For a data geek like me, this was heaven! Thank you. One note: for the first 2 years of the Dykes regime, EVERY GAME felt like a SONNY YIKES. It was very hard to watch Cal go down by 21+ points in the first half week after week, only to see the GBs score garbage time points to make it look like a real game...
The Ohio State University scored 21 in Q1 and 24 in Q2, then put in the third string in the 2nd half. The GBs scored a whopping 14 points in the 2nd half against the tOSU 3rd stringers. To me, this was the most classic Sonny Dykes game - thx for reminding me of the horrors of 2013. The GBs were 1-11 (win against Portland State), 0-9 in Pac 12, and were outscored 551 to 276 (avg 46-23). That whole year should be a SONNY YIKES! is there anyone who thinks that was a good hire? Anyone?
Berkelium97, I don’t know why you think PFF was acquired by private equity. It was bought by Teamworks, a strategic buyer that is controlled by its founders and backed by some venture capital firms (different from PE). Also, it sounds like they bumped the price and cut the staff because the business was bankrupt and didn’t make money. Only charities can operate at a profit deficit for an extended period of time. So sounds like the process raise was driven by economics and had nothing to do with PE. In general, PE isn’t going to cut staff when they buy a business and they certainly aren’t going to buy something that is insolvent like PFF was. Sounds like PFF’s next best alternative was shutting down.
This has been a slowly unfolding issue. PFF sold a $50m stake to PE (Silver Lake) five years ago and has been bleeding talent since then (amid ongoing frustration with the Collinsworths). Based on this trajectory and current path of decision-making, I'm concerned they'll suffer the same fate as Football Outsiders (https://www.footballoutsiders.com/).
Fair enough. I missed that. Weird investment for Silver Lake and was a minority position (they usually write $200+ million checks for control positions). I'd guess they made the investment during the early part of the pandemic thinking a data repository like this could grow in value in a changed world, but when the world went back to normal the business was not as valuable as they though. I'd guess Silver Lake took a big loss in the fire sale to Teamworks. It would seem Teamworks raised the price, no? Whereas Collinsworth + Silver Lake kept the price low?
For a data geek like me, this was heaven! Thank you. One note: for the first 2 years of the Dykes regime, EVERY GAME felt like a SONNY YIKES. It was very hard to watch Cal go down by 21+ points in the first half week after week, only to see the GBs score garbage time points to make it look like a real game...
remember that tOSU visit to Strawberry Canyon?
The Ohio State University scored 21 in Q1 and 24 in Q2, then put in the third string in the 2nd half. The GBs scored a whopping 14 points in the 2nd half against the tOSU 3rd stringers. To me, this was the most classic Sonny Dykes game - thx for reminding me of the horrors of 2013. The GBs were 1-11 (win against Portland State), 0-9 in Pac 12, and were outscored 551 to 276 (avg 46-23). That whole year should be a SONNY YIKES! is there anyone who thinks that was a good hire? Anyone?
He wasn't a good hire, but also, somehow that offense with the immense talent of Goff and WR corp never made it boring to watch.
Eff da greedy bastids in da A
Thank you for the data! What other sources exist beside PFF for college individual player data?
Berkelium97, I don’t know why you think PFF was acquired by private equity. It was bought by Teamworks, a strategic buyer that is controlled by its founders and backed by some venture capital firms (different from PE). Also, it sounds like they bumped the price and cut the staff because the business was bankrupt and didn’t make money. Only charities can operate at a profit deficit for an extended period of time. So sounds like the process raise was driven by economics and had nothing to do with PE. In general, PE isn’t going to cut staff when they buy a business and they certainly aren’t going to buy something that is insolvent like PFF was. Sounds like PFF’s next best alternative was shutting down.
This has been a slowly unfolding issue. PFF sold a $50m stake to PE (Silver Lake) five years ago and has been bleeding talent since then (amid ongoing frustration with the Collinsworths). Based on this trajectory and current path of decision-making, I'm concerned they'll suffer the same fate as Football Outsiders (https://www.footballoutsiders.com/).
Fair enough. I missed that. Weird investment for Silver Lake and was a minority position (they usually write $200+ million checks for control positions). I'd guess they made the investment during the early part of the pandemic thinking a data repository like this could grow in value in a changed world, but when the world went back to normal the business was not as valuable as they though. I'd guess Silver Lake took a big loss in the fire sale to Teamworks. It would seem Teamworks raised the price, no? Whereas Collinsworth + Silver Lake kept the price low?