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Week One
good returning QB returning
good RB and WR/TE returning
Coaching changes, DC, OC
Quality of Coach and program
participated in Bowl game and had additional practices
finished strong, with quality wins, covered the spread
injuries, suspensions
Vegas posted lines in May, what happened in the interval
compare Power Rating calculated point spread
FPI and Bill Connelly
returning starters
recruiting in the last few years
during a period that is relevant to this season
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/school?id=333
http://insider.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?action=login
https://n.rivals.com/team_rankings/2019/all-teams/football?guccounter=1
true Home game
returning starters, experience
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/1/31/16950222/2018-ncaa-football-returning-starters-experience
https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/
How can you evaluate physicality / athleticism ?
Bama vs Idaho
there is difference
there are in a different league / level
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go through all week one games
And total season win totals for teams
this is a good foundation for research
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Week Two
check injuries, suspensions
how did the team do against the spread
perform above or below the point spread
and by how much
variance, deviation, from the point spread
the point spread is based on FPI power index
this is like stocks
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New Mexico State Aggies +6.5
Home game for New Mexico State
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/
http://www.donbest.com/ncaaf/injuries/
http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/fpi?id=2751&year=2018
http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/fpi?id=166&year=2018
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/5/4/17298744/new-mexico-state-football-2018-preview-schedule-roster
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/4/6/17185826/wyoming-football-2018-preview-schedule-roster
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/4/13/17228654/mountain-west-football-2018-power-rankings
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football-team-previews-2018
http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings
http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/wyoming/92568
http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/new-mexico-state/91372
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No bet - Hawaii / Colorado State
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No bet - Central Florida / Connecticut
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