Webinar: Working with football stats & stat rules

College Sports Communicators

On-Demand College Sports Communicators Webinar Working with football stats & stat rules Learning about the sport of football and producing accurate statistics. Generating consistent statistics and consistent stat reporting are essential duties of each athletic communications department. This webinar, with five leading pro and college football statisticians, featured a discussion and insights on: • new college football rules • best practices for pregame preparation for statistics, setting up stat personnel, and post-game reporting; working with your opponents’ athletic communications football contact(s) • the use of proper in-game football scoring techniques to register accurate statistics, including: entering starters; duplicate uniform numbers; what sources to use if unsure about a play; recording basic statistics (spotting the ball, jersey number changes, intended targets, RPO vs. rushing, lateral vs. pitch • discussion of difficult/unusual plays, ways to troubleshoot them and the way to accurate stat them during the game • best practices and communications in editing game files Panelists • Scott Fishman – Genius Sports, Business Analyst / Indianapolis Colts Gameday Stat Crew Director • Stan Granch – USC and UCLA Head Statistician • John Painter – Maryville College, Assistant AD for Communications • Jeff Williams – NCAA, Associate Director Media Coordination and Statistics • Moderator: Ira Thor – New Jersey City University, Associate Vice President for University Communications / New York Jets Crew Chief/Head Statistician Other resources and statistical training materials: • From CSC 360 September issue: Accurate statistics are important; resources are available: https://collegesportscommunicators.com/news/2023/9/5/general-accurate-statistics-are-important-resources-are-available.aspx • For sports that utilize NCAA LiveStats (football, soccer, volleyball and ice hockey), the NCAA Manager is a terrific resource filled with training videos and a FAQ page for each sport. https://ncaamanager.com/ncaa/home • Live training webinars for fall sports have passed, but recordings of the sessions remain available online. https://ncaamanager.com/ncaa/know-more • Be sure to sign up for the NCAA LiveStats newsletter to receive product updates and register for upcoming webinars. https://geniussports.com/sportstech/livestats-email-sign-up/ • On game day, if you incur any issues, contact NCAA LiveStats help desk at [phone] or email [e-mail]. We encourage you to CC the corresponding NCAA staff member (more on that below!) so that we are aware of the issue. For those in the NAIA utilizing Presto Sports statistics software: YouTube Presto Training Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYMnW1ercBdVoP-jCxuQSMMi3JC5tO6HO • Presto Stats Help Center — Find resources with cheat sheets, webinars, live scoring and more! https://help.prestosports.com/PrestoStats/v1/