Football predictions for the IL championship games
On Thanksgiving weekend, IL football teams will return to Champaign's historic Memorial Stadium to play the state title games. Here's what we think. [...]Read More......
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Semifinal IL football predictions
Our predictions are in for the football semifinals. We are already sensing upsets because our mathematical model has a few shortcomings. [...]Read More... from Semifinal...
Football playoff prediction performance in quarterfinals
Last week, we predicted the outcome of the 32 quarterfinal football games in Illinois. We got 24 of them right. [...]Read More... from Football playoff...
The girl in white on the volleyball court this year
New uniform rules in girls' volleyball require the libero to wear a different color uniform from the other players on her team. We explain. [...]Read...
IL state girls' volleyball champions 2014
We will update this story as championship games are played and/or news reports received. Illinois will name four state champs today in girls' volleyball. [...]Read...
IHSA playoffs cause a reset of our football predictions
A little bird told us we should recompute our football predictive statistics for the quarterfinals. Here are our predictions. [...]Read More... from IHSA playoffs cause...
Comparison of IL football playoff performance vs 2013
Are this year's football playoffs in IL just about the same as last year's? A little statistical work can provide the answers. [...]Read More... from...
North Greene football wins in stunning 2nd-round upset
We consider the failure of our math model to predict football games in the Illinois playoffs. Circumstances sometimes throw models out the window. [...]Read More......
Sportsmanship reigns as amputee scores a touchdown
A true act of sportsmanship on a high school football field in Baltimore shows us that sports is about much more than the score. [...]Read...
27 IL football teams finish the regular season 9-0
Congratulations to the 27 IL varsity football teams that finished the 2014 season undefeated with a record of 9-0. [...]Read More... from 27 IL football...