Union Omaha Props

Its Super Bowl weekend, and one of my favorite parts of the Super Bowl are all the insane proposition bets that sportsbooks list.  While the really fun ones involve props like the length of the national anthem, who the MVP will thank first in their speech and which song will The Weeknd open the halftimeContinue reading “Union Omaha Props”

2020 USL League 1 Elo Ratings Post Mortem

Once a sports season comes to a close, any good data scientist will tell you that a ratings system needs to be evaluated.  A proper evaluation helps support what decisions, if any, need to be made before the beginning of the next season.  Decisions typically fall in one of these categories: Minor tweaks to formulas,Continue reading “2020 USL League 1 Elo Ratings Post Mortem”

Elo Rankings: Week 15

As if this could get any more wild, here is the final standings of the season for Elo. We’ll do a full recap after the final! Team Week 15 Weekly Change Season Change North Texas 1616 23 41 Greenville Triumph 1613 13 82 Union Omaha 1551 7 51 Forward Madison 1529 -8 1 Chattanooga RedContinue reading “Elo Rankings: Week 15”

Elo Rankings: Week 13

Rankings do not include games played Wednesday, October 14th. Also, Easter Egg alert, there may have been a mistake in last week’s calculations, on my part, not Jon’s. Team Week 13 Weekly Change Season Change Greenville Triumph 1622 -2 91 North Texas 1594 37 19 Forward Madison 1534 -5 6 Union Omaha 1521 5 21Continue reading “Elo Rankings: Week 13”

Elo Rankings: Week 10

Pretty painful week for Union Omaha fans in the Elo rankings as our team went from +51 on the season to -2. Plus all the other stuff. Team Week 10 Weekly Change Season Change Greenville Triumph 1610 17 79 North Texas 1552 -8 -23 Forward Madison 1549 0 21 Chattanooga Red Wolves 1538 -1 36Continue reading “Elo Rankings: Week 10”

Elo Rankings: Week 8

Welcome to League 1 Unfiltered’s favvvvvorrrite weekly column. As promised we are dumbing these rankings down a bit for folks who maybe have refused to read the methodology and therefore might not understand that this years starting values were based on last years results. New columns this week include a weekly plus/minus and overall plus/minusContinue reading “Elo Rankings: Week 8”