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Predicting a decade in the future
game, pred, corr/totl, ratio, notes 2009, 2008, 1292/1800, 0.718, 2 teams set to 0.00 2009, 2007, 1157/1800, 0.643, 14 teams set to 0.00 2009, 2006, 1125/1800, 0.625, 17 teams set to 0.00 2009, 2005, 1094/1800, 0.608, 20 teams set to 0.00 2009, 2004, 1075/1800, 0.597, 23 teams set to 0.00 2009, 2003, 1023/1800, 0.568, 32…
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Tradition, one year tradition
So with schedules to be released in 2 days, the inevitable question is “who has the toughest schedule?” To answer this question, a estimate of all team strengths is required. However, no games are been played, so what should be done? Possibilities: 1. Use last year’s team strengths 2. Use a different year’s team strengths…
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2000: Manning vs H-R, Harlan, Dowling
After rebuilding 1893-2000 in the yearly reports, I am now rebuilding 2000-2009 with weekly reports. The one exception is 1966 which has a very large percentage of games in the database and some very good team records (Waterloo East, Bettendorf were undefeated, untied; CR Jefferson and Davenport Central finish undefeated with a common tie game).…
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iahsaa.org football schedules release schedule
This is definitely a tricky headline. Iahsaa.org is scheduled to release football schedules by July 15. Excerpt of press release from iahsaa.org follows: “Since last spring, the schedules for 8-player through class 3A have been on our football web page. By July 15 we hope to have the schedules posted on the web by each…
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Wulkow to Chair NASO Board of Directors
Richard Wulkow, Executive Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, recently was selected as chairperson of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Sports Officials. He has been on the NASO Board for two years. NASO, which among its broad services prints Referee magazine, is the largest group of its kind, literally…