February 13, 2019 Rankings

As you may know, we recently bought a domain name and upgraded this site. However, there are understandably costs associated for that. We would encourage anyone who can to either sign up to be a patron at patreon.com/grogerranks or order a Groger Ranks customized personal quizbowl notebook at tinyurl.com/grogerstore. Now that all that is out … Continue reading February 13, 2019 Rankings

Modified Liu Adjustments: An Analysis

The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member Steven Liu As you may have noticed, Groger Ranks is now using the so-called Modified Liu Adjustments for PPBs. While the conversion from adjusted stats to Groger Score and power adjustments are calculated as they were before, the bonus adjustments use this new methodology.   … Continue reading Modified Liu Adjustments: An Analysis

2018-19 HSQB MIDSEASON POLL RESULTS

The following article was a contribution by the entire Groger Ranks staff and many members of the HSQB community who helped out with this poll. Thank you. We did it! After weeks of polling, with some 30 responses, we are pleased to announce the final results of the 2018-19 HSQB Midseason Poll. We opened the … Continue reading 2018-19 HSQB MIDSEASON POLL RESULTS

Head-to-Head Records of Top 25 Teams

The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member William Groger This was just a piece I made for fun. Everything here should be pretty self-explanatoy. Records don’t really mean much except for teams in the same region, since records could vary significantly with different region strengths.   #1 Thomas Jefferson A Overall Record: 3-0 … Continue reading Head-to-Head Records of Top 25 Teams

The Applicability of Groger Ranks to Actual Games: An Analysis

The following article was a guest contribution by Steven Liu. Partially inspired by Arjun's ultimately fruitless analysis of ACF Fall, I decided to take a closer look at the Groger Scores to see how well they actually summarize which teams win and lose on the buzzer. I should say up front, of course, that I … Continue reading The Applicability of Groger Ranks to Actual Games: An Analysis