Statistical Analysis: The BCS is Terrible

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Average Margin of Victory on Rise in BCS
Published 5/14/2008 by dawizofodds (noreply@blogger.com) at The Wizard of Odds
The Big Lead has posted more statistical analysis that backs the claim that the Bowl Championship Series is falling far short of its stated goal "to match the two top-rated teams in a national championship game and to create exciting and competitive matchups between eight other highly regarded teams in four other games." Max Wasserman, a student at Cornell, compared the margin of victory of every Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange bowls from the past 30 seasons, the last 10 of which have been under the BCS system. Outside of the Fiesta Bowl, ...

Alums in the pros and other news
Published 5/14/2008 by ATL_eagle (noreply@blogger.com) at Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com
... A Big Lead reader crunched the numbers and concluded that the BCS bowls are not very competitive. My bigger complaint is that New Year's Day is not as fun as it used to be. Now you get six games. Back in the day you could watch nine in day-long football extravaganza. ...