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The MRI Says...11/2/07
November 2, 2007
By Benjamin Miraski
Normally the MRI Says article doesn't come with graphics but this one was too good to pass up. Last night, when I said it would come down to a field goal, I meant it. Meant it in the way that I meant Georgia Tech only scored a field goal, losing 27-3. When your quarterbacks combine for 5 interceptions, that is not a recipe for victory, at least not normally. And so the MRI lost.
What America got was probably one of the bigger laughs of the night. A few of Virginia Tech's jerseys were stolen prior to the game, so as you can see, a few players had to play in borrowed jerseys from Georgia Tech. They blacked out the names and the Russell logo (the Hokies are a Nike squad), and wrote their names on the back. At least they were wearing road whites. This would have looked really ridiculous if the quarterbacks (since both had their jerseys taken) were in Georgia Tech Yellow. It would have been like practice jerseys.
My favorite part of all this was that the players tried to draw the Nike swoosh logo on the jerseys. And they did, but got it backwards. Oops. Five bucks says that they did it while looking in a mirror.
So with the opening loss for the week, the computer has three games to try and redeem itself with. Let's see where those lead. Oh no, not the MAC!
Temple at Ohio - How 'bout them Owls? They have won three straight and in the very blah MAC, they are right in the race in the East Division. Could you imagine how deflating this must be for the MAC? This was a Temple team that was consistently batted around by the Big East and forced them out. This was a Temple team that had won all of three games in the three years, including one year where they were winless. Now they join the MAC and have three wins, all in conference. Ouch. Tonight is another game they may be able to take in the MAC which would be a big score for Temple and their coach Al Golden.
MRI Says: Ohio Confidence Factor: 68.16%
Akron at Bowling Green - Two more mediocre teams meet from the MAC in another Friday night contest. The computer thinks that Bowling Green should win. You should too. They beat Temple, while the Zips lost to the Owls.
MRI Says: Bowling Green Confidence Factor: 73.26%
Nevada at New Mexico State - Nevada, in the middle of turmoil on campus after three men were killed at a party, will travel to New Mexico State to get a little time away and concentrate on football. While a shooting at a campus party might not normally affect a team, when there are team members at that party, and the brother of one of the players might be involved, it definitely will.
The good news for Nevada is that New Mexico State is a huge passing team, and Nevada has one of the better pass defenses in the country. While they may not have many interceptions, they are only giving up 180 yards through the air per game. That means that the Aggies (of NM St.) will have to try and run the ball to be successful.
The MRI doesn't think they can do it.
MRI Says: Nevada Confidence Factor: 55.56%
This Week: 0-1
Season Record: 197 - 83, 70.36%
Lifetime Record: 1559 - 657, 70.35%
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 November 2, 2007 12:20 PM