gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (08/28/85)
Hello all! A couple of us have developed yet another football prediction
program based on relative power ratings of various college teams.
The power ratings were 'gathered' from various sources (most pre-season
football magazines, the Gold Sheet, the AP and UPI ratings, and the like).
Games are predicted based on differences in power ratings and are adjusted
thoughout the year. We know that this system is archaic as well as not
being accurate (just look at our top 20). If anyone has any other ways
of doing similar stuff please feel free to send us what you know. However,
given that disclaimer and warning, we still would like to share our
and outputs with the rest of the net.
We call our program 'George' named after the infamous Georgia Tech student
George P. Burdell (also because we could not think of an appropriate 'cute'
name for it). What we will do is post our top 20 (or so) teams and some
predictions for the upcoming games of the week. If you have any questions,
comments, criticisms, or anything please mail them to the address at the
bottom of this posting.
This looks to be an exciting year of college football and will hopefully be
enjoyable to all. And in the immortal words of one the old geisers in the
Bartels and James wine cooler commercials, "Thank you for your support."
George's Top Twenty (or so) - Pre-season
1. Oklahoma Sooners 13. Washington Huskies
2. Auburn Tigers 14. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3. Maryland Terrapins 15. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
4. Florida Gators 16. Louisiana State Tigers
5. Illinois Illini 17. Clemson Tigers
6. Iowa Hawkeyes 18. West Virginia Mountaineers
7. Southern Methodist Mustangs 19. Purdue Boilermakers
8. Arkansas Razorbacks 20. Brigham Young Cougars
9. Nebraska Cornhuskers 21. Arizona State Sun Devils
10. Southern Cal Trojans 22. Penn State Nittany Lions
11. Ohio State Buckeyes 23. Michigan State Spartans
12. Florida State Seminoles
Now for some predictions for the kickoff games this weekend:
Aug 29 Brigham Young vs Boston College Brigham Young by 1
Aug 31 Florida State at Tulane Florida State by 2
Aug 31 Purdue at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh by 2
Aug 31 Texas-El Paso at Air Force Air Force by 14
Sep 2 Alabama at Georgia Georgia by 1
Like I said above, the power ratings will adjust and it really is
not an accurate system. It still is fun to run and watch the results.
Please send any comments to the following address. Have fun this
season and
GOOOOOOOOOO JACKETS !!! Sting Em
George P. Burdell
George's Football Picks
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