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Thursday Nights College Football Results

Louisville v. Murray St, Rutgers v. Buffalo and Cincinnati v. SE Missouri St.

LSU v. Mississippi St.

Oregon State v. Utah
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Today’s News Around the Top-25

Due to the “Back to School” factor, I’m a little pressed for time today. I thought I’d save you some time today as I’m sure your busy surfing the net to get the latest scoop before the season starts on Thursday. I may plan on making this an every Wednesday night / Thursday morning [...]

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After Further Review - The BCSBusters Pre-Season Top-25

 
 
BCSBusters Pre-Season Poll Before vs. BCSBusters Pre-Season Poll After
“Analyzing with the Quality Opponent Rating (QOF-Rating)
B E F O R E vs. A F T E R
 
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As a result of our BlogPoll Roundtable and a new [...]

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Quality Opponent Factor (QOF) Rating: Ranking The Top Teams

In my previous article today I introduced a new concept called the Quality Opponent Factor (QOF) Rating which focuses on how teams have performed against other elite teams. I set the bar at a nine win minimum. The purpose of this was to come up with a rating variable to rank the top [...]

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While I admit this venture is flirting with downright foolhardiness, it is loaded with fun nonetheless. Going out on a limb this time of year and predicting what will happen in the next 15 to sixteen weeks is like picking the stock market, only the strongest and most experience shall survive. I guess [...]

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College Trumps Professional Football!

While sitting at your local watering hole…or at your desk pouring over popular blog sites, one of the popular topics of conversation which is sure to come up among pseudo weekend sports fans is the popularity of American Football. Of course, if your a true fan, you will advise your conversationalist to clarify which type [...]

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Brian, at MGoBlog - one of my favorite blogs to visit at least a couple times a day - has put forth a challenge for all fellow bloggers to identify who is over-rated and under-rated regarding their initial 2007 pre-season Top-25. Although I asked to be a part of Blog Poll - I was [...]

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National Expansion For College Football - “The Holiday Bracket.”
If you haven’t taken the time to read the preceding parts of this series, please take the time to do so now. Only when considering the complete picture can one get an appreciation for the beauty and simplicity of this model!
PART I, PART II, PART III, [...]

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“The Road To The BCS Is A Function of Scheduling.”
Two years ago, at halftime of the Louisville - Oregon State game occurring in week #2 of the 2005 season, I clicked the tube over from the ESPN halftime show to catch the CBS pre-game tilt between a couple of SEC heavy-weights. Contrary to popular assumption, [...]

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National Expansion For College Football: “A Regular Season Bracketed Playoff To Determine The Bowl Games.”
“All we’ve been asking for is a chance,” Boise State coach Chris Petersen said last month. “They gave us a chance and we capitalized. Utah did the same thing. But I know there’s a handful, more than a handful, of [...]

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