barkingcarnival.com - 1/9/2009
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Many ratings systems are based on the idea that a sports team’s (or athlete’s) performance is normally distributed about their true strength. This true strength is estimated, then, to be the mean of the normal distribution and is what the system will spit out as the team’s final rating. This ...
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Texas Tech Friday Morning Notes - Is He In Classes Edition
Double-T Nation —
... I can't say that I understand all of it (due to my own lack of intelligence), but Barking Carnival with a tremendous statistical breakdown of being a consistent football team. ...
Bevo's Daily Round Up 1.09.09
Burnt Orange Nation —
... "Obviously if there are any aspects of it that we should be doing differently, we would adjust that."
The BCS championship accomplishes one thing for the winning school: Merchandising money.
The Sports Economist is interested in the Neilsen ratings after the national championship and argues that in terms of tv revenue the NCAA is better off with the BCS system.
Barking Carnival looks at the pros and cons of playing consistent football.
An entertaining look at our ...
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