Thread by @iowahawkblog

Sure- the #marblegame goes like this:

1. Every Power 5 team (+ND & BYU) starts with 200 marbles, all other FBS teams start with 100

2. Win at home, take 20% of your opponent's marbles, Win on road, take 25%

https://twitter.com/KingLassitude/status/1418226378416136195

Nate Miller (@NateEMiller) coded the algorithm, here's the last time it was run in 2019. Running it last year was a waste of time because basically there were no inter-conference games.
thenemindex.blogspot.com/2019/12/iowaha…

I think one reasonable update to the algorithm is basing starting # of marbles on a team's schedule: 200 for each P5 opponent, 100 for each non-P5 FBS opponent, etc.

Rewards non-P5 teams with tough schedules, and penalizes P5 teams who schedule patsies.

The whole rationale of this is an objective, even-morons-can-understand algorithm for deciding CFB playoff seedings. Which I think is preferable to opaque statistical models and smoke-filled rooms with "eye tests"

Here's the benefit: if your team has 300 marbles and has a home game against an opponent with 280 marbles, you know exactly what's at stake: you gain 56 marbles for a win, lose 75 for a loss. No need to wait for the polls or the mysterious computer models.