Still studying for that damn bar for another 9 days. I honestly am both incredibly grateful that it’s so soon and fearful that it’s so soon. Anyway, took a couple minutes to update the table and tweak it a bit. I added a conversion to “Adjusted Points per Game” so comparison can be made between [...]
More Experimentation
Okay, so looking over the power rankings formula, I realized it probably over-emphasized the last 5 games. I couldn’t think of a nice way to de-emphasize the L5 without either removing it entirely, playing with weights for the variables endlessly, or just adding a new variable. So I added a category for performance over the [...]
Just a Little Experiment…
So, in the spirit of morning procrastination, I’ve been playing around a little bit with Excel and working with some data I’ve been compiling over the course of the MLS season to date. I’ve been tracking the points earned in each game by each team, disregarding the date on which it was played. My goal [...]
Well, that was predictable
So, I know I’ve been a very bad blogger. As usual. But now that school is over… I’m studying for the damn bar exam. But once that’s over, I should be able to write more. Hooray! As for now, I’m taking a very, very quick break from studying because this video (via Behind the Badge) [...]
United Preview: @ Chivas USA
The Fullback Files already pretty well nailed this one – it’s a game preview just begging for cliches. D. C. United, the Beast of the East thus far this season, heading out to Hollywood to take on the Best of the West, Chivas USA. United is the high-flying, error-prone, overly-hyphenated team that leads the league [...]
Free Markets? Not in American Sports or Transportation
This doesn’t have much to do with soccer or transportation, specifically, and who would have thought that my first link to Ryan Avent would be on sports and not transportation, but he has a post up discussing Malcom Gladwell’s recent New Yorker piece. The basic gist of Gladwell’s piece is the idea that underdogs in [...]
Top o’ the Table, but Room to Improve
As I launch this new blog, D.C. United finds itself perched atop the Eastern Conference standings. After 9 games, the Black-and-Red are on 14 points and riding a six-game unbeaten streak. They lead all of MLS in goals scored with 15, and they’ve been doing it all despite injuries and fatigue sidelining established stars all [...]
Hola, amigos
Well, here I am again. I’ve tried my hand at blogging several times. Almost always with a partner in crime. And, it’s always flamed out. Most recently at Culturegeist. I blame circumstances; I always do. Both stabs at Culturegeist ultimately failed because of other commitments. Silly things like “work” and “school.” But, with law school [...]
