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Let's just play with those numbers: The expected points from kicking a field goal from short yardage could be expressed at probability of making it times the point value or 0.875 * 3 Thus the expected point value for a short field goal would be 2.625 Now we can also look at the expected...

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If I had one wish that I could wish this football season, it would be for all the players to have an injury free winning season no matter what team they play for. If I had two wishes that I could wish for this football season, the first would be for all the players winning and injury free...

I always thought this was a rallying cry for the team as they took on the Michigans and Ohio States of the world, I'm wondering now if it is more a warning. That is it is all about who works their tail off consistently in every aspect, because that is ultimately the type of player Kirk and co...

The difference in the overall records is not statistically significant, for what it is worth.

Kirk's staff has historically been made up of older "teachers", it is, I believe a big part of why they have been able to develop talent the way they have. I would guess there is not another person the planet that bleeds more black and gold than Brian Ferentz. Is he ready to teach 2 & 3...

Only if they first win in September and October

This is a project that I am working on..... What are the main predictors of a new college football head coaches success. I would be interested in people's thoughts on what important factors are that would be know at the time of the hire. Athletic departments waste a lot of money on bad hires...

I should also have added that I think the massive attrition was much bigger problem because of the mentality that this is a player development program, how do you develop players that keep leaving the program?

Hayden seems to have had a slightly more consistent run once he got the program going, but then it fell off and we wasn't able to get the consistency back. That might be a good question across coaches look at ((average wins)/(standard deviation of wins))*squareroot(number of seasons) in...

This seems about right, I think this is actually part of where Kirk got into problems. His bread and butter was taking guys and coaching them up to be productive 4th or 5th year seniors. I believe there is something different about the guys that sign up for that than the guys who come in with...

That is the point, it doesn't require elite level talent, I don't disagree that Stanford and Wisconsin are also good models. Let's not kid ourselves though, it is always going to be hard for Iowa to have a stable full of NFL type receivers and backs. FYI Georgia Tech 36th in the nation in...

Iowa's task is not competing for NCs, that is a nice byproduct of winning B1G titles. In my mind there are now three main goals for every B1G team: 1) Win their division 2) Win the title game 3) Win the rose bowl If you accomplish that and have a little luck, maybe you are part of the...

Bobby Wilder Coach at Old Dominion, dude resurected a program that had actually been dead for 69 years to the most prolific offense in FCS, comes cheap. Ken Niumatalolo, a coach that runs on offense that relies on strong line play without a lot of "skill" guys and has never had a recruiting...