The transfer portal has changed how quickly a college football team can change. The data used to evaluate players, forecast seasons, and inform fans has to keep up. Ron Yurko, Director of the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center, explores how analytics are helping modernize the Heisman race and make player evaluation more inclusive across positions. He discusses why transfer activity makes college football harder to predict, how uncertainty should shape team forecasts, and what students need to understand about sports betting and prediction markets.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The transfer portal has changed how quickly a college football team can change. The data used to evaluate players, forecast seasons, and inform fans has to keep up. Ron Yurko, Director of the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center, explores how analytics are helping modernize the Heisman race and make player evaluation more inclusive across positions. He discusses why transfer activity makes college football harder to predict, how uncertainty should shape team forecasts, and what students need to understand about sports betting and prediction markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The transfer portal has changed how quickly a college football team can change. The data used to evaluate players, forecast seasons, and inform fans has to keep up. Ron Yurko, Director of the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center, explores how analytics are helping modernize the Heisman race and make player evaluation more inclusive across positions. He discusses why transfer activity makes college football harder to predict, how uncertainty should shape team forecasts, and what students need to understand about sports betting and prediction markets. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Data Behind College Football's New Era

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Sports is a game of numbers. Wharton experts Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner team up to tackle the world of sports, from current events to longstanding issues such as: What sports streaks are the most impressive? How do you rank the best players? Can athletes be compared across sports? Moneyball explains how decision-makers in the game can avoid the common mistakes and embrace the data. Episodes are recorded at the Wharton School.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Sports is a game of numbers. Wharton experts Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner team up to tackle the world of sports, from current events to longstanding issues such as: What sports streaks are the most impressive? How do you rank the best players? Can athletes be compared across sports? Moneyball explains how decision-makers in the game can avoid the common mistakes and embrace the data. Episodes are recorded at the Wharton School. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sports is a game of numbers. Wharton experts Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner team up to tackle the world of sports, from current events to longstanding issues such as: What sports streaks are the most impressive? How do you rank the best players? Can athletes be compared across sports? Moneyball explains how decision-makers in the game can avoid the common mistakes and embrace the data. Episodes are recorded at the Wharton School. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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