Ok, I never claimed not to be an idiot

As you all know, I’m new to this blogging thing. I still have a few bugs to work out. Yesterday, I posted the initial ranking BUT the actual table did not upload properly. Thanks to Alex at work this morning, I saw the issue and figured out a fix. It is now updated. Check it …

G’s Explanation or Week 3 Shenanigans

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 …

G’s Evaluation or The First Ranking of 2019 and of the GCR Blog

Greetings fellow fans. In one of my first posts, I said there would be no formal rankings published until September 22. The reason for that is the teams that have only played one or two games. In the past years, before the blog, I published week 4 because every team had played at least 2 …

G’s Expectation or Week 3 Preview

Hello oh great and loyal fans. Very few things will get a good debate (or argument, or spilled beer) going faster than someone talking trash about someone else’s favorite football team. Now, that said, this slate is somewhat better than last week’s, but there are still 20 FBS/FCS games and 8 FCS/Lower Level games. Next …

G’s Exploration or How About That Crazy Week?

Greetings oh great and loyal college football fans, If you can make it through week 2 and all of it’s unmatched games, you can make it through anything. No less than 30 games between FBS and FCS opponents (see my mid-week blog all about definitions for all of these terms coming soon) and 24 games …

G’s Expectation or Who is Ready for Some Football?

Hi there college football fans, This week is the annual boom or bust week, or so it seems. There are a ton of teams playing down a level this week and those games are usually not so exciting, unless it’s your team that’s expected to destroy some weak competition – more on this in a …

G’s Explanation or Analysis From Week 1

Greetings oh great football fans! While I’m watching the Notre Dame at Louisville game (so, no, that game is not included yet: this statement is for a few of my friends, and yes, they know who they are). There were some upsets (although only one FCS school beat an FBS team (props to Central Arkansas …

G’s Exploration or The Toughest 2019 Schedules

In my first blog, I talked about the inherent inaccuracy of the preseason polls. My wife and I talked about this today after the upsets of Tennessee, Purdue, and Missouri by Mountain West and Sun Belt teams. She asked if Ga State was ranked high. The answer, after week 1 – and reason #427 I …

G’s Exploration or How the GCR Works

Hello college football fans, First the basics. There are 2 measures that when crunched together are the Total Score for a given team: Performance Score and SOS. The Performance Score is based on a few factors. 1) the outcome of the game – did the team win or lose, 2) the score differential – a …