evident based on the tremendous growth in readership over the last 12 months. ….. Previously, we …
Welcome back, college football fans, to episode 649 of the GCR in which we will review the second easiest conference in terms of Preseason Strength of Schedule (PS-SOS). Last time we talked a little about the Pioneer League, who sits at the bottom of our ranking. ….. A quick reminder of what PS-SOS is and …
Welcome back, sports fans, to our 3rd pre-season college football post. Before we jump into today’s topic, here are a couple of updates. First, Brendan Sorsby has dropped his lawsuit and is no longer seeking to join the Texas Tech football team. His intention was to join a supplemental draft for the NFL, but that …
Welcome back, college sports fans, as we explore the rule changes for the 2026-27 college football season. This date and subject were both decided back in May, but the Texas Tech situation makes it timely. ….. For those who have football on the back burner this time of year, the Red Raider quarterback, Brendan Sorsby, …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Rules Change in Football Every Year”
Welcome back, college sports fans, as we continue our football preseason 2026 review. Last time, we talked about some changes in the GCR reporting this year, mostly on frequency of posts, but also about the concept of predicting spread cover as well as straight up winner. After talking with friend and confidante Carl L., we’ve …
Welcome back after a long layoff, oh great and wonderful college sports fans! We’ve spent the last six weeks or so coding the 2026-27 football season in preparation for the preseason and the more than 1600 regular season games. Along the way, we’ve noticed a few oddball and/or interesting bits of data that we will …
Welcome back, college sports fans, to a bittersweet post. On the positive side, we are looking at the data in a way we have not done before – always exciting (at least for us at the GCR). On the flip side, this is our last post of the 2025-26 football/basketball season. After 41 consecutive days …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which School Has the Best Basketball Program?”
Welcome back, sports fans as we tackle the 31 men’s conferences’ race for the regular season title. We did this analysis for the women over the weekend and like that version, we will jump right in because there is a lot of data. We will start with the conference calculated as worst in our early …
Read More “G’s Explanation or Which Men’s Teams Are Still Contenders to Win Their Conference?”
Welcome back, sports fans as we tackle the 31 women’s conferences’ race for the regular season title. We have never tried to do something like this before, so please let us know what you think. Let’s jump right in because there is a lot of data. We will start with the conference calculated as worst …
Welcome back, sports fans, to the bittersweet last planned football post for the season. There are a bunch of conference changes coming up over the offseason as the P12 reloads and those conferences who will lose teams trying to keep their numbers up. Look for a complete analysis on that craziness when the basketball season …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Conferences Were the Best This Season?”
