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NFL Week 10 Picks Results »
Posted: November 21, 2009 1:47 pm By: Pramit MohapatraIt's been a busy week for me, so I haven't had a chance to update the results of my week 10 NFL picks until now. Unfortunately, I won't have time to do week 10 or week 11 NFL power rankings and thus I won't be doing week 11 or week 12 picks either. However, I do hope to resume with week 12 power rankings along with week 13 picks. Regardless, [...]
Week 9 NFL Power Rankings & Week 10 Picks »
Posted: November 12, 2009 8:37 pm By: Pramit MohapatraI'm 18-8 in two weeks picking NFL games straight up based on my objective power rankings so here are my week 9 power rankings along with my week 10 picks. As a reminder, my rankings are based on NFL.com statistics for turnover differential, penalty yards, rushing yards per game, sacks allowed, rushing yards allowed per game, and sacks forced. [...]
Week 9 NFL Picks Results »
Posted: November 11, 2009 10:11 am By: Pramit MohapatraPicking based on my week 8 NFL Power Rankings, here's how I did straight up for the 13 week 9 NFL games (as you'll see there was a slight dropoff from week 8 but still well above .500)... (more...)
Ravens Bias: Analyzing the Ravens’ Chances of »
Posted: November 9, 2009 6:37 pm By: Pramit MohapatraThe day after watching their team lose for a second time to the Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore Ravens fans are quite apoplectic, judging by the callers to sports talk radio shows and by commenters on BaltimoreSun.com blogs. Rather than rehash what many have already said about the Ravens secondary, the failings of kicker Steve Hauschka on [...]
Week 8 NFL Power Rankings & Week 9 Predictions »
Posted: November 5, 2009 8:40 pm By: Pramit MohapatraAfter going 10-3 in the NFL's week 7 games using my statistically-based power rankings, I'm back with my week 8 rankings. I'm using essentially the same methodology this week (though I tweaked the formula ever so slightly) ranking the teams based on three factors: smart play (measured by turnover differential and penalty yardage), offensive [...]
Results of Week 8 NFL Picks »
Posted: November 3, 2009 6:17 am By: Pramit MohapatraLast week I introduced you to my methodology for creating a statistically-based objective NFL power ranking. Well, the week 8 NFL games have been played and we can now determine how these rankings would have done in picking these games straight up. (more...)
Statistical NFL Power Rankings »
Posted: October 31, 2009 10:55 am By: Pramit MohapatraInspired by the Woodman, I've decided to concoct my own statistically-based NFL power rankings. We've all seen the various power rankings put out by mainstream media experts. But, I'm under the impression that they are very subjective. So, why not try to create an objective ranking that not only tells you how a team has done in the past but also [...]