Some of the nice comments from our readers in this entry from Tuesday prompted today’s quick reflective note. Bank in July we gave you an update of how our blog had exploded during the year and shared some of our statistics with you. You can see our comments by clicking here. Today we thought that […]
Stat of the Day
Just For Argument’s Sake
Since we ran our kind of “Just For Argument’s Sake” related to Bill Cowher in this entry, ESPN’s article today was worth sharing with you. Three interesting items related to college football coaches are included in the piece that was very interesting. The crux of the second item is included below: Many of us have […]
Maryland Preview (Updated with Links)
Lots of football across the country watch today. But, of course we are going to focus on the Wolfpack’s key Atlantic Division battle with the Maryland Terrapins. Several of the writers here enjoy discussing meaningful stats or data analysis like the Rule of 24 and 50. (Combining facts along with making fun of the delusionally […]
Rule of 24 and 50
“24” The N&O’s ACC Now Blog has done some fantastic research on a topic that we have discussed a few times here at SFN. In fact, just earlier this week we ran a piece named “23 is still less than 24” as a follow-up to this great entry from last week. Both entries lay the […]
Good Job by NCAA
It’s pretty rare that anyone has much good to say about the NCAA, so I want to break the trend….Whoever is in charge of putting the stats from football games on the web does a bang-up job. The team pages are extremely well organized with more numbers right at your fingertips than you will see […]
Jones: Losses By 30+ Points
I have enjoyed reading Andrew Jones’ work over the last 9 months or so. To be fair, he is as good as you are going to get for a small market newspaper and deserves credit for his work. By the same token, don’t forget that Jones has roots of working in Chapel Hill and (understandably) […]
SFN: What A Year (thusfar)!!!
Excerpt: “In the first seven months of the year, SFN has attracted almost 150,000 different visitors from around the world, generating just under 8 million hits and 2.5 million different page views of unique SFN material. We couldn’t be more proud of the breadth and depth of our growing reach considering that we are just […]
Rivers Already Setting Record
Lots of talk out there about Philip Rivers starting for the San Diego Chargers this year. Exciting stuff. Here is an interesting factoid that is neither positive or negative when you consider that most teams with pro-bowl quarterbacks don’t typically have top 5 picks…nor do they typically draft quarterbacks. Fewest Pass Attempts in First 2 […]
Does recruiting matter?
People certainly take it seriously. Thousands of LSU fans flock to the daylong Bayou Bash Recruiting party every year and pay $25 a head to sit and watch letters of intent come across the fax machine. But does it really matter? Will February 1st have any impact on January 1st (2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th)? […]
Myths and Final Stats
di•lem•ma (n.) – state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options – a problem offering two solutions, neither of which is acceptable – an usually undesirable or unpleasant choice Synonyms: quandary, predicament, catch-22, impasse, sticky situation, jam, fix, difficulty So which should I do: – Keep my word and […]
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