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38 Days: Using the Weather to Predict the Jayhawks Record

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Predictions. The tool of every sport writer who is up against a deadline. Sometimes they are accurate. Sometimes they’re not. Some people use fancy tools such as math or statistics to predict a winner. But what if there is a better way?

What you are about to read very well may change the prediction industry forever. What if the weather could accurately predict a football season?

For the last 10 weeks I have been tracking the Saturday highs for Kansas and their opponents. it’s pretty simple. The high temperatures in Lawrence and the city of the opposing team are compared.