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Some fun analysis about college football – includes both data and opinion
Sorry for the delay, oh great and patient college football fans, it was a LONG week and I just didn’t have the time to get a post out. So, this weekend will be a twofer, as we look at the 23rd and 22nd most challenged conferences based on an estimate of this year’s strength of …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Next 2 Preseason SOS Conferences”
Happy Sunday and welcome back to the 2023 GCR. It’s time to begin our analysis of the upcoming season and, as we do every year, we’ll start with the conferences with the weakest expected strength of schedule (SOS). Before we jump in, let’s review how the analysis is done. ….. Preseason SOS is based on …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Least Challenged Conference Plus The Special Case”
Greetings, oh great and wonderful College Football Fans. I know the Major League season is only 1/3 of the way through and the NBA/NHL are still playing, but it’s time to kick off another season of everyone’s, or rather my, favorite blog. We are 89 days from the week 0 games and the time is …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Can You Believe How Many Conference Changes There Are This Year?”
Happy Saturday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. We are in recruiting/coaching replacement/prepping for conference realignment/NFL playoff mode lately, and the GCR will soon be working solely on getting ready for next season. Today’s blog is all about the final FBS conference rankings for 2022 and my final (maybe, who knows for sure) post …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which FBS Conferences Ruled Supreme in 2022?”
Happy Sunday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. Today we are going to explore the FCS and figure out which conferences were the best (one has to give the initial nod to the Missouri Valley Conference who had both teams in the finals, but we’ll see what the data show). The next post will …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Let’s Rank the FCS Conferences”
I didn’t post yesterday because, like most football fans everywhere, I was consumed with the collapse of Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills Monday night. As we all have him, his family, and his teammates in our thoughts and prayers, we remember that football is a game and entertainment. Injuries happen and sometimes we are …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Let’s Recap the January Bowl Games”
Happy Wednesday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. It’s been a while since I’ve had a post all about the statistics. Well, you are in luck today if you like that kind of thing (and who wouldn’t?). With the bowl games right around the corner, and it being time for a conference comparison, I …
Read More “G’s Exploration or How Do the FBS Conferences Stack Up?”
Yesterday, oh great and wonderful fans, I dedicated the post to the FCS as it should be during their rivalry week (btw, Lehigh and Lafayette are playing for the 158th time since 1884 – the most-played rivalry in college football). That said, tonight is about the senior circuit and the overdue conference analysis complete with …
Read More “G’s Exploration or You’ll Never Guess the Strongest Conference”
Happy Thursday everyone. I talk about the FBS in nearly every post, but not tonight. We are beginning rivalry week for the FCS, the last week of the regular season, and preparing for the FCS playoffs. First, let’s look at how the FCS conferences line up. I looked at overall records, non-conference records, and average …
Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans as we are a week away from the first game of the 2022-23 season. At noon (all times Eastern), Austin Peay, of the FCS ASUN league, will invade Conference USA’s W Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky (not to be confused with the MACs Bowling Green in Bowling …
