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College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 10 of the 2009 Season

2009-11-08T08:25:00.000+01:00

College Football Game Predictions AND Results for Week 10 of the 2009 Season(the game results as they come in are simply appended to the previously posted predictions)See our current football ratings and rankings in the previous post. Predictions are based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season which in turn are based primarily on 1) NAYPPA net average yards per play advantage as calculated

Florida Gators coach Urban Meyer fined $30,000 by SEC for criticizing officials - ESPN

2009-11-06T20:20:00.000+01:00

I am a great fan of Urban Meyer and understand his wanting to protect his quarterback Tim Tebow, but public criticism of officials is simply "out" in our book.Everyone should do their job. Players play. Coaches coach. Officials officiate. That's it.When the officiating is bad, there are enough other people around who see it, and comment about it. Frankly, from what we have seen, most officials

YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - DIVISION I-A (FBS) through November 1, 2009, after Week 9 games

2009-11-01T21:38:00.018+01:00

YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - DIVISION I-A (FBS)based on net yards per play advantage (NAYPPA), strength of schedule, defense and adjustment for losses through November 1, 2009, after Week 9 of regular season gamesNAYPPA = net yards per play advantageYPP OFF = net yards per play gained on offenseYPP DEF = net yards per play allowed on defenseSchedule = Schedule difficulty thus

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 9 of the 2009 Season

2009-11-01T07:27:00.001+01:00

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 9 of the 2009 Season(game results are added to the previously posted predictions as they come in)See our current football ratings and rankings in the previous post. Predictions are based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season which in turn are based primarily on 1) NAYPPA net average yards per play advantage as calculated from stats

YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - DIVISION I-A (FBS) through October 24, 2009, after Week 8 games

2009-10-30T01:17:00.000+01:00

YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - DIVISION I-A (FBS)based on net yards per play advantage (NAYPPA), strength of schedule and adjustment for losses through October 24, 2009, after Week 8 of regular season gamesNAYPPA = net yards per play advantageYPP OFF = net yards per play gained on offenseYPP DEF = net yards per play allowed on defenseSchedule = Schedule difficulty thus far in the

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 8 2009 Season

2009-10-26T17:36:00.000+01:00

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 7 2009 SeasonOdds used here were posted according to the odds posted at the College Football Prediction Tracker, Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:57:27 p.m.Predictions are based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season which in turn are based primarily on 1) NAYPPA net average yards per play advantage as calculated from stats available at

YPPSYS Yards Per Play Ranking System Compared with BCS, AP Poll, USA Today Coaches Poll, Harris Interactive, Massey Ratings, Sagarin Pure Points

2009-10-21T13:04:00.004+02:00

After the 7th week of play or what can approximately be called the middle of the 2009 NCAA FBS Division I-A college football season, we here compare our YPPSYS Yards Per Play Ranking System (as adjusted particularly for strength of schedule) with the rankings at the BCS, AP Poll (voters), USA Today Coaches Poll, Harris Interactive Poll, Massey Ratings, and Sagarin Pure Points. For more detail,

YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - DIVISION I-A (FBS) through October 17, 2009, after Week 7 games

2009-10-21T00:34:00.003+02:00

YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - DIVISION I-A (FBS)based on net yards per play advantage (NAYPPA), strength of schedule and adjustment for losses through October 10, 2009, after Week 7 of regular season gamesNAYPPA = net yards per play advantageYPP OFF = net yards per play gained on offenseYPP DEF = net yards per play allowed on defenseSchedule = Schedule difficulty thus far in the

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 7 2009 Season

2009-10-18T12:08:00.000+02:00

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 7 2009 SeasonOdds used here were posted according to the odds posted at the College Football Prediction Tracker, Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 10:25 AM.Predictions are based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season which in turn are based primarily on 1) NAYPPA net average yards per play advantage as calculated from stats available at

Bryan Kelly at the Bleacher Report Ranks Husker Ndamukong Suh at Number One of Ten Players in Consideration for the Defensive Heisman Award

2009-10-16T01:01:00.004+02:00

Bryan Kelly at the Bleacher Report in The Defensive Heisman: 10 Players on the Other Side of the Ball Who Deserve Consideration [for the Heisman] puts Nebraska's defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh at the top of the list.Suh has also just been selected a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award, given annually to a player who is selected as the nation's best lineman in college football play.

YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - DIVISION I-A (FBS) through October 10, 2009, after Week 6 games

2009-10-13T22:35:00.000+02:00

YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - DIVISION I-A (FBS)based on net yards per play advantage (NAYPPA), strength of schedule and adjustment for losses through October 10, 2009, after Week 6 of regular season gamesNAYPPA = net yards per play advantageYPP OFF = net yards per play gained on offenseYPP DEF = net yards per play allowed on defenseSchedule = Schedule difficulty thus far in the

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 6 2009 Season

2009-10-11T12:12:00.000+02:00

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 6 2009 SeasonOdds were posted according to the College Football Prediction Tracker, Monday, October 5, 2009 10:15 AM.Predictions are based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season based primarily on NAYPPA as calculated from stats available at cfbstats.com and strength of schedule ratings according to the Massey Ratings. However, we tweak our

Golf and Rugby Added as Olympic Disciplines by an IOC Panel in Copenhagen, Denmark : Some Sports Media Analysts Lose the Point

