Jake Waddle's Data Blog

A Good Way to Lose As a Chargers fan for 20+ years, the last 5ish years have been interesting to say the least. In some ways it has been comical watching coach after coach lead Philip Rivers to an endless line of close defeats. It’s funny to blame the quarterback, but the failure modes transcend beyond quarterback play. The on-field buffoonery has been written about plenty. Click here for a comprehensive review.

Warmish Welcome Fantasy sports are a passion of mine because they reside at the intersection of two of my favorite things in the world: sports and data. Over the last 4 or so years, I have built data sets suitable for modeling fantasy football and basketball outcomes. I tend to favor daily fantasy, but weather data is valuable for season long fantasy football as well. In fantasy football, weather data are valuable for a variety of reasons.