Articles Tagged with Football Bowl Subdivision
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![A Clashmore Mike Roundtable: What Are You Looking for in 2010?](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Leprechaun4TedDrake_000.gif&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
September 4th marks the debut of the Brian Kelly era in South Bend. For the fourth time since 1997 Notre Dame has a new coach, and, once again, Irish fans are wondering if he can lead them back to prominence and succeed where his three predecessors failed. To be certain, Kelly brings with him many […]
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![Blueprint for BCS National Championship Success V: Measuring the Irish](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Blueprint_5-e1281943993396.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard. As Irish fans know all too well, Notre Dame hasn’t been part of the national title picture for over a decade. The last year the lads in […]
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![Blueprint for BCS Championship Success IV: Outlining The Blueprint](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Blueprint_4.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard. As the offensive and defensive results indicate, there is certainly a blueprint for winning a BCS national championship. The overwhelming majority of the last 10 champions performed […]
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![Blueprint for BCS Championship Success III: Defensive Results](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Blueprint_3-e1280933903825.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard. What is the defensive recipe for winning the BCS national championship? The aforementioned approach has been used to parse the data and identify the statistical metrics common […]
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![Blueprint for BCS Championship Success II: Offensive Results](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Blueprint.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard. Offensively, what does it take to win the BCS national championship? The data below outlines the statistical metrics that answer this question via the approach described in […]
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![Blueprint for BCS Championship Success I: Introduction and Approach](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/blueprint3-e1280287369574.gif&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
It’s been 21 seasons since Notre Dame last won the national championship, and college football has certainly evolved during that time. The Associated and United Press Championships have been replaced by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Recruiting has changed focus to the talent hotbeds of California, Florida and Texas. Two tight end, I-backfields have been […]
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![Interview With College Football Outsiders Statistician Brian Fremeau](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/FOA10-616.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
The stat gurus at Football Outsiders have released the most recent edition of their off-season annual—Football Outsiders Almanac 2010—complete with an introductory explanation of some new and innovative statistics, 2010 projections for every college football team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, quarterback and recruiting rankings, and a brief history of conference realignment. In conjunction with […]