Check Out How Riverboat Ron Fares vs. 4th Down Analytics

[fieryprophet]

http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/11/28/fourth-downs/team.html?teamid=CAR

 

The stats bow down in reverence to Ron's 4th and 10 call at the Dolphins.

[0115]

I'm curious about the formula for this.

[Vampire the buffet slayer]

Eat bot dick Tim.

[CRA]

Bot is a tad crazy.

He says go for it on 4th and 1 on your own 29 on the first quarter

[Darth Biscuit]

Interesting read.

[SZ James (banned)]

I don't understand this

[d-dave]

The robot misses the fact that football is a game of emotion and momentum.  The 4th down call in Miami was a gut check.  Do they want to win or not.  That's what a computer lacks, a Gut.

[fieryprophet]

The robot misses the fact that football is a game of emotion and momentum.  The 4th down call in Miami was a gut check.  Do they want to win or not.  That's what a computer lacks, a Gut.

 

Luckily Ron has obtained a gut.

[Jase]

riverboat ron > riverbot ron

[Panthro]

this is the 4th down bot

 

 

 

 

[UNCrules2187]

Info on 4th Down Bot here: http://www.advancednflstats.com/2013/12/new-feature-nyt-4th-down-bot.html

[beastson52]

The robot misses the fact that football is a game of emotion and momentum.  The 4th down call in Miami was a gut check.  Do they want to win or not.  That's what a computer lacks, a Gut.

 

 

I don't think making decisions on a "gut" feeling is the best way to go. The way I see it, emotion and momentum cant be measured and are unit-less. Thus have no effect on the outcome of a play. I'd much rather base my decision on facts and percentages. 

 

Just my 2 cents, but I'm weird like that. 

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Having Cam destroys all Bots, guts and statistical outcomes...he is the Matrix.

[TrueBlackandBlue]

Statistically speaking (playing the odds) it is almost always better to go for it outside your own 20.

 

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/a-new-study-on-fourth-downs-go-for-it/?_r=0