I thought it was necessary to post an unbiased “greatest moments” entry after seeing ESPN.com an attempt at doing the same (their list can be found here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=games/decade/2009syracuseunconn).  Their list unfortunately does not rank the games in order of their greatness and only lists 25 games/events.  On the other hand, I have produced an my objectively-reasoned ranking of top [...]

To say it bluntly, 2009  has been a very bad sports year for me.  I’d actually go out on a limb and say that it’s my worst since I began following sports in 1991.  There were very few historic upsets/Cinderellas, and all of my favorite teams lost while most of my least favorites won.  In fact, it was [...]

I have taken this blog, as well as the College Football Researchers Association, to the next level by purchasing domains for each.  All of the CFRA information can now be found at www.cfrapoll.com and all of my regular blog entries can be found at www.sportsentiment.com.

The first round of simulated games has been completed, and you can see the full recap of each below.  Here is the schedule for the second round games: South  Regional Final (4) Troy vs. (2) Ohio State, Saturday December 26th at 12:00  in Atlanta, GA (ABC); Line: Ohio St. by 14.5 West Regional Final (4) Penn State vs. (2) Florida, [...]

                                    VT                       FL score                           7                         59 1st downs                     5                           16 total offense              176                        646 rushes/yds/td       24/39/0                 30/205/4 comp/att/td           10/27/1               24/42/4 pass yds                      137                       441 3rd downs                   1/14                   10/17 4th downs                   1/2                      2/3 2 pt convs                    0                            0 red/td/fg                     0                         4/4/0 turnovers                    2                             0 fumbles                     2                              0 ints                             0                            0 pr yds                          66                    [...]

Well we’ve played a 64 team bball tournament for 25 years and never had a 16 seed beat a 1, but during the very first year of BTS simulations, the top 1-seed goes down to the worst 4-seed.                          Troy              Bama score                   30                    27 1st downs                     8                            16 total offense                 319                     446 [...]

Another 4-seed over 1-seed upset.  This one isn’t nearly as shocking though.                                                Penn St.                 TCU score                              40                     27 1st downs                                 14                           19 total offense                             398                       427 rushes/yds/td                      32/140/2            30/172 comp/atts/yds                  18/35/1             18/40/3 pass yds                                  258                   255 3rd downs                                 4/16                  3/11 4th downs                                 2/2                    1/2 2 pt convs                                0                      0 red/td/fg                            [...]

Just as a reminder, these summaries are simulated games from my hypothetical Bowl Tournament Series which is described in detail here: http://deaconcat08.sportsblognet.com/2009/12/11/2009-bowl-tournament-series-bracket-announced/                                GT                 OSU score                     20                  34 1st downs                     9                          13 total offense                 340                   327 rushes/yds/tds          36/180              31/75/1 comp/atts/tds          8/23/1               18/33/2 pass yds                      160                       252 3rd downs                     2-14                  6-15 4th downs                     1-3                      0 [...]

                                    L SU                 Boise score                    31                    17 1st downs                      14                      16 total offense              494                   379 rushes-yds-td             34-200-1        26-100-1 comp-atts-tds           15-24-3          20-43-1 pass yds                          294                 279 3rd downs                     6-13                6-16 4th downs                     0                      0-3 2 pt conv                        0                        0 red/td/fg                        2/1/0             2/1/0 turnovers                        1                      [...]

Here are the picks everybody’s been waiting for.  Enjoy and feel free to make any comments/criticisms you’d like. New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State 31, Wyoming 10- The Cowboys are probably the worst team in this year’s bowl field, which these days is quite an accomplishment. St. Petersburg Bowl: Rutgers 14, Central Florida 10- Two teams [...]

Stats            C. Michigan                     Cincinnati Score                26                                   27 1sts                             17                                           13 total o                       444                                         447 rushes                 25-105-0 td                           21-123-1 td pass                     23-34-2  td                            21-38-1 td pass yds                   339                                         324 3rds                          3-12                                        4-14 4ths                          1-2                                          2-3 2 pts                          0-1                                          0 rd/td/fg                4-0-2                                      3-0-2 to                                 1                                              1 fumbles                   0                                              0 int                               1                                              1 pr yds                     26                                           16 [...]

                                            ECU           Texas score                                      7                38 1st downs                                        10                     18 total offense                                    198                   449 rushes/yds/td                            20/36                36/187/4 comp/atts/td                              15/31/1             23/34/1 pass yds                                           162                   262 3rd downs                                       1/13                  9/17 4th downs                                       1/2                    1/1 2 pt convs                                        0                        0 red/td/fg                                           1/1/0              5/4/1 turnovers                                              2                      0 fumbles                                                   1                      0 int                                                             [...]

As promised, I will now provide you with summaries of all of the simulated games in my mock playoff system.  See entry below for the full Bowl Tournament schdule and formatting information. Final Stats                       Iowa                             Oregon Score                        33                                  22 1st Downs                        19                                                    9 total offense                483                                                  236 rushes                        39-235-2 tds                         20-98-0 pass                           20-34-1  td                            14-27-2 tds [...]

With this week’s approval of the playoff bill, I thought it would be a perfect time to post my mock playoff bracket for this year onto the blog.  I have also spend some time tonight listening to the ignorant/humorous remarks of BCS Executive Director, who claims he goes around asking people how they would handle a college football playoff [...]

From top to bottom, it’s probably a slightly below average bowl season, as far as matchups go.  Four of the five BCS games are either as good or better than usual, but the fifth game is absolutely horrible.  It also seems like we are missing those two or three extremely captivating non-BCS bowl games that we usually [...]