Monthly Archives: November 2011

The Biggest Over and Under Achievers in the NFL

Posted on November 30, 2011 by kevinmeers

by Kevin Meers The lists below are based on my previous analysis on the NFL draft using the Career Approximate Value from http://www.pro-football-reference.com. The Overachievers

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How to Value NFL Draft Picks

Posted on November 30, 2011 by kevinmeers

by Kevin Meers Through 12 weeks of the season, most franchises in the National Football League know whether they are in the playoff hunt or if they need to start prepping for the draft: The Green Bay Packers and San … Continue reading →

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A Statistical Analysis of the Miracles of Tim Tebow

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Chris Bruce

By Chris Bruce and Andrew Mooney You can find an update of this post including another two weeks of games here. You can also read this post here on Boston.com. Over the first 5 weeks of the NFL season, the Kyle … Continue reading →

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Making Sense of the Chaos: A BCS Prediction Model

Posted on November 24, 2011 by John Ezekowitz

By John Ezekowitz and Chris Bruce Over the past few weeks, we have been predicting the college football polls. We were surprised by how predictable moves in these polls turned out to be. This got us thinking: what if we … Continue reading →

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Predicting the Polls Week 12: An All-SEC BCS Title Game?

Posted on November 20, 2011 by John Ezekowitz

By Chris Bruce and John Ezekowitz This is the latest in our series of attempts to predict the college football polls. For previous weeks, see posts from week 11, week 10,  week 9, and week 8 (which includes our methodology) Three of the top … Continue reading →

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Nothing Has Changed About NFL Injuries

Posted on November 15, 2011 by kevinmeers

(Ed note: Huge thanks to the guys at TeamRankings for providing the dataset) By Kevin Meers Over halfway through the NFL season, many are still discussing the perceived effects of the lockout this summer. Washington Redskin Chris Cooley recently said … Continue reading →

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Mike Smith Was Right

Posted on November 13, 2011 by kevinmeers

by Kevin Meers Statisticians usually complain that NFL coaches do not go for it enough on fourth down. They usually take the “safe” way out of 4th and short and punt the ball, going for the most publicly appealing choice … Continue reading →

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Predicting the Polls Week 11: Can Oregon break into the top 3?

Posted on November 13, 2011 by John Ezekowitz

By Chris Bruce and John Ezekowitz This is the latest in our series of attempts to predict the college football polls. For previous weeks, see posts from week 10,  week 9, and week 8 (which includes our methodology) With the … Continue reading →

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Predicting the Coaches’ Poll Week 10: How Far Will Bama Fall?

Posted on November 6, 2011 by John Ezekowitz

By Chris Bruce and John Ezekowitz This is post is in a series of our attempts to predict college football polls. For more info, see posts here and here. The major story in college football this week was, of course, … Continue reading →

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