From: f67709907@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: NFL_1992 Scoreboard: Post-Season Wrapup
Date: 26 Jan 93 06:44:33 GMT
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Organization: University of Arizona
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Those of you here in the fall may remember my posting the results of a
shareware NFL prediction program, NFL_1992 Scoreboard.  Well, come
playoff time, it crapped out on me, so I haven't posted any more playoff
or Super Bowl predictions.  Apparently the programmer didn't debug his
"Input Playoff Games" routine correctly, because I never could enter
playoff results.  Bah.  I'm rolling my own next year.

To make up for it, I will post three results you may find of interest:

1) The program's power ratings of all 28 NFL teams at the *beginning*
of the 1992 season.  Good for historical perspective.

2) The power ratings at the *conclusion* of the regular season.

3) The program's playoff forecasts at the end of the regular season.

Sorry for the letdown, but these things happen.  Feel free to comment
on the veracity of the ratings and predictions.


1) PRE-SEASON POWER RATINGS (WEEK 0)

      NFL Team       Off  Def  Total

 #1   Washington      44   32   76
 #2   San Francisco   40   29   69
 #3   Buffalo         43   21   64
 #4   New Orleans     24   30   54
 #5   Houston         29   23   52
 #6   Detroit         29   22   51
 #7   Philadelphia    24   27   51
 #8   Kansas City     23   26   49
 #9   Atlanta         31   17   48
#10   L.A. Raiders    21   26   47
#11   Seattle         18   28   46
#12   Denver          21   22   43
#13   Dallas          21   21   42
#14   San Diego       22   20   42
#15   Chicago         19   22   41
#16   N.Y. Giants     20   21   41
#17   Cleveland       20   20   40
#18   Miami           27   13   40
#19   Pittsburgh      16   22   38
#20   Green Bay       18   19   37
#21   N.Y. Jets       16   20   36
#22   Minnesota       20   14   34
#23   Cincinnati      18   10   28
#24   L.A. Rams       15   13   28
#25   Phoenix         11   15   26
#26   New England      3   19   22
#27   Tampa Bay        8   11   19
#28   Indianapolis     1   11   12


2) POST-SEASON, PRE-PLAYOFF POWER RATINGS

      NFL Team       Off  Def  Total

 #1   San Francisco   35   33   68
 #2   Dallas          35   28   63
 #3   New Orleans     25   36   61
 #4   Minnesota       27   30   57
 #5   Philadelphia    29   28   57
 #6   San Diego       31   24   55
 #7   Houston         26   28   54
 #8   Washington      26   28   54
 #9   Kansas City     30   18   48
#10   Buffalo         27   20   47
#11   L.A. Raiders    18   25   43
#12   Miami           22   21   43
#13   Green Bay       19   23   42
#14   Pittsburgh      15   27   42
#15   Cleveland       18   20   38
#16   Atlanta         27    9   36
#17   Denver          20   16   36
#18   N.Y. Giants     21   15   36
#19   Detroit         17   18   35
#20   L.A. Rams       24   10   34
#21   Chicago         17   16   33
#22   Phoenix         11   22   33
#23   Seattle          8   23   31
#24   Indianapolis     8   21   29
#25   N.Y. Jets        9   20   29
#26   Cincinnati      16   11   27
#27   Tampa Bay       11   14   25
#28   New England      4   16   20

Note that this algorithm performs similarly to JGH's, in that the top
5 teams were ALL NFC.


3) POST-SEASON, PRE-PLAYOFF FORECASTS

AFC Championship: Buffalo vs. San Diego
NFC Championship: Dallas vs. San Francisco

Super Bowl: San Diego vs. San Francisco

Super Bowl Champions: SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS



That's all for now.
-- 
Greg "Mockingbird" Franklin     "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate
f67709907@ccit.arizona.edu      things." -- Dan's advice to Pres. Clinton

   Delightful Things
     A love unknown to others.
     To have solved a riddle.
     A real bargain at a shop.
     A letter from one's sweetheart.
     When something one has ordered turns out well.
	-- from _Inumakura_ (The Dog Pillow)