{"title":"ELO Team Strength Ratings: Predicting Win Probabilities and Point Spreads in NFL Games in 2017-2018","authors":"W. Ziemba, L. MacLean","doi":"10.1142/9789813276505_0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276505_0017","url":null,"abstract":"The following sections are included:Win Probability in GamesCompetitor Ratings — the ELO systemFiveThirtyEight ELO NFL RatingsPoint SpreadTesting the ELO Each WeekConclusion","PeriodicalId":414742,"journal":{"name":"Dr Z's NFL Guidebook","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128446216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 2015-2016 Season, Playoffs and the Super Bowl","authors":"","doi":"10.1142/9789813276505_0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276505_0013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":414742,"journal":{"name":"Dr Z's NFL Guidebook","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127720873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Misconceptions of the media and the value of proper analysis","authors":"W. Ziemba, L. MacLean","doi":"10.1142/9789813276505_0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276505_0004","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter we discuss a number of interesting ideas including some from the class notes of our late colleague Tom Cover, a Professor of Statistics and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Tom took ill and died at the age of 73 in 2016. He taught a course in Sports Statistics and interested numerous students in the topic. Analytics is popular in today’s sports analysis, and Tom was ahead of his time in bringing mathematics and statistics to decision making in sports.","PeriodicalId":414742,"journal":{"name":"Dr Z's NFL Guidebook","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122067309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why NFL football is interesting & the plan for this book","authors":"W. Ziemba, L. MacLean","doi":"10.1142/9789813276505_0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276505_0001","url":null,"abstract":"What makes football interesting?The main reason it is a very good game of strategy that’s fun to watch and bet on. So much happens so fast. We now discuss some of the components of the game.","PeriodicalId":414742,"journal":{"name":"Dr Z's NFL Guidebook","volume":"29 22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121335109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How the Playoffs are organized and the 2009-2010 Playoffs and Super Bowl","authors":"W. Ziemba, L. MacLean","doi":"10.1142/9789813276505_0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276505_0007","url":null,"abstract":"The following sections are included:How the playoffs workThe 2010 NFL Super BowlSuper Bowl Playoff Ratings","PeriodicalId":414742,"journal":{"name":"Dr Z's NFL Guidebook","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126809272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 2012-2013 Playoffs and the Super Bowl","authors":"W. Ziemba, L. MacLean","doi":"10.1142/9789813276505_0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276505_0010","url":null,"abstract":"We take this up after week 16 in late December 2013 and finish on February 2, 2014 after the Super Bowl. There was one more week to play and then each team will have played 16 games with one week off. Some observations.","PeriodicalId":414742,"journal":{"name":"Dr Z's NFL Guidebook","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124930891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elo Team Strength Ratings: Two Versions","authors":"W. Ziemba, L. MacLean","doi":"10.1142/9789813276505_0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276505_0005","url":null,"abstract":"The following sections are included:The Swetye Elo Method: which team will win a given football game?The Swetye Elo Power Ratings for NFL teamsThe 538 Elo Power Ratings for NFL teamsAn example was the 2008 Super BowlAn educated guess that paid offElo ratings and the probability of winningEvaluating the Elo Ratings","PeriodicalId":414742,"journal":{"name":"Dr Z's NFL Guidebook","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133700106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analytical Tools: Arbitrage, mean reversion, risk arbitrage and the favorite-longshot bias","authors":"W. Ziemba, L. MacLean","doi":"10.1142/9789813276505_0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813276505_0006","url":null,"abstract":"You can hedge bets as the odds change based on the current score and field position. My experience is that the sports betting market is more efficient than the financial markets, so therefore harder to beat. Of course, die hard efficient market types will like to forget that efficient markets has taken a severe beating in the 1987 and 2007-2009 stock market crashes. They simply cannot explain these events, nor the consistent high returns of some superior investors.","PeriodicalId":414742,"journal":{"name":"Dr Z's NFL Guidebook","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123807609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}