As the last and by for most unproductive work week of the year begins, I am looking forward to Monday night football more than ever. Not only is it a chance for the Falcons' chance to clinch the division title in the spotlight against New Orleans, but it's the last week of fantasy football. My team is in the finals and is trailing 135 to 67 with only the Falcons-Saints and Vikings-Eagles games left. The good news is that my opponent has only one player left to play - Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson - while my four best players have yet to take the field. But I will still need big games from Matt Ryan, Drew Brees, Marques Colston, and/or Percy Harvin to overcome this deficit, but it is totally doable. I won the regular season title outright with an 11-2 record and just squeaked by the first 2 playoff games. So here's to hoping Brees throws for 300+ yards and 2 touchdowns to Colston but still loses.
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Which to Bury, Us or the Hatchet
When things go badly, I like to put a song on full volume and put it on repeat for awhile, and I have a few regular songs that I listen to for such times. Do you have a sort of ritual like this for dealing with anger? “Collide” by Dishwalla, “Schism” by Tool, and “Which to Bury, Us or the Hatchet” by Relient K are three of my favorite songs to blast while I try to get unangry about something. These three songs all talk about hurting a loved one and vice versa. The first two make it seem like it’s inevitable that things would fall apart ("Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication" and "When I came here there was more. Now I've come back to destroy and I've got nothing left"). The main message of the Relient K song is “know I’ll always love you but right now I just don’t like you cause you took this too far.” Look these up next time you need some good sympathetic music.
Communication is hard, apparently. Many of us suffer from having a hard time telling people “No” or not giving them an explanation or discussion that they are entitled to. Yes, if your feelings toward someone who has been an important part of your life change or your circumstances require that to change, you do have an obligation to talk to them about it. Talking about the issue honestly is clearly a superior way to handle things than to ignore the person, lie to him, lead him on, pretend to not know what’s going on, or otherwise be unclear. And if you aren’t ready for a talk (because you are too confuzzled and don’t know what you want), tell them that and give them a timeframe for when you will be ready to talk. I know I’ve written about this before but in so many failed relationships and friendships, this is a common recurring problem and I'm definitely not entirely blameless.
Communication is hard, apparently. Many of us suffer from having a hard time telling people “No” or not giving them an explanation or discussion that they are entitled to. Yes, if your feelings toward someone who has been an important part of your life change or your circumstances require that to change, you do have an obligation to talk to them about it. Talking about the issue honestly is clearly a superior way to handle things than to ignore the person, lie to him, lead him on, pretend to not know what’s going on, or otherwise be unclear. And if you aren’t ready for a talk (because you are too confuzzled and don’t know what you want), tell them that and give them a timeframe for when you will be ready to talk. I know I’ve written about this before but in so many failed relationships and friendships, this is a common recurring problem and I'm definitely not entirely blameless.
Being Reminded of the Past
Do you have certain places that always bring back memories of a particular event or person from your past, even a non-significant event? Maybe something like driving by a particular hotel chain reminds you of a person or driving by an exit on the interstate reminds you of that one time you took a trip down that road.
I have found myself being reminded of some rather inconsequential things just by driving by. Whenever I drive by exit 233 on I-75 I think about going to the state Science Olympiad in 9th grade. We stayed at a Hampton Inn there, but the competition was actually at Georgia Tech. However, I never had recollections of the Science Olympiad when I was at the same places as a student at Georgia Tech. When I go to the downtown Atlanta around the Hyatt Regency Hotel, I always remember the Beta Club convention when I was in 11th grade, and I remember the drama between Sharon, me, and others that weekend much more so than actually winning the math competition.
When I drive by the Atlanta hostel on my way to Chipotle on Ponce, I can’t help but think of Dana, dropping her off there on a late Saturday night, and still wondering why I didn’t kiss her and whether that had any effect on what transpired over the next couple of months. When I drive by exit 3 on I-475 around Macon, I always have a brief recollection of Casey Michael and how we used to meet at a McDonald’s there after he moved from Valdosta to Dahlonega when we were about 10 years old. When I go to Cheddar’s, a place I go quite a bit, I am reminded of the first time Hillery and I met intentionally. And now a particular bar in Columbia will surely remind me of Brittany and the silliness that has gone down there and around there in the last couple of months.
I’m sure there are lots more things like this and I guess these are good kinds of memories to have. They do correspond to happy times in my life even though the Science Olympiad one doesn’t fit in because it wasn’t a particularly memorable trip and there’s no person from that trip that sticks out at all as ever being particularly important to me.
