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Hawaii Bowl : SMU vs. Nevada : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season
We make no warranties as to the truth or accuracy of our information. As always, we do this in good fun only - do not rely on our predictions for anything - and we disclaim any and all liability for any reliance upon our prognostications. Football is sport. May the best team win.
December 24, 2009, Thursday
6. Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, SMU vs. Nevada, 8:00 pm
Nevada ranked first in the nation in the regular season in yards per play gained on offense (7.5 ypp) and 2nd in terms of total offense per game (521.6 yards). The weakness of the Wolf Pack is on defense, where they gave up 6.2 yards per play, more than any other team in the YPPSYS top 50 teams. How Nevada could have been shut out 35-0 by Notre Dame to open the season and how they could lose to a weak Colorado State 35-20 early in the season is anyone's guess, but the team improved later, running up big scores (albeit on weaker teams) and even losing to unbeaten Boise State only 44-33 in the season finale. However, a team with a defense as bad as this can be beaten on any given day by a team clicking on offense.
Is SMU such a team? This will be SMU's first bowl game in 25 years! Under the leadership of second-year head coach June Jones, formerly of Hawaii, for whom this bowl game in Honolulu is a personal homecoming, SMU has made great progress this year, finishing the regular season at 7-5 after going 1-11 last year. That is a turnaround which shows what a top coach can achieve.
Our call: Nevada was favored by 11 points in the opening line, which stands at 15.5 points currently. YPPSYS ranks SMU 62nd with a rating of -1.8 and the Wolf Pack 35th with a rating of -0.6, which gives Nevada a 1.2 x 9 = 10.8 point edge. The Wolf Pack had a margin of victory of 13.4 points to the Mustangs -1.2 for a net difference of 14.6 points. Adjusted for schedule difficulty by YPPSYS II this gives the Wolf Pack a rating of 8.0 points (compare that to the schedule adjusted MOV for Boise State of 19.3 points and you hit the 44-33 game result between them right on the head). SMU has a schedule adjusted MOV of -6.7 which gives a 14.7 point difference. We err on the side of June Jones for the line and call it 48-38 for Nevada.
NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 utilize YPPSYS ratings and rankings (yards per play advantage - offense and defense, won-loss record, schedule of difficulty according to Massey Ratings) and YPPSYS II for the top 40 teams (YPPSYS II = YPPSYS I supplemented by MOV, margin of victory plus the schedule difficulty recalculated based on YPPSYS ratings).
YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - NCAA DIVISION I-A (FBS) are based on net yards per play advantage (NAYPPA), strength of schedule, defense and adjustment for losses through December 5, 2009, after Week 14 of regular season games.
NAYPPA = net yards per play advantage (YPP OFF minus YPP DEF)
YPP OFF = net yards per play gained on offense
YPP DEF = net yards per play allowed on defense
Schedule = Schedule difficulty thus far in the season according to Massey Ratings
(SchP=Schedule Partial)
YPP Team Statistics are based on data found at cfbstats.com
Odds are taken from Todd Beck's College Football Prediction Tracker
as of Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:42:07 AM
The prognostications cover numerous bowl games and great match-ups. Few games can be said to be mis-matched and ultimate winners are in doubt in many.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 12/18/2009 02:50:00 PM
Hawaii Bowl : SMU vs. Nevada : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season
We make no warranties as to the truth or accuracy of our information. As always, we do this in good fun only - do not rely on our predictions for anything - and we disclaim any and all liability for any reliance upon our prognostications. Football is sport. May the best team win.
December 24, 2009, Thursday
6. Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, SMU vs. Nevada, 8:00 pm
Nevada ranked first in the nation in the regular season in yards per play gained on offense (7.5 ypp) and 2nd in terms of total offense per game (521.6 yards). The weakness of the Wolf Pack is on defense, where they gave up 6.2 yards per play, more than any other team in the YPPSYS top 50 teams. How Nevada could have been shut out 35-0 by Notre Dame to open the season and how they could lose to a weak Colorado State 35-20 early in the season is anyone's guess, but the team improved later, running up big scores (albeit on weaker teams) and even losing to unbeaten Boise State only 44-33 in the season finale. However, a team with a defense as bad as this can be beaten on any given day by a team clicking on offense.
Is SMU such a team? This will be SMU's first bowl game in 25 years! Under the leadership of second-year head coach June Jones, formerly of Hawaii, for whom this bowl game in Honolulu is a personal homecoming, SMU has made great progress this year, finishing the regular season at 7-5 after going 1-11 last year. That is a turnaround which shows what a top coach can achieve.
Our call: Nevada was favored by 11 points in the opening line, which stands at 15.5 points currently. YPPSYS ranks SMU 62nd with a rating of -1.8 and the Wolf Pack 35th with a rating of -0.6, which gives Nevada a 1.2 x 9 = 10.8 point edge. The Wolf Pack had a margin of victory of 13.4 points to the Mustangs -1.2 for a net difference of 14.6 points. Adjusted for schedule difficulty by YPPSYS II this gives the Wolf Pack a rating of 8.0 points (compare that to the schedule adjusted MOV for Boise State of 19.3 points and you hit the 44-33 game result between them right on the head). SMU has a schedule adjusted MOV of -6.7 which gives a 14.7 point difference. We err on the side of June Jones for the line and call it 48-38 for Nevada.
NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 utilize YPPSYS ratings and rankings (yards per play advantage - offense and defense, won-loss record, schedule of difficulty according to Massey Ratings) and YPPSYS II for the top 40 teams (YPPSYS II = YPPSYS I supplemented by MOV, margin of victory plus the schedule difficulty recalculated based on YPPSYS ratings).
YPPSYS COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS AND RANKINGS - NCAA DIVISION I-A (FBS) are based on net yards per play advantage (NAYPPA), strength of schedule, defense and adjustment for losses through December 5, 2009, after Week 14 of regular season games.
NAYPPA = net yards per play advantage (YPP OFF minus YPP DEF)
YPP OFF = net yards per play gained on offense
YPP DEF = net yards per play allowed on defense
Schedule = Schedule difficulty thus far in the season according to Massey Ratings
(SchP=Schedule Partial)
YPP Team Statistics are based on data found at cfbstats.com
Odds are taken from Todd Beck's College Football Prediction Tracker
as of Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:42:07 AM
The prognostications cover numerous bowl games and great match-ups. Few games can be said to be mis-matched and ultimate winners are in doubt in many.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 12/18/2009 02:50:00 PM
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