Category: Data Studies

Is Petersen another Dan Hawkins as some of his detractors say....?Boise

Who are the current best coaches yet to win a NC, and who could/should Petersen be....

This graph plots UW rank by SRS over the past 41 years. Comments are below the graph..   Here are various thoughts… If we take out 2008, the trend has been up since 2004 though obviously not fast enough. Clearly, 2008 was a total aberration and Sark lived off that during 2011 and 2012 when

In order to figure out how bad WR play was in 2015, we need to look at the entirety of the offense. The data shows that QB play was better in 2015, the run game was better, the OL was the same but WR play was much worse. Can you believe that? No other component of the offense

One way to measure recruiting is to look at the average ranking of classes by star average rather than total point. The reason is the average star looks at the average ranking of each recruit and is more predictive than total points which places emphasis on the size of the class. For example a class

Pro Football Focus grades players based on certain aspects of their performance. In this piece they use their grades and recruiting rankings to come up with the most overachieving freshman classes in 2015. Click Here for the Link