Death, eternal life and the 2023 bracket analysis

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Death, eternal life and the 2023 bracket analysis

FromThe Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng

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Mar 15, 2023

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The Region of Death is stacked with top teams in the 2023 NCAA tournament. In contrast, the Region of Eternal Life keeps giving poor teams an opportunity to advance. With help from analytics and the markets, Ed Feng breaks down the 2023 bracket.

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Mar 15, 2023

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The Football Analytics Show uses data and computers to make predictions on games and break down match ups. The show covers both college football and the NFL.

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Bill Connelly on predicting college football in 2022: Bill Connelly, writer for ESPN and college football analytics expert, joins the show for a wide ranging discussion. Highlights include: Conference realignment and the future of college football (4:20). Ohio State and the defense (14:34). Alabama and... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
70 min listen
Rob Pizzola on betting the NFL in 2022: Rob Pizzola, pro NFL bettor and founder The Hammer, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: The Mount Rushmore of bad NFL coaching by Denver's Nathaniel Hackett (2:39). Why he started the new sports betting content... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
60 min listen
Ben Brown on football analytics and betting: Ben Brown, the Head of Betting Innovation at PFF, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: New PFF football technology Ben is working on (15:35). Ben's football betting process (20:20). Special teams analytics (26:40). A... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
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Clevta on NFL analytics and betting: Clevta, a quantitative NFL bettor, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: How TA applied his finance background to the NFL (5:48). NFL analytics (21:15). His NFL betting process (29:32). A week 6 NFL bet (33:45). Russell... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
51 min listen
Parker Fleming on predicting college football in 2022: Parker Fleming, a college football analytics expert for BetUS and The Hammer, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: How Parker's college football model works (2:48). TCU and their big game against Kansas State (14:27).... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
51 min listen
Preview #3: Georgia and Stetson Bennett: It seems like Georgia rode an elite defense to a 2021 national championship over Alabama. However, QB Stetson Bennett IV was phenomenal, as Edward Egros discusses in this third episode of the 2022 Preview Series. The Football Analytics Show is... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
10 min listen
Captain Jack Andrews on sports betting in 2022: Captain Jack Andrews, professional sports bettor and founder of Unabated, joins the podcast for a wide ranging conversion. Highlights include: An early example of a sports betting edge (5:15). The difficulty in finding a good book maker (8:13).... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
75 min listen
How to evaluate NFL wide receivers and cornerbacks: To gauge NFL off season moves, let's look at the most important metrics for receivers and coverage players. This episode makes the case for yards per route run on offense, and suggests the symmetric quantity for coverage players. The predictability of... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
21 min listen
Dr. Nick Wan on sports, business analytics: Dr. Nick Wan, the Director of Analytics for the Cincinnati Reds, joins the show for a wide ranging discussion. Nick got into baseball after earning his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Utah State. Highlights include: How an early sports analytics project... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
64 min listen
Preview #4: Heisman betting: How do you find value betting on the Heisman? Edward Egros explains his top tips before identifying a number of dark horse candidates. by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
13 min listen
Support The Football Analytics Show: The first 20 supporters of The Football Analytics Show get the Establish the Pass mug. To support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/footballanalytics by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
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How to win your bowl pool in 2022: Winning your bowl pool requires a combination of analytics and strategy. This episodes get into three essential topics: 1. The value in bowl pools, 2. The type of pool to enter, 3. Contrarian strategies, which are necessary for certain types of pools.... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
15 min listen
Doug Kezirian on sports, football betting: Doug Kezirian, ESPN sports betting analyst and host of Daily Wager, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
80 min listen
Fabian Sommer on NFL betting in 2022: Fabian Sommer, a well respect NFL bettor, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: Why he only bets the NFL and the benefits of this focus (2:21). Moving from picks to only betting (8:56). His quantitative and qualitative... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
63 min listen