I have found myself being reminded of some rather inconsequential things just by driving by. Whenever I drive by exit 233 on I-75 I think about going to the state Science Olympiad in 9th grade. We stayed at a Hampton Inn there, but the competition was actually at Georgia Tech. However, I never had recollections of the Science Olympiad when I was at the same places as a student at Georgia Tech. When I go to the downtown Atlanta around the Hyatt Regency Hotel, I always remember the Beta Club convention when I was in 11th grade, and I remember the drama between Sharon, me, and others that weekend much more so than actually winning the math competition.
When I drive by the Atlanta hostel on my way to Chipotle on Ponce, I can’t help but think of Dana, dropping her off there on a late Saturday night, and still wondering why I didn’t kiss her and whether that had any effect on what transpired over the next couple of months. When I drive by exit 3 on I-475 around Macon, I always have a brief recollection of Casey Michael and how we used to meet at a McDonald’s there after he moved from Valdosta to Dahlonega when we were about 10 years old. When I go to Cheddar’s, a place I go quite a bit, I am reminded of the first time Hillery and I met intentionally. And now a particular bar in Columbia will surely remind me of Brittany and the silliness that has gone down there and around there in the last couple of months.
I’m sure there are lots more things like this and I guess these are good kinds of memories to have. They do correspond to happy times in my life even though the Science Olympiad one doesn’t fit in because it wasn’t a particularly memorable trip and there’s no person from that trip that sticks out at all as ever being particularly important to me.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Final Regular Season Asbury Rankings
The regular season is finished, all the bowl matchups are set, and not surprisingly, my computer still does not have Oregon at the #2 spot as every BCS computer and every human poll has the Ducks. My computer, however, is slowly approaching reality as they moved up to #6 but still behind TCU and 2 teams with 2 losses.
The SEC championship game turned out to be a rout as South Carolina sadly squandered its first and probably last chance at an SEC title for years. The ACC championship game wasn't much closer. Virginia Tech is looking like one of the best teams in the country now, very much unlike the team that started by losing to Boise State and James Madison. I'm as interested in their Bowl game against Stanford as much as any game this winter.
Here are the Asbury rankings headed into bowl season:
1 Auburn 13-0
2 Oklahoma 11-2
3 Ohio State 11-1
4 Arkansas 10-2
5 TCU 12-0
6 Oregon 12-0
7 Boise State 11-1
8 Stanford 11-1
9 Wisconsin 11-1
10 LSU 10-2
11 Virginia Tech 11-2
12 Alabama 9-3
13 Missouri 10-2
14 Oklahoma State 10-2
15 Texas A&M 9-3
16 Michigan State 11-1
17 Nevada 11-1
18 South Carolina 9-4
19 Hawaii 10-3
20 Nebraska 10-3
The SEC championship game turned out to be a rout as South Carolina sadly squandered its first and probably last chance at an SEC title for years. The ACC championship game wasn't much closer. Virginia Tech is looking like one of the best teams in the country now, very much unlike the team that started by losing to Boise State and James Madison. I'm as interested in their Bowl game against Stanford as much as any game this winter.
Here are the Asbury rankings headed into bowl season:
1 Auburn 13-0
2 Oklahoma 11-2
3 Ohio State 11-1
4 Arkansas 10-2
5 TCU 12-0
6 Oregon 12-0
7 Boise State 11-1
8 Stanford 11-1
9 Wisconsin 11-1
10 LSU 10-2
11 Virginia Tech 11-2
12 Alabama 9-3
13 Missouri 10-2
14 Oklahoma State 10-2
15 Texas A&M 9-3
16 Michigan State 11-1
17 Nevada 11-1
18 South Carolina 9-4
19 Hawaii 10-3
20 Nebraska 10-3
Monday, November 29, 2010
Conference Championship Matchups Set
Florida State took care of Florida and beat their two biggest rivals - Miami and Florida - in the same year for the first time since 1999. Then they had to wait to see Maryland knock off NC State to get them into the ACC championship game next week against Virginia Tech. Maryland, now 8-4, still should be congratulated on a much improved season from the 2-10 mark in 2009.
In the Big 12, teams had to wait for the BCS standings to come out Sunday evening to find out for sure who would play against Nebraska, who represents the north via winning head-to-head against Missouri, also 10-2 and 6-2 in the conference. In the south division, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M all finished 6-2 in the conference and 1-1 against each other and 4-1 in the division. So the division title then went to the team ranked higher in the BCS standings, which is Oklahoma at #9.
