Man vs Model

Man vs Model


Latest Episodes

Week 8: Week Eight in Review; Week Nine Preview
October 29, 2015

In this spooky Halloween special Ken, Casey, and Dr. England are replaced by a Pick Ninja, an Internet Troll, and our new and improved computer model, the D2000. We had to keep this one short and sweet to save room on our webhost...but we...

Episode 7: Week Seven in Review; Week Eight Preview
October 22, 2015

Because of the storage limits of our webhost we were forced to condense this episode...which may be a good thing given how badly Casey, Kenny, and the Dingus picked last week. 

Episode Six: Week Six in Review; Week Seven Preview
October 15, 2015

The Pick Dingus finally gets rolling in Week 6, just like it has the previous two seasons and one of our top pickers, r2r0 (Arturo), joins us and makes some picks and also drops some much needed knowledge. 

Episode 5: Week Five in Review; Week Six Preview
October 09, 2015

In this episode we break down some big games from Week Five, we explain some betting strategies that look profitable early on this year, we make some predictions about week six, and we try with all our will power to avoid discussing the...

Episode 4: Week Four in Review; Week Five Preview
October 01, 2015

In this episode we try our best to explain (rationalize?) why the Pick Dingus was less than stellar in its debut, we review the epic performance of the human pickers against the spread in week four, we pick Miami to cover Cincy on Thursday...

Husker Addendum: Southern Miss at Nebraska
September 29, 2015

The Huskers beat the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, 36-28 in a game that should never have been anywhere near that close. In this 'minicast' we answer a couple of tweets that came in over the weekend, and discuss some stats which should have...

Episode 3: Week Three in Review; Week Four Preview
September 24, 2015

The battle begins! The first official Pick Dingus picks posted for Week Four and the human pickers may be in deep, deep trouble. Casey and Ken review Week Three, break down Week Four games, and make some predictions about the future. 

Episode 2: Week Two in Review; Week Three Preview
September 17, 2015

In this episode we discuss the concept of expected value and how it applies to picking games, we review some of the key games from last week, we update how the humans are doing with their picks, and our "man", Casey, squares off against the model.  

Episode 1: Week One in Review; Week Two Preview
September 11, 2015

In this episode we introduce ourselves, provide an overview of how we got into sports forecasting, describe our college football game prediction methods, outline our goals for the season, review Week One of the 2015 CFB season, and get into some of...

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