Submitting CFBD predictions with HTTP requests A week ago on the College Football Data Discord, some folks were discussing the difficulties of updating their predictions for the CFBD Model Pick'em Contest: I see this complaint a fair amount–it is difficult to track all of the games that are available to pick, not to mention significant
Analysis Featured Lessons from picking the 2022 CFB Season As we reach the end of the 2021-22 college football season (the national championship game is unfolding on my TV as I type this), I wanted to take a look back at my performance in the College Football Data predictions contest. Minimum 400 games picked (not counting the NCG, but
Talking Tech Featured Talking Tech: Applying LRMC Rankings to College Football, Part One While SRS can go a long way towards calculating a difficult problem like schedule strength, it has its pitfalls. Logistic-Regression/Markov Chain (LRMC) ratings provide an alternate approach.
Talking Tech Talking Tech: Applying LRMC Rankings to College Football, Part Two The previous post in this series covered how LRMC works and its mathematical implementation. Now it's time to take things a step further and apply this concept to ranking college football teams.
