Category: analysis

  • Let’s talk about them Cyclones 🌪️

    What do Brock Purdy, Matt Campbell, and a top-10 upset all have in common? The up-and-coming Iowa State Cyclones are on more than just a roll. In the last 2 seasons, Iowa State has upset 2 top-10 teams at home inside Jack Trice Stadium. Last year the Cyclones hosted #4 TCU and won 14-7, creating…

  • 2015 IA FB Championship Contenders

    The top 5 teams in week 5 of the BCMoore Rankings win 87% of the championships, 2000-2014. Please welcome the 2015 contenders: Class 4A R Team Conf ( W- L) Mod Str 1 WDM Valley 4A-3 ( 4- 1) 213.42 1W 2 CR Washington 4A-6 ( 4- 1) 208.17 3W 3 Bettendorf 4A-8 ( 5-…

  • 2014 Championship Contenders

    2014 Championship Contenders Example: The winner of the 2009 (09) 4A championship was ranked #2 in week 5. 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 4A 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 3A 3 11 3 3 2 1 8…

  • 01/25 BBB: CIML vs MVC

    This week’s CIML vs MVC games: 3 CIML home wins 1 MVC home win 1 MVC road win #6 Southeast Polk 78 @ #26 Cedar Rapids Prairie 58 | pregame prediction: -19.39 | actual: -20 #16 CR Kennedy 61 @ #22 Ames 57 | pregame prediction: -0.71 | actual: -4 #27 Waterloo West 58 @…

  • 2013 IA FB: MVC parity

    MVC partity scores above 0.400: * a high parity score indicates equal-strength teams 2001 0.460 2002 0.453 2004 0.489 2013 0.470 Championship game results: 11/16/2001,West Des Moines Dowling,35,Iowa City High,15 11/22/2002,West Des Moines Valley,23,Bettendorf,3 11/19/2004,Bettendorf,34,West Des Moines Valley,22 Analysis: 1. A high parity score can be fun during the regular season: close games and upsets.…