The Football Analytics Show
The 2025 Preview Series
A daily podcast series to get you ready for college football and the NFL in 2025. A part of The Football Analytics Show podcast. (right arrow to see episodes)
01.
Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers
While Chargers QB Justin Herbert is widely considered a top 10 NFL quarterback, the advanced metrics suggest a different picture. The first episode of The 2025 Preview Series makes the case against Herbert and considers whether the Chargers defense can compensate.
02.
3 Overrated College Football Teams
Almost a decade of publishing 3 overrated teams has resulted in a record of 18 correct out of 27 predictions. This second episode of The 2025 Preview Series looks at the merits of picking against the preseason AP poll and three overrated teams for this season.
03.
Explosive Pass Plays In The NFL
Are explosive pass plays predictable, and which players should get credit for these big plays? The third episode of The 2025 Preview Series digs into the latest research and what it reveals about Nico Collins, Garrett Wilson and Keon Coleman.
04.
Can Oil Money Buy a Big 12 Championship?
Texas Tech will spend $25M on a roster this season, more than the $20M that Ohio State spent last season to win a national championship. This fourth episode of The 2025 Preview Series looks at market rankings, QB Behren Morton and the newly bought players to gauge their prospects.
05.
Conventional Wisdom To Fade
Conventional wisdom, like that Jim Harbaugh could not beat Ohio State, only holds until it doesn't hold anymore. This fifth episode of The 2025 Preview Series looks at three pieces of conventional wisdom about coaches to fade this season.
06.
The problem with Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
Quarterback Diego Pavia led Vanderbilt to an epic win over Alabama last season. However, the sixth episode of The 2025 Preview Series describes why interceptions could derail his plans to take over the state of Tennessee in 2025.
07.
How To Bet Win Totals
Is it profitable to bet the under on all college football or NFL win totals? This seventh episode of The 2025 Preview Series gives the answer based on years of data and then discusses two NFL win totals.
08.
2 Intriguing NFL Teams
The eighth episode of The 2025 Preview Series first looks the quarterback who might not sustain his 2024 performance, and what that implies for his team. Then the episode transitions to the quarterback and offense with a potentially high ceiling.
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2 Intriguing College Football Teams
This ninth episode of The 2025 Preview Series first questions a primary national title contender before acknowledging that program may have reached a new level. Then it dissects a Big Ten team in which program history and NFL talent pull in opposite directions.