Sports – FiveThirtyEight — Week 1 RSS



Skeptical Football: Go Go Andrew Luck And A Must-Win For The Pats

From a statistical standpoint, we know very little about football. Forty-six players on each team suit up per game, and most of them materially affect outcomes — yet, for most of them, only a handful of stats are recorded. The stats we do have are hopelessly entangled, as each player’s performance affects virtually every other’s. […]

Continue reading



Skeptical Football: Go Go Andrew Luck And A Must-Win For The Pats

From a statistical standpoint, we know very little about football. Forty-six players on each team suit up per game, and most of them materially affect outcomes — yet, for most of them, only a handful of stats are recorded. The stats we do have are hopelessly entangled, as each player’s performance affects virtually every other’s. […]

Continue reading