Okay, here’s my blog post about comparing AFC and NFC teams, written from a personal experience perspective:
So, I’ve been diving deep into football stats lately, you know, just for fun and to maybe win a few friendly bets. I got this idea to really compare AFC and NFC teams head-to-head. It started simple, but, man, did it get involved!
First, I grabbed a bunch of data. I mean, a lot of data. I went online, found some good, reliable sources, and just started copying and pasting everything into a giant spreadsheet. Wins, losses, points scored, points allowed… you name it, I probably grabbed it.
Wrangling the Data
Then came the hard part – cleaning it all up. It was a mess! Different websites used different formats, some had missing data, it was a real headache. I spent hours, I mean hours, just getting everything into a usable format. Lots of find and replace, lots of manual tweaking. It was a grind, but I finally got it all sorted.
- Sorted by team.
- Separated AFC and NFC.
- Calculated win percentages.
- Started looking for any obvious differences.
Once I had the clean data, I started to actually compare the conferences. I calculated average wins, average points, all that stuff. It was pretty interesting to see the numbers laid out like that. I used some simple formulas to do the calculations.
It wasn’t super scientific, I’m no statistician. I just wanted to see if I could find any noticeable trends. And you know what? There were some slight differences, but nothing earth-shattering. Both conferences are pretty competitive, which, I guess, makes sense.
So that’s my little data adventure. It was more work than I expected, but it was also kind of fun. I learned a lot, and hey, maybe it’ll help me win that bet after all!
