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| 30 weeks 6 days ago | My Bad |
The data is in the table but I forgot to highlight it in maize. Ooops. Thanks for the catch. |
| 31 weeks 6 days ago | This Year Has Been The Exception |
Most of the computer ranking systems do NOT even use their own data to predict games on a weekly basis. So, FEI is one of the few systems available. FEI has a very good track record at predictions in general and for M specifically. But, this year has certainly been an exception. I will ask Fremeau if he has an explanation for this.
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| 32 weeks 19 hours ago | Minor Correction |
S&P+ is not a Fremeau stat. FEI is the Fremeau stat and is possession based. S&P+ is a Bill Connelly stat and is play based. NCAA F/+ is a combined rating. Beginning with the 2009 Football Outsiders Almanac, Brian Fremeau and Bill Connelly, originators of Football |
| 32 weeks 6 days ago | Big Bounce |
I just find it hard to beieve a ball would bounce 5 feet into the air if a player was holding on to it and the ball did not hit the ground! And, if the catch had not been secured when the ball hit the ground, it was immediately an incomplete pass. |
| 33 weeks 5 days ago | Yup |
I posed the question to Fremeau and he replied that he includes a fake punt as just another offensive play. Kind of like going for it on 4th down. If you don't make it, it is not considered a TO. This is where the "official" stats are really not reflecting what actually happened in the game. |
| 33 weeks 5 days ago | Raw Scores |
For FEI, the GE value represents the "raw scores" before adjustments for opponents. M is ranked #23 in GE with an SoS of 9 Nebraska is #53 in GE with an SoS of 46 MSU is #47 in GE with an SoS of 38 So, yeah, I am totally confused with the FEI rankings
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| 33 weeks 5 days ago | Weird stats |
Yeah, I agree. I think the fake punt ends up as just another play in the official stats. Because the FEI folks actually gave M the advantage in Special Teams (by a whopping 5.2 points!) I assume they do not even include this as a special teams play. |
| 33 weeks 5 days ago | Not Looking Good |
I doubt that M will get close to my predicted TOM for the year. But, TOs tend to happen in very erratic fashion (none for a few games, then one game with a bunch, etc.) so it may happen. I'm not holding my breath. |
| 34 weeks 5 days ago | Your Wish Is My Command |
According to the FEI folks: "Half of all teams finished within 10 ranking spots of their preseason FEI projection last year. 26 percent finished within five ranking spots. 20 percent finished within two ranking spots." "the correlation of FEI projections to FEI final ratings at the end of the year is .785." BUT, they also say, "Projecting team efficiency M was ranked #23 in the FEI preseason with 8 FBS wins projected. http://footballoutsiders.com/fei-ratings/2012/fei-preseason-primer-2012 |
| 36 weeks 16 hours ago | Thanks |
The link to BCFToys should be fixed. Thanks. The trend in defense (both FEI and National Rankings) is very encouraging. |
| 36 weeks 6 days ago | Turnovers |
Purdue was +3 in turnovers against Marshall with two picks being returned for TDs. The folks at FEI calculated a 10 point loss by Purdue against Marshall without the TOs.
