Category Archives: review

BCS Series: Review of Wolfe ratings

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Monte

Continuing with my review of BCS computer rating systems, the 4th of the 6 systems in my series is Dr. Peter Wolfe’s ratings. On his site, Wolfe only gives a brief explanation: We rate all varsity teams of four year … Continue reading →

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BCS Series: Review of Anderson & Hester ratings

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Monte

In the third installment of my review of the BCS computer rankings, I will take a look at the ratings of Anderson and Hester. For starters, they have a great tagline on their website: “showing which teams have accomplished the … Continue reading →

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BCS Series: Review of Billingsley ratings

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Monte

Next up in my review of the computer ranking systems in the BCS is Richard Billingsley. He gives a much more detailed explanation of his ratings on his website: read them here. I will pull out pertinent parts of his … Continue reading →

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BCS Series: Review of Sagarin ratings

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Monte

Jeff Sagarin produces some of the most respected ratings, not just for college football but for the NBA, NFL, college basketball, and others. His ratings, found here, include both a Predictor and an Elo Chess rating. The Predictor rating includes … Continue reading →

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Quick Slant: QBR versus Current Metrics

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Monte

Neil Paine over at the PFR blog wrote basically what I was going to follow up with  (albeit much better than I would have). I just wanted to add in a couple other correlations with current metrics that I looked … Continue reading →

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An Assessment of Total Quarterback Rating

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Monte

Earlier today, ESPN released (some) details of their brand new rating system for quarterbacks dubbed Total Quarterback Rating, or Total QBR (or even further abbreviated, just QBR), aimed at replacing the popular yet flawed Passer Rating. So what is it? … Continue reading →

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