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Getting To The Next Level
GETTING TO THE NEXT LEVELSince it is the offseason and we’re now well past the NFL Draft, I decided to do a light analysis of the relative success that the five so-called “power conferences” have had...
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Sending Them On Their Way: The Big Ten And The NFL Draft Since 1990
SENDING THEM ON THEIR WAYIf you include the likes of Nebraska, Rutgers and Maryland just for kicks, then teams that are now currently part of the Big Ten have sent 1,018 players into the NFL since...
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Comparing The Volume Of Contribution - Big Ten And SEC In The NFL Draft:...
COMPARING BIG TEN AND SEC VOLUME IN THE NFL DRAFT: 1990-2014In my last diary, someone brought up a question regarding how the numbers present there for the Big Ten might compare to the numbers of the...
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The Big Ten On Offense And The NFL Draft: An Overview
THE BIG TEN AND THE NFL DRAFT: BY POSITIONPART I: OFFENSESo, first and foremost, I took July off from diaries basically because it was a rather full month for me and I really didn’t have much time...
View ArticleOT Season Clearance Sale: Everything Must Go By 11:59 PM On 8/23
OT SEASON CLEARANCE SALE: EVERYTHING MUST GO BY 11:59 PM ON 8/23As most of you might be aware by now, the OT Season officially comes to an end at midnight on the 24th of August. There will be some...
View ArticleSome Of The Highs And Lows Of Week 1 Around The Big Ten
SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF WEEK 1 IN BIG TEN FOOTBALLAs it is difficult to delve into meaningful statistics after one game of play, although some people try all the same, we shall instead embark on...
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Week 3 In The Big Ten: Reports From The Eyewash Station
WEEK 3 IN THE BIG TEN: REPORTS FROM THE EYEWASH STATIONAs we are aware, the Big Ten has not exactly gotten out of the gate this season at a blistering pace. Just this past weekend, for example,...
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Week 4 In The Big Ten: Here Comes The Conference
WEEK 4 IN THE BIG TEN: HERE COMES THE CONFERENCEFor better or worse, the out-of-conference schedule is now firmly behind Michigan and we look towards the next eight games to see how the regular season...
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Important Differentials: Third Downs And Yards Per Play
IMPORTANT METRICS: THIRD DOWN DIFFERENTIALS AND YARDS PER PLAYAs it is a bye week and I’ve been lax in my diary production for the last month or so because of various professional reasons, I think it...
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Possible Outcomes For The Remainder
OUR (ESTIMATED) PROSPECTS IN A HANDY GRAPHIC FORMATJust a brief diary this week about what the statistical crystal ball might hold for the remainder of the season.For those of you who regularly check...
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The Road To A Terrible Bowl Has One Less Bump
THE ROAD TO A TERRIBLE BOWL HAS ONE LESS BUMPDecided to do one more update along these lines...With that win over Indiana, you will be pleased to know that bowl eligibility has become slightly more...
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Differentials And Scoring Margin In 2014 So Far
I thought we might take a moment here to look at a few differentials that normally get tracked (well, I normally track them because I am odd like this) and how they trend with scoring margin in games....
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A Different Look At Turnovers: 2011 To Now
Turnover analysis is always popular during the football season, but I don’t know that you often see a description of the historic luck that a team has had in turning over the ball under a particular...
View ArticleGiving MGoThanks
As we gear up to face Ohio State in a few short days and as many of us gear up to face our families tomorrow and over this long Thanksgiving weekend, I felt this might be a good time to give a little...
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Six Games Into Basketball: What We Look Like
SIX GAMES INI thought it might be a nice time to stop and look at a few basketball statistics now that we are starting to get into the season in earnest. Granted, these are non-conference games and...
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The State Of Our Open Threads: 2014 In Our Own Damn Words
THE STATE OF OUR OPEN THREADS: 2014 IN OUR OWN DAMN WORDSWe’ve had a few weeks to process the football season for what it was now. We’ve seen the head coach under whom that season took place removed...
View ArticleHOLIDAY META: The Gift Of MGoBlog
THE GIFT OF MGOBLOGAnother Christmas is upon us and I thought it might be a good time to reflect on this gift provided to us on the Internet because it has been especially useful in what has been a...
View ArticleSo Ends 2014 For MGoBlog...
SO ENDS 2014 FOR MGOBLOG…I like to tell people that sometime in the afternoon of September 1st, 2007, after the final whistle of The Horror, Michigan football began a long walk in the woods in search...
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Halfway Through The Conference: A Stats Review
HALFWAY THROUGH THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULEI thought this might be a good time to review the Four Factors with regards to Michigan basketball now that we’re nine games into the conference schedule. For...
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The Road To (Your Tournament Here): A Probabilistic Look At Remaining Wins
This week, I decided on a short diary outlining the probability of various scenarios in remaining games using the estimated probabilities provided at Massy Ratings. As you know, there are six games...
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