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Pre-Season Hype: Teams That Will Not Meet Expectations

The preseason poll has become an institution in college football. We've all seem them, read them, and many of us have created them. But preseason polls rarely live up to their hype. Only 10 teams have been ranked the preseason No...

Written by Matt H about 3 months ago 142 reads 5 comments
ACC Has Proof It's the Finest Conference, Nail-Biting Season Will Only Help Case

Last year, the ACC was the best conference in college football by just about every single metric. Utilizing the Fremeau Efficiency Index (or FEI), we can gauge how effective teams were last ...

Written by Matt H about 3 months ago 342 reads 19 comments
The UFC: Positioning Itself for an Anti-Trust Lawsuit

The UFC has really made waves recently with its business tactics and could be opening itself up to litigation under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act has been a staple of the free markets for over 120 years now...

Written by Matt H about 5 months ago 221 reads 8 comments
UFC and Fighter Pay: By the Numbers

Since the additional bans on T-shirt sponsors, the issue of fighters' pay has increasingly been brought up. Fighter pay has been a hot button issue since the UFC acquired PRIDE FC in 2007 with many people claiming that fighter pay is not up to par...

Written by Matt H about 5 months ago 647 reads 0 comments
So The O-Line Actually Matters?

Last season Clemson started out strong. It was their year to return to national prominence. Armed with an excellent preseason ranking, they were going to start the season guns ablazing and lay waste to Alabama...

Written by Matt H about 6 months ago 183 reads 1 comments
College Football Bowl Games: The Statistical Aberration

Football is such a beautifully simple game. Get the ball from one end of the field to the other. Then the other team gets the opportunity to. Rinse and repeat. The regular season is even simpler...

Written by Matt H about 8 months ago 147 reads 2 comments
Pound For Pound: Statistically Speaking

Sherdog recently released their newest pound-for-pound rankings after Fedor's stunning KO over Andrei Arlovski and Georges St. Pierre's utter domination of BJ Penn. Their rankings have caused quite the stir amongst many in the MMA community...

Written by Matt H about 10 months ago 606 reads 25 comments
Why Lightweight and Middleweight Are the Weakest Divisions in UFC

I have always found it very interesting that two fighters who are in the pound-for-pound discussions happen to fight in the UFC's weakest divisions. I'm going to show not only how shallow those divisions are, but also WHY they have been shallow in the UFC

Written by Matt H about 11 months ago 412 reads 9 comments
The Fight for MMA Supremacy: Pride FC or UFC?

One of the things that really bugs me about Mixed Martial Arts is the debate about Pride FC vs. the UFC. Even after two years, people are still clamoring to say that one organization was better than other, and, quite frankly, I'm sick and tired of it...

Written by Matt H about 11 months ago 730 reads 54 comments
10 Non-UFC Fighters to Watch Out for in 2009!

Inspired by Tom Grant's take on his 10 off-the-beaten-path fighters to look out for in 2009 (can be found at http://bleacherreport...

Written by Matt H about 11 months ago 735 reads 22 comments
Past Their Prime: MMA's Old Dudes

With Big Nog's loss, a common question seems to be running through the MMA community: Is Big Nog past his prime? To answer this question, we can turn to statistics, specifically the Elo-chess ranking system...

Written by Matt H about 11 months ago 471 reads 11 comments
Pound-for-Pound WORST Fighters

Everyone loves to talk about their favorite fighters and discuss the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. The worst fighters in the world seen to get no love, though, and that is just down right wrong...

Written by Matt H about 11 months ago 1,054 reads 10 comments
Heisman Candidates In Perspective

In four days, the most prestigious award in college football will be awarded. There are four possible candidates that the media has been focusing on, and unless you've been living under a rock, ...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 634 reads 36 comments
Florida State's Improvement Probably Worth Noting

The regular season is over and now comes the critique of Florida State. How much did the Seminoles improve over last year? To answer this question, I utilized a probability function based on margin of victory...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 487 reads 2 comments
Statistically Ranking the Weightclasses

For quite a while now, I've been dabbling with ranking college football teams, and I've been thinking about how to apply the same methodology I use with college football to MMA...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 291 reads 14 comments
A Look at the ACC's Out-of-Conference Victories

The ACC really got hammered in the media this year due to the high level of competitiveness within the ACC. With the season over, it's high time to really look at how the ACC has fared with its out of conference scheduling...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 764 reads 26 comments
Statistically Ranking College Football's Top 27 Teams

The season is drawing to an end, and with many teams finishing up their season this past week, it seems like a good time to examine how the season has fallen. These rankings are based on Jeff Sagarin's ratings and are very cut and dry...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 293 reads 5 comments
Jimbo Fisher and the Future of Florida State Football

November 14, 2006 could go down in FSU history books as the end of an era. That is the day that Jeff Bowden resigned and the “Nepotism Era,” as the fans have dubbed it, came to an end...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 580 reads 6 comments
The M-1 Challenge: Global MMA in Perspective

I can tell you exactly why I like MMA. I can tell you the exact moment when I knew MMA was the sport I just had to watch. And I can tell you exactly why I continue to enjoy MMA...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 277 reads 7 comments
The UFC Isn't Like Subway

Let's say you wanted to start a Subway Restaurant. You would have to do all of the financing, pay for a location, hire and pay for the employees to work in the Subway, purchase the food for the subs, and do a little local marketing...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 471 reads 9 comments
Why People Are Obsessed With Brock Lesnar

From what I read on message boards, websites, blogs, and even this humble website is that people are obsessed with Brock Lesnar...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 476 reads 7 comments
Grading College Football Conferences So Far

College football season this year is concluding its final weeks, and it seems like a good time to grade the conferences...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 191 reads 0 comments
Florida State Team Report

With Jimbo Fisher into his second season, it finally feels like he has breathed some life into Florida State's offense and the fans are starting to get a taste of the good old days...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 184 reads 2 comments
College Football Strength of Schedule So Far

It seems that every week someone has come up with a new way of measuring strength of schedule. Differing metrics are used, formulas are calibrated, statistics are quoted, and on and on...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 5,419 reads 5 comments
Examining Florida State's Strength of Schedule

It seems the college football community is wrapped up in the whole strength of schedule debate. Florida State got blasted early in the season by scheduling two "cupcakes" at the beginning of ...

Written by Matt H about about 1 year ago 1,034 reads 9 comments

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Matt H Article Archive

Pre-Season Hype: Teams That Will Not Meet Expectations

ACC Has Proof It's the Finest Conference, Nail-Biting Season Will Only Help Case

The UFC: Positioning Itself for an Anti-Trust Lawsuit

UFC and Fighter Pay: By the Numbers

So The O-Line Actually Matters?

College Football Bowl Games: The Statistical Aberration

Pound For Pound: Statistically Speaking

Why Lightweight and Middleweight Are the Weakest Divisions in UFC

The Fight for MMA Supremacy: Pride FC or UFC?

10 Non-UFC Fighters to Watch Out for in 2009!

Past Their Prime: MMA's Old Dudes

Pound-for-Pound WORST Fighters

Heisman Candidates In Perspective

Florida State's Improvement Probably Worth Noting

Statistically Ranking the Weightclasses

A Look at the ACC's Out-of-Conference Victories

Statistically Ranking College Football's Top 27 Teams

Jimbo Fisher and the Future of Florida State Football

The M-1 Challenge: Global MMA in Perspective

The UFC Isn't Like Subway

Why People Are Obsessed With Brock Lesnar

Grading College Football Conferences So Far

Florida State Team Report

College Football Strength of Schedule So Far

Examining Florida State's Strength of Schedule

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