Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
A Better Box Score: Simple Ways to Improve the Basic Game Recap
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A Better Box Score: Simple Ways to Improve the Basic Game Recap
Box scores are intended to give a snapshot of games, and, for the most part, they work. If I look at the box score for West Virginia’s 70 to 63 victory over Baylor, I have a pretty good inkling of what kind of game it was; similarly if I look at the box score of…
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Things that are self-recommending – football statistics edition
Bill Connelly — the college football expert for Football Outsiders — has a new SBN Blog, Football Study Hall; such a fact is high on the list of self-recommending things. The idea for the site is to provide a one-stop shop for advanced stats for college football, with a bit more of a fan-flavor than…
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First down means everything
According to an exhaustive study of NFL play data conducted by Yale professor Cade Massey, what happens on first and 10 in an NFL game is a powerful indicator of who will win. According to Dr. Massey, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Management, the ability of an NFL team to meet certain…
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How do you predict whether someone will be a good college coach?
We looked at the head coaches, offensive coordinators and defensive coordinators for the 66 major-conference schools, plus Notre Dame, and found that with a few high-profile exceptions, NFL experience isn’t a great recipe for success on Saturdays. Most notably, Pittsburgh’s Dave Wannstedt, the former Bears and Dolphins head coach, resigned under pressure in December. Meanwhile,…
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