Tennis

A New Metric to Analyze Viewer Experience in Pro Tennis (Full Paper)

by Rohan Rao   Recently, organizations such as the NCAA have been attempting to increase viewership of tennis by implementing rule changes to reduce the length of the individual matches. The logic behind these changes is to increase the relative importance of each point making the overall experience more exciting. I think this is a particularly interesting problem for the sport of tennis, which is currently … Continue reading A New Metric to Analyze Viewer Experience in Pro Tennis (Full Paper)

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Alabama Crimson Tide
Football, NCAA

Why 3 Big Ten Teams Should Be in the Playoff

by Chris Murphy

 

With the season coming down its final weeks, it is crunch time for any and all College Football Playoff hopefuls. It is also crunch time for College Football Playoff predictions. Perhaps the question you will hear most over the next two weeks is “who’s in?”, and everyone has an answer along with an explanation.

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Baseball, Football, NCAA, NFL

Great Expectations: the Roberto Aguayo story

by Jack Graham

 

Among other things, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been plagued by the kicking struggles of rookie Roberto Aguayo throughout the 2016 season. Through 9 games, Aguayo has made only 9 of 14 Field Goals, a rate of 64% that qualifies him as the least accurate kicker in the league. Of course, these lackluster numbers would not typically be grounds for an interesting story, except for the fact that Aguayo also happened to be the Buccaneers second round draft pick. Continue reading “Great Expectations: the Roberto Aguayo story”

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Football, NFL

Who Is the Best Team in the NFL?

by Owen Tedford

 

How do you measure the best? Is it quantifiable at all or is it the intangibles that could never be measured that make a team better than another one? This question has been an issue for many years in college football and has been complicated in recent years with the creation of a four-team playoff. The problem is selecting which metric should be given the most weight, which has led to the creation of a number of new metrics for measuring the best. Continue reading “Who Is the Best Team in the NFL?”

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Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey

A Historical Review of ESPN Power Rankings

by Ben Ulene

 

It’s September again, and with the major wintertime sports starting their 2016-2017 regular seasons, sports fans across the U.S. get to participate in the annual tradition of poring through expert predictions – including various outlets’ preseason power rankings.

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Football, NFL

Buffalo’s Big 3

by Dana Fesjian

 

After one week, the Bills are 0-1, but not a hopeless 0-1. Fortunately, this year unlike other years (or so they say) there are a few players that are going to bring the Bills from bad to better. The Bills’ defense has always been the stronger half of the team, and that was clear in Week One. However, there is room to improve on offense and this year’s offensive line has tremendous room for growth due to the talent that exists already. There are specifically three players whose performances matter the most, whom I like to call the “Big 3.” Continue reading “Buffalo’s Big 3”

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EPL, Soccer

Form in soccer: not always a winning formula

by Brandon Tan

 

One of the most discussed statistics in soccer leading up to a match is “league form”: the results of the team’s last six games. We see this statistic referenced again and again by commentators and pundits in their match previews and analyses. The phenomenon is all over the websites of sports news outlets, such as here in the Guardian. Continue reading “Form in soccer: not always a winning formula”

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