by Andrew | Oct 14, 2014 | College Football Ratings, Sports
The SEC is dominating most ratings, including mine, at the midway point of the season. I have 5 SEC teams in the top 8. All these teams will have (or have already had) a chance to prove themselves and rise to the top. Notre Dame is making it interesting this year. I...
by Andrew | Oct 7, 2014 | College Football Ratings, Sports
This is my first rating update of 2014. I think September is too early to try and rank teams. And frankly, October might be too early, too, but the A’s are out of the playoffs so I need a distraction. Speaking of playoffs, and college football: College Football...
by Andrew | Jul 31, 2014 | Baseball, Sports
Some thoughts on the big trade today: The Innocence of Sports Fandom. The A’s traded Jose Canseco in the middle of a game in 1992. I was 9 years old and it made absolutely no sense to me. How could Jose Canseco play for another team? He’s an Athletic! I...
by Andrew | May 1, 2014 | Basketball, Pictures
by Andrew | Dec 11, 2013 | College Football Ratings, Football, Sports
It’s been a fun college football season. Here’s how my proposed system would keep the season going with an opinion-free* 8-team playoff: *The reason I say this is opinion-free is because every team would go into each season knowing exactly who makes the...
by Andrew | Dec 2, 2013 | College Football Ratings, Football, Sports
It’s strange to think how much effect the media has on who plays for the BCS National Championship. Right after Auburn stunned Alabama on Saturday, the discourse around who would play for the all the Xochtils focused on if a 1-loss SEC champion would be more...
