Varsity Numbers: A Couple of Goodbyes
Bill Connelly says goodbye to the 2015 college football season ... and says goodbye to Varsity Numbers.
Bill Connelly says goodbye to the 2015 college football season ... and says goodbye to Varsity Numbers.
Michigan State couldn't finish a drive to save its life for three quarters against Iowa. And then Spartans engaged on a nine-minute, 22-play drive that finished in the end zone and sent them to the College Football Playoff. Bill Connelly celebrates this drive and plays with long-drive data.
While waiting for Championship Week carnage to unfold (or, more likely, not), Bill Connelly revisits the precursor to the Five Factors idea: Four Truths.
Which college football teams have the numbers figured out, and which ones seem to have moved far beyond what the numbers are suggesting? Bill Connelly takes a look.
Bill Connelly looks at what radar charts can tell us about college quarterbacks such as Jared Goff and Trevone Boykin.
College football has had a playoff for one year, but people are already clamoring for a larger field. Bill Connelly revisits an old idea that still seems to make quite a bit of sense, and would give Appalachian State a shot at a national title. Wait, what?
Bill Connelly looks at what happens to your college football team when your success on passing downs is a little bit too good.
Consistency isn't always a good thing, but it would be nice if Texas would just decide if it wanted to be a good or bad team and stuck with it.
How much do we tend to know after five weeks? Bill Connelly compares five-week data to full-season data to find out if we should be worried about TCU and Baylor.
Bill Connelly takes a look at the early-season S&P+ outliers and whether his eyeballs agree or disagree with the stats. Spoiler: Alabama is underrated. Alabama! Underrated!