Preview #1: 3 overrated college football teams: Since 2015, Ed Feng has gone 12 of 16 in picking overrated college football teams in the preseason AP poll. This episode reveals his three overrated teams for 2022 and his process behind the selections. by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
15 min listen
JJ Zachariason on predicting NFL player performance: JJ Zachariason of Late Round Fantasy Football joins the show to discuss predictive player analytics. JJ recently left numberFire and FanDuel to start his own venture. Highlights include: Why the Late Round Draft Guide focuses on tiers instead of... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
65 min listen
Edward Golden on NFL, college basketball betting: Edward Golden, the founder of Right Angle Sports (RAS), joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. RAS is one of the only pick selling services with a long term track record of winning and honesty. Highlights include: How Edward built up RAS... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
50 min listen
Jim Sannes on NFL predictive analytics and betting: Jim Sannes, senior writer/analyst at FanDuel and host of the Covering the Spread podcast, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: The predictive models that Jim uses in his handicapping (9:20). Philadelphia Eagles... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
68 min listen
Kevin Cole on the 2023 NFL draft: Kevin Cole, football analytics expert and founder of Unexpected Points, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: Are NFL teams getting smarter at drafting players? (3:00). Why it's harder to build a team (11:32). Houston... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
64 min listen
Mike Craig on college football in 2022: Mike Craig, a long time professional sports bettor who also works with Right Angle Sports (RAS), joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: His decision to join RAS this college football season (2:39). How RAS comes up with... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
62 min listen
Preview #2: Does the NFL preseason matter?: It might seem crazy to use preseason results to predict the NFL regular season. However, studies have shown that the NBA preseason is predictive of the games that matter. In this second episode of the 2022 Preview Series, Edward Egros asks whether the... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
9 min listen
Eddie Walls on betting college football in 2022: Eddie Walls, a professional sports bettor who also works with Right Angle Sports, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: His intense process for making college football bets (8:20). The relative importance of position... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
66 min listen
How to evaluate NFL pass rushers, blockers: Pass rushers get paid to sack the quarterback. However, sack rate is not the best metric to evaluate pass rushers. In 2021, Von Miller, Robert Quinn and T.J. Watt showed the utility of pressure rate in evaluating edge rushers. For pass blockers,... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
23 min listen
Matt Landes on betting the NFL in 2022: Matt Landes, host of the Props and Hops podcast and VSIN NFL correspondent, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: How Matt got hooked on sports betting and started Props and Hops (7:40). His handicapping process... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
74 min listen
SharpClarke on betting the NFL: SharpClarke, an NFL originator, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: How he goes from watching every snap to a betting model (8:57). What drives the NFL spread market (15:11). The benefits of a mobile QB (22:31). A... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
68 min listen
3 insights into winning your 2023 March Madness pool: You want to win your March Madness pool. The money is nice, but the bragging rights are even better. In this episode, I discuss three topics for the 2023 NCAA tournament: 1. The one thing you must get right to win, even before you use analytics (0:46)... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
13 min listen
Chris Bennett on NFL bookmaking: Chris Bennett, the Director of Risk at Circa Sports Book, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: His first stoke of luck in his career (10:35). How he got his start in bookmaking (11:30). His edge as a sports bettor... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
74 min listen
Chris Andrews on college football, NFL in 2022: Chris Andrews, director of the sports book at the South Point, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: The art of bookmaking (2:24). How square sports books do not practice the art of bookmaking (13:10). North Carolina... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
67 min listen
Jeff Haley on college basketball analytics: Jeff Haley, a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and the founder of hoop-math.com, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: The data and insights on hoop-math.com (8:05). The future of college... by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
66 min listen
Death, eternal life and the 2023 bracket analysis: The Region of Death is stacked with top teams in the 2023 NCAA tournament. In contrast, the Region of Eternal Life keeps giving poor teams an opportunity to advance. With help from analytics and the markets, Ed Feng breaks down the 2023 bracket. by The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
13 min listen

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