Sagarin says

[Gully]

Nope. I would rather have nothing than an unjust system that pretends and lies in trying to convince people of a reality that isn't real. Just play bowl games without any pretense of producing a champ or get a real playoffs.

I liked the way it was before the BCS. Just play the traditional bowl matchups and it typically worked out. In a rare year, you just had a split champion.

[SamsRams]

Ur poop still gross my man sorry

Just like the BCS and B1G, I think my poop smells like Roses

[BlueBisonRock]

Nope. I would rather have nothing than an unjust system that pretends and lies in trying to convince people of a reality that isn't real. Just play bowl games without any pretense of producing a champ or get a real playoffs.

For a second there, I thought you were discussing certain Red Blue political decisions?!!!

[ZHerd]

For a second there, I thought you were discussing certain Red Blue political decisions?!!!

Ha, I had the exact thought while making my post. Some big similarities between the bcs and our federal gov growth loving politicians. Both try to convince people that garbage tastes great and is healthy. But I shouldn't open that can of worms thus I'll say no more on this.

[Tony Almeida]

No doubt. I hope 3 BCS teams finish unbeaten just to further illustrate how completely worthless the bcs system is. Has another sport ever found such an idiotic way of producing "champions." It bugs the fire out of me that they actually label someone as "national champs" under that lunacy. Only FCS produces D-1 champs. There...I've unleashed my quarterly anti-bcs rant...better now

^^Perfect.

[bisonaudit]

Ha, I had the exact thought while making my post. Some big similarities between the bcs and our federal gov growth loving politicians. Both try to convince people that garbage tastes great and is healthy. But I shouldn't open that can of worms thus I'll say no more on this.

Ummmmm....

In the last three years the government has shrunk faster than at any time since the immediate aftermath of WWII.

[Gully]

Ummmmm....

In the last three years the government has shrunk faster than at any time since the immediate aftermath of WWII.

It actually shrunk? How much less is the federal government spending per year? Or do you mean as a percentage of the economy or something?

[Mayville Bison]

No doubt. I hope 3 BCS teams finish unbeaten just to further illustrate how completely worthless the bcs system is. Has another sport ever found such an idiotic way of producing "champions." It bugs the fire out of me that they actually label someone as "national champs" under that lunacy. Only FCS produces D-1 champs. There...I've unleashed my quarterly anti-bcs rant...better now

What would be even better is if Stanford and Baylor win out and Ohio State and FSU somehow lose. Stanford would be #2 with a loss ahead of Big 12 undefeated champ Baylor. That would cause big-time problems!

[KilldeerBison]

Ummmmm....

In the last three years the government has shrunk faster than at any time since the immediate aftermath of WWII.

Didn't the Feds recently hire a whole bunch more agents for the IRS to police obama-care?

[bisonaudit]

Based on Sagarin's numbers (3.81 home field) and a 2.61 pt kicker for coming off a bye week, here's the outlook for the remainder of the regular season:


Ill St 98.9% (-0.1 percentage points from last week)
YSU 79.3% (+2.8)
USD 99.0% (+0.6)



11-0 77.6% 72.3% (+5.3)
10-1 22.0% 26.3% (-4.3)
9-2 0.4% 1.3% (-0.9)
8-3 0.002%



Assumes a normal distribution of outcomes w/ Sagarin's projected spread as the mean and a standard deviation of 13.86. In round numbers this means that if the spread is 14 the model predicts that roughly 2/3 of the outcomes will be between a tie and a 28 point victory. Half of the remaining outcomes or about 1/6 of all the outcomes would be a victory by more than 28 and there would be roughly a 1 in 6 chance that the team favored by 14 would lose.

Playoffs:

Sagarin gives NDSU a 58% chance of winning the SportsNetwork bracket.
Most likely opponents by round (assuming NDSU advances):
Montana State 90.5% (San Diego 9.5%)
#8 Maine 62.4% (Villanova 19.7%)
#4 McNeese State 61.9% (#5 Sam Houston St. 32.5%)
#2 Eastern Illinois 53.1% (#3 Towson 28.2%)