Michigan Sports Analytics Podcast

In this football episode, Jake Grossman and Joseph Hefner discuss QB accuracy metrics, talk about the Chiefs are stacking up in their attempt to three-peat, and review some penalty data to see which teams have been lucky/unlucky so far this season.

In this football episode, Jake Grossman and Josh Queipo discuss the concept of positional value, break down the playoff picture as it stands and the recently-signed Deommodore Lenoir extension, and talk about Josh's research valuing draft picks and player performance.

In this football episode, Jake and Conor break down field goal probability models, consider the state of the NFL and whether there is a QB development problem, and discuss Conor's recruiting rankings and other interesting college football research on his blog, The Evaluation Period.

In this football episode, Jake Grossman and Ryan Brill discuss the intricacies of fourth-down decision models, analyze the New Orleans Saints' decision to fire Dennis Allen, and dive into Ryan's new research on NFL Draft curves.

In this football episode, Jake Grossman and Tej Seth discuss tracking data metrics, Bite Distance Under Expected and Ground Covered Over Expected, review the first half of the NFL season and make predictions for the second half, and outline how an NFL team might approach correlating its tail outcomes.

In this extended football episode, Jake Grossman and Daniel Salib explore the differences between cash and cap spending, analyze the recent trades for Davante Adams and Amari Cooper, share predictions for the upcoming trade deadline, and break down the extension market for this season as well as the free agency landscape for next offseason.

In our debut football-focused episode, Jake Grossman and Weller Ross break down PFF grades, tackle the latest NFL news surrounding the Jets and Patriots, and explore the wealth of new metrics now available on PFF’s site.

Welcome and thank you for joining us for the very first episode of the Michigan Sports Analytics podcast! Our opening discussion dives into WAR as a stat in both baseball and football, the greatness of Shohei Ohtani, the state of NFL offense, rule changes, and more!