2009-10-11T01:50:00.002+02:00

See also, IOC President Jacques Rogge reports on the new Olympic sports, Golf and Rugby and the coming Olympic agendaAs reported by UPI (United Press International), the IOC (International Olympic Committee) on Friday, October 9, 2009, added men's and women's golf as well as rugby to the lineup of Olympic sports for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic games. The men's and women's golfers each will play a

The Secret to Playing Golf : Let God Play the Round : Lower Your Handicap by Thinking LESS : Study Shows Over-Concentration has Negative Results

2009-10-09T13:28:00.008+02:00

Leave it to the ladies. Hat tip to Martha :-) for alerting me to this topic. Thank you!We all have heard the well-meaning word that people address to us to help us perform better in school, work and play: "Concentrate!"But that particular word may in fact well be absolutely the wrong advice, causing potentially more harm than good and leading to an increased mental block that hinders our

Husker Ndamukong Suh on the Road to Greatness ? Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Once Again Has an All-American Prospect at Defensive Tackle

2009-10-09T11:01:00.007+02:00

Photo of Ndamukong Suh linked from WalterFootball.comNdamukong Suh, who plays defensive tackle for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, had such a great game against Missouri on October 8, 2009, that it is of interest to read the 2010 Ndamukong Suh NFL Scouting Report by Matt McGuire at WalterFootball.com.Matt McGuire currently puts Suh as the 1st pick in the 1st round in his 2010 Mock NFL

Add Five Years to Your Life : Play Golf : Swedish Medical Study Shows Golfers Live Longer : The Lower Your Handicap the Better : It's the Game !

2009-10-08T12:04:00.001+02:00

Want to live up to five years longer?Get out to your local golf course more often and play the game!According to a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, data from 300,000 Swedish golfers shows that the death rate for golfers is 40% lower than for non-golfers, regardless of their socioeconomic status, which equates to an increased life expectancy of five

The Best College Football Teams of All Time Can Be Narrowed Down Using NAYPPA - Net Average Yards Per Play Advantage

2009-10-07T03:08:00.001+02:00

Numerous sources have tried to pin down the best college football teams of all time. Obviously, almost any method of determining the relative strength of teams over the years entails subjective judgments, since teams can not play each other and because the quality of football changes over time via new strategy and tactics, new systems, new training methods, etc.However, there is one fairly

Tom Osborne, Beyond The Final Score: There's More to Life Than the Game – Family, Mentoring, Leadership, Serving (a book review by Andis Kaulins)

2009-10-01T01:49:00.002+02:00

The legendary Nebraska Cornhuskers football head coach Tom Osborne was a three-time representative in Congress from Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. We guarantee you a smile if you look at this map of that district. Well, OK, it is not ALL of the state.... I wonder how many - or few - of Osborne's colleagues in Congress knew that? It is one of the largest congressional districts in the

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 5 2009 Season

2009-09-28T12:52:00.018+02:00

Odds were posted according to the College Football Prediction Tracker, Monday, September 28, 2009 10:56 AM. Predictions are based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season based primarily on NAYPPA as calculated from stats available at cfbstats.com and strength of schedule ratings according to the Massey Ratings. However, we tweak those stats in some cases. This week we have a "hybrid"

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 4 2009 Season

2009-09-24T23:41:00.012+02:00

Odds were posted according to the College Football Prediction Tracker, Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:04 AM. Predictions are based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season based primarily on NAYPPA as calculated from stats available at cfbstats.com and strength of schedule ratings according to the Massey Ratings. However, we tweak those stats this week where we think it advisable, as it is

The Sky is Falling : Chicken Little, Andre Kostolany and Tales of Poor Coaching at USC and Husker Nebraska or How to Lose Football Games Ignominously

2009-09-20T11:38:00.008+02:00

Psychological studies have shown that the difference between a champion and an equally talented non-champion in athletic competition is the absence of fear in the champion, who plays to WIN and is not afraid of losing, while the non-champion is afraid of losing and plays not to lose. Hence, more often than not, the champion WINS and the non-champion LOSES.Which sort of coach a football coach is,

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 3 2009 Season

2009-09-19T22:15:00.007+02:00

College Football Game Predictions Week 3 2009 Season were based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season based primarily on NAYPPA as calculated from stats available at cfbstats.com and strength of schedule ratings according to the Massey Ratings. As opposed to the previous two weeks of prognostications, we no longer used last year's stats at all, since usable stats were available from the

The Vagaries of Subjective College Football Polls Made by Humans

2009-09-17T21:02:00.006+02:00

Hugh Falk of Pollspeak.com has a From Scrimmage posting at Fannation.com about college football polls titled Pollspeak: Polling with the Wolverines, Gators and two kinds of Cougars in which he points out some of the vagaries of subjective human polling.

College Football Game Predictions Week 3 2009 Season

2009-09-15T21:19:00.007+02:00

College Football Game Predictions Week 3 2009 Season, based on YPPSYS calculations for the 2009 season based primarily on NAYPPA as calculated from stats available at cfbstats.com and strength of schedule ratings according to the Massey Ratings. As opposed to the previous two weeks of prognostications, we no longer use last year's stats at all, since usable stats are now already available from

College Football Game Predictions AND Results Week 2 2009 Season

2009-09-15T14:15:00.002+02:00

Odds taken from the the College Football Prediction Tracker Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:07:04 PMGeorgia Tech was favored at home by 5 points over Clemson (opening line 4 points).Our call was: The Yellow Jackets over the Tigers 34-24.Result: The final score was 30-27 in favor of Georgia Tech, as the Yellow Jackets led 21-0 after the first quarter but then had to struggle to beat the oncoming