Pro Predictor 2.6.1S corrects a bug in version 2.6S that caused the game dates to be distorted if the Extra Week... button was checked. Other features of 2.6.1S are the same as in 2.6S.
PRO Predictor predicts the outcome of each week’s NFL games: it tells you who is going to win each game, by how many points, and the approximate score. Over the last eight years, it has had an accuracy rate of 65-75 percent in predicting the weekly winners. It can also project ahead and tell you who is most likely to make the play-offs and who’ll win the Super Bowl!
But, perhaps its best feature is its record keeping. With Pro Predictor, you have an encylopedia of NFL facts right at your finger tips. It keeps a myriad of statistics for each team, each division, each conference, and the entire league.
It will give you the regular season standings for any given week, which show not only the won-lost records but how each team is doing at home as opposed to on the road, its record for the last three (or more) weeks and if it is on a winning or losing streak. It will do the same for the play-off standings, which include each team’s record in its division, its conference, and the other stats needed to determine which teams make the play-offs.
Its individual team records include each team’s schedule and another called team stats. The team schedule includes not only the actual schedule but a host of other information, such as the difficulty of its schedule, its past record against the teams on its schedule, etc.. The team stats focus on the team’s won-lost records, both current and past, and its record over the past years against the other teams in the league.
It also has statistics that compare the teams in the league not only for the current season but past seasons as well. These include such things as best won-lost records at home, on the road, and totals, most points scored, least points allowed, each team's Super Bowl record, etc..
All you have to do is enter the scores each week. However, you do have the option of entering yardage stats if you want to see how teams compare offensively and defensively.
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Before you set up the files and begin using Pro Predictor, read the Introduction and Getting Started chapters in the manual. The Getting Started chapter shows how to set up the files for optimum use and gives an overview of how Pro Predictor works. The Introduction takes you on a guided tour of Pro Predictor so you won't miss any of its features.
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New Features in Version 2.6S
Many of the modifications made in Version 2.6S were done in anticipation of Carolina and Jacksonville beginning play in 1995. This meant that a method for realigning the divisions had to be included in Pro Predictor and that several modules had to be re-worked to be more flexible to accommodate the many possible changes.
Why make those changes in Pro Predictor this year rather than waiting until 1995? Because many people start using Pro Predictor again before the newest version is released. Some like to enter the new schedule when it appears in May, enter free agency movements as they occur, and then run Future Projections to see who is ahead in the race for the Super Bowl.
Version 2.6S contains the following changes and/or improvements:
• PRO Files Format
With the addition of two new teams and the realignment of the divisions, the format for the PRO Files had to be changed. This means that earlier versions of Pro Predictor cannot read version 2.6 files and Pro Predictor 2.6S cannot read earlier PRO file versions. To use Version 2.6S, you must use the files included in the folder.
• Version 2.5 bugs
Several V2.5 bugs have been removed, most notably the one that refused to recognize the Super Bowl teams when the two were the same two teams from the previous year’s Super Bowl.
• Season Settings
Beginning dates, number of weeks in the season, etc. are now in a preference window so all entries or changes can be made at the same time. Also includes an option for realignment (see below).
• Realignment Function
At this time it is uncertain what the NFL plans to do when Carolina and Jacksonville begin league play in 1995. Indications are that one will be added to the AFC Central and the other to the NFC West, making all divisions, 5 team divisions. However, there is a possibility that several teams may be moved to new divisions for a more geographically logical alignment. This function allows you to make the changes when they become known.
• Entering Partial Scores
Rather than making unfinished games 0-0 ties as in earlier versions, leave the score blank and Pro Predictor will recognize that the score has not been reported and respond accordingly in the standings, prediction results, etc.. Also, in this year’s schedule, I’ve entered them with the early games followed by the late games. So, you can enter the early scores as they come in and enter the other games at a later time.
• Prediction Accuracy
Home advantage is recalculated during the season, which according to my tests with previous years results in a 2-3% improvement in the prediction accuracy for both outright winners and against the spread.
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Pro Predictor is a shareware application, which means that if you use it and like it, you're supposed to reward the programmer by sending in the shareware fee. Now, I know that most of you fully intend to send in the fee but before you know it the season's over and...
In the meantime, however, you're missing the satisfaction of having sent in the fee and receiving the Register User's version, which has several functions that the shareware version does not have. (At the end of the Introduction chapter in the manual, there's a list of the Register User's version's added features.)
To become a registered user, send the shareware fee of $25 to:
