Archive for Teams
CBS Sports Blogpoll Week 12
Rank Team Delta 1 Texas Tech 2 2 Alabama 1 3 Texas 1 4 Florida 2 5 Oklahoma 2 6 Southern Cal 2 7 Utah 4 8 Penn State 6 9 Boise State 1 10 Oklahoma State 5 11 Missouri 1 12 Georgia 1 13 Ohio State 3 14 Ball State — 15 TCU 6 […]
CBS Sports Week 10 Blogpoll
To see the total blogpoll, click here for the poll and analysis by Brian Cook of MgoBlog. Rank Team Delta 1 Alabama 2 2 Penn State — 3 Texas Tech 7 4 Texas 3 5 Oklahoma State — 6 Florida — 7 Oklahoma 3 8 Southern Cal 1 9 TCU 3 10 Boise State 1 […]
CBS Sports Week 9 Blogpoll
Rank Team Delta 1 Texas — 2 Penn State — 3 Alabama — 4 Oklahoma — 5 Oklahoma State 1 6 Florida 2 7 Southern Cal — 8 Georgia 1 9 Utah 4 10 Texas Tech 2 11 Boise State 2 12 TCU 2 13 Missouri 6 14 Ball State 3 15 Tulsa 3 16 […]
CBS Sports Week 8 Blogpoll
Rank Team Delta 1 Texas 1 2 Penn State 1 3 Alabama 2 4 Oklahoma — 5 Utah — 6 Oklahoma State 2 7 Southern Cal — 8 Florida 2 9 Georgia 4 10 LSU 2 11 Ohio State 3 12 Texas Tech 2 13 Boise State 2 14 TCU 12 15 Pittsburgh 9 16 […]
Weekly Cognitive Bias: Regression to the Mean
Image above originally found here. This article (hattip via EDSBS) caught my eye this past weekend. One week after defensive end Greg Hardy dismantled Florida with his pass rushing ability, the talented junior seemed invisible during the Rebels’ 31-24 loss to South Carolina on Saturday. By the second half, Hardy was rarely on the field […]
Week 7 Preliminary Blogpoll
Rank Team Delta 1 Alabama 1 2 Texas 3 3 Penn State 1 4 Oklahoma 3 5 Utah 3 6 Florida 5 7 Southern Cal 2 8 Oklahoma State 7 9 Brigham Young 1 10 Texas Tech 3 11 Missouri 8 12 LSU 6 13 Georgia 1 14 Ohio State 1 15 Boise State 1 […]
Inside the Playbook: USC 28, Arizona State 0
After starting the season on a fairly upbeat note, the Arizona State offensive line has again crumbled into a jumbling mess, giving up ten sacks in its last three games and turning Rudy Carpenter into the Incredible Human Punching Bag. One has to wonder where exactly ASU’s pass protection is going for the second straight […]
The Great Hype Machine
Tony brought up an interesting point yesterday about Cal football players drinking the Kool-Aid. More so than in any other sport, the best college football teams swing dramatically in their performance week-to-week. While we haven’t had outright stinkers in huge games we’re expected to win, the Golden Bears usually earn the maximum effort from our […]
Will All of Cal’s Football Games Get Televised?
Thursday’s usually nonsense day here at BN, so it’s not surprising that we’re discussing the boob tube. But there are fun discussions going on with out friends at CGB. For those who want to know what being a Cal fan is like, click here (plus my response to this question, which is looking like my […]
Blogpoll Week 6: WITH PHOTOS!
Rank Team Delta 1 Oklahoma 1 2 Alabama 1 3 Missouri 3 4 Penn State — 5 Texas — 6 LSU 5 7 Texas Tech 1 8 Utah 1 9 Southern Cal 2 10 Brigham Young — 11 Florida 2 12 Vanderbilt 3 13 Ohio State 3 14 Georgia — 15 Oklahoma State 5 16 […]