For those of you who need a scientific explanation for when to run the football

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Oct 8, 2015
7:55:18am

CornellBlue

For those of you who need a scientific explanation for when to run the football

Here is some great work.

Warning: Math ahead

https://punkrockor.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/should-a-football-team-run-or-pass-a-game-theory-and-linear-programming-approach/

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CornellBlue

Previous username: drunself
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Last login: Mar 8, 2020
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For those of you who need a scientific explanation for when to run the football

CornellBlue

10/8/15 7:55am

Where's QuickQuant when you really need it?

Indy Coug

10/8/15 8:01am

It was my understanding that there would be no math.

Sea Chicken

10/8/15 8:28am

The short of it is that rock, paper and scissors is an adequate

Indy Coug

10/8/15 8:31am

More like "Rock, Paper" -- only 2 choices for each team

10/8/15 9:51am

Duh, people come to cougarboard to GIVE scientific football explanations, not to

Polecat

10/8/15 9:18am

CB already knows the answer: you should have run it when the pass didn't work.

shakinbaker

10/8/15 10:56am

I may be in the minority here, but

jsjohnson1278

10/8/15 11:49am

Statistics students couldn't do that analysis. Need a professor or PhD student.

vatrachos

10/8/15 1:27pm

This would require a high level of statistical skill. I looked into baseball

CornellBlue

10/8/15 3:49pm

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