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What You See, Statistics, and the Middle Ground Somewhere In Between
Statistics are tricky. I remember sitting in a Michigan computer lab many years ago attempting to learn statistics from a graduate student whose grasp of English was, at best, limited. It wasn't an easy proposition. Statistics are, at their heart, the study of trying to discern how and why certain...
5 Reasons Michigan Football's Switch To A Pro Style Offense Will Work
For all the infighting, bitching and complaining about the Process, Transition, and what will or may happen, every Michigan fan wants the same thing. We want Michigan to win. Yesterday I put up a lengthy post about why people's fears about the switch were overblown. In doing so I took the...
If Michigan Wins More Games, Does It Really Matter What Kind Offense They Run?
If you're here, you've probably already read MGoBlog's latest missive on Brady Hoke's and Al Borges' installation of a more traditional pro-style offense at Michigan. Being a true believer in the spread offense, MGo is, shall we say, upset about putting Denard Robinson under center and returning to...
Auburn Tigers' 2010 BCS National Title Confirms That Defense Still Wins Championships in College Football
Recently, Year2 reviewed Tobias J. Moskowitz’s and L. Jon Wertheim’s Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, citing in the process Jeffrey H. Anderson’s Wall Street Journal review of that same volume, in which the co-creator of one of the BCS computer...
[Update] Dominoes: Rodriguez Out, Harbaugh in Limbo, Hoke Watch, a Pirate in San Diego?
gbruin laid out the domino scenario for us yesterday. The first one just fell: Michigan has fired head football coach Rich Rodriguez after three seasons, according to Fox 2 News in Detroit. Rodriguez was 15-22 overall during his Michigan tenure and just 1-10 against ranked opponents. The...
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