Category Archives: Performance

LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State remain the only four possibilities for winning the national championship.  Their order has changed somewhat, and the LSU and Alabama are beginning to separate from the two Big 12 schools.  Unlike the BCS formula … Continue reading →

Last week I posted my predictions for all 56 games involving two FBS teams, so I have can’t fudge on the results.  I’m happy to report that overall, it was a winning week for xHPI–the third in a row–but let’s … Continue reading →

Hey, Scott.  We notice that you never posted your best bets from last week.  And, you warned us that xHPI would have a bad week.  And now you expect us to believe that xHPI had a great week without having … Continue reading →

Last week was a good week.  Typically, my best weeks are followed by my worst weeks, so look for November 12′s performance to be awful.  Despite the recent success, xHPI is still down for the year. Best Bets       … Continue reading →

Traveling and other responsibilities kept me from posting my best bets for last week.  Here were my best bets and how xHPI did on each game: Rutgers (+6.5) vs. West Virginia.  LOSS.  West Virginia won by 10. Michigan State (+4) … Continue reading →

xHPI performed better than in the previous week, but still ended up a loser overall.  xHPI picked two of five best bets correctly, while one of the games was a “push” (the result hit the line set by the oddsmakers). … Continue reading →

After a very strong showing on October 8, this week’s games were another down week for xHPI.  In years past, xHPI has tended to alternate between good weeks and bad weeks.  I have some guesses about why this is true, … Continue reading →

Now that’s more like it. After a miserable first week of predictions, xHPI took the first step on the long road to respectability.  Performance on best bets was only fair, but xHPI did will against the spread and in picking … Continue reading →

Uh…yeah. Two things I know about xHPI is that the earliest rankings are very unreliable, and xHPI’s performance gets better over time.  That’s why I wait until after most teams have played four weeks to post my first rankings.  I … Continue reading →