UMass landed Yale LB transfer Dean Shaffer, and I'm mainly telling you this so I can show you how he transformed from "classic Ivy League linebacker" into The Joker.

Interesting! I was a little bummed the momentum slowed down over here but slow steady growth might be more sustainable long term

A true second half team. Good looking viz!

In other words, if the very top of college football this year feels like it might be a tick below the very top of college football over most of the last 10 years, the numbers back that up.

Agreed! I’ll go a step further: based on what I’ve read about how the room operates and the presentation of the data they use, I think they also do themselves and the *process* a disservice. They apparently don’t consider the value (or lack thereof) of half or more of the game results.

I like this idea! I think the committee does themselves a discredit by cherry picking certain results as talking points during the rankings show.

Interesting how Oregon has been so consistent but hasn't hit the highs others have.

...late November back in CFB 🎶