I've used the old Microsoft Excel spreadsheet prepared by Satchmo-n-Dizzy to provide these predictions to CPL for a couple of seasons. By this point in the season they seem to be fairly accurate. If you're unfamiliar with them...they are not "my predictions." I input the 32 teams into an Excel worksheet, then fill in the scores for each week. The worksheet has accumulated 10 weeks worth of data and using that data it has projected the scores for this weeks game as well as the projected outcome for each team. Because the Elephant conference went 10-6 against the Lion Conference their side of the projector has a 130-126 win/loss ratio.
Other factors such as the Equatorial Guinea Experience benefiting from playing the inept Sahara ShadowChasers in the inter-conference game also skew the numbers...though less so at this point in the season than earlier on. A team, such as the West Nile Virus, that was "trying" early on and is now giving up 400+ points per game also messes with the numbers...there's nothing that can be done in those circumstances.
They are what they are...an imperfect projection tool for your amusement and discussion. If your team is projected to lose...don't yell at me. Hate the projector and prove it wrong.
Other factors such as the Equatorial Guinea Experience benefiting from playing the inept Sahara ShadowChasers in the inter-conference game also skew the numbers...though less so at this point in the season than earlier on. A team, such as the West Nile Virus, that was "trying" early on and is now giving up 400+ points per game also messes with the numbers...there's nothing that can be done in those circumstances.
They are what they are...an imperfect projection tool for your amusement and discussion. If your team is projected to lose...don't yell at me. Hate the projector and prove it wrong.
