Admin | November 30, 2011
Chester McGlockton, a four-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle with the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders who played 12 seasons in the NFL, died early Wednesday morning. He was 42. The announcement was made by Stanford University, where McGlockton was in his second season as a defensive assistant. “Everyone in the Stanford football family is deeply saddened by the [...]
Admin | November 30, 2011
Jack Del Rio never bought into the idea the writing was on the wall that this was his last season as coach of the Jaguars. Not even on Tuesday, when team owner Wayne Weaver fired him after eight-plus seasons. “I never gave into that,” Del Rio told WJXT TV when asked if his firing was [...]
Admin | November 29, 2011
Despite absolutely torching the New York Giants on Monday Night Football, the Saints only move up one spot while beating a top-10 club. Why? The Giants still gained over 450 total offensive yards on New Orleans, and the rankings system doesn't factor in teams playing with a big lead. In reality, I'd probably move them [...]
Admin | November 28, 2011
Is Tebow the reason the Broncos are winning? Every third news item or blog post I come across seems to be pulling its collective hair out, pondering the Broncos' 5-1 run. He's a winner! No, he's no good! He can't throw! But he runs! He doesn't turn the ball over! He doesn't take sacks! He [...]
Admin | November 28, 2011
Yup, long title. May turn out to be a long post too. But I am SICK and TIRED of what is happening with this Penn State story. This should make you vomit out of sheer disgust. This is so terrible a tragedy and this post cannot do it justice. I don’t need to rehears the [...]
Admin | November 27, 2011
Who’s got who today? Make your straight up predictions for the following games by copying and pasting this list: Alabama at Auburn Ohio State at Michigan Georgia at Georgia Tech Oregon State at Oregon Ole Miss at Miss State Clemson at South Carolina Florida State at Florida UCLA at USC Virginia Tech at Virginia © [...]
Admin | November 27, 2011
WHEN THE BEARS HAVE THE BALL Chicago’s offense was already centered around the skills of running back Matt Forte (926 rushing yards, 46 receptions, 4 total TD), who’s accounted for more than 40 percent of the team’s overall yardage total, and the versatile playmaker figures to be relied upon even more heavily with the relatively- [...]
Admin | November 26, 2011
Natural talent matters more than we'd like to admit. Is Tim Tebow 'clutch'? Keep it simple–the secret to Jim Harbaugh's success. Analytics is the future. What could'a been–pro basketball in a lost season. This is exactly how I feel about the game probability model. Why our brains make us laugh. Read more » Advanced NFL [...]
Admin | November 25, 2011
Here's a new twist on the team Expected Points Added (EPA) visualizations. This time I've added a week-by-week plot of offensive and defensive production. When you hover over a team on the main plot, you'll see their production over time. When you hover over each point on the weekly plot, you'll see the opponent. I've [...]
Admin | November 25, 2011
I have a totally legitimate reason for this week’s shorter-than-average post. Read the rest of this post Copyright © 2011, College Football Cafeteria | Don’t forget to check out our college football playoff proposal. College Football Cafeteria