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Post by rgs318 on Sept 24, 2018 13:25:34 GMT -5
90-100% chance
HOLY CROSS by 11 over Bucknell (28-17)
70-80% chance
CCSU by 11 over Lafayette (28-17)
Elon by 7 over New Hampshire (24-17)
Dartmouth by 4 over Penn (28-24)
60-70% chance
Brown by 1 over Georgetown (toss-up 17-17)
Harvard by 17 over URI (38-21)
Colgate by 10 over William and Mary (24-14)
Yale by 7 over Maine (28-21)
Fordham and Lehigh do not play this week.
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Post by hcpride on Sept 24, 2018 15:19:44 GMT -5
I'm thinking URI beats Harvard this week. While Harvard is 2-0, URI beat Delaware, trounced UAlbany and lost a wild shootout to UConn 56-49.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 24, 2018 15:25:49 GMT -5
It is seen as a virtual toss-up by a number of sources. In that regard, Bassett was at the extreme. You may well be right and URI will triumph, but I think Harvard deserves to be favored..
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Post by hc87 on Sept 24, 2018 15:47:24 GMT -5
Those will be 2 (Maine@Yale and URI@Harvard) very interesting games to gauge just how strong Ivy football has become/is this year.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 24, 2018 18:13:09 GMT -5
Home field in each of those games is a big plus for the Ivy hosts.
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 24, 2018 18:19:27 GMT -5
Call me surprised by the Dartmouth and Brown lines. Expecting both to do better in their games. Brown is not good but Gtown is worse. Great coach though. Good motivator and great guy
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Sept 24, 2018 18:42:38 GMT -5
Harvard by SEVENTEEN?
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 24, 2018 18:49:04 GMT -5
I was a bit surprised. by that Bassett pick as well. With the game at Harvard, Massey has it as URI by 1 (toss-up 28-27).
Bassett ranks Harvard at 119 and URI at 143.
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Post by deep Purple on Sept 24, 2018 19:12:29 GMT -5
URI will be consistently top 3 of the CAA in a year or two. They may even already be there. That's what happens when you hire a great coach.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Sept 24, 2018 19:47:52 GMT -5
These Bassett picks are completely worthless. No reasonable human being or computer would have Harvard by 17 over Rhody. Same outfit (whoever they are) also had UMess over BC. Massey much more accurate.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 25, 2018 7:24:00 GMT -5
If you are interested, you might want to check this site: gmbassett.nfshost.com/football/I prefer Massey, but you can see the stats of the accuracy of Bassett. The posting of percentages for likely outcomes is somewhat unique. Remember, neither Basset or Massey post for betting purposes. That does make them very different from the Vegas line at times. As to complete worthlessness, I would give that a 30% likely.  |
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Post by hcpride on Sept 29, 2018 21:12:27 GMT -5
Prediction of URI losing to Harvard made no sense at all given URI's offense this year. Good to see many fellow forum members very quickly realized that. URI wins 23-16.
UNH (as others have pointed out) is down this year. Currently 0-4. (IMHO they were also down a bit last year but the favorable playoff schedule obscured this.)
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Post by hcpride on Sept 29, 2018 21:18:56 GMT -5
These Bassett picks are completely worthless. No reasonable human being or computer would have Harvard by 17 over Rhody. Same outfit (whoever they are) also had UMess over BC. Massey much more accurate. You are (were) completely correct. |
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 30, 2018 7:59:51 GMT -5
Not exactly. That pick was indeed way off. But to be able to say that Bassett's picks are "completely worthless" is a bit over the top, no? In the few I cited (picks of HC opponents' games) Bassett was 5-3 in his worst week thus far this season. Since he had 5 of 8 picks correct, how is that complete?
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