[warrenjp]

Our real-time game excitement ratings are measured from three separate perspectives: the visiting team perspective, the home team perspective, and the neutral fan perspective.  Fans of either team playing see elevated game excitement ratings (compared to the neutral fan rating) under most circumstances.  When one team is rolling another team, the game excitement rating for the dominant team can be significantly above the neutral fan rating, while the rating for the losing team may be lower than the neutral fan rating.  If the dominant team gets too far ahead of their opponent, the resulting game excitement rating will be relatively low, reflecting the fact that the game has lost its suspense and ability to surprise any fan.

As you might have guessed, our 2012 Season Excitement Results only take the Neutral Fan perspective into consideration, so there is no bias in these particular results.  Game Excitement is a combination of many factors, including the parity of the teams, the pace of the action, the novelty of the specific plays in the game, the extent of momentum swings throughout the game, and the context of the competition (including rivalries, impact on playoff or bowl picture, etc.).  All of our analytics are computed in real-time, as a game is in progress, and help to drive the personalized sports discovery engine that powers our mobile and connected TV apps.

Warren Packard, CEO, Thuuz (Stanford BS '89, MS '91, MBA '97, Rose Bowl Fanatic '00 and '13)

p.s. my allegiance to Stanford had absolutely no impact on Thuuz's team excitement results...just a pleasant coincidence...

[warrenjp]

Our real-time game excitement ratings are measured from three separate perspectives: the visiting team perspective, the home team perspective, and the neutral fan perspective.  Fans of either team playing see elevated game excitement ratings (compared to the neutral fan rating) under most circumstances.  When one team is rolling another team, the game excitement rating for the dominant team can be significantly above the neutral fan rating, while the rating for the losing team may be lower than the neutral fan rating.  If the dominant team gets too far ahead of their opponent, the resulting game excitement rating will be relatively low, reflecting the fact that the game has lost its suspense and ability to surprise any fan.

As you might have guessed, our 2012 Season Excitement Results only take the Neutral Fan perspective into consideration, so there is no bias in these particular results.  Game Excitement is a combination of many factors, including the parity of the teams, the pace of the action, the novelty of the specific plays in the game, the extent of momentum swings throughout the game, and the context of the competition (including rivalries, impact on playoff or bowl picture, etc.).  All of our analytics are computed in real-time, as a game is in progress, and help to drive the personalized sports discovery engine that powers our mobile and connected TV apps.

Warren Packard, CEO, Thuuz (Stanford BS '89, MS '91, MBA '97, Rose Bowl Fanatic '00 and '13)

p.s. my allegiance to Stanford had absolutely no impact on Thuuz's team excitement results...just a pleasant coincidence...