Author: Chris Ford
I’m rooting against the Cubs because I’m a terrible human being
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I’m going to root against the Cubs – But that doesn’t mean I will feel good about it. I’m a sad, sad, shallow man. I’ll be the first to admit it. But after the Cubs advanced in the NLDS, the first thought I had wasn’t “Oh, that’s nice. Maybe they’ll finally get over the hump,”…
Betting against my alma mater: Week 7
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To be honest, I thought this line was a little high, but I said I was going to bet against Purdue every game this season and I am holding myself to it. The Badgers were favored by 23.5. On the surface, looking at Purdue’s past performances against the Badgers it was attainable, but I just…
Week 7 NCAA Football Rankings
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Week 7 AMSTS NCAA Football computer rankings are out: The top 5: Utah Ohio State LSU Clemson Baylor The biggest movers: #6 Michigan State (+13) #22 Texas A&M (-15) #28 Appalachian State (+18) #44 Utah State (+23) #52 Kentucky (-18) #54 Indiana (-17) #58 W Michigan (+23) #68 Ohio (-25) #69 Rutgers (+22) #103 Nevada…
Week 7 NCAA Football: Games that will and won’t suck
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So continuing from where we left off last week, let’s see how we did in our predictions: Suck: Baylor 66, Kansas 7 Result: Mega Suck Ole Miss 52, New Mexico State 3. Result: Mega Suck Texas 24, Oklahoma 17. Result: Totally Not Suck Not suck: Tennessee 38, Georgia 31. Result: Not Suck Clemson 43, Georgia Tech 24. Result: Suck Notre Dame 41, Navy 24. Result: Suck I…
Week 6 AMSTS Computer Rankings are out!
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Week 6 rankings around out and they can be found here. Biggest movers: Texas jumps 28 spots from 88 to 60 after winning the Red River Showdown Syracuse drops 20 spots after losing to USF by 21 Washington State up 23 spots after beating Oregon, who dropped another 13 spots. Other items of…
Betting against my alma mater: Week 6 (I should sell this system)
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After me questioning my experiment last week, Minnesota came in to Ross Ade as 3.5 point favorites (the line was actually somewhere in the 3.25 point range, since it paid back at -105 instead of the normal -110). I thought perhaps the tides had turned when Purdue took the first drive to the house (and…
Week 6 NCAA Football: Games that will and won’t suck
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So continuing from where we left off last week, let’s see how we did in our predictions: Suck: Cal 34, Washington State 28. Result: Not Suck App State 31, Wyoming 13. Result: Suck Temple 37, Charlotte 3. Result: Mega Suck Not suck: Alabama 38, Georgia 10. Result: Suck Western Kentucky 49, Rice 10. Result: Suck UMass 24, FIU…
Penalty kicks and hockey shootouts need to be fixed because they suck
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In Europe, the penalty kick is the most anticlimactic moment in sports. For 120 minutes, 22 men have fought up and down the field, only to have the game decided by a one on one competition that’s hardly representative of on the field talent. In America, the hockey shootout is the most anticlimactic moment in…
Betting against my alma mater: Week 5 (Regression to the mean?)
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It finally happened, after going 0-3 ATS, Purdue finally covered. I do have to say I didn’t see it coming, as the Spartans took a 21-0 lead into the locker room at half time, but in the most uncharacteristic of Purdue moves, Purdue fought back (though perhaps the driving rain bogged down Michigan…
Week 5 AMSTS rankings: Kansas, UCF, and Wyoming suck
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Week 5 rankings are in and available here. Big takeaways: Clemson finally gets some respect from the computer after beating Notre Dame. UCLA dropped from 2nd to 27th after losing to Arizona State. After beating NC State, Louisville moved up 29 places, the biggest upward mover this week. NC State dropped 26 places, edging out UCLA and…
European sports culture sucks
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Okay, I admit. I love American sports, and I hate the hipsterspeople who tell me that European sports are soooooo much more passionate than their American counterparts. It’s true. Europeans sing through the entire game, songs that have probably been sung since Charlemagne mandated them during his reign (don’t bother fact checking this sentence). However,…
Week 5 NCAA Football: Games that will and won’t suck
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Our second part in our recurring series. Before we get to week 5, let’s see how we fared in our predictions for week 4: Suck: Ole Miss vs Vanderbilt – Ole Miss 27, Vanderbilt 16. Result: Not Suck Ohio State vs Western Michigan – Ohio State 38, Western Michigan 12. Result: Suck South Alabama vs NC State…