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The NFL Wedge Ban & Its Effect on Kick Returns

November 6, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Jonathan Adler Almost every NFL game begins a little differently this season. In the wake of mounting player injuries on kickoffs, the NFL banned kick return teams from “wedge blocking.” Previously, three or four blockers...

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Splitting the Uprights – Easier Indoors?

November 4, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Jonathan Adler In Super Bowl XXXVI, New England kicker Adam Vinatieri’s 48-yard field goal attempt sailed through the uprights, clinching a world championship for the Patriots. Nearly eleven years before Vinatieri’s kick...

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Tony Sparano: Not One for Counting or Brilliant Mathematician?

November 3, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Daniel Adler Here at the Sports Analysis Collective, we often do some pretty complex analysis.  However, this post is about something at which this guy excels.  One thing that has always interested me is a coach’s...

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NFL Running Back Strategies

October 30, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Jake Fisher Last NFL season, I looked at how single-back rushing systems (one primary running back) compared to multi-back rushing attacks. It turned out that multi-back teams ran the ball slightly better.  Share...

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NFL Competitive Parity

October 29, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Jake Fisher People love to talk about competitive parity in sports, most of the time to say that it doesn’t exist. The Wall Street Journal article, linked above, takes a stand that the salary cap/floor structure of the NFL...

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Meeting Notes – October 28

October 29, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Jonathan Adler The leadoff question asked HSAC members to proclaim their favorite sports video game. Answers included: Backyard Baseball, Madden 08, Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey, Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball, FIFA Road to the World...

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Discussing the Kovash-Levitt Minimax Paper

October 27, 2009
by harvardsports
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In addition to our own research, a major part of HSAC is the discussion of other projects in the sports world.  Steven Levitt (of Freakonomics fame) and Kenneth Kovash recently released a working paper on game theory in the NFL...

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