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Saturday, May 9, 2020

Getting Things Started: Kickoffs in U Sports

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1. Abstract Kickoffs in U Sports are examined according to their net, gross, and spread yardage, as well as their EP values, considering ...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

A Team Game: Team Objects in the Passes & Patterns Code

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1. Abstract A custom class was created for teams in the Passes & Patterns database in order to hold metadata about each team, held in...
Friday, January 24, 2020

The Numbers Behind the Numbers: EP Classification Models at the Class Level

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1. Abstract Using the three highest-performing models from the previous examination of EP classification models (Clement 2019a) , this work...
Monday, January 6, 2020

Fresh Start: 2019 Play-by-Play Data in the Passes & Patterns Database

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1. Abstract New play-by-play data from the 2019 U Sports and CFL seasons was added to the Passes & Patterns Database. 125 games and 21...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Reverting to the Mean: Regression EP Models in U Sports Football

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1. Abstract A set of five different regression models were tested as measures of Expected Points, parallelling prior work in the field (Cle...
Friday, July 19, 2019

It’s Up and It’s Good: Field Goals in U Sports

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1. Abstract A continuation of a series of works developing the individual parts of a future third-down decision-making model using discre...
Monday, June 10, 2019

It's a Game of Field Position: Punting in U Sports Football

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1. Abstract An analysis of the objective measures of punting in U Sports football,. This work looks at gross, net, and EP values of punt...