Quick Kicks 158: with Steve Daniel (CFL Associate VP, Football and Team Analytics).

About this episode

Steve Daniel discusses the role of analytics in football and its impact on game quality.

Special Guest Steve Daniel discusses the importance of analytics in terms of assessing game quailty, the importance of understanding the mean and the median, the value of knowing how impactful turnovers, two-and-outs, and third down stalls are to a team's chances at winning, and he relates how working for the CFL has helped maintain his life-long love of analytics. (CFL on CBC theme music used with express permission; podcast recorded Monday, June 1, 2026).

People in this episode

Guest: Steve Daniel

Topics covered

• analytics
• football
• CFL
• game quality
• turnovers
• third down stalls

Keywords

• analytics
• CFL
• football
• game quality
• turnovers
• third down

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CFL, CFL on CBC

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