Andrew Ishak

Year: 2009

  • Music Survey Results!

    Thank you to everyone who took the music survey over the last week.  You listed 136 song entries and 121 unique songs.  Here is a list of the 12 songs that were picked by more than one person: Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling Dave…

  • CompuDrew final rankings: If only…

    Okay, now that my heart has restarted after the Texas/Nebraska game, let’s talk about actual matchups for a playoff.  First, let me tell you what I like and don’t like about these matchups: If you won your conference this year and you played reasonably well, you’re in. Conference champions are starred below in the rankings. …

  • CompuDrew Rankings – The Three Classes

    I got some good feedback after posting my playoff system proposal last week.  One thing that makes this year really strange in terms of proposing such a system is that there have been three distinct classes of playoff worthy teams this year and I think the case could be made that a cutoff after the…

  • CompuDrew – Playoff Proposal Part 2

    Let’s take a quick look at the current CompuDrew ratings.  Part 2 of my playoff proposal is below (read Part 1). So based on Part 1, the top 7 6 conference champions make the playoffs, as well as the two highest-ranked at-large teams  (I called it a wildcard last week, but I’ll use the popular college…

  • CompuDrew – Playoff Proposal Part 1

    Here are the latest CompuDrew rankings.  The first part of my playoff proposal is below. Before I detail my playoff system, I should let you know that its biggest strength lies in appeasing all of college football constituencies: the teams, the schools, the conferences, the bowls, and most importantly, the fans. CompuDrew Playoff Proposal Part…

  • CompuDrew Week 4

    Okay, this is a little embarrassing.  I was looking at my formula and I realized that when we get to the end of the season, the combined reward-punishment of both teams playing in a conference’s championship will be negative.  Put another way, the ratings would favor teams that don’t even play in those games.  So…

  • CompuDrew Week 3

    Not too many meaningful changes in the top 10, except for Oregon jumping up after their win over USC.  Texas fans should note that while CompuDrew still has them ranked 4th, they are closing the gap in terms of raw score because their schedule is looking stronger each week (although playing Baylor on November 14…

  • How Slicing Meat is like Writing a Paper

    One of the many wonderful things about my marriage is that my wife and I like doing complementary chores. Actually, to be accurate we don’t mind doing complementary chores, but that’s good enough. Heather prefers cleaning the bathroom to taking out the trash.  I prefer the opposite.  Heather would rather clean the dishes than cook…

  • CompuDrew Week 2 – College Football Ratings

    One of the biggest controversies of the BCS is that the computers cannot take margin of victory into account.  This means the Texas blowout of Missouri (41-7) would be given the same weight even if the Horns beat them by two points on a last second touchdown, or needed a blocked field goal as time…

  • CompuDrew – My college football computer ratings

    Do you want to know an intelligent, passionate fan’s perspective on college football? Go somewhere else. In the meantime, here is my computer rating system (my next post will be about my completely reasonable playoff proposal–even Lee Corso is appeased). CompuDrew – Andrew Ishak’s computer ratings This rating system is based on team record, strength…

  • What’s on your 2009 MixTape?

    (If you don’t read the entire thing, here’s my question to you: what songs are on your list for a 2009 mixtape? Please leave your answers in the comments.) Way back in the stone age (1995), my brother used to make me sit next to the stereo with the tape deck on record/pause, just waiting…

  • Stats are for Losers?

    I was playing with my daughter yesterday with the TV on in the background. I wasn’t really paying attention to the screen. Hungry for college football content, I had TiVoed a Texas Longhorns Season Preview on Fox Sports Southwest. They had interviews with coaches mixed with footage of the 2008 season, so I was kind…

  • Q & A with the Brain behind the World’s Greatest Invention

    [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] Okay, it’s me. I’m the brain behind the world’s greatest invention. Don’t get me wrong: the car, the telephone, the Slap Chop…all great. But nothing will change the way you live your life…

  • Today’s Game is like the Super Bowl of Professional Football

    If you are hosting a Super Bowl party today, I have gone ahead and made you a checklist of requirements for your event: 1. The most important requirement is a large TV. Giant, wall-sized TVs are preferred, HDTVs are a must. If you have to ask what HD is, give up your hosting duties now.…