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12/27/09: Alabama has not
suffered a blowout loss (28+ points) in 139 games since losing 38-7 to
Virginia Tech on December 29, 1998.
12/26/09: From 1977 to 2001,
Nebraska won 23% of its games by 35 or more. In their other games, they
won by an average 6.4 points.
12/25/09: From 1960 to 1984,
Alabama allowed 11.1 points per game. During that same period,
Northwestern allowed 27.4 points per game.
12/24/09: From 1977 to 2001,
Nebraska outscored its opponents 11,685 to 4,565, winning by an average
23.0 points per game.
12/23/09: 13 times in the
history of college football has a team ended three straight games in a
tie. The most recent was Clemson in 1945.
12/21/09: In the 25 years from
1883 to 1907, Yale played 292 games, won 269, and outscored its
opponents 9,155 to 415, winning on average by 29.9 points.
12/20/09: Longest losing
streaks since 1950: Northwestern 1979 (34); Virginia 1958 (28); Eastern
Michigan 1980 (27); Hardin-Simmons 1959 (27); New Mexico St. 1988 (27)
12/18/09: Michigan has
outscored its opponents by 16,475 if 1,219 games. Oklahoma has
outscored its opponents by 16,436 in 1,153 games.
12/17/09: All-time average margin of
victory: 1) Oklahoma 14.3; 2) Michigan 13.5; 3) Notre Dame 12.8; 4)
Alabama 12.0; 5) Nebraska 11.8
12/12/09: Most "deproved" teams from
the 1990s to this decade (by average margin of victory): 1) Syracuse;
2) Washington; 3) Nebraska; 4) Texas A&M; 5) Florida St
12/9/09: In the 1990s, Nebraska
allowed 15.3 points per game. This decade they have allowed 21.7. This
year Nebraska has allowed just over 11 points
per game.
12/6/09: October 1, 2005-the last
time Florida lost by 19 or more. The opponent? Alabama (31-3).
12/3/09: Fewest points per game
allowed this decade: 1. Ohio St (15.4) 2. Virginia Tech (16.4) 3.
Oklahoma (17.4) 4. Alabama (17.5) 5. LSU (17.6)
12/2/09: Most points per game allowed
this decade: 1. Idaho (36.8) 2. Eastern Mich. (34.3) 3. Rice (34.2) 4.
Utah St (34.0) 5. Baylor (33.8)
12/1/09: Most points scored per game
this decade: 1. Boise St (41.6) 2. Texas (39.5) 3. Texas Tech (36.9) 4.
Oklahoma (36.8) 5. Florida (34.8)
11/30/09: Fewest points scored per
game this decade: 1. Duke (18.1) 2. Army (18.4) 3. Temple (19.1) 4.
Buffalo (19.5) 5. Baylor (19.7)
11/29/09: Best average point
difference per game this decade: 1. Boise St (21.6) 2. Texas (21.0) 3.
Oklahoma (19.4) 4. Florida (16.7) 5. USC (16.6)
11/28/09: Worst average points
difference per game this decade: 1. Duke (-14.4) 2. Baylor (-14.1) 3.
Idaho (-13.4) 4. Eastern Mich. (-13.4) 5. Army (-12.5)
11/27/09: Most inconsistent teams: 1)
Texas A&M; 2) Iowa; 3) UTEP; 4) Nevada; 5) Purdue
11/25/09: Most
penalized teams: 1) Texas Tech; 2) Arizona St; 3) Oklahoma; 4)
Colorado; 5) Georgia; 6) Texas A&M; 7) Southern Miss; 8) UTEP; 9)
Toledo; 10) SMU
11/23/09: Texas leads the
nation by allowing just 50 rushing yards/game and 1.7
yards per attempt. In 2006, Texas was allowing just 42 rushing
yards/game before giving up 242 rushing yards to Texas A&M in a
12-7 loss.
11/22/09: In 10 games this
season, the Big 12 has scored 428
points on
C-USA teams.
11/21/09: Road teams in
conference games have been penalized two more
yards than their opponents on average. That difference can be explained
almost
completely by the differential in 5 yard penalties, which are often
"unforced" mental mistakes.
11/20/09:
Conference
"Versus"
Conference
11/19/09:
The Nevada ground game has gained more than 2 miles this season.
11/18/09:
Never before have more than 4 teams won their first 12 games in the
same season.
11/17/09:
Despite placing 103rd in the nation in offensive tempo, Ohio St is 8th
in possessions per game (11.8).
11/16/09: Odds of winning
Pac 10: Oregon (88%, solo: 48%), Stanford (42%, solo:0%), Oregon St
(31%, solo: 2%), Arizona (10%, solo: 0%)
11/15/09:
Average margin of
victory: 1) Texas-24.2, 2) TCU-21.9, 3) Boise St-20.5, 4) Florida-18.0,
5) Cincinnati-17.9, 6) Oklahoma-17.7
11/14/09: Rankings:
1900
to 1904 |
1905
to 1909 |
1910
to 1914 |
1915
to 1919 | Michigan Winning%,
1881
to 2008
11/13/09:
Yale was
the nation's best team 12 times between 1880 and 1894 and finished in
the top 10 every year from 1877 to the end of the century.
11/12/09:
Top 5
teams, TDs per Possession: 1) BYU (44%), 2) Cincinnati (43%), 3) Texas
Tech (42%), 4) Georgia Tech (41%), 5) Houston (40%)
11/11/09: So
far this
season, teams have averaged 25.8 points per game this season. In 2008,
through 10 weeks, teams were averaging 26.1 points per game.
11/10/09: Top 5 most
unlikely upsets this season: Maryland over Clemson, Iowa St over
Nebraska, Northwestern over Iowa, UTEP over Houston, and Purdue over
Ohio St.
11/9/09: Iowa leads the
nation in interceptions (caught), and is second in the country in
interceptions (thrown).
11/8/09:
9, 0.
The number of blatantly obvious blown replay calls that I've witnessed
this season that went in favor of an undefeated team and that went in
favor of their opponent, respectively. Probability of this occurring by
chance and chance alone is .001953.
11/7/09:
Top 10 stadium
packers* (2009): 1) Texas, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Ole Miss, 4)
Kentucky, 5) Oregon, 6) Notre Dame, 7) Ohio St., 8) Pitt, 9) Auburn,
10) Penn St. Notable: Boise St #17, Army #26, USC #29, Washington St
#119
*Increased
attendance in opponent's stadium
11/6/09:
Top 5 in nonoffensive touchdowns: 1) Texas (9, 22.0%), 2) Rutgers (6,
21.4%), 3) Oregon (6, 16.7%), 4) Ohio (6, 24.0%), 5) Mississippi St (6,
20.7%)
11/5/09:
BYU ranks 7th nationally in average home attendance, ahead of the
entire Big East, all the Pac 10 minus UCLA and USC, and ranking them
4th in the ACC.
11/4/09: Each individual at an
FBS college football game is worth approximately .0000824 points for
their team on average
11/3/09:
Stat of the Day: Conference Power
Rankings: 1) SEC, 2) Big XII, 3) Pac 10, 4) ACC, 5) Big East, 6) Big
10, 7) MWC . . .
11/2/09:
Highest 3rd down
conversion rates: 1) BYU (56%),
2) Idaho (51%), 3) Penn State (51%)