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.
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