Michigan Sports Analytics Podcast

Episode 8- Football: Penalty Analytics w/ Joseph Hefner

In this football episode, Jake Grossman and Joseph Hefner discuss QB accuracy metrics, talk about the Chiefs are stacking up in their attempt to three-peat, and review some penalty data to see which teams have been lucky/unlucky so far this season.

Episode 7- Football: Creating A New Currency For Draft Pick Valuation w/ Josh Queipo

In this football episode, Jake Grossman and Josh Queipo discuss the concept of positional value, break down the playoff picture as it stands and the recently-signed Deommodore Lenoir extension, and talk about Josh's research valuing draft picks and player performance.

Episode 6- Football: College Football Recruiting Rankings w/ Conor McQuiston

In this football episode, Jake and Conor break down field goal probability models, consider the state of the NFL and whether there is a QB development problem, and discuss Conor's recruiting rankings and other interesting college football research on his blog, The Evaluation Period.

Episode 5- Football: NFL Draft Curves w/ Ryan Brill

In this football episode, Jake Grossman and Ryan Brill discuss the intricacies of fourth-down decision models, analyze the New Orleans Saints' decision to fire Dennis Allen, and dive into Ryan's new research on NFL Draft curves.

Episode 4- Football: Correlating Tail Outcomes w/ Tej Seth

In this football episode, Jake Grossman and Tej Seth discuss tracking data metrics, Bite Distance Under Expected and Ground Covered Over Expected, review the first half of the NFL season and make predictions for the second half, and outline how an NFL team might approach correlating its tail outcomes.