My Writings
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Here are some writings that I have done on various topics. Some of these are older (as seen in the date), and came from my old personal website.
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Here are some writings that I have done on various topics. Some of these are older (as seen in the date), and came from my old personal website.
…if you’re going to get mad at the publisher
One month after saying I was going to write more, here goes. This one has been in my head for a while, but I never could quite put words exactly to my idea. So this is a little more “stream of consciousness” than usual. Something that I have never understood is people getting mad at a platform/publication for their “opinion” content. It seems to me that most people gloss over the word opinion in the very section in which they are clicking or the very article that they are reading.
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It’s been quite the seven-and-a-half months for me personally. Lots of ups and downs, lessons learned, and introspection. One of those “if you know, you know” kind of things, but I’m sure I’ll spill the beans on part of 2024 at some point. Long story short, I want to start writing more. I’m thankful to my past self for setting up a platform on which I can do that. One of the things that I have learned about myself this year is that I tend to undervalue my opinions and ideas, relative to other people (and their valuation of their own ideas and opinions).
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On sign stealing in college football
Frontmatter The University of Michigan football program has been embroiled in sign-stealing allegations for the past couple of weeks. Before I begin, I will preface this by disclosing that I grew up, and remain, a Michigan football fan, though I did not attend the school. Fortunately, however, I have worked in college football for three seasons, and have a different perspective than most fans have to offer on the matter. I wanted to share my thoughts and perspective for this very reason; I think most people who have not been exposed to the day-to-day of working in college football do not have a full understanding of the complexities of this “case”.
College Football · College Sports · Football
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Introduction The NCAA is a shell of what it used to be. Increasingly, the “revenue-generating” sports (namely men’s football and men’s basketball) are forcing the NCAA’s hand in regards to changing long-held beliefs and principles, affecting all NCAA-sponsored competitions and sports. As state legislatures and legislators continue to pass bills that hamper the NCAA from effectively enforcing their principle-driven rules, how should the NCAA and professional sports leagues be handling the problem?
Basketball · College Basketball · College Football · College Sports · Football
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Leaving the CS:GO analysis content on old blog
Link to content. In the summer between the final two semesters of my Master’s program (spring and winter 2020), I did some analysis projects relating to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), one of the more popular game for esport competitions. “Why were you spending time analyzing esports?”, you may ask. The year of 2020 was not a great one for the world, most notably to the Coronavirus pandemic and related shutdowns. This was unfortunate for me on two fronts: 1.
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Power 6(?): Analyzing the Concentration of Power in FBS
Idea The idea behind this short project was a graphic that is displayed during ESPN’s bowl games. The graphic showed the records of each FBS conference in out of conference games throughout the season as well as the conferences’ bowl records. This was interesting at the time because the American Athletic Conference had started their “Power 6” slogan, asserting that they should be considered with the top 5 conferences, instead of the lower “Group of 5” conferences.
Analysis · College Football · Football
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