During the preseason, I put two posts looking at top-10 teams from the 2005 to 2010 seasons and how they stacked up offensively and defensively. The goal was to highlight what type of production we would need from the Irish if we were to consider ourselves a BCS caliber team and hopefully make a BCS bowl game. While starting the year with 2 losses cut any margin of error we have regarding those hopes, there is still an chance that ND can get in to a game. In the two losses, most Notre Dame ...
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2 BCS or Not 2 BCS: That is the Question
And we’re back! Sooner than expected but DMQ is a harsh task master. Actually, NCAA 2012 was released Tuesday and once I get my hands on it, there goes any productivity in my life. You’re lucky you are even getting this post. However, since Amazon hates me for unknown reasons resulting in my copy’s delivery being delayed until today, here you go. On to the defense! And even more charts. (Charts, if I may say so myself, that are far nicer looking than anything produced on that ...
Brian Fremeau is Smarter Than You
Brian Fremeau is a college football writer and stats analyst. His work generally appears on FootballOutsiders.com (the best website for Advanced NFL & CFB stats in my opinion) and ESPN Insider. He developed the Fremeau Efficiency Index which is a: “College football rating system based on drive-based Game Efficiency data that rewards playing well against good teams, win or lose, and punishes losing to poor teams more harshly than it rewards defeating poor teams. “ Game Efficiency is ...