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   JGibson to All   
   Mountain West Title Game   
   26 Nov 23 09:40:47   
   
   From: james.m.gibson@gmail.com   
      
   Apparently, the four computers used to determine the championship game were   
   Anderson & Hester (the one formerly known as the Seattle Times ranking in the   
   BCS days), Colley Matrix, Anderson, and Wolfe.   
      
   It came up with Boise State at UNLV.   
      
   How does that compare to different Dolphin rankings, which I've always   
   appreciated because of the way he has different-style rankings depending on   
   what you would want.   
      
   Dolphin Standard: Boise State at UNLV   
   Dolphin Median Likelihood: Boise State at UNLV   
   (these two are the ones I would expect to act most like that set of 4 rankings)   
   Dolphin Predictive: San Jose State at Boise State   
   (this one would act more like FPI or the College Basketball NET rankings)   
   Dolphin Improved RPI: Boise State at UNLV   
   Dolphin Pseudopoll: Boise State at UNLV   
   (the one that will act most like humans)   
      
   Most of the ones that factor in W/L heavily and not just scoring margin agree   
   with the call.   
      
   ESPN FPI and Sagarin would have gone with the Dolphin Predictive: SJSU at   
   Boise State   
      
   So, all of them finished 6-2 in conference, but total, SJSU and Boise State   
   were only 7-5 compared to UNLV's 9-3.   
      
   How did they fare non-conference?   
   UNLV: beat Bryant 44-14, lost to Michigan 35-7, beat Vanderbilt 40-37, beat   
   UTEP 45-28   
   Boise State: lost to Washington 56-19, lost to UCF 18-16, beat North Dakota   
   42-18, lost to Memphis 35-32   
   San Jose State: lost to USC 56-28, lost to Oregon State 42-17, beat Cal Poly   
   59-3, lost to Toledo 21-17   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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