The Big Ten ends with a three-way tie for first - Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Michigan State all 11-1 and 7-1 in the conference - and no teams within 3 games of them. Actually no other Big Ten team has over 7 wins. It looks like Michigan will be snubbed and miss out on a BCS bowl as Wisconsin, rated the highest in the BCS, will be in Pasadena, and Ohio State, next highest in the BCS, is likely to get an at-large bid to a BCS bowl. Mighigan State looks to be going to the Capital One Bowl against one of the top SEC teams, also on the border of making a BCS game.
The SEC championship game was already set between Auburn and South Carolina. Can Auburn lose to South Carolina and still play for the national championship? They have a substantial lead over 3rd ranked TCU and probably will drop to no worse than 2nd in the computers, but what will the voters do. I am convinced TCU will not go higher than #3 even if Oregon and Auburn both lose. Voters have been keeping them at #3 kind of as a courtesy to keep the undefeated teams at the top but when it comes down to having to pick between a undefeated TCU and a slew of one loss teams - Stanford, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan State, potentially Auburn or Oregon - voters will pick two of the 1 loss teams to fill spots 1 and 2. In my computer, Auburn has #1 locked up unless they lose badly and Oklahoma wins in which case the Sooners would be #1 and Auburn #2. Personally, I think that if there are two undefeated teams, they should play each other even though Auburn, Oregon, and a few of the other SEC schools are probably better than TCU.
Here are the rankings headed into the conference championship games followed by predictions:
Auburn 32, South Carolina 27
Oregon 40, Oregon State 20
Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24
Virginia Tech 27, Florida State 24
In the Big 12, teams had to wait for the BCS standings to come out Sunday evening to find out for sure who would play against Nebraska, who represents the north via winning head-to-head against Missouri, also 10-2 and 6-2 in the conference. In the south division, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M all finished 6-2 in the conference and 1-1 against each other and 4-1 in the division. So the division title then went to the team ranked higher in the BCS standings, which is Oklahoma at #9.
The Big Ten ends with a three-way tie for first - Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Michigan State all 11-1 and 7-1 in the conference - and no teams within 3 games of them. Actually no other Big Ten team has over 7 wins. It looks like Michigan will be snubbed and miss out on a BCS bowl as Wisconsin, rated the highest in the BCS, will be in Pasadena, and Ohio State, next highest in the BCS, is likely to get an at-large bid to a BCS bowl. Mighigan State looks to be going to the Capital One Bowl against one of the top SEC teams, also on the border of making a BCS game.
The SEC championship game was already set between Auburn and South Carolina. Can Auburn lose to South Carolina and still play for the national championship? They have a substantial lead over 3rd ranked TCU and probably will drop to no worse than 2nd in the computers, but what will the voters do. I am convinced TCU will not go higher than #3 even if Oregon and Auburn both lose. Voters have been keeping them at #3 kind of as a courtesy to keep the undefeated teams at the top but when it comes down to having to pick between a undefeated TCU and a slew of one loss teams - Stanford, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan State, potentially Auburn or Oregon - voters will pick two of the 1 loss teams to fill spots 1 and 2. In my computer, Auburn has #1 locked up unless they lose badly and Oklahoma wins in which case the Sooners would be #1 and Auburn #2. Personally, I think that if there are two undefeated teams, they should play each other even though Auburn, Oregon, and a few of the other SEC schools are probably better than TCU.
