Here we are at week 8 of the college football season, and my prognosticating results haven’t exactly improved. Unfortunately, this is real life, so I can’t just magically pencil in an undefeated round, either. If I could, I would definitely… Read More ›
Just when I thought I was over my fear of picking teams to cover large point spreads, Auburn allows too many fourth quarter points last week to cover the spread, which (of course) pasted another L on my record since… Read More ›
Sam Presti equals quality GM. Yes, he has made mistakes (like everyone else), but there is no way to shortchange his GM rating after this past NBA offseason – he was able to obtain both Paul George and Carmelo Anthony… Read More ›
Do you believe that momentum exists in sports? Can teams capture and harness this force? What about momentum for prognosticators – is it possible to build upon good results from last week? If so, then this week should turn out… Read More ›
Nothing like waiting until the last minute to post this week’s “Six Pack” predictions, but sometimes real life gets in the way. Hopefully, the human prognosticators rebound this week – yep, you guessed it, the computer came out on top… Read More ›
Before diving into this week’s “Six Pack” predictions, let’s recap a few lessons learned from last week. From a prognosticator perspective, run as far away as possible from any game involving Butch Jones’ Tennessee Volunteers. Who knows what this team… Read More ›
Like some of the teams’ performances from last week, my predictions were sub par. While my computer opponent managed to break even with a 3-3 mark, I stumbled out of the gate with a 2-4 record. Not a good way… Read More ›
College football returned a little too early for me. See, I had big plans to mine college football player data to build statistical models that would surely lead to better predictions. (This is just a fancy way of saying I… Read More ›
By MIKE HERNDON Who are the favorites to win college football’s national championship this season? The names are familiar: Alabama, Ohio State, Florida State, Oklahoma, Clemson. They’re the names we see at the top of the preseason polls pretty much… Read More ›
By MIKE HERNDON We humans can look past a lot of things. We can celebrate criminals as heroes, exalt the ignorant as erudite, revere the repressive as liberators. We can rationalize away almost anything, particularly when someone is telling us… Read More ›
