By David Freed Everyone saw it—with the Kansas City Royals down to their last out of October, facing the seemingly un-hittable Madison Bumgarner on the mound, Alex Gordon had a strike of luck: his blooper into center field got...
Archive - October 2014
By Julian Ryan The new NBA season brings promise and hope. Mathematically speaking, any team could be the champion and any player could win MVP (including Jason Kidd, who according to ESPN Fantasy basketball projections is...
By Austin Tymins This past week, four of the top five teams in the Associated Press College Football Poll hailed from the SEC West Division. This has led many, such as Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, to question whether ESPN’s...
By Austin Tymins In the 94-year history of the National Football League over 14,000 games have been played. And in every game but two a punt has occurred (the recent Packers-Bears game in Week 4 was one of these rare...
By Julian Ryan There are relatively few possessions in an NFL football game, so in short, turnovers matter. While a right back on the soccer pitch can be forgiven for a mislaid pass or a point guard in basketball can get away...
By Harrison Chase and Kurt Bullard Around the middle of the season every year, speculation rises amongst disgruntled fan bases regarding whether the head coach of their beloved team will get the ax by the end of the season. For...
By Fri Lavey A while back HSAC examined the (in)accuracy of projecting the NFL draft, but how hard is it for the NBA? I decided to find out by analyzing various NBA mock draft sites, including that of the famous Chad Ford, to try...
By Kurt Bullard In the early stages of the intra-division battle between Chicago and Green Bay last weekend, Aaron Rodgers was having his way with the Bears’ defense. The former Cal Bear led two straight touchdown drives to...
By Henry Johnson The task of predicting fantasy football kickers’ performance has, on multiple occasions and by multiple analysts, been deemed a fool’s errand. Some kickers will do well and others will do poorly—anything...