Here are the rankings headed into the conference championship games followed by predictions:
| BCS | Strength of | ||||||||
| Rank | Prev | BCS | Computers | W | L | Team | Total Rtg. | Schedule | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | Auburn | 99.378 | 13 | |
| 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | Oklahoma | 93.902 | 1 | |
| 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | Arkansas | 92.828 | 2 | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | TCU | 90.678 | 84 | |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | Ohio St | 90.215 | 52 | |
| 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | Boise St | 87.653 | 57 | |
| 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | Oregon | 87.335 | 93 | |
| 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | Stanford | 85.149 | 71 | |
| 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | Wisconsin | 83.008 | 75 | |
| 10 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | Alabama | 82.718 | 10 | |
| 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | LSU | 82.304 | 9 | |
| 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | Oklahoma St | 81.248 | 39 | |
| 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | Missouri | 81.134 | 38 | |
| 14 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | Texas A&M | 79.776 | 7 | |
| 15 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | Mich St | 79.451 | 60 | |
| 16 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 2 | VT | 77.278 | 66 | |
| 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | Nevada | 76.742 | 97 | |
| 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | South Carolina | 76.551 | 22 | |
| 19 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | FSU | 68.608 | 41 | |
| 20 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | Nebraska | 68.062 | 86 | |
| 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | Hawaii | 67.961 | 81 | |||
| 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 2 | N Illinois | 62.940 | 120 | |
| 23 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | Miss St | 62.870 | 30 | |
| 24 | 34 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | West Virginia | 61.977 | 69 | |
| 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | Navy | 61.742 | 87 |
Auburn 32, South Carolina 27
Oregon 40, Oregon State 20
Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24
Virginia Tech 27, Florida State 24
Sunday, November 28, 2010
I'm on the way back home after 4 days at the marriott world center in Orlando for the fall national bridge tournament and I must say that I generally dislike Orlando, at least the overall layout of the Disney/touristy part where we were. And it mostly the same reasons I dislike Las Vegas - things are too spread out.
I like tall buildings and being able to walk to dinner and use public transportation. The Marriott is pretty much inaccessible without a car, I never noticed any taxis waiting outside the 2400 room hotel, and the parking lot was at least a ten minute walk from even the closest room. It is a very nice place to hang around and a great venue for a bridge tournament (or pretty much any convention). With things so spread out, traffic is surprisingly bad while in a more urban area, bad traffic is just expected but at least you can go out of the hotel to restaurants and stuff without having to get in a vehicle.
So, now I'm on the way back home where a car really is a necessity, although they are starting a bus service in to work. That still will require driving to the bus station and driving home afterward, thus increasing travel time by 20 minutes, so I'm not really a fan of this implementation of public transit.
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I like tall buildings and being able to walk to dinner and use public transportation. The Marriott is pretty much inaccessible without a car, I never noticed any taxis waiting outside the 2400 room hotel, and the parking lot was at least a ten minute walk from even the closest room. It is a very nice place to hang around and a great venue for a bridge tournament (or pretty much any convention). With things so spread out, traffic is surprisingly bad while in a more urban area, bad traffic is just expected but at least you can go out of the hotel to restaurants and stuff without having to get in a vehicle.
So, now I'm on the way back home where a car really is a necessity, although they are starting a bus service in to work. That still will require driving to the bus station and driving home afterward, thus increasing travel time by 20 minutes, so I'm not really a fan of this implementation of public transit.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Great Week For My Computer Predictions
In the top 25 games this past weekend, my computer was 12-4 against the spread to bring my season percentage up to 52.2%, the first time it has been over 50%. I picked correctly several of the close games: NC State over UNC, FSU over Maryland, Texas A&M over Nebraska, Oregon State over USC.
It was a somewhat tame day for college football as there were few good games featuring top ranked teams. Auburn, Oregon, TCU were all off. Virginia Tech-Miami was probably the top game of the week and I only got to see part of the 3rd quarter between sessions of bridge, but I was glad to see Virginia Tech pull away and win.
It is still baffling how Oregon is still ranked so low in my computer program. They dropped from #8 to 11 after the bye week but they have clearly played a weak schedule except for Stanford. With games against Arizona and Oregon State to end the season, surely the computer will figure out that they belong higher if the Ducks win those games. Anyway, here's how my top 25 looks now.
Georgia and Georgia Tech are #65 and #62 but Georgia is favored to win. Here are the scores to look for in rivalry week:
Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 27
Oregon 37, Arizona 24
Alabama 29, Auburn 28
Arkansas 28, LSU 26
Oklahoma State 32, Oklahoma 31
South Carolina 30, Clemson 20
FSU 27, Florida 24
Texas A&M 31, Texas 17
Virginia Tech 37, Virginia 17
It was a somewhat tame day for college football as there were few good games featuring top ranked teams. Auburn, Oregon, TCU were all off. Virginia Tech-Miami was probably the top game of the week and I only got to see part of the 3rd quarter between sessions of bridge, but I was glad to see Virginia Tech pull away and win.
