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- ********************************** NFL Stats **********************************
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- **************** An NFL Statistics Keeper and Predictor Program ***************
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- ****************************** By Peter J Binkley *****************************
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- Version 1.2
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- Revision Date: August 29, 1994
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- I. Overview
- II. Operation
- III. How to Register
- IV. Upcoming Plans
- V. Legal Stuff
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- I. Overview
-
- NFL Stats -- An NFL Statistics Keeper and Predictor Program -- is the cumbersome
- title for a rather simple program. NFL Stats will allow the user to enter the
- scores for any particular week in the NFL and then allow him to display these
- statistics in different ways. It also allows him to predict (to some degree
- of accuracy) the scores for the following weeks. It supports printer operation
- for all above functions as well.
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- II. Operation
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- Once the title screen has cleared, you will be prompted for the name of a
- league. To start a new league, enter any name you wish to use. Two leagues are
- included with the program, namely: 1) "stat93" -- the complete statistics for
- the 1993 football season, 2) "pre94" -- the complete statistics for the first
- five weeks of the 1994 preseason. To use either of these complete leagues,
- just enter either "stat93" or "pre94" for the desired season. (All league
- files should be kept in the same directory as the program "NFLStats" itself.)
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- NOTE: NFLStats1.2 relies on AMOS.library residing in the libs: directory of
- the system boot disk. To get the program to work, copy AMOS.library
- (included) into the libs: directory (if it's not already there!).
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- You will then be presented with a menu with the following options:
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- 1) Create New League
- 2) Edit Statistics by Week
- 3) Predict Game
- 4) Display League Standings
- 5) Display Offensive and
- Defensive Proficiency
- 6) Edit Specific Team
- 7) Quit
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- 1) Create New League -- this will erase all data for the league name you entered
- and set up a new league with no statistics.
- 2) Edit Statistics by Week -- this will allow you to enter new data for your
- league. The program will prompt you for each of the 28 teams for
- wins or losses and the points for and points against. Note you can
- avoid entering a win or loss for a particular team by typing "0" for
- wins or losses. (Useful for bye weeks.)
- 3) Predict Game -- this option allows you to enter a visiting team and a home
- team and find out which team will win. Due to the difficulty of
- finding complete stats for a team for any particular week, I decided
- to limit the necessary input to simply the number of wins, losses, and
- points for or points against. This means you need only a minimum of
- effort for upkeep of your statistics (you need only know the scores for
- any particular week to keep up with this program), but it also means
- you won't get the most accurate predictions available. However, in
- reviewing the 1992 season, I have found that this program can predict
- to about 80% accuracy. In addition, this option will let you print the
- results of the prediction. To use this option, make sure the printer
- is attached and on line before you try it.
- 4) Display League Standings -- this option will print to screen or printer the
- current standings based on win-loss record.
- 5) Display Offensive and Defensive Proficiency -- this will display the best
- and worst teams for both offense and defense for either the NFC or the
- AFC. The program will rank the teams and display the number of points
- gained or points allowed. This feature also has an option to print to
- printer.
- 6) Edit Specific Team -- (New Feature, Version 1.2) This feature allows you
- to edit a team's stats without using the week-by-week editor. Just
- choose the team you want to edit and you will be prompted for wins,
- losses, points for and against. Remember that the new stats will
- REPLACE the old stats, rather than just add to them.
- 7) Quit -- pretty obvious.
-
- NOTE: Left-Amiga+"A" sends NFLStats1.2 screen to the back and
- brings it back again. Ctrl-"C" will allow emergency exit. Also,
- stats created with version 1.0 will not work with version 1.2.
- Sorry for this inconvenience!
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- III. How to Register -- This program is Shareware. To register your copy of
- NFL Stats, send $5 U.S. to:
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- Peter J Binkley
- 272 Littleton Street Apt. 573
- West Lafayette, IN U.S.A. 47906
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- What you get in return:
- Once you've registered, you will be eligible for updates and complete
- 1993 season statistics. Updates will be announced through an Internet
- mailing list for registered users (so if you register and have Internet
- access, send your Internet address to recieve information on updates).
- In addition, I will distribute updates in uuencoded (ASCII) form for
- those who request it through Internet. To contact me through the
- Internet, send e-mail to "shakes@expert.cc.purdue.edu".
- If you don't have Internet access but wish to recieve updates, send
- a disk in a padded mailer WITH SUFFICIENT RETURN POSTAGE and I will
- return the disk with the new version on it.
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- IV. Upcoming Plans -- The NFL is currently considering expansion and
- realignment for the 1995 season. Should this happen, I plan to create
- version 2.0 of NFL Stats which will reflect the new order. This
- version may be released on Internet, but the shareware price will
- probably be a bit more to be fair to registered users of version 1.2.
- Registered users will be eligible for version 2.0 at no charge.
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- V. Legal Stuff and Thanks -- This program is shareware. It may be freely
- distributed so long as no profit is made. This program may be
- included on disk collections so long as only the cost of the media
- is charged. If you like this program, and want to see more like it,
- please distribute this program on electronic bulletin boards and
- networks. This is the best way to make sure new quality public
- domain and shareware programs are created and are available to you
- and me.
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