NCAA football, 2013-14

[alfred russel]

Ohio State has had several very close calls, including benefiting from a late and questionable officiating decision against Northwestern.

Oh? Tell me more.

They were PAC 12 officials.

They were Big 10 officials.

[sbr]

All Pac-12 players QB Marcus Mariota and Center Hroniss Grasu will both return to Oregon next year.

Kind of surprising for Mariota, every draft projection has him as a top 5 pick if he declares.  As a Ducks fan I'll obviously be thrilled to see him come back, but more so as a fan of college football.  This will probably cost him money but I like that he likes the college life so much hi is willing to give it up.

[The Minsky Moment]

There was some academic that analyzed the BCS computer rankings and came to two conclusions: one of the rankings took into account scores, and another took into account previous year's games. This year Sagarin broke out a new formula, speculated to comply with the rules (his was the one that supposedly looked at scores), and is now putting out jacked up results.

In case you are wondering, all the ranking formulas are secret, except for one. And in the one that is not secret, several years ago someone noticed a anomolous result: it turned out the data input missed a game.

This is the system that determines 1/3 of a national championship game.

Sagarin's "real" rankings has NIU at #38, the BCS variant has them at #2.
Similar issue with Massey who has NIU at #23 in his real computer ranking, but #5 for the BCS version.
Thank Dawkins this system is ending.

[CountDeMoney]

Brian Cook's piece today on SB Nation is hilarious:

This Week In Schadenfreude collects the weekend's craziest college football internet and gives it to you in a steaming pile. This week: Roll Tide! Things I don't understand because I am not from the South! I hope you don't understand them either! Cactus! If you want to replace swearing with umlauts, you're at Georgia Tech! You can do that! Bo Pelini covering refs in mucus! Ole Miss fans too big for their britches! Roll Tide! Roll Tide! Roll Tide!

This Week In Schadenfreude: Roll Tide! Into despair!

Very few things bring out the absolute beauty of the internet like college football.

[PDH]

Cactus

[alfred russel]

All Pac-12 players QB Marcus Mariota and Center Hroniss Grasu will both return to Oregon next year.

Kind of surprising for Mariota, every draft projection has him as a top 5 pick if he declares.  As a Ducks fan I'll obviously be thrilled to see him come back, but more so as a fan of college football.  This will probably cost him money but I like that he likes the college life so much hi is willing to give it up.

Oregon's brilliance in giving cheerleaders scholarships pays off big time.

[PDH]

Supposedly the hot choice for Wyoming is Jeff Tedford.

Well he won (avoiding those last couple of years) at Cal, and that is something...

[Ed Anger]

Tressel4Wyoming

[PDH]

Tressel4Wyoming

He would need a sweater-parka here.

Tressel4snuggie

[dps]

Tressel4Wyoming

All the free tattoos in the world isn't going to attract elite talent to Wyoming.

[PDH]

Tressel4Wyoming

All the free tattoos in the world isn't going to attract elite talent to Wyoming.

That is what I live with.

We could offer hookers and blow for all recruits and they would still not come here.  Come to think of it, Colorado tried that and it didn't work.

[Valmy]

Come to think of it, Colorado tried that and it didn't work.

Bill McCartney disagrees.

[Admiral Yi]

Boise St. is surely comparable to Wyoming in terms of location.

[Eddie Teach]

It's about a mile lower.

[alfred russel]

Come to think of it, Colorado tried that and it didn't work.

Bill McCartney disagrees.

He even got his daughter in on the deal.