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I have reports from multiple sources indicating that a screenshot of pro-football-reference.com appeared on NBC's Football Night in America last night. I didn't see any of it, but from my understanding, this is the context.
The game was Dallas / New Orleans so, as you might expect, there was a big feature on Tony Romo. In an interview with Andrea Kremer, Romo says that Bill Parcells gave him a homework assignment: do some research on former Bengal quarterback Greg Cook. During the segment, they showed Romo looking at Cook's p-f-r page.
At NBC's website, they have lots of clips of the interview, but they do not show what they showed on TV last night. If anyone happens to have that clip recorded, I would be very appreciative if you sent it to me.
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I didn't watch much of Football Night, so I didn't see the piece. That'd be great pub! How many hits do you get in a typical month? I wonder if teams around the league typically use p-f-r as a reference tool from time to time. Lots of info here that is hard to find elsewhere.
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Message to Chase:
I saw it but didn't record it. As far as publicity goes, they just showed a screenshot of p-f-r and didn't cite their source or anything. Typical media...
Not only is there lots of information on this site, but it's also clean. This site is not cluttered up with team logos and flash videos and javascript like any of the big sites (NFL, ESPN). So many web designers think style over substance (I'm looking at you, mySpace).
Ed, I'm not too concerned about publicity. I just think it's cool.
Richie, it's funny. The (positive) emails I get are split just about 50/50 between ones that say, "I love the clean layout of your site" and ones that say, "Even though your site doesn't look very good, I still love it."
I love the clean layout myself. People using this site want the data, and fast. The clean layout makes that wonderfully easy.
This seems like a fair place to ask: does anybody have a good source to find data on defensive players and KR/PR stats? I'm not suggesting a change to p-f-r (you provide just what most of us want, and I'm guessing offensive stats alone take up a lot of time), I just wonder if anybody knows of a good source for the other stuff (I usually just google and sift through materials).
Hey Romo, why don't you give DD a shout out for helping you with your homework?
Pacifist, try this site: http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/stats.nsf
Damn, too bad I wasn't sponsoring the Greg Cook page. If so, my business (if I had one) would have gotten tons of free pub!
I saw it and noticed it right away. I had it on my Tivo, but I deleted it sorry.
Maybe his homework should have been to study the Saints tendicies.
Heh, he got that homework assignment because Cook is the ultimate 1-year wonder.
Thing is, he might have been the greatest QB ever under Walsh if not for the torn rotator cuff.
Yeah, I don't really get this as a homework assignment. What's he trying to teach Romo? Don't tear up your shoulder?