Links to Part 1 and Part 2. The Lindy Effect says age predicts longevity so let’s try to make a graph that can test that. Plotly makes it pretty easy to scratch the itch and get the graph you think you want. Here’s my attempt at a scatter plot showing relationship of pre-1971 years to… Continue reading Lindy Effect in College Football (part 3)
Category: Cal State boom
Lindy Effect in College Football (part 2)
I got the graph I wanted (link to download): How did I get it? As we discussed before, it seems like investing in a separate csv for the dataset rather than baking it directly into code is a nice minimum of effort here. The google sheet is a decent front end data entry tool and… Continue reading Lindy Effect in College Football (part 2)
Lindy Effect in College Football (part 1)
The mid-century expansion (and subsequent contraction) in Cal State football programs is a fascinating little story I want to dig into more. From the vantage point of 2022 it’s hard to believe that schools like UCSB, Cal State LA, Cal State Hayward and Sonoma State were all playing major college football in the modern era.… Continue reading Lindy Effect in College Football (part 1)
The 1970s cal state football explosion
When I started researching this I vaguely thought that the recent past would be mostly the usual Pac-8/10/12 suspects plus the Cal State schools that play now. I thought the really crazy years would be the 1940s when Naval Officer schools in California port cities were playing major college football. (And they will be, I… Continue reading The 1970s cal state football explosion