College Football
College Football 2025 Conference Championship Race Through SP+
Indiana defensive end Mikail Kamara strip-sacked Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin with 38 seconds left at Lucas Oil Stadium in…
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Owen Brennan
Football writer based in Indianapolis. Former college beat reporter who turned to NFL and college football analytics after watching one too many quarterback evaluations built entirely on highlight reels. Skeptical of any take that survives less than three weeks. Covers EPA, DVOA, SP+ and the work that has to happen on the All-22 before any of those numbers make sense.
NFL
NFL Week 2 2025: Which 2-0 Teams Are Real, Which Are Variance
Six teams at 2-0. Five at 0-2. The records correlate weakly with rest-of-season. The trench-level numbers tell a different story.
NFL
NFL Week 1 2025: Early Analytical Signals From the Season Opener
The 2025 NFL season opened at 8:21 PM EST on Thursday, September 4 at Lincoln Financial Field, sixty-four seconds after…
NFL
Joint Practices Predict the Wrong Things: 2024 Cases Revisited
Five 2024 joint practice narratives. Almost zero hit rate by Week 8. Reading the 2025 cycle without falling into the same trap.
NFL
NFL Preseason 2025: Read Snap Counts, Not Highlights
Aaron Rodgers played one drive. Twelve other starters played similar. The preseason analytics that travels lives in snap counts, not highlight reels.
NFL
NFL Draft 2025: Cam Ward, Travis Hunter, and the Analytics of the Top Picks
Travis Hunter walked across the stage in Green Bay on April 24, hugged Roger Goodell, and put on a Jacksonville…
College Football
March Madness 2025: How Florida Won and What the Models Saw Coming
Walter Clayton Jr. dribbled out the final five seconds of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship at the Alamodome, the…
NFL
Tush Push Math: The Single Play That Decided Super Bowl LIX
Eagles converted four tush pushes in Super Bowl LIX, all four. A 95% short-yardage play breaks every 4DN model in the league.
NFL
Super Bowl LIX: How the Eagles Outscored the Chiefs 40-22 by the Numbers
Patrick Mahomes was sacked six times in Super Bowl LIX. Vic Fangio called zero blitzes. Those two numbers, sitting beside…
College Football
Ohio State’s CFP 2025 Title Through the SP+ Lens
Ohio State scored on its first four possessions of the College Football Playoff National Championship on the night of January…