Statistics on Predictability, Part 2

By: Joel Smith on October 29, 2012, 2:00 PM | 14 comments

As a follow-up to last week's post on predictability of our offense, a couple of commenters mentioned that a better comparison might be to the best teams in the country rather than all teams (since we aspire to be one of the best and most years are). In this post we'll compare the behavior seen by VT with that of the top twenty offenses in the country as ranked at http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaaoff.

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Statistics on Offensive Predictability

By: Joel Smith on October 25, 2012, 4:08 PM | 20 comments

Editor's Note: Bumped to the front because this is really, really well done. --Joe

Based on data available from cfbstats.com, I took a statistical look at how predictable VT’s offensive play calling has been thus far this season (note that I believe the last game is missing). The site provides basic information on every play in every game, but does not give information on specifics like formation, whether a pass was completed or not, etc. So this analysis (based on logistic regression if you’re a geek) simply looks at the most basic aspect of predictability – whether or not we rush or pass.

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Six Pick: Week Nine

By: BeerControlOffense on October 25, 2012, 8:34 AM | 34 comments

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Hokies Wrestling 2012-2013 Preview

By: pabooth on October 23, 2012, 12:53 PM | 3 comments

The Hokies wrestling team enters the 2012-2013 season as the #10 ranked team in the country. This year looks very promising for the Hokies if they can stay healthy. Nine out of the team's ten projected starters have started in the past and are ranked in the top 25.

The biggest news so far this year is that Devin Carter, last year's 133 pound wrestler, who was ranked #1 in the country for a few weeks, will take a redshirt. He will use this year grow into his new 141 pound weight class and work on improving as an all around wrestler.

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Gut Reactions: Clemson

By: Joe Lanza on October 20, 2012, 4:06 PM | 59 comments

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Six Pick: Week Eight

By: BeerControlOffense on October 17, 2012, 3:00 PM | 54 comments

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Clemson Football Primer, Photo Edition

By: DavidWilsonsWhip on October 17, 2012, 12:30 PM | 8 comments

Hey y'all. How bout that game last week? 41 POINTS. That was pretty fancy. Then again, it was Duke (LUV YOU BLUE DEVILZ and #goacc). This week's challenge: Clemson. The Tigers are currently sitting at 5-1, with expectations of domination; there's a lot of excitement brewing for this one. 8-Ball even said that ESPN Gameday will be there!

There was a lot of offseason re-shuffling for a Clemson team that made it's first BCS game. Dabo was able to lure Oklahoma Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables away from the Sooners because HOLY CRAP DID YOU SEE THE ORANGE BOWL I THINK THE COUSINS JUST SCORED ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN.

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Let's talk about Clemson

By: Joe Lanza on October 16, 2012, 12:39 PM | 12 comments

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Gut Reactions: Duke

By: Joe Lanza on October 13, 2012, 4:02 PM | 24 comments

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Six Pick: Week Seven

By: BeerControlOffense on October 11, 2012, 5:25 PM | 44 comments

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Q&A with Ben Swain

By: Brian Marcolini on October 11, 2012, 1:22 PM | 3 comments

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Duke Football Primer, Photo Edition

By: DavidWilsonsWhip on October 11, 2012, 11:37 AM | 6 comments

Dookies are coming to town this weekend! I expect everyone to scream "TEABAG PAULUS" every opportunity they have. #HokiesRespect

The Blue Devils come into Blacksburg fesh off a 42-17 drubbing of the #NewHoos. Mike London, for all his 757 recruiting efforts, has a losing record to Duke. RUT ROH.

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