A Statistical Analysis of the ImperialFL Receivers

[sovstar]

Being the stat geek that I am I thought it'd be cool to do some sort of analysis on all of the receivers in the Imperial Football League - something nice to pass time before I unleash my multi-set of team power rankings next week or the one thereafter (just not enough of a sample yet).

I'm no statistical genius, so I decided to do some research and see if anyone else has done some research on this subject. Sure enough, someone has devised a formula which seems to do a pretty good job at rating receiver performances with all the basic (and available) data. So none of this is my own work, I'm just plugging in the our league data. Props to Ross Smith and Tim Connelly.

http://home.nc.rr.com/rosmith/nfl/ni.html

The following is a list of the top 50 ImperialFL players (WR,TE,RB,FB included) sorted by Ross Smith's Receiver Rating. This includes data from last season in addition to data from the first three games in 2004. In my next post, I'll compare how things match up with the ratings put up by the 2004 NFL Wide Receivers.

***So once again I'm having problems with formatting HTML on the board. The good thing is that I think it has something to do with the sheer size of my post. I got it to preview correctly, but when it was submitted it got all fucked up. Check out the thread linked below if you want to see this stuff.***

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/f...ad.php?t=34877

[Kobeck]

Pereira only came in 12th, he torched the Mules last year.

On the NFL front if Bennett was more consistent he would be an All-Pro Mason at 15 seems about right for a top notch posession guy. Harrison and Wayne right next to each other in the top 10 struck me cause with all the media hype I figured the weenie would have been in the top 3 or so.

[roadrash]

Re: A Statistical Analysis of the ImperialFL Receivers

***So once again I'm having problems with formatting HTML on the board. The good thing is that I think it has something to do with the sheer size of my post. I got it to preview correctly, but when it was submitted it got all fucked up. Check out the thread linked below if you want to see this stuff.***

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/f...ad.php?t=34877

Remove all the carriage returns from table to /table

[sovstar]

test

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		player	games	rec	yrds	avg	td	rec_rat
Muhammad	Muhsin	Muhammad, Muhsin	16	93	1405	15.1	16	99.7
Owens	Terrell	Owens, Terrell	14	77	1200	15.6	14	98.2
Walker	Javon	Walker, Javon	16	89	1382	15.5	12	92.0
Horn	Joe	Horn, Joe	16	94	1399	14.9	11	91.3
Holt	Torry	Holt, Torry	16	94	1372	14.6	10	88.8
Harrison	Marvin	Harrison, Marvin	16	86	1113	12.9	15	87.8
Wayne	Reggie	Wayne, Reggie	16	77	1210	15.7	12	85.4
Bennett	Drew	Bennett, Drew	16	80	1247	15.6	11	85.2
Johnson	Chad	Johnson, Chad	16	95	1274	13.4	9	84.1
Moss	Randy	Moss, Randy	13	49	767	15.7	13	82.0

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Yeah, I've got it working right. I just think it was the size. I had to keep cutting the number of players down because I was getting php errors. I know that there's something wrong with the formatting at FOFC. I didn't really care about that as long as it was aligned right.

[sovstar]

rasher, I've got a question though. What I actually do is copy things from Excel over to Frontpage and then past the html. What I don't understand is why there is so much code. This is what it looks like for the simple table above this post (which only has 10 rows). Is there a better way to be doing this?

  
    
    
    
    
    
  
  

    

    
    

    

    player
    

    games
    

    rec
    

    yrds
    

    avg
    

    td
    

    rec_rat
  
  

    

    Muhammad
    

    Muhsin
    

    Muhammad, Muhsin
    

    16
    

    93
    

    1405
    

    15.1
    

    16
    

    99.7
  
  

    

    Owens
    

    Terrell
    

    Owens, Terrell
    

    14
    

    77
    

    1200
    

    15.6
    

    14
    

    98.2
  
  

    

    Walker
    

    Javon
    

    Walker, Javon
    

    16
    

    89
    

    1382
    

    15.5
    

    12
    

    92.0
  
  

    

    Horn
    

    Joe
    

    Horn, Joe
    

    16
    

    94
    

    1399
    

    14.9
    

    11
    

    91.3
  
  

    

    Holt
    

    Torry
    

    Holt, Torry
    

    16
    

    94
    

    1372
    

    14.6
    

    10
    

    88.8
  
  

    

    Harrison
    

    Marvin
    

    Harrison, Marvin
    

    16
    

    86
    

    1113
    

    12.9
    

    15
    

    87.8
  
  

    

    Wayne
    

    Reggie
    

    Wayne, Reggie
    

    16
    

    77
    

    1210
    

    15.7
    

    12
    

    85.4
  
  

    

    Bennett
    

    Drew
    

    Bennett, Drew
    

    16
    

    80
    

    1247
    

    15.6
    

    11
    

    85.2
  
  

    

    Johnson
    

    Chad
    

    Johnson, Chad
    

    16
    

    95
    

    1274
    

    13.4
    

    9
    

    84.1
  
  

    

    Moss
    

    Randy
    

    Moss, Randy
    

    13
    

    49
    

    767
    

    15.7
    

    13
    

    82.0
  

[MrBigglesworth]

Yuck, MS generates bad looking code because it includes nearly all the variables, where you can get away with the browser defaults for most of it.

