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 expired to escape with a victory.
So you’ll notice that close victories by Iowa and Alabama haven’t hurt their standings among the BCS computers. For example, Jeff Sagarin still has Iowa at #1 in his BCS rankings, but in his own personal rankings that he claims are more accurate (because they take margin of victory into account), Iowa stands at #12. A converse example is Texas;
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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 of schedule (SOS) and conference strength of schedule. Margin of victory is not taken into account. Measurements I threw by the wayside: team honor, perseverance, handsomeness of quarterback, if the team likes to “just win”, fight song, things written on eye black.
Here’s the formula:
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Have you ever thought about who sings to you every day? When you put in your headphones, or go to a concert, who are you listening to? The person who’s singing their heart out on stage…what’s in their heart to begin with?
Heather and I went to see Tyrone Wells (pictured in 2007) play last night at La Zona Rosa. I’ve written about Tyrone before: he’s a kind, talented man who is
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