While shopping for presents for my groomsmen last night, I came across, you guessed it, CERAMIC DALMATIONS. It is not every day that a grown man cracks up laughing in the home section of a Lion's store, so I got a few weird looks. Anyway, since everyone seems to be disgusted with the polls, now would be a good time to mention The College Hockey Computer Rating. It is not a poll, but a rating. I define a poll as a collection of expert opinions whereas a rating is a mathematical evaluation. I, too, became totally unhappy with the regionalism, unfairness, apparent ignorance, biases, (should I add more anti-poll verbals?) etc. of the polls, so I made TCHCR. TCHCR does not work like a poll at all. I type all the scores into my computer, assign a value to each game, and then do some fancy matrix math on the data. Out pops the rating. This is the third year for TCHCR. Based on feedback from this list, and others, I have made some improvements over last year's rating. I'll send out a preview tonight and ask for more feedback from you all. The rating itself won't be very interesting because of the few games played, but I'll send it out for your review anyway. Keith [log in to unmask]