The Monday Mathematical (Tuesday Edition): Determining Points via Linear Regression

In the midst of every single thing that has happened in the last 3 days, at least we still have numbers. Who’s with me?! (Note: In this analogy, South Carolina is the Germans and our SEC East title hopes are Pearl Harbor.)

Last week, we took a look at a type of model - a logistic regression - that can help determine binary outcomes like whether or not a drive ends in points. The main takeaway? More or less the same one we’ve had every week: explosiveness matters.

But what if we took a slightly different tact, using a much simpler model to explain the number of points scored?

If you’re like me, 8th grade algebra is getting fuzzier and fuzzier given the ever-growing stretch of time that has…