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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 …
Welcome back college football fans. We’re getting close now: the NFL preseason is teasing us and college camps are in session. There’s some trash talking already and, my absolute favorite: the initial AP poll is out and the pundits are simultaneously saying it’s ridiculous to have a preseason poll (they are right) and why this …
Read More “G’s Exploration or We’re Down to the Penultimate Preseason SOS Conference”
Welcome back oh great and wonderful college football fans! So far, we’ve reviewed 23 Division I conferences, including the independents, from the Pioneer League through the 4th most difficult conference (as measured by the GCR Preseason Strength of Schedule algorithm), the ACC. There are just 3 left and 16 days until the initial kickoffs of …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Conference Is Third in Scheduling?”
Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans. We made it to August! In just 23 days our early games (look for the matchup info coming later on) kick off and the greatest time of the year will begin. As a reminder, the GCR does not have preseason rankings, which require bias, so every team …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Who Has the Second Easiest Power 5 Schedule?”
Greetings and welcome to Part IX of our Preseason SOS review. We are starting our deep dive into the Power 5 conferences. These are supposed to be the premier league of college football. Let’s see how this plays out. Last year, there were 12 FCS wins over FBS schools. Most were over G5 schools including …
