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
Analytics Week: The Case for EPA
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports We’ve done the “What” — it’s time for the “Why” and “How”. 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 unpacked the philosophy behind doing analytics work and built our very own … [Read more...] about Analytics Week: The Case for EPA
Analytics Week: Analytics Philosophy & Expected Points
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Vibes > Numbers. Wait, what? 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. But why? Why are we writing about analytics? Why are football analytics so in vogue? Why are numbers clouding our beautiful … [Read more...] about Analytics Week: Analytics Philosophy & Expected Points