KC is now blogging about his Scientific Football 2009 research for the New York Times Fifth Down blog! Quoting from his first post:

"March is the time of year when I start doing the in-depth portion of the research for my annual Scientific Football books. This process entails locking myself in the laboratory for a few months of 10-12 hour days breaking down N.F.L. game footage. I normally don’t venture out in terms of writing very often during this analytical period, but for 2009, to borrow the time-honored Monty Python phrase, I decided to do something completely different.

I’ve always been interested in sharing some of the prime Scientific Football tidbits with a readership in a more immediate fashion, so this year I am going to post various SF book findings 3-4 times per week here on the Fifth Down blog."

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Welcome to The Football Scientist. As the name implies, this site is dedicated to the scientific pursuit of football knowledge.

Don't let the name fool you, however.  You won't find any ivory tower, esoteric mumbo-jumbo on this site.  Webster's defines science as "the pursuit of knowledge" and that's exactly what this site is all about, but I am only interested in providing useful and interesting information.

I do this by reviewing game tapes.  I record every NFL game and break it down with my unique game-tape scouting system.  It is a system similar to ones used by NFL scouts and provides a tremendously detailed analysis of the passing game.  I take the breakdowns from this analysis and make a comprehensive review of every player's performance in the passing game, both offensive and defensive.

I provide a wide variety of books designed specifically for both hardcore football fans (or what I call football intellectuals) and fantasy football coaches. For example, if you are a hardcore fan who wants the most detailed, performance-based statistical analysis from the 2006 season on nearly 300 players, you want Scientific Football 2007.

If you are more interested in individual, in-depth player analysis and ratings with NO-HYPE!, as well as 2006 player performance predictions, you also want Scientific Football 2007.

The information offered through The Football Scientist is an unprecedented in it's depth and breadth, and this type and amount of personnel information has never been available to the general public. If you are not just hungry, but starving, for useful information you can't find anywhere else, or you want the edge to kick your competition's tail, then you've come to the right place!