[Husker] Michigan

[Steve Cornelius]

On 9/7/07, Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com> wrote:
>
> A nice compilation of college football rankings is at:
> http://www.mratings.com/cf/compare.htm
> The rankings (left-to-right) are ordered by their difference from
> the average of all rankings in the compilation (with the most
> representative ranked higher, to the left).
>
> The approach of combining many estimators or predictors which may
> individually be fairly inaccurate to create a combined estimate or
> prediction is an area of active research and is gaining acceptance
> in many fields.  To some extent, the betting line is something like
> this --- when half of a bunch of idiots and a few smart guys think
> the outcome will be one thing and the other half of a bunch of idiots
> and a few smart guys think the outcome will be the other thing, then
> you have a prediction which is difficult to beat.
>
> In this poll, Michigan is ranked #33.  Their highest rank in any
> of the rankings is #6 and their lowest is #119.  Not surprisingly,
> the ranking which has Michigan #119 is one of the least representative
> (i.e., lowest quality) rankings.  The most representative (best)
> rankings have Michgan ranked better #33, mostly in the 20s.
>
> This consensus ranking has NU #18, Wake Forest #39, USC #2, and LSU
> #1.
>
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I didn't realize until now that Jerry Moore, Appalachian State's head
football coach, was a Husker
assistant<http://www.goasu.com/football/coach/24/>under Tom Osborne
from 1973 through 1978.

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