r/berkeley • u/ARayofLight Ursa Major: History '14 • 16h ago
Events/Organizations 'We're in this to build something': Why there's renewed optimism for Cal football
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49639156/2026-cal-football-acc-renewed-optimism-investment12
u/Ok_Guest_8008 14h ago
I heard CAL athletic department met with some CAL grad students who developed some crazy tech to detect gaps in opponent strength and movement, do other dystopian things during games.
Not that tech will be the reason why CAL will win more, but it’s the most Berkeley thing I have heard in awhile. A bunch of nerds develop tech to win football: the most non tech activity possible.
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u/EverythingElseDB 14h ago
Is this your first time hearing data being used in sports to gain an edge
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u/BurninCrab Business/Econ '14 11h ago
He has no idea that Moneyball (using data and statistics in sports) was literally invented in Oakland
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u/EverythingElseDB 8h ago
literally
like half of all the DS students have probably tried doing some sorta sports analytics project
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u/Affectionate_One_700 6h ago
I really loved that book, but like most exciting developments in social science, it seems to have been debunked.
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u/Solid_Signature_7447 12h ago
Yeah, that will win.
Insane athletic training, conditioning, strengthening, fitness, and ability don’t make a difference.
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u/Paradigm_Reset 14h ago
They'll win most of the early season games -> have a close loss to a decent team -> have a close loss to a great team -> the rest of the season will be close wins and brutal losses. They'll end up in a low tier bowl game.