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Hack the Pats with open NFL Data Set

Jan 19, 2013 · 10:00 AM
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FOOTBALL HACKATHON

Any type of hack is welcome. Here are some sources, but feel free to do what you want.

AdvancedNLFStats has released every play in the NFL since 2002. What can that tell us about Belichick's 3rd down mentality? Help find out at a hackathon focused on NFL data: We'll work on visualizations, interactives, and any other creative ideas you come up with.

And:

http://www.nflgsis.com/gsis/documentation/stadiumguides/guide_for_statisticians.pdf

and (posted 8:47 Saturdat):

https://github.com/10flow/playbyplay

and (9:10)

https://github.com/veltman/nflplays

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Matt C.

Great crowd, great presentations (9 of them!). A lot of fun.

1 · January 21, 2013
- Justin C.
  
  Thanks for organizing it! I was really impressed with the meetup; I wasn't sure what to expect and who'd be there (in terms of ability) but I had a lot of fun, learned a lot about NFL, and enjoyed meeting everyone.
  
  0 · January 21, 2013
Christopher V.

Interesting data set, great set of people with a variety of engineering and stats backgrounds, good discussion and ideas.

0 · January 19, 2013
Joseph Y.

Hey everyone I just joined but ill be coming in late. Would it be possible to join a group around 11 or so? I'm more of a hack than hacker but have some coding skill.

0 · January 19, 2013
- Michael M.
  
  That should be fine! Look forward to seeing you soon.
  
  0 · January 19, 2013
- Joseph Y.
  
  Awesome thanks!
  
  0 · January 19, 2013
Michael M.

Put up a wiki here, feel free to add and edit:
http://nfl-hackathon.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

0 · January 19, 2013
Justin C.

Hey everyone I'm runnin late. Sorry! It's me +1, so if anyone breaks into groups before we get there, can you add us?

1 · January 19, 2013
- Matt C.
  
  no problem.
  
  0 · January 19, 2013
- Bill W.
  
  Maura & Bill also en route
  
  0 · January 19, 2013
Tanya C.

I started analyzing this data the day it came out!
http://sportsdataviz.com/percentage-no-huddle-plays-by-nfl-team-by-season-2002-2012/

I just found out about this event though and won't be able to make it. Any chance you'll post updates here?

0 · January 18, 2013
- Matt C.
  
  Yes, we will post updates, list of winners, links to links, pictures. Sorry you couldn't make it. So maybe next time. we are doing a baseball hack, sometime in mid-March.
  
  0 · January 18, 2013
Christopher V.

For those of us hackers new to big data, any applications we should install/services we should sign up for prior to tomorrow's meeting?

0 · January 18, 2013
- Matt C.
  
  I don't think so. Nothing fancy here.
  
  0 · January 18, 2013
Merlin C.

This sounds pretty cool.

0 · January 16, 2013
- Matt C.
  
  Should be fun; hope to see you there.
  
  0 · January 17, 2013
Michael M.

Here's the data we're looking at:

http://www.advancednflstats.com/2010/04/play-by-play-data.html

Examples for inspiration might be the Pat's play predictor:

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/multimedia/patriots_play_predictor/

Or the Bill Belichick Press Conference Simulator:
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/wwbs/

0 · January 7, 2013