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| 37 weeks 5 days ago | Can't Lose |
I guarantee we will not lose this Saturday!!! |
| 37 weeks 6 days ago | You Sir Are Correct! |
You are absolutely correct. TOs are not (and never have been) evenly distributed. Last year, M had 2 games with zero TOs, 5 games with 1 TO, 2 games with 2 TOs, 3 games with 3 TOs, and 1 game with 4 TOs. In order by game: 0 3 1 4 0 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 Also, NOT random (I too just can't help myself.....) |
| 37 weeks 6 days ago | Absolutely! |
Yes, of course. But I don't have any explanation of why Denard's interception % would improve so dramatically during the last 9 games of last year. Just hope it repeats again this year. |
| 38 weeks 1 day ago | Comparable Stats |
Uh, let's look at comparable stats: After 4 games in 2011, DRob had a 8.33% interception rate (ints/pass attempt) and improved dramatically over the last 9 games with a 4.72 int%. After 4 games this year, DRob has a 8.0% int%. Actually better than last year. |
| 38 weeks 6 days ago | Super Slow |
In the ND games I watched (Purdue & MSU), their pace was sloooooooow. Whatever happened to the "up tempo" and "please NBC don't let commercials upset our pace of the game"?? |
| 39 weeks 6 days ago | Oooops |
Yes, you are right. Score without TOs should be: M 31 --- AFA 24.16 Thanks |
| 39 weeks 6 days ago | Check It Out |
Check out the data -- M had double digit NEGATIVE turnover margins in every one RR's 3 years. So, it is totally consistent with the theory that poor teams have poor TOMs. |
| 40 weeks 13 hours ago | I'll Keep Saying It |
Nope, TOs are not random. Very good teams have good TO ratios, very poor teams have poor TO ratios. If TOs were random: 1) There would be a 50/50 chance that every team (including M) would have a negative TOM every year. M has had a positive TOM 10 of the last 14 years and that includes the 3 RR disaster years (when M was a very bad team). 2) M has not been a very good team so far this year. Therefore, I am not surprised that the TOM has been poor. If they do not improve significantly, the win/loss record will not be good and the TOM will not be good either. |
| 40 weeks 13 hours ago | Not Really |
Uh, yea -- we've been in the Blue Lot forever and deliberately moved several times to get away from you guys! Your music is so loud that even trying to talk is almost impossible. I expect loud music when I go to rock concerts -- not when I am tailgaiting with friends and family and trying to enjoy one another's conversations. You may think that it is your right to ruin other people's game experience by blasting noise much louder than you possibly need. If you tried this at your house, I'm sure your neighbors would not appreciate it. In fact, it is certainly against all noise ordinances. True Michigan fans are more considerate of others than you are. |
| 40 weeks 6 days ago | Penn State |
Penn State was only at 95.17% attendance in 2011 at 101,427 They just had 97,186 on Saturday. Down to just 90.59% capacity.
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| 40 weeks 6 days ago | Attendance |
Per NCAA: Attendance in 2011 was down only an average of 415 people per game at 45,498 (versus 2010). As far as I can see, 2008 was the highest ever and was only an average of 46,456. A dropoff of just 958 seats per game. Details here: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/stats/football... |
| 40 weeks 6 days ago | FEI |
Brain Fremeau at FEI is predicting M 40 - 14 over AFA with a 95% win probability. Hope he's right. |
| 41 weeks 15 hours ago | Selective Amnesia |
The pass to Gallon was perfect. The pass to Gardner was terrible. If the defender had not already fallen down, that would not have been completed. And, I suppose the 7.4% interception rate (which I adjusted for the Bellomy int) -- ranked #117 nationally -- will win a lot of games?
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| 41 weeks 19 hours ago | One Game |
The loss of Countess will result in the loss of one additional game this year. It is just plain silly to believe that "it's not the player, it's the position". That would say that if Mike Martin, David Molk, etc. had been out for all of last year M would still have won 11 games. Jeeeez |
| 41 weeks 2 days ago | Upset |
For the first game of the season, it has been 8 months since the team has played a real football game. Even scrimmages do not come close to actual game speed and conditions. The first game of any season for any team is the game that may be the least indicative of their abilities. So, upsets are more likely. It sure looks like Alabama was the exception (much to the detriment of M) but look at the other games. Several teams had close calls beating even the cupcakes. Imagine if they had played much tougher competition. Even though your opponent in subsequent weeks will also have played earlier games, the overall performance of all the teams will be closer to what they are really able to accomplish. Thus, upsets are less likely after week 1. |
| 41 weeks 2 days ago | Risky |
I have never seen the holder get injured. The B1G (and NFL) are limiting KO returns because there are so many injuries. Probably the same with punt returns but hard to reduce those. If you have a lot of depth at a position, then special teams make sense. If you don't have depth, it is very risky to put your starters on the special teams. Countess was hurt on special teams, not playing his position. I believe the same thing happened with JT Floyd last year -- hurt on special teams. |
| 41 weeks 3 days ago | Easy |
The Blue Team, of course!! |
| 41 weeks 3 days ago | Oooops |
You were too late with the kittens. The DVR is toast. Dish is not going to be happy. |
| 41 weeks 3 days ago | Insightful |
Yes, if you think about the life cycle costs (cost over the long run, not just immediate gratification), this is likely to be a very high price indeed. |