It is still baffling how Oregon is still ranked so low in my computer program. They dropped from #8 to 11 after the bye week but they have clearly played a weak schedule except for Stanford. With games against Arizona and Oregon State to end the season, surely the computer will figure out that they belong higher if the Ducks win those games. Anyway, here's how my top 25 looks now.
| Rank | Prev | BCS | W | L | Team | Total Rtg. | strength of schedule | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | Auburn | 98.652 | 21 | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | TCU | 97.588 | 66 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | Boise St | 92.915 | 79 | |
| 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | Ohio St | 92.423 | 55 | |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | Alabama | 91.260 | 22 | |
| 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | Oklahoma | 90.832 | 10 | |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | LSU | 90.685 | 17 | |
| 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | Arkansas | 89.940 | 9 | |
| 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | Stanford | 88.000 | 65 | |
| 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 1 | Oklahoma St | 86.617 | 60 | |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Oregon | 86.379 | 103 | |
| 12 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | Wisconsin | 85.693 | 74 | |
| 13 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | VT | 85.101 | 44 | |
| 14 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | Missouri | 84.892 | 25 | |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | Texas A&M | 81.617 | 7 | |
| 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | Michigan St | 80.164 | 70 | |
| 17 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | South Carolina | 78.130 | 20 | |
| 18 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 1 | Nevada | 74.506 | 109 | |
| 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | Hawaii | 73.109 | 62 | ||
| 20 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | Nebraska | 70.150 | 84 | |
| 21 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 4 | Iowa | 70.020 | 23 | |
| 22 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 3 | FSU | 68.962 | 47 | |
| 23 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 3 | NCST | 68.505 | 46 | |
| 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | Miami | 67.679 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 29 | 9 | 2 | N. Illinois | 66.531 | 119 |
Georgia and Georgia Tech are #65 and #62 but Georgia is favored to win. Here are the scores to look for in rivalry week:
Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 27
Oregon 37, Arizona 24
Alabama 29, Auburn 28
Arkansas 28, LSU 26
Oklahoma State 32, Oklahoma 31
South Carolina 30, Clemson 20
FSU 27, Florida 24
Texas A&M 31, Texas 17
Virginia Tech 37, Virginia 17
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Right of Way Entering a Mall
You know how roads around malls are structured - when you enter from the main road, usually after 100 feet or so, you dead end into a road that goes around the perimeter of the mall. Typically the people entering have the right of way and the people crossing on the perimeter road have a stop sign, at least according to the signage. This makes sense to avoid traffic backing up on to the main road during busy times, but it is a bit counter-intuitive because most other places where one road dead ends into another road that goes straight through, the people on the road going through have the right of way, I guess because it's more natural to slow down when you always have to turn, and the through road is generally bigger. In practice, this configuration at a mall functions more like a 3 way stop.
I've had my car 3 and a half years. It has a few tiny scratches and dents and I still think it's the prettiest car in the world. Someone nearly gave me a reason to restore it to tip-top shape by barreling through a stop sign in the mall parking lot as described above, but my reactions and breaks are too good to get hit.
I've had my car 3 and a half years. It has a few tiny scratches and dents and I still think it's the prettiest car in the world. Someone nearly gave me a reason to restore it to tip-top shape by barreling through a stop sign in the mall parking lot as described above, but my reactions and breaks are too good to get hit.
Monday, November 15, 2010
TCU Wins Close Game But Gains Ground on Auburn
With only 2 games remaining for most teams, there are still 4 undefeated teams and there are still some major discrepancies between my computer rankings and the official rankings. Most notably, it is still 10-0 Oregon checking in at #8 and 8-2 Alabama ranked #3. Clearly strength of schedule had some factor in that as Alabama has played the 7th toughest schedule and Oregon only the 102nd toughest schedule so far.
Georgia put up a good fight against Auburn and I was actually rooting for the Dogs. TCU barely held on to beat San Diego State and many voters demoted them after that but my computer did not apparently think that was such a bad performance. Oregon also just squeaked by Cal (15-13, thanks to a missed 2 point conversion and a missed field goal by Cal late in the game) but the pollsters kept them solidly at the top.
I've always thought the computer program was slightly bias toward the SEC but it's now more evident than ever - the SEC has 4 out of the top 9 teams. Now might be a good time to show the conference ratings:
SEC 122.42
Big 12 118.03
Big 10 114.59
Pac 10 101.55
ACC 99.06
Big East 84.02
WAC 79.29
MWC 77.32
CUSA 65.17
MAC 49.48
Sunbelt 33.46
Georgia put up a good fight against Auburn and I was actually rooting for the Dogs. TCU barely held on to beat San Diego State and many voters demoted them after that but my computer did not apparently think that was such a bad performance. Oregon also just squeaked by Cal (15-13, thanks to a missed 2 point conversion and a missed field goal by Cal late in the game) but the pollsters kept them solidly at the top.
