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The Insider: Speed trials

By Bruce Feldman
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

This column appears in the October 19 Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine. Urban Meyer is a stats junkie, and you never know what truths he'll discover from a spreadsheet. Sometimes, though, his complex equations lead to elementary conclusions. For instance, the University of Florida's football coach once calculated that a college team has only a 20 percent chance of scoring on a drive with no plays beyond 15 yards. But with just one play exceeding that distance, the number jumps to 50 percent. ...

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