Virgil Carter "The Nerdy Quarterback who Solved Football 50 Years Ago" WSJ

Nov 23, 2020
1:25:54am

hefe Redshirt Freshman

I'm not sure if this was already posted, but the WSJ has an article about BYU quarterback Virgil Carter and his pioneering use of statistics as applied to Football Strategy. Good read.

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The Nerdy Quarterback Who Solved Football—50 Years Ago

Virgil Carter pioneered expected points—a foundation of modern NFL analytics. Half a century later, NFL teams are still catching up to his thinking.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nerdy-quarterback-who-solved-football50-years-ago-11606057081[https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nerdy-quarterback-who-solved-football50-years-ago-11606057081?mod=hp_listc_pos2]

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Virgil Carter "The Nerdy Quarterback who Solved Football 50 Years Ago" WSJ

hefe

11/23/20 1:25am

Virgil did or Bill Walsh?

Y05

11/23/20 2:01am

What does Bill Walsh know about analytics?

Genghis Spreads

11/23/20 2:08am

Bill Walsh was his coach 50 years ago in Cincinnati.

Y05

11/23/20 2:22am

OK. He had to do convince Bill Walsh to use analytics.

Genghis Spreads

11/23/20 2:25am

Good article!

The Nerdy Quarterback Who Solved Football—50 Years Ago

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