With the football season finally over, let's take a quick look at where the 10 teams in our local ranking ended this year. But instead of looking at last week's standings, let's compare the teams to where they stood on September 14, when I did this for the first time. As I didn't include Rutgers the first week, their starting number is where they were the next week. I realize that dents the accuracy of the thing somewhat but it's the best I can do.
31. Penn State (13)
42. Rutgers (32)
70. Delaware (77)
94. Villanova (105)
129. Temple (188)
148. Delaware State (162)
165. Lafayette (143)
173. Lehigh (168)
185. Penn (132)
242. La Salle (242)
Well, I think we can easily say that the biggest positive surprise was Temple and the biggest disappointment was Penn. We could have certainly said it without Sagarin's help, but both teams made really dramatic moves.
So we go back to the original two questions, and I ask you:
-- Is Penn State better than Rutgers?
-- Are Villanova and Delaware both better than Temple?
Also, congrats to Robert S. in Aloha, Ore. (which actually exists, believe it or not). He won the Philly.com college football pick'em challenge with 140 points.
The final standings were:
1. Robert S.
2. Myself
3. Fred D. in Charlottesville, Va.
4. Jeff S. in New York City
5. Steffan W. in Elmira, N.Y.
6. Aaron S. in Union, Miss.
7. Zach K. in Philadelphia
8. Josh H. in Narberth
9. Kyle M. in Wayne
Thanks to all of you for playing. Unfortunately, there aren't any prizes for our group, but hopefully we'll be able to make something bigger out of the March Madness contest.
By the way, I have a minor complaint to register. A few of you who comment regularly have been doing so with fake email addresses. I know this because I've tried to contact you outside the blog to follow up on what you've written and your addresses have bounced.
When you post a comment, your email address does not show up to readers. Not even as a link. I see it on the back end of our blog platform and no one else does.
So if you all could help me out with that I'd really appreciate it... and I swear I won't tell anyone else about your info. I hate people who give out personal data just as much as everyone else.
