Stats in the Wild

Here is a review of the BCS that I wrote like 15 years ago.

There are currently (June 23, 2026 9:52pm Central Daylight time) 4 teams that have no allowed a goal at this World Cup: Mexico Spain Argentina Ghana Argentina and Mexico have already officially advanced.

I was at a bar once and the question of “What’s the worst NFL record you can have and still make the playoffs?”

Sometimes just take a question ans see what AI will do with it.

Here is another example of AI just being 100% confident in itself for no reason.

It just keeps getting worse: After 100 games: The cream has dropped: After 72 games: The cream keeps rising……….

I was in New Orleans last week at Tulane for Love Data Week 2026 where I gave my Data Art talk.

This plot is awesome.

The White House just posted this tweet: American steel is BACK. pic.twitter.com/gL3xSFUi6B — The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 30, 2026 The “readers added context” gets this correct as a misrepresentation.

Today I learned how to get rid of the pesky “1” on the top of a ggplot facet_grid if I want to stack the plots vertically.