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Wednesday Afternoon Football Logo

Alex — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 01:57:58 +0000

I cooked up a new logo in honor of tomorrow’s Ravens-Steelers game, the first Wednesday NFL game since 2012, and the first Wednesday NFL game with a 3:40 kickoff since ever (I’m assuming).

Wednesday Afternoon Football. A tradition unlike any other. pic.twitter.com/JWwgWwgN6Y
— The Sports Geeks (@thesportsgeeks) December 2, 2020

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16-Team College Football Playoff Bracket

Alex — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:49:07 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of a real college football playoff. The four-team system in place now is a step in the right direction, but I’d like to see it expanded to a month-long, 16-team playoff.

The bracket below shows my vision for a 16-team playoff for this season, built out as follows:

16 Teams – 10 conference champions, 6 at-large bids
Seeding – Teams are seeded based on their College Football Playoff committee ranking. If they’re not in that Top 25, AP ranking was used (Appalachian State was outside of that completely, so I put them last).
Game Locations – The higher-seeded teams host their first round game (which would be awesome for fans). After that, the quarter-finals and semis take the place of the bowl games that are in the the rotation for the current CFP semis (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, and Peach).

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Introducing SporViz

Alex — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:07:13 +0000

Today I’m proud to announce the launch of SporViz, a new home for a bunch of infographics, data visualizations and statistical analysis that we’ve been working on for several months.

As the NBA season has come to a close, we’ve already posted several interactive data visualizations, including a progression of wins for the top teams in NBA history, a season-by-season visualization of points, rebounds, assists by position, and a perspective of just how insane Steph Curry’s 2015-16 season was.

Don’t be worried football/baseball fans, there are plenty more charts and graphics on the horizon. Follow SporViz on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram for updates.

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Steph Curry Three Dollar Bill

Alex — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 03:47:46 +0000

With all the recent talk of our currency changing, we came up a suggestion for a new bill.

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Super Bowl 50 Bingo

Alex — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:47:12 +0000

A not-quite-annual tradition here at The Sports Geeks. Printable version is below.

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Infographic: Is the NFL’s New Extra Point Rule Working?

Alex — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:59:13 +0000

This graphic initially went out with our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to get the best sports links/videos/stats sent your way every Friday morning.

A few key notes to go along with this graphic related to the statistical exploration of the new NFL extra point rule:

There had been four consecutive seasons with single-digit extra point misses prior to this season (when that number jumped to 71).
There were more extra points missed this season (71), than the previous seven years combined.
Kickers would have to make 9700 extra points in a row for this season’s extra point percentage to match last season’s.
Four kickers (Adam Vinatieri, Steven Hauschka, Dan Carpenter, Jason Myers) finished the season with a higher success rate on field goals than extra points.

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