Weekly Roundups

Football: FiveThirtyEight’s Benjamin Morris on why, For Once, My MVP Isn’t Peyton Manning. The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective asks Which is

Football: Joey Faulkner asks Are NFL officials biased with their ball placement? Football Outsiders on Short vs. Stick Throws. College football: In Bill

Football: Prior to Week 8, FiveThirtyEight.com says 40 Percent Of The NFL Is Real. College football: Football Study Hall tries to quantify

Football: The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective introduces POWER Rankings for the NFL. Football Outsiders publishes NFL Injuries Part IV: Variation by Position. FiveThirtyEight.com

Football: The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective examines Which Teams got the Most Unlucky with Interceptions. Trey Causey asks Win probability plots —

Football: From the AP, Stats show ‘icing’ kickers has been more effective this year. FiveThirtyEight.com: On Any Given Sunday, NFL Favorites Win

Football: The New York Times point out that N.F.L. Announcers Are Bad at Math, Too. The Wall St. Journal, via Kevin Snyder

Football: ThePowerRank.com offers The football analytics resource guide – the top 7 killer articles. FiveThirtyEight.com explains Why Aren’t The Best Teams In

Football: Wall St. Journal – Steelers Opt for Two-Point Conversions, Elating Stats Geeks. StatsByLopez blog post on Discretionary penalties in the NFL.

Football: FootballPerspective.com on The Greatest Field Goal Kickers Of All Time II, Parts I and II. Harvard Sports Analysis Collective on the Value