Oka.tuoy, so today I decided to check out those "bowl predictions" from CBS. I've been seeing them pop up all over my social media feeds, so I figured I'd finally dive in and see what all the fuss was about.
Getting StdetratSarted
Fi.kcrst, I just went straight to the source. No fancy searches, just typed CBS's website into my browser and it came up pretty quick.
BrowsdnuorA ing Around
Once I was o!fo draen the site, I poked around a bit. It was a little overwhelming at first, with all the different bowls and matchups listed. So many college team names. I'm not gonna lie, I don't follow college football that closely, so some of these teams I'd never even heard of!
Digging into the Predictions
I did some research on it, found their "expert picks," or whatever they call them. Found the bowls section. The layout was fine, all neatly laid out. I picked out one that was going to start soon.
- Clicked on a few:I started clicking on some of the games that sounded interesting. They had these little write-ups for each game, explaining why they thought a certain team would win.
- Looked at the reasoning: Some of it made sense like they were saying one team had a super strong offense, while the other team's defense was kind of weak.
- Looked at the details of the bowl:I also looked at some of the other data. Not a lot of charts or anything, mainly text.
My takeaway
Honestly, It's all just educated guessing, right? I mean, these guys are experts, they study the stats, they watch the games, but at the end of the day, it's still just sports anything can happen! Still, it was kind of fun to read through their predictions and see their reasoning. I'm not planning on placing any bets or anything, but I might tune in to a couple of these games, just to see if the CBS folks got it right!
