Tag Archives: Expected Points

Expected Points – College Football

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Monte

Football is finally back as college football kicks off its season tomorrow. As an early present, I’m unveiling an expected points model for the collegiate game. First, due respects need to be paid. This is heavily influenced by the work … Continue reading →

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Quick Slant: QBR versus Current Metrics

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Monte

Neil Paine over at the PFR blog wrote basically what I was going to follow up with  (albeit much better than I would have). I just wanted to add in a couple other correlations with current metrics that I looked … Continue reading →

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An Assessment of Total Quarterback Rating

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Monte

Earlier today, ESPN released (some) details of their brand new rating system for quarterbacks dubbed Total Quarterback Rating, or Total QBR (or even further abbreviated, just QBR), aimed at replacing the popular yet flawed Passer Rating. So what is it? … Continue reading →

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