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Some fun analysis about college football – includes both data and opinion
Happy Monday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. Last time, we finished the preseason strength of schedule (PS SOS) for the FCS teams and, as the title says, time is getting short to complete the analysis for the FBS. For those who may not be as familiar with terminology, FCS is the Football Championship …
Happy Friday, college football fans, as we continue to experience the last month of the year without college football. Today, we finish up our analysis of the FCS conferences by preseason SOS (PS SOS) based on last year’s results for this year’s opponents. We started with Kennesaw St as the lone FCS independent, who also …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Most-Challenged FCS Conferences”
Happy Independence Day Eve, oh great and wonderful college football fans. Now that we are in July, the days are getting shorter, despite the heat, there’s a promise of fall, and we are just 54 days until the season kicks off. We are nearly finished with the FCS portion of the annual Preseason Strength of …
Hello oh patient and wonderful college football fans! It’s been a long few weeks for dear old G whose day job has been a series of 14-hour days, but we are in good shape now and about to be to steady state allowing me to focus on the important things in life, aka the wonderful …
Read More “G’s Exploration or the Next Step in the Progression”
Happy Saturday college football fans. Today, we are going to explore the Division I conferences with the 19th and 18th most difficult schedules. We are reaching the middle tier for the FCS with 6 already talked about and 6 more coming in future posts. As a reminder, FCS schools have an average Preseason Strength of …
Read More “G’s Exploration or A Continuation of FCS Schedules”
Happy Sunday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. We are 76 days away from the 2023 kickoff and we still have tons of conferences to talk through. So far we’ve seen the 4 weakest (and, yes, for this exercise, I count the silly schedule of the 1-team FCS Independent Kennesaw St as one) conferences. …
Read More “G’s Exploration or the 21st and 20th Most Challenging Conferences”
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?”
