GCR Definitions

When writing blogs, posting analysis, and the rankings (usually by week 4 each year, but could be sooner), I tend to use terms or acronyms that I assume readers understand. That is not fair to new readers or those that aren’t overly, insanely rabid football fans. Spelling everything out every time is annoying slow and …

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 …

G’s Exploration or Welcome to the GCR

If you are reading this, then you must be as crazy about college football as I am. I hope this site and my analytical meanderings will provide insight, drive questions, and stir conversation both within its “four walls” and elsewhere. Before we get into what you will see in this site, a little about me …