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Podcast: Big Ten Preview: Journey Brown Out, Division and Conference Champion Picks + Week 7 Recap
The Big Ten is BACK this weekend. We share the Big Ten preseason Elo ratings, discuss what losing Journey Brown means for PSU, and predict the East and West division winners, plus the conference champion. 1:55 – Journey Brown might be out for Penn State 3:40 – Big Ten Elo Ratings 4:05 – Big Ten
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Podcast: Conor McQuiston Talks Predicted Drive Points, Michigan Football + Post-Game Win Probability
We interview Michigan Math and Physics undergrad and college football analytics writer Conor McQuiston. 2:30 – How Conor got into College Football analytics 3:30 – Predicted Drive Points 9:08 – What factors are most important to predicting drive points 17:01 – Michigan Football Analytics Society 20:55 – The 2020 NFL Big Data Bowl 26:45 – Post-Game
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When you can’t stop, steal
Hey Siri, what’s the recovery rate of a surprise onside kick in CFB? Finally, some high entertainment value from the Saturday night games. While the Miami-Clemson game got out of hand eventually, the ‘Bama-Ole Miss game was close down to almost the last play. Some were critical of Ole Miss, in a tied game, attempting a surprise onside kick
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Podcast: Understanding ESPN’s FPI, Georgia vs. Bama + Best Kickoff Times and Drew’s First COVID Test
ESPN’s FPI rankings are out and we explain what the heck they even mean. Plus, we discuss the ideal time for a college football game to kickoff, talk Week 6 results and pick the Week 7 Top 3 matchup between Georgia and Alabama. 1:42 – Should the Big Ten bother playing any games? 2:18 –
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Podcast: Going for 2, Will the Big 12 Have a Playoff Team, and Drew Explains Acrylic Pour Painting
We dive into the analytics of the decision-making process when deciding to go for the 2-point conversion vs. kicking the extra point. Spoiler alert: you should probably go for two, like, every time… 1:22 – Acrylic Pour Painting and Pumpkin Carving: We’re getting all our fall stuff out of the way before the Big Ten
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Podcast: A 1-in-1000 Weekend for the Top 3, SEC: Meet Mike Leach’s Air Raid + a New Betting Strategy
The SEC returns in a big way, the air raid is here to stay, the Pac-12 is back, and we had a historic weekend for upsets. 0:08 – We run through the slate of crazy games from this past weekend 6:38 – LSU and Oklahoma both go down 10:30 – How will the Air Raid
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Podcast: Stay Positive, Test Negative: B1G is Back
Stay positive, test negative everyone. This is not a drill. The Big Ten is back for real this time. 1:32 – Big Ten Football is coming back 3:37 – How many games do they need to play to earn a CFB Playoff bid? 11:01 – How many games will we realistically see from the Big
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Updated Preseason College Football Rankings
We’ve updated our Elo Ratings since the last time we wrote about them. Specifically, we’ve recalculated the expected wins and win probabilities of all the teams based on their updated schedules. This resulted in lower overall win totals given the shortened season, but some teams have a higher win probability for the season as a
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Podcast: Week 1 Recap: Navy Doesn’t Practice, Biggest Upsets, and What We Miss About Tailgating
Actual FBS College Football games were played last weekend to our delight. And College Gameday was on TV (1:23), albeit for 2 hours and it started at 11. 2:33 – What we miss most about tailgating 6:20 – Week 1, how Elo did, and Navy doesn’t know how to tackle 7:44 – Drew explains positive
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