Sat, Nov 29, 8:30 PM
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMY | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| UTSA | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Our model blends Elo ratings (UTSA Elo 1585, ARMY Elo 1504) plus home-field advantage. That projects UTSA -5.6 (66% to win) — 2.9 points of value on ARMY versus the market line of -8.5.
ARMY up 10 entering the 4th quarter. Across 1,140 historically comparable game states (within ±2 pts and ±3 min, from 3,056 games):
Army 27, UTSA 24.
No — the model picked UTSA, which didn't hit. We report the misses too.
Why trust the number?Gridpex's model is walk-forward validated on 2014–24, out-of-sample: +0.28 pts mean Closing Line Value and 53.5% beat the close. We report the record — wins and losses — never fake locks.
I had UTSA pregame and it didn't hit. We report the misses — that was one.