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Podcast: Nate Silver On The Power Of Elo

Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Sept. 22, 2015), Nate Silver joins for a special one-on-one discussion with Chadwick Matlin (Neil Paine and Kate Fagan are out of […]

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Podcast: Nate Silver On The Power Of Elo

Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Sept. 22, 2015), Nate Silver joins for a special one-on-one discussion with Chadwick Matlin (Neil Paine and Kate Fagan are out of […]

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If The Patriots Are Cheating At Home, The Stats Don’t Show It

After the Steelers’ Week 1 game against the Patriots, Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin said he couldn’t communicate with his coaching staff like he wanted to: “We were listening to the Patriots radio broadcast for the majority of the first half. On our headsets.” Tomlin suggested that the Steelers always have trouble with their communications […]

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If The Patriots Are Cheating At Home, The Stats Don’t Show It

After the Steelers’ Week 1 game against the Patriots, Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin said he couldn’t communicate with his coaching staff like he wanted to: “We were listening to the Patriots radio broadcast for the majority of the first half. On our headsets.” Tomlin suggested that the Steelers always have trouble with their communications […]

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Has One Win Turned The Titans Into … Titans?

The Patriots won again; Tony Romo and the Cowboys prevailed in another last-minute comeback; and Philip Rivers threw for another thousand yards — by historical standards, Week 1 of the 2015 NFL season didn’t offer much in the way of surprises. According to our Elo power ratings, 75 percent of this year’s season-openers were won […]

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