Co-Founder of EdjSports
Creator of the NFL's first fully customized simulation model
Louisville, KY
FRANK FRIGO has a passion for games and markets. He is a former winner of the Backgammon World Championship in Monte Carlo and has held the number one international ranking of both on-line and live match play. Before co-founding EdjSports, he had an active 20-year career in commodity markets with an emphasis on structuring wholesale energy transactions. In 2001, he co-created the NFL’s first fully customized simulation model, Zeus, that shook the conventional wisdom of NFL coaching staffs. Frank has consulted with several NFL and NCAA Division 1 football programs and his work in sports analysis has been featured in Esquire, Fox Sports, ESPN, The New York Times and Showtime’s “Inside the NFL.”
The Cowboys ended what was once a promising season in spectacular fashion on Sunday afternoon. EdjSports' Frank Frigo breaks down the errors that may have cost Dallas the game.
Coaches appeared to be going for it on fourth-and-short routinely, often in their own territory, and yet commentators’ heads weren’t exploding. Has the thinking really shifted, and is it here to stay?
Play for OT or win in regulation? This is the question John Harbaugh faced on Sunday. Let's examine the decision-making process that went into another controversial call of the weekend.
Fourth-down strategies in the late stages of a football game can become justifiably more aggressive. However, these decisions still require careful calculation and are often quite complex, especially when the game is close.
The most talked-about play of the weekend occurred at the end of a tight matchup between the Ravens and Steelers, but was it really the most interesting play of the game?