Author: Chris Ford
Week 5 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Holy City Hoops Not-So-Classic, and SWACtion!
Thanksgiving week means a week full of bad ideas. Overeating, taking an accidental four-hour nap on the couch in front of your extended family, discussing politics at the Thanksgiving Day table. But all those ideas are better than one other idea that a lot of college basketball ADs have: Thanksgiving week neutral site tournaments for…
NCAA Championship Week Attendance: SWAC > Sun Belt!
Conference championship week is our penultimate look at college football attendance this season, and with the ticket prices being fairly low for many of the big conference games, it’s no surprise that the American conference championship was outdrawn by the FCS-level SWAC Championship. But what other surprises are in store? Let’s take a look. Worst…
Week 5 AMSTS NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Are Out!
A busy week in the rankings as the early season shuffle continues in an effort to smooth out. Teams still moved upwards of 150 spots this week, so nothing is set in stone, but you’re starting to see the top separate out. As always, you can view all 351 teams ranked in our AMSTS Week…
Week 4 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Neutral Site Attendance Hell
Thanksgiving week means a week full of bad ideas. Overeating, taking an accidental four-hour nap on the couch in front of your extended family, discussing politics at the Thanksgiving Day table. But all those ideas are better than one other idea that a lot of college basketball ADs have: Thanksgiving week neutral site tournaments for…
Our First NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Of The Year Are Out!
It’s that time of the year again, college basketball season. In case you weren’t following AMSTS’ rankings last year, we finished the season second in correlation to consensus on Massey Ratings, so you know that our ratings are decently unbiased. But a new season always presents new challenges, so without further ado, view all 351…
Week 13 College Football Attendance – FCS Outdraws NM State
Another of our weekly looks at NCAA Football Division I attendance this week. So let’s take a look, shall we? Worst overall Division 1 attendance last week: 1,111 – New Mexico State vs Appalachian State on Saturday. Filling out a meager 3.4% of Aggie Memorial Stadium’s capacity, only a handful of people got to see Appalachian…
Week 13 AMSTS Computer Rankings Are Out!
Not much change at the top, with the model not punishing Michigan too much for losing a close game to a better team. Western Michigan jumped a spot up to number six, so we’ll expand our FBS list to include all undefeateds. Without further ado, your AMSTS Week 13 rankings. The highlights this week: FBS…
NCAA Basketball Weeks 1-3 Attendance In Review: Two Sub-100 Games Already!
The college basketball season has begun, and with it brings plenty of random tournaments nationwide. Some of these, like the Maui Invitational, bring the best teams together and have no problem selling out. Others, well… we’ll get to those. Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 89 (Season total: 89) Here…
Week 12 NCAA Football Attendance – Howard, FAU, and Kansas Bring Up The Bottom
Another of our weekly looks at NCAA Football Division I attendance this week. So let’s take a look, shall we? Worst overall Division 1 attendance last week: 1,056 – Howard vs Delaware State on Saturday. Filling out just 15% of the 7,000 seat stadium’s capacity, the Bison of Howard put the final nail in Delaware State 0-11…
Week 12 AMSTS College Football Computer Rankings Are Out!
A lot less exciting week this week than last, but not devoid of upsets. With Louisville losing, it means a new member of the Top 5, and the FCS saw quite the shakeup in its Top 5 as well. So here it is, your AMSTS Week 12 rankings. The highlights this week: FBS Top…
Stop It: Purdue Is Not Hiring Les Miles
Really, guys? Everyone is getting hyped about the prospect of Les Miles going to Purdue, after reports emerged that he is on the short list. Very hyped. Essentially, everyone has completely lost their minds and forgotten that Purdue is not a destination program. Rutgers has a better shot at landing Miles than Purdue does, if…
Amazing Line Brawl in Germany’s DEL
Earlier on Friday, AMSTS favorite DEL (German Hockey League) team Eisbären Berlin hosted the Iserlohn Roosters, a team from a small city in the extreme west of Germany. And boy oh boy did they face off. In a league where fighting comes with a game misconduct on top of the major penalty, it’s rare to see…