Here is what the run looked like midway through Big Game on Saturday once the UCLA/USC game was decided: San José State 28 at USC 56 on Aug 26, 2023 UCLA 35 at San Diego State 10 on Sep 09, 2023 Stanford 10 at USC 56 on Sep 09, 2023 UCLA 42 at Stanford 7… Continue reading UCLA has done it
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Cal almost did something
What a victory it could have been for Cal yesterday as a 10 point underdog at home to USC, the conference-killers in the flesh for what could be the last time this series is played. (Just a tradition that goes back to 1885, no big deal.) With the USC defense in shreds, Cal was able… Continue reading Cal almost did something
September 9 Preview
We only get 5 or 6 of these days so let’s run the numbers and make some dumb AI pictures! San José State 28 at USC 56 on Aug 26, 2023 UCLA at San Diego State on Sep 09, 2023 Stanford at USC on Sep 09, 2023 UCLA at Stanford on Oct 20, 2023 USC… Continue reading September 9 Preview
We have games
Mythical California Cup action on Week Zero, what a treat. San Jose State at USC this Saturday. Has USC ever been as fun to root against as this season? They’re defending champs with the defending Heisman winner, the defense was so bad it gives everyone hope, they’re playing four California games and oh yeah they… Continue reading We have games
Realignment heartache
Well the Pac-12 had a good run. I won’t recap the gory details of the past week; there are plenty of other great resources out there for that. (As ever I am a fan of Wilner, here is his decline and fall of the Pac 12.) One thing that comes to mind is I’m not… Continue reading Realignment heartache
Simulating 2023
The schedules are up in College Football Data so let’s run it: $ python3 ./mcc_schedule.py -v San José State at USC on Aug 25, 2023 UCLA at San Diego State on Sep 08, 2023 Stanford at USC on Sep 08, 2023 UCLA at Stanford on Oct 20, 2023 USC at California on Oct 27, 2023… Continue reading Simulating 2023
Goodbye David Shaw
David Shaw is done at Stanford. And while the Rose Bowl victories and Pac-12 Championships are nice, we all know that his foremost achievement was the seven Mythical California Cups in his twelve years as head coach. Before things went pear-shaped in the last two years he owned Cal (eight game winning streak before 2019)… Continue reading Goodbye David Shaw
2022 champs
That’s a wrap. USC has done it in convincing fashion. They played the most games and won them all. Congrats Trojans: USC 41 at Stanford 28 on Sep 10, 2022 Fresno State 17 at USC 45 on Sep 17, 2022 San José State 10 at Fresno State 17 on Oct 15, 2022 San Diego State… Continue reading 2022 champs
Results
First the real Pac-12 simulation. Unfortunately the games have gone against our dream for an extra California game that decides both the MCC and the Pac-12. Odds of appearing in the Pac-12 championship game: Utah 59% Oregon 54% USC 52% UCLA 28% Fun race. As before, the odds don’t add up to 200% exactly because… Continue reading Results
On the possibility of an extra game
At some point with little explanation I added the list of current Pac-12 teams as a pre-canned “virtual” conference defined in mcc_schedule.py. Of course, the Pac-12 is an actual conference (for another year or two) so it’s a misnomer to run it in virtualconf.py but this allows some fun with the Monte Carlo simulators. Here’s… Continue reading On the possibility of an extra game