I've always thought the computer program was slightly bias toward the SEC but it's now more evident than ever - the SEC has 4 out of the top 9 teams. Now might be a good time to show the conference ratings:
SEC 122.42
Big 12 118.03
Big 10 114.59
Pac 10 101.55
ACC 99.06
Big East 84.02
WAC 79.29
MWC 77.32
CUSA 65.17
MAC 49.48
Sunbelt 33.46
| Rank | Prev | BCS | W | L | Team | Total Rtg. | SS Rank | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | Auburn | 99.565 | 21 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | TCU | 97.615 | 62 | |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | Alabama | 92.140 | 7 | |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | Boise State | 89.791 | 86 | |
| 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | Ohio St | 89.720 | 70 | |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | LSU | 87.746 | 10 | |
| 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | Oklahoma St | 86.721 | 44 | |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Oregon | 85.775 | 102 | |
| 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | Arkansas | 82.922 | 13 | |
| 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | Stanford | 82.177 | 72 | |
| 11 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | Oklahoma | 81.870 | 22 | |
| 12 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | Missouri | 81.282 | 29 | |
| 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | Wisconsin | 80.152 | 80 | |
| 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | Michigan St | 79.479 | 75 | |
| 15 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | VT | 79.150 | 51 | |
| 16 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 3 | Texas A&M | 76.071 | 15 | |
| 17 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | South Carolina | 75.044 | 12 | |
| 18 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 1 | Nebraska | 74.721 | 96 | |
| 19 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 1 | Nevada | 73.446 | 99 | |
| 20 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | Miami | 73.155 | 27 | |
| 21 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 3 | Iowa | 71.705 | 35 | |
| 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | Hawaii | 70.821 | 41 | ||
| 23 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | Mississippi St | 69.153 | 30 | |
| 24 | 29 | 7 | 3 | NC St | 67.193 | 53 | ||
| 25 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | Arizona | 65.349 | 43 |
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
9-0 Oregon is #8 in the Asbury Computer?
So, TCU-Utah was s upposed to be the best game last week and it turned into a rout. However, the Alabama-LSU matchup was supposedly a very good game. I didn't get to see any games this weekend except of course Georgia Tech vs. Virginia Tech. I was pleased with what I saw from Tevin Washington, Nesbitt's replacement after he went down with a broken arm. At the end, he threw an interception in the end zone when a touchdown would have likely sent the game to overtime but he did lead the team to a game tying touchdown a few minutes earlier. That means Virginia Tech is now a huge favorite to win the Coastal Division. They are clearly the best team in the ACC despite the loss to William and Mary. No one seems to be able to take control in the Atlantic division. All 3 teams with 1 conference loss lost last weekend so it is still very much open between NC State, FSU, Maryland, and Clemson.
For the week, my computer was 10-8 against the spread but still only 45.8% for the season.
Here are this week's rankings:
For the week, my computer was 10-8 against the spread but still only 45.8% for the season.
Here are this week's rankings:
| Rank | Prev | BCS | W | L | Team | Total Rtg. | SS Rank | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | Auburn | 99.479 | 16 | |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | Boise | 93.870 | 65 | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | TCU | 90.438 | 86 | |
| 4 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | LSU | 87.276 | 7 | |
| 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | OhioSt | 86.353 | 73 | |
| 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | OkSt | 85.237 | 45 | |
| 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | Alabama | 85.070 | 13 | |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Oregon | 83.441 | 110 | |
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 1 | Stan | 82.127 | 67 | |
| 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | Wisconsin | 80.522 | 69 | |
| 11 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 2 | Ark | 80.035 | 11 | |
| 12 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | Iowa | 79.995 | 40 | |
| 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | michst | 78.375 | 74 | |
| 14 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 2 | Okla | 78.121 | 19 | |
| 15 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | Mizzou | 76.913 | 30 | |
| 16 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | VT | 73.645 | 63 | |
| 17 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | msu | 73.058 | 44 | |
| 18 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | Ariz | 72.990 | 43 | |
| 19 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | Neb | 72.481 | 90 | |
| 20 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 1 | nevada | 72.115 | 101 | |
| 21 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 0 | Utah | 71.282 | 119 | |
| 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | Miami | 70.215 | 18 | ||
| 23 | 32 | 6 | 3 | UNC | 69.000 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | hawaii | 68.987 | 53 | ||
| 25 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 3 | texam | 68.284 | 28 |
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