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Posted onMarch 27, 2024March 27, 2024Football

THE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL EVALUATION: IMPACT% and Defensive Rating (DEFRAT)

by jdashbrock

This article is contributed by Adam Carter, Director of Player Personnel for the University of San Diego Football Team, Impact% is a stat that measures…

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Posted onFebruary 17, 2024February 17, 2024Football

Does NFL Time of Possession Matter?

by jdashbrock

In the NFL, fans often focus of time of possession as an important indicator of how the game is going. The common consensus is that…

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Posted onJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024Football

Augmenting NFL Scores to Improve Model Accuracy

by jdashbrock

Sometimes the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of an NFL game. In fact, usually this is the case. The final score can change…

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Posted onJanuary 8, 2024January 8, 2024Football

2024 College Football Playoff Format: How Format Affects Winners

by jdashbrock

The 2024 college football playoff format is changing yet again. In this sport, it seems like no matter what you do, somebody feels like they…

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Posted onJanuary 5, 2024January 5, 2024Football

Applications of Measures of Central Tendency in Sports

by jdashbrock

We all remember the measures of central tendency from middle school: mean, median, and mode. All we heard about was mean, median, and mode, but…

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Posted onDecember 30, 2023December 30, 2023Football

What is EPA in the NFL? All about Expected Points Added

by jdashbrock

Expected points in the NFL is the amount of points a team is expected to score on the current drive. Expected points added or EPA…

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Posted onSeptember 5, 2023September 5, 2023Fantasy

How to Use Red zone Targets in Fantasy Football

by jdashbrock

Fantasy football is all about predicting how well players are going to do in the future. Using red zone targets is a common tool that…

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Posted onMarch 13, 2023March 13, 2023Betting

Sklearn Logistic Regression Example in Sports

by jdashbrock

Python has become the tool of choice for nearly every budding data scientist. Sklearn, including the Sklearn logistic regression module, is one of the most…

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Posted onFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 2023Football

Reverse Engineering Strength of Record in College Football?

by jdashbrock

College football in particular can be particularly divisive when debating the resume of one team over another. One of the tools that ESPN uses to…

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Posted onJanuary 26, 2023January 26, 2023Basketball

The Mathematics Behind The Probability of a Perfect Bracket

by jdashbrock

Everyone loves filling out brackets. It’s a way to flex your knowledge and dunk on your friends. It gives you rooting interests in games you…

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