[roadrash]

Well you everything you need for an entire HTML page. unfortunatly the board will ignore most of teh tags.

Styles require style sheets, so anything that says style won't work. I don't think you can change the text color either, so that is out. the only required data for a table is the following which would be surrounded by "table and "/table in [] of course and

col 1 row 1col 2 row 1

You can use excel to do the code. First col is all the way down, last col is then you need your tds and /tds for each col in the row. then save it as tab deliminated. .

Here is a quick run from excel

Rank	Team		Wins	Total O	Total D	Rank	PF	Rank	PA
1	West Virginia	39.0	3	412.6	264.2	2	78	2	28
2	Boston	8.5	3	361.0	207.0	3	76	7	43
3	Tulsa	36.5	3	329.0	254.0	1	80	4	37
4	Wichita	39.5	3	274.3	313.6	9	65	23	59
5	Burlington	12.8	2	297.3	266.9	8	66	1	22
6	Newark	25.5	2	300.2	322.6	16	60	9	44
7	Cleveland	15.0	2	310.6	197.3	27	38	3	37
8	Albuquerque	0.0	2	254.9	275.6	14	60	12	51
9	Little Rock	23.0	2	334.6	286.2	18	54	13	52
10	Vancouver	37.8	2	325.2	298.9	13	61	17	55
11	Murfreesboro	25.3	2	304.6	372.3	5	73	16	54
12	Salt Lake City	33.3	2	345.6	272.6	11	62	5	40
13	St. Louis	33.5	2	337.0	354.9	19	53	6	41
14	Madison	23.8	2	285.3	333.3	15	60	22	59
15	Columbia	15.3	2	270.3	280.0	7	67	18	57
16	Montreal	24.0	2	273.2	325.6	22	48	14	52
17	Lansing	22.3	1	334.6	306.6	20	52	24	60
18	Louisiana	23.5	1	310.3	281.2	24	46	15	54
19	Lawrence	22.5	1	326.6	256.9	12	61	11	50
20	Houston	21.3	1	331.3	313.2	4	75	31	91
21	Pittsburg	29.0	1	289.2	279.2	10	62	28	67
22	Orlando	28.0	1	301.3	292.0	21	50	21	58
23	Texas	35.3	1	301.2	321.6	17	55	10	45
24	Hartford	19.0	1	232.3	305.6	31	27	25	62
25	Anchorage	6.3	1	255.3	299.6	28	37	8	44
26	Fresno	16.5	1	188.9	317.0	32	23	19	57
27	Oakland	26.8	1	259.6	355.6	23	48	29	78
28	Portland	30.3	1	209.6	328.0	29	34	26	63
29	Iowa City	21.8	0	286.9	232.0	30	32	27	64
30	Norfolk	26.3	0	301.3	330.9	26	43	20	57
31	Reno	30.8	0	297.6	369.9	25	44	30	89
32	Fargo	16.3	0	304.6	332.0	6	72	32	92
	Average			298.3	298.3		55.1		55.1

[roadrash]

[quote="roadrash"]kinda ugly, so I add a border and
remove some tabs and carriage returns I also dropped
some rows cause it takes time to kill all the spaces and
returns. I don't know why it is right aligning it

	
	
	
<table border=3 cellpadding=5><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Team</td><td></td><td>Wins</td><td>Total O</td><td>Total D</td><td>Rank</td><td>PF</td><td>Rank</td><td>	PA</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>West Virginia</td><td>39.0</td><td>3</td><td>412.6</td><td>264.2</td><td>	2</td><td>78</td><td>2</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Boston</td><td>8.5</td><td>3</td><td>	61.0</td><td>207.0</td><td>3</td><td>76</td><td>7	</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Tulsa</td><td>36.5</td><td>3</td><td>329.0	</td><td>254.0</td><td>1</td><td>80</td><td>4</td><td>37	</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Wichita</td><td>39.5</td><td>3</td><td>	274.3</td><td>313.6</td><td>9</td><td>65</td><td>23</td><td>59</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Burlington</td><td>12.8</td><td>2</td><td>	297.3</td><td>266.9</td><td>8</td><td>66</td><td>1</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Newark</td><td>	25.5</td><td>2</td><td>300.2</td><td>322.6</td><td>16</td><td>	60</td><td>9</td><td>44</td></tr></table>

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Rank	Team		Wins	Total O	Total D	Rank	PF	Rank	PA
1	West Virginia	39.0	3	412.6	264.2	2	78	2	28
2	Boston	8.5	3	61.0	207.0	3	76	7	43
3	Tulsa	36.5	3	329.0	254.0	1	80	4	37
4	Wichita	39.5	3	274.3	313.6	9	65	23	59
5	Burlington	12.8	2	297.3	266.9	8	66	1	22
6	Newark	25.5	2	300.2	322.6	16	60	9	44

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[vaevictis_386]

This kind of stat analysis is cool as hell.

[Matt]

Sov,
Do you still have a spreadsheet with the formulas still on it? I would be nice to see, now that we have 1 1/2 seasons of data to play with