Author: Chris Ford
Looking Smart at a Super Bowl 50 Party: Your AMSTS Guide
You’re going to a Super Bowl party tonight for Super Bowl 50. You know your stuff about football, but you want to have some interesting insights so that people will respect you as ONE SMART DUDE. Alternatively, you’re hosting a Super Bowl party and want to have something to discuss with your buddies pre-game. We’re…
Wednesday Web Roundup for February 2, 2016
2nd Edition of the Wednesday Web Roundup, and here’s what we have. First off, we have a simple hour and twenty minute Youtube video for you. What about, you ask? It’s just the highest scoring game of all time as Troy State defeated DeVry (yes, DeVry) 258-141. That’s even with a 45 second shot clock.…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 13, The Best and the Worst
Numbers have somewhat bounced back this week after the winter storm that shook the east coast a couple of weeks ago, overall average attendance is slightly up this week. Where the attendance changes are mostly seen are on the bottom of the list, however, as fewer teams drew sub 1000 compared to last week (only 16 this week,…
Super Bowl Names: An Analysis of Every First Name that Has Started in the Big Game
The Super Bowl is only just over a week away, which means that next week, you will get all the Super Bowl coverage you could possibly imagine. But rather than simply looking forward to one game, I decided to take a look back at the history of the game in it’s most fundamental piece: the…
Wednesday Web Roundup for January 27, 2016
Trying something a little different this week with some of the things I’ve found from around the web in the last week that may be of interest to you. The theme this week is clearly baseball, as both articles come from varying Orioles-related influences, the first is a data driven article by Derek Arnold…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 12: The Best and Worst
Numbers are down big this week, likely due to a major snowstorm that enveloped the east coast. That being said, this week has a first. A team making the list twice in the bottom 3 in attendance! This is almost as good as the US sweeping the podium at the Olympics. Almost. First off, a…
What is Home Court Advantage Worth in College Basketball?
As the 2015-16 College Basketball season passes its halfway point, it’s worth taking a look at the value of a home game. Various people have done it in the past, but none of it has been updated for 2015-16, and we’ll look at how best to do it. First off, we’ll take every game played…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 11: Highs and Lows of the week!
The semester is now in full swing across the nation, giving tons of fans of [INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE] no excuses as to why they drew so poorly. Despite what fans of [INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE] think, I have nothing against the fine people of [INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE]. Anyway, let’s take a look at the…
What the NFL Would Look Like if Teams Were Not Allowed to Move
The major news story of the week for football fans everywhere was the announcement that the St. Louis Rams would be moving to Los Angeles, and the option that the San Diego Chargers may exercise to also move to LA. And, if the Chargers decide not to move, the Raiders getting the option after that to…
Week 10 NCAA Basketball Attendance, the Highs and Lows
We’re back into the swing of things with most colleges having started their spring semester, which seems to have helped most teams out of the nadir of the year. This week saw marked improvement over last with quite a few games with fewer than 1,000 fans: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 39 The…
Which MLB Teams Will Fly the Most in 2016?
We’re a mere 42 days from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training, so why not take a look ahead at the MLB season? The longest of the professional sporting seasons of the four major sports leagues of the US, the MLB schedule requires significant amounts of travel for every team. In fact, 28 of…
NCAA Basketball Attendance, Week 9 Highs and Lowest
The doldrums just keep coming folks, as the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day had a new record (since we’ve been tracking this) number of games with fewer than 1,000 fans: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 55 But it gets even better. There were two games this week which established a new…