Art of the Cupcake Schedule

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Blog Patrol
Published 7/1/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Guess which conferences have consistently scheduled the most cupcakes in college football? The SEC and the Big 12. If you didn't know that, get off my lawn. [The Wizard of Odds] ...

Texas Tech Wednesday Morning Notes - I Hate the Economy Edition
Published 7/2/2008 by Seth C at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
... The other bit of news is from Da Wiz, along with The National Championship Issue, as they, "measure how difficult a non-conf schedule a team tried to arrange" (click ...

There's Cupcakery Afoot
Published 7/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (MariusJanulisForThree) at Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
... But who are the kings of cupcakin'? Leave it to the Wizard of Odds to figure it out. One note though..."this is NOT a study of how difficult a team’s non-conf schedule actually was. Instead, this study attempts to measure how difficult a non-conf schedule a team tried to arrange." Fair enough. ...

The Roundup: The Sonics Are Oklahoma-Bound
Published 7/3/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... get the Sonics after yesterday’s ruling in court. We’ll tackle this more after the holiday. (Oklahoman, Seattle Times) Yes, yes, and yes. Read it all. (Joe Sports Fan) The Bonds ball will be displayed at the HOF with an asterisk. (Dan Patrick.com) Michigan RB Kevin Grady was busted for DUI. (Freep) Joey Crawford got him a college degree. (Philly Daily News) What teams excel at scheduling cupcakes. (Wizard of Odds) Bucks GM talks to a blog. (Brew Hoop) ...

Get Your Cupcakes Here! Time To Bash SEC Out-Of-Conference Scheduling
Published 7/11/2008 by Jay Coulter at Track Em Tigers: Front Page Posts
... But that's all the ammunition the other BCS schools have against the SEC. Even The Wizard of Odds gets into the fray with his analysis of Auburn and the SEC's OOC schedule this century. He mentions us as having only traveled for 3 OOC games out of 34; to Syracuse, USC, and GA Tech, but he fails to disclose any 1-game series we have had (Washington State, Kansas State) nor does he mention our trip to West Virginia this year. He even goes as far as to calculate the distance that Georgia has traveled for away OOC games--358 miles. Anyone know if he used Mapquest or Tom Tom to get ...

What a Schedule is Worth
Published 7/12/2008 by TB at Bring On The Cats: Front Page Posts
... , the Wizard examines each conferences' number of home/road non-conference games, as well as number of games against I-AA/FCS competition. Unsurprisingly, the Big 12 is at or near the top in most categories, including second in most home non-con games since 1998 and second in number of I-AA/FCS opponents since 1998. A different post from the Wizard more specifically finds that K-State has amassed the following statistics since 1998: less than 20 percent of non-con games have been against BCS conference schools, only four non-conference games on the road (second-fewest in the ...

The Road Less Traveled: Recent Reflections on Out-of-Conference Scheduling
Published 7/13/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports: Front Page Posts
... Miami (Florida), Kentucky plays Louisville on the road, Mississippi plays Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, Mississippi State plays Georgia Tech in Atlanta and Louisiana Tech in Ruston, South Carolina plays Clemson in Death Valley and hosts N.C. State, Tennessee plays U.C.L.A. in Los Angeles, and Vanderbilt plays Miami (Ohio) in Oxford and faces Wake Forest in Winston-Salem. You’d have to be an N.B.A. referee to claim that isn’t traveling. This issue, which is a frequent topic of discussion by The Wizard of Odds, is the subject of two recent ...

SEC coaches: Can we practice against DI-AA?
Published 8 days ago by Kevin Donahue at Fanblogs.com
... Although some may say they are already doing it in the regular season, the notion of scrimmaging against DI-AA teams in the college football preseason has ...