Also, I just read the 2 paragraphs above the Ducks paragraph. Cal and Notre Dame will end up in the top 10. 3 for 3, batting 1.000!

.. was vs Stanford.

Even then he only had the Ducks winning by one point, so it was as close to not picking Oregon as possible.

Steele is very objective and relies a LOT on his own statistical analysis. There’s not a lot of “gut feeling” in his picks. The problem is that he relies a lot on data from previous seasons.

Sometimes this works out for him. In ’07 he had Oregon as a surprise team in his preseason guide based on the number of returnees, seniors, and — one of his statistical measures — performance in close games in ’06.

But sometimes a team comes out of nowhere and proves that there are no reliable formulas available for predicting future results based on past performance.. not in the stock market, and certainly not in athletics. I think that’s why he missed Oregon this year, not because he’s some kind of hater.

In general, though, Steele’s overall predictive record stands up pretty well against any of the big national pubs, and better than most.

Phil Steel for JuJu’s Vice President

Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?

there was some logic to it that is going to be true in a number of cases.

Its his failure to acknowledge that he was wrong and adjust accordingly that makes him look like a douchebag. Its okay, just pick against us one more week.