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Sports & Data
College football, basketball, and the maps and models behind them.
- 10 College Football Games Played in Terrible Weather Ten college football games shaped by rain, mud and snow, from the 1950 Snow Bowl to Notre Dame's hurricane game at NC State, with photo sources and video highlights.
- Was Tennessee's Drop Kick Onside Kick Against Texas Legal? The Rules, Explained Tennessee punter Jackson Ross drop kicked an onside kick against No. 1 Texas, and NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay says it was illegal. What the NCAA rulebook says about drop kicks, the kickoff spot and onside recoveries, and how the NFL's rules differ.
- Where Would Raleigh Actually Put an MLB Stadium? I Scored All 40,000 Parcels With Raleigh in the MLB expansion conversation, I built a tool that ranks every developable parcel in the Triangle for a ballpark. The data's top pick landed in Tom Dundon's backyard by accident.
- Mapping the Recruiting Pipeline: 49 Offers, One Commitment Felix Ojo was the top-rated offensive tackle in the 2026 recruiting class and the No. 5 prospect overall, with scholarship offers from 49 schools . That list…
- Local Fortress or National Brand: The Two Ways Programs Build a Roster Notre Dame's recruiting map looks like a flight schedule. Arcs run from South Florida to Southern California , coast to coast, all ending in South Bend. Pull up TCU…
- Purdue Tops the Charts in In-State Minutes for 2024-25 Season College basketball offers a wide range of statistics to analyze team performance. One interesting metric is the percent of in-state minutes played , highlighting…
- Enrollment vs Endowment: Big Ten and SEC With conference realignment in full swing, how do new Big Ten and SEC schools fit in with their peers in terms of total enrollment and endowment ? Check out the…
- CFB National Championship Coach Trends There's a healthy crop of college football coaches who are actively seeking out their first championship win. But, if any of them were to win it all this year, how…
- SMU Travel Map 2024: Carolina to California Inspiration With the recent conference shakeups in college football, some teams will now travel much further this year than ever before. One prominent example of…
- What If? Fantasy Football in 1966 While Fantasy Football may seem like a mainstay to football fans today, it didn’t really gain widespread popularity until the late 1990s and early 2000s. The oldest…