If you've ever wanted to be a boxing governing body when you grew up, you don't need a Ph.D. Just get a cellphone (the better to be a moving target) and a fax, boot up your computer, rate the contenders in each division any which way, call yourself, say, the World Boxing Federation, or W.B.F., sanction some title fights, and you're in business.
The B.C.S. releases its latest computer rating on Monday.
In January, the B.C.S. asked the eight computer rating services how much emphasis they placed on margin of victory.
Florida State (9-1) came out ahead of Miami (7-1) this week based on a stronger computer rating.
"Hopefully, we'll get some credit for it," Miami Coach Butch Davis said of the Bowl Championship Series computer rating, which had his team fifth coming into today.
I developed a pared-down version of the model based on one relatively simple computer rating called (appropriately) Simple Rating System or S.R.S.
The prize money encourages more players to compete today, and a ruthless computer rating system keeps them hustling to avoid having to play in debilitating qualifying tournaments.
The Tigers boast a 1.000 B.C.S. computer rating, which should carry enough weight to get them in even if they lose to the Bulldogs.
A number of mortgage brokers said one of the biggest stumbling blocks can be the applicant's FICO credit score, a computer rating program developed by Fair, Isaac & Company.
The tests are computer rated, and your only options are 'yes' and 'no.' There's no 'please explain' box.
