advancednflstats.com - 6/22/2009
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Now that all NFL games since 2000 have been added to the Win Probability Archive , we can step back and take an inventory of some of the more special games in recent years. I've created a simple search tool for finding many of the most compelling games of the decade. There are many things that ...
sports2debate.com - 6/27/2009
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College Football Team of the Decade ... Debate
It! ... The year is 2009, and we are...
only a year away from being in the next decade. Last night I was intigued to look at college football dynasties by the decades. After doing some rigorous research, I only included the "Poll Era" which is 1930s-Pres
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College Football Team of the Decade... Debate It!
sports2debate.com - 6/28/2009
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Tennessee Titans Morning Links: Please Hammy, Don't Hurt 'Em Edition
Music City Miracles —
... A statistical measure for which game was more exciting? It's a nice thought anyways, but I'm not buying that or ...
Excitement Index and Comeback Factor
Field Gulls —
... Over the last couple of weeks, John has occasionally put up a FanShot with a Win Probability graph from Advanced NFL Stats. As cool as those charts are, Advanced NFL Stats has taken it to another level. Using the WP numbers already in place, they have created Excitment Index and Comeback Factor scores for every game since 2000. Maybe you should have a seat and take some deep breaths.This is just way too cool to take standing up. ...
Checkdowns: Brian Burke’s “Best Games of the Decade”
Pro-football-reference.com blog —
... using his Win Probability model that measures the best comebacks and the “most exciting” games since the 2000 season. He talks about the methodology here, and the gist is that the greatest comebacks are ones where the winning team had the lowest WP at some point in the game. The most exciting games, on the other hand, play on the idea that back-and-forth games are very exiciting –therfore the “excitement index” is a measure of how much the WP graph has moved over the course of a game. I love the concept of win probability in all sports, and ...
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