How To Frame This Season
I woke up at 3:37 this morning. No idea why. It felt like one of those "the game is today and my brain is too excited to let me sleep" kinds of things. I famously did not sleep at all the night before the Duke game. And
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How Good Is This Offense?
In September, I don't stray very far from the team rankings. There are strength of schedule ratings and offensive efficiency ratings but they need a little time to settle down. You might have really good numbers because your offense is very good... or you might have really good
How Bad Was It?
I pitched a perfect game with parking passes last week. I am telling you, I was dialed in. Connected with the universe in some way.
We have five, sometimes six passes for our tailgate. Five passes + sometimes I buy Craig's pass if he's not gonna be
How Much Do Blowouts Matter?
When discussing Scoring Margin in NERDstat Land, the first thing almost everyone thinks about are KenPom's articles on basketball scoring margin. He led the charge of "guys, it really does matter if you beat Maryland-Eastern Shore by 33 instead of 19" when it comes to college
How Does One "Football"?
Got a post suggestion from a friend and I love the idea. He noted that with many new subscribers on the site, perhaps I should circle back on "Footballing." I use the term all the time, and I've written about the concept for years, but not
How Much Did We Learn?
I'll begin, as I do every year, explaining why I use the term "NERDstats." It started out as a joke and then it became my identity. It started out with me mocking analytics and then embracing analytics. It started out with me making fun of the
Where Do We Stand? March 12th
We have reached the final WDWS for the year. By this time next week we'll know exactly Where We Stand because the brackets will be out and I'll already be in Denver or Providence or Wichita for the NCAA Tournament game. So this is our last