Danny Karnik, Eldon Lindsay (Georgia Tech Athletics) Our final day is all about the digital aesthetic of the passing game. Hello, friends — welcome to Analytics Week. For five of our 100 Days to Kickoff, FTRS is bringing you college football analytics content, powered by our friends at cfbfastR, nflfastR, and Statsbomb. We’ve spent the last four days talking through … [Read more...] about Analytics Week: The Nature of Passing
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Independence Day: College Sports Tyrannies I’m Glad To Be Free From
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Happy Independence Day, Bulldog fans! It’s a special day for all of us, the day we celebrate life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Happiness of course takes many varied forms. But the genius of America is the shared understanding that we’re all free to chase it however we see fit, subject to a few caveats … [Read more...] about Independence Day: College Sports Tyrannies I’m Glad To Be Free From
Analytics Week: Completion Percentage and the Importance of Film
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Watching film and “doing analytics” are not mutually exclusive concepts — here’s why. Hello, friends — welcome to Analytics Week. For five of our 100 Days to Kickoff, FTRS is bringing you college football analytics content, powered by our friends at cfbfastR, nflfastR, and Statsbomb. Thus far this week, we’ve unpacked expected points, … [Read more...] about Analytics Week: Completion Percentage and the Importance of Film
Analytics Week: Luck and Variance
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Teams make their own fate — or do they? Hello, friends — welcome to Analytics Week. For five of our 100 Days to Kickoff, FTRS is bringing you college football analytics content, powered by our friends at cfbfastR and Statsbomb. Yesterday, we worked through “how” and “why” to use expected points for analysis of offenses. To recap, our … [Read more...] about Analytics Week: Luck and Variance
Mailbag 7/5 Questions
Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ask away! It’s time to ask some questions! Answers will post later this week on Friday. You can leave your questions in the comments, or you can also post in the comments on Facebook, reply to the Tweet, or shoot us an email at fromtherumbleseat@gmail.com. … [Read more...] about Mailbag 7/5 Questions