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The Wharton Moneyball Post Game Podcast
Moneyball Highlights: State of Football Analytics w/Ron Yurko
Feb 21, 2024
The podcast discusses the current and future state of football analytics with Ron Yurko. Topics include measuring player performance, creativity in sports analysis, NFL quarterback analysis, and successes beyond top draft picks.
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- Creative approach to football analytics through partnership with coaches for tackling concepts.
- Importance of feature engineering and observational data in quarterback analysis and team decisions.
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The Big Data Bowl and Football Analytics
Ron Yurko discusses advising two Carnegie Mellon teams in the NFL's Big Data Bowl finals, a competition focusing on tackling in football analytics. Yurko's teams took a creative approach by partnering with CMU football coaches to explore concepts like setting the edge and its impact on defensive plays. They emphasized the importance of feature engineering and observational data in understanding football dynamics.
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