NFL Draft Predictions

A few months back I entered a posting contest at the Blue Gray Sky with an analysis of how well the end of year college football awards do at predicting the NFL draft. The analysis is posted here.

One of the questions that this analysis brings into focus is why is there so much divergence in how well the various awards predict the top player chosen in the draft. For example the tight end, lineman, and defensive back awards to a pretty good job of predicting the top player drafted at those positions, but the running back and quarterback awards do a much worse job of predicting the top player drafted at those positions. I really don't know the answer to this questions but I would be interested to find out.

Interview with Lee Tavis

Read this great interview with Prof. Lee Tavis, who was one of my finance professors at the University of Notre Dame. The interview covers Prof. Tavis' wide ranging interests and provides a great window into his thinking on how corporations can help improve society. Prof. Tavis emphasises the transfer of values from successful corporations to indigenous populations and encourages western companies to engage with the local populations as his story about General Motors in South Africa describes.

Notre Dame in Uganda

For the next week, Father John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, is touring Uganda with a group from Notre Dame. You can keep track of their progress on Father John's Website. They have some great pictures including some pictures of the ordination of some local CSC deacon candidates. Good luck to Father John and the rest of the group on their journey!