Word: zbikowski
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...while serving as terminal supervisors at the Science Center and have been comparing notes ever since. Both use a system known as the "least-squares regression model" to get their point spreads. The mustachioed Zbikowski spent his sophomore year ironing out the kinks in his program, and now that he's a senior is making predictions for the second year...
...Zbikowski put in a "man-month" tinkering with his program and then went to Lew Law, the director of the Science Center, who liked the idea and gave Zbikowski an independent computer account...
...Zbikowski's model is based on a numerical ability ranking for each team, which he refines after each week's play. I'd write the formula out for you but the typists don't have Greek letters at their disposal. Zbikowski ranks 153 college teams, including Ball State, McNeese State and Fullerton State, and gives point spreads for their games. Texas is at the top of his poll, as the Longhorns boast an ability rating of 35.87, while Harvard is ranked 120th with a rating of -1.37 and Davidson is in the 153rd spot, with...
...Both Zbikowski and Matthews are right about 75 per cent of the time when it comes to predicting the winning team, and beat the spread around 60 per cent of the time. Matthews began using the computer to make his predictions as a freshman, at the promptng of his father, a math professor at Lincoln Memorial University, who had been making football predictions for 25 years...
...novel technique of predicting by using biorhythms is also gaining a foothold in the trade, but Matthews's advise to would-be soothsayers is: "You have to have a good math background, know what statistical methods are available and how to use them, and a high-speed computer." ZBIKOWSKI The Top Ten MATTHEWS 1. Texas 1. Texas 2. Ohio St. 2. Ohio St. 3. Notre Dame 3. Notre Dame 4. Kentucky 4. Kentucky 5. Penn St. 5. Michigan 6. Nebraska 6. Pittsburgh 8. Alabama 7. Alabama 9. Oklahoma 8. Arkansas 10. N. Carolina 9. Penn St. 1. Penn...