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The MRI Says...10/2/07
October 2, 2007 | By Benjamin Miraski
Even with all of the upsets over the weekend, the MRI still held strong with a 75% performance in its first week, way above the all-time average. That can either be a good sign for the coming season, or it could mean that there is a big drop coming in the weeks ahead.
Let's hope for the former.
Tuesday night brings the first week of the terrible scheduling in Division 1. In order to get more television time for some of the smaller conferences, we start getting games on every single day of the week, which is just a ridiculous trend for college football to fall into, and happens every season. Not only does it make scheduling a mess across the country, it also isn't truly fair to the teams which end up playing the off weeks.
Tuesday night also brings us a little bit of tragedy. Memphis took a big blow on Sunday night as defensive end Taylor Bradford was shot to death. The players chose to continue to play the game tonight. It will be a big test to see if their minds are truly in it.
Marshall at Memphis - The only game that Marshall has looked well in all season was against their rival West Virginia. As we saw last Friday, maybe there was a reason for that. Marshall will have their hands full with an emotional Memphis team which barely lost last week to Arkansas State.
MRI Says: Memphis Confidence Factor: 75.90%
This Week: 0-0
Season Record: 44-15, 74.58%
Lifetime Record: 1406 - 589, 70.48%
All rankings are the current MRI ranking of the team
The MRI is a computer football ranking system. It has been picking games since 2003. Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com
Posted October 2, 2007 12:15 PM
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