Dr. Nick Wan, the Director of Analytics for the Cincinnati Reds, joins the show for a wide ranging discussion. Nick got into baseball after earning his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Utah State. Highlights include: How an early sports analytics project made the front page of the New York Times (4:52). His tasks as Director of Analytics for a MLB team (10:35). How baseball as evolved from event to process based metrics (13:21). The frontier of player development analytics (16:58). The prospects for the Cincinnati Reds (24:55). Analytics for KFC, the fast food company (32:17). Creativity in sports analytics, and the role of logic (44:11). The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for betting. To get the free sports betting newsletter, click here: https://thepowerrank.com/        

Dr. Nick Wan on sports, business analytics

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 Jim Sannes, the managing editor of digital media at FanDuel, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation on the Super Bowl weekend of motorsports. Highlights include:  Model building for motorsports (1:26).  Simulating motorsports results (7:50).  The differences between Nascar and Formula 1 (11:20).  Coca-Cola 600 (20:20).  Monaco Grand Prix (24:55).  Indy 500 (29:48). The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here: https://thepowerrank.com/ 

Jim Sannes on motorsports analytics and betting

To generate preseason NFL rankings, The Power Rank takes market win totals and backs out a rating for each team. This analysis singles out a single team from the NFC South with by far the easiest schedule for the 2024 season. The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here: https://thepowerrank.com/

This NFL team has the easiest 2024 schedule

 Arif Hasan, owner of the Wide Left NFL substack, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: His composite NFL big board to evaluate talent  (:43).  How to quantify the accuracy of the consensus big board (7:25).  The two people that beat the consensus big board (10:35).  Interesting players to watch based on the 2024 big board (15:52).  The type of players teams should reach for in the draft (27:45).  The steal for the Eagles in the 3rd round (31:10). The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here: https://thepowerrank.com/ 

Arif Hasan on evaluating NFL talent with wisdom of crowds

 Kevin Cole, football analytics expert and founder of Unexpected Points, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include:  Are tight ends like Brock Bowers overrated? (1:29).  An NFL draft bet (4:10).  The trajectory of JJ McCarthy (8:10).  Arizona with the 4th pick (12:32).  Another NFL draft bet based on wisdom of crowds (18:25).  The quarterbacks at the 2nd, 3rd pick (24:00).  Los Angeles Charger with the 5th pick (26:02). The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here: https://thepowerrank.com/ 

Kevin Cole on predicting the 2024 NFL draft

 Matt Waldman, who creates the Rookie Scouting Portfolio based on countless hours of watching film, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include:  The difficulty in projecting JJ McCarthy (2:34).  Why quarterbacks fail in the NFL (14:46).  How to improve NFL QB development (24:05).  Bryce Young, Jordan Love (29:10).  How to tell when an NFL rookie QB will fail (32:08). The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here: https://thepowerrank.com/ 

Dr. Nick Wan on sports, business analytics

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