Anyone who has watched the movie Money Ball certainly has an awareness of the proliferation of analytics in professional baseball that has since introduced so many head-spinning stats that the data is becoming somewhat overwhelming to the average sports fan.
In some instances, it is bordering on the absurd.
Well now, according to Russo, statistical analysis is making its way into college football with a number of different data services available for grid programs to utilize.
This is not to be confused with the internal analyst positions that most programs are creating to break down and evaluate what is happening during the course of the season.