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…
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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
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…
NFL
How the Lions Lost the Divisional Round in 30 Minutes of EPA
Detroit gave up the highest-scoring quarter in NFL playoff history. The EPA collapse was a fluke that was also a season-long pattern arriving on...
College Football
CFP First Round 2024: When 4-for-4 Home Wins Were the Point
The first 12-team CFP first round produced four home wins by 65 combined points. The format worked as designed. The quarterfinals are the real...