Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Sooners roll to keep Trophy

As expected Oklahoma rolled over Louisiana Tech to keep the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy. This Saturday they travel to in-state rival Tulsa. The Sooners are a 24.5 point favorite.

The Golden Hurricane held the trophy back in 1996. They won it from Iowa #B1G and retained it against Oklahoma and Colorado State, before losing to BYU.


Friday, August 29, 2014

Prediction for Appalachian State game


Michigan 40
Appalachian State 15

Prediction for the Season

8-4, loss in the bowl.  (and Ira coach Hoke will not be fired)

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Appalachian State prediction based on historical data

M is 185-52-1 in games I have attended - all data is for games I have attended unless otherwise specified
M is 0-1 against Appalachian State
M is 33-5 in the season opener
M is 5-1 in August
M is 63-14 in non-conference games
M is 134-21-1 against unranked opponents 
M is 28-16 when unranked
M is 17-1 when facing a conference for the first time (only loss to App State in the Southern Conference)
M is 0-1 against teams with the Nickname Mountaineers (Mountaineers are 2-0 in all games I have seen - WVU over Syracuse in 1988)
M is 155-36-1 in Michigan Stadium
M is 56-21-1 when facing schools with human-ish nicknames
M is 3-1 in my first game in new seats with my non-student season tickets (again only loss to App St)
M is 3-1 in games at Michigan Stadium when - in my opinion - there was potentially less than 100,000 actually in attendance (Northwestern 1984; Memphis 1995; Purdue 1995; Northwestern 2008)

It's easy when you add it all up

M 38
App St 3