Bill Connelly
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The big MWC countdown
The fourth conference in Bill Connelly's 128-team megapreview countdown! Check back every weekday for more.
Sloan CFB Analytics panel
About a month ago, I took part in a College Football Analytics panel at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. The other participants were James Franklin, Tom Luginbill, and Oliver Luck, with Rachel Nichols as moderator.
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The big C-USA countdown
The third conference in Bill Connelly's 128-team megapreview countdown! Check back every weekday for more.
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45 reasons to care about college football stats
No matter your relationship to college football, the future of analytics will make at least one of the items listed below better for you.
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The big MAC countdown
The second conference in Bill Connelly's 128-team megapreview countdown! Check back every weekday for more.
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The complete Sun Belt guide
Bill Connelly's 128-team guide series starts with the Sun Belt, with one advanced-stats megabreakdown each weekday. Follow along!
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Heart, soul, and the Bayou Classic
Every November, Grambling and Southern meet in New Orleans to create one of the best weekends of the football season.
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SB Nation's Bill C. on 'OTL'
Here's a look at the eventful week in Mississippi football and how two non-powerhouse programs suddenly got good at the same time.
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Football vs. futbol
Bill Connelly spent five days in England road tripping around the Premier League. In this installment, he discovers the many similarities between college football and English soccer.
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Sad fans and Arlo White in Liverpool
Bill Connelly visits Liverpool, where he encounters the seven stages of fan reactions and even spends some time with Arlo White.
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Man City has all the luck
Bill Connelly spent five days in England to search for the heart of English soccer. In this installment, he experiences the charm of Hillsborough and the wonder of Etihad Stadium.
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Never drink with Leeds fans
Bill Connelly spent five days in England to search for the heart of English soccer, compare football crowds to futbol crowds, and figure out why everybody was telling him not to rent a car.
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An interview with Ian Darke
Bill Connelly spent five days in England to search for the heart of English soccer. In his first installment, he interviewed broadcasting great Ian Darke.
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Blueprint for a rebuild
Six head coaches at different stages of their careers explain how to restore a college football program.
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8 key numbers for the World Cup quarterfinals
While incredible goals (and a couple of incredible goal-keepers) stole the show, success in the World Cup's round of 16 depended even more on mistakes than brilliance. And it's time to play the Wait Till Next (four) Year(s) game with the USMNT.
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Even when the plan works, nothing's easy
Before the World Cup began, it seemed the most likely scenario for the U.S. to advance through Group G involved three specific results and four points. That is exactly what happened, but living through it was in no way simple.
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World Cup: The Numerical
The numbers that mattered from the first five days of the World Cup, from Thomas Müller's scoring, to Mario Balotelli's passing, to Mexico's lying scoreboard.
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SB Nation Reviews: Michael Chang
Michael Chang was every underdog mixed with every unfair Asian-American stereotype, who give us some incredible sporting memories.
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Looking back on the Landon Donovan era
Like a police officer or a middle manager, Landon Donovan has been forced out of his position before he was ready. And in his sudden absence, we reflect on both what was and what almost was for Donovan and the USMNT.
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The state of football stats
How to build a better Sloan, and improve the conversation about analytics.
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This train is bound for the future
When two unlikely teams met in the SEC Championship, we saw a glimpse into the future of the conference.
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Pirates fans are awesome
Pittsburgh fans, the ones that kept showing up, the ones that kept caring and writing and clapping and hoping, are baseball's best fans.
Varsity Numbers: The Receiver Template
This week's Varsity Numbers is entitled "The Receiver Template."
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The B1G Roadtrip
Two football addicts travel to 11 colleges over four days to get their fix.
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Things we'll pretend we knew all along
Conventional wisdom has set in for the 2013 college football season, but here are a few things that, if they were to happen in the coming months, we'll pretend we saw coming all along.
Final FO projections like Florida State
Brian Fremeau and I have each updated our pieces of the 2013 FO projections, and I posted an update yesterday in Varsity Numbers.
Best of FSH, offseason edition
With the 2013 season upon us (!!), I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the best Study Hall posts from the offseason.
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The 2013 College Football Index
Presenting all 125 of Bill Connelly's advanced college football team profiles, collected for you in one place.
Study Hall now for Sale
Tell your friends.
Thank you
The book comes out early next week (I think).
College football and the Sloan Conference
What do you talk about at a hypothetical College Football Analytics panel at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference?