starting qbs for nfl(this is a question, not an issue)

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starting qbs for nfl(this is a question, not an issue) #315

Closed easella closed 1 year ago

easella commented 1 year ago

How on earth do you get the starting qb for every nfl game since 1920?! I am making an ncaa football elo rating system and I am looking to implement starting quarterbacks. How would you do that for every single ncaa football game since 1869?!

jayb commented 1 year ago

We got the NFL starting quarterbacks data from https://www.sports-reference.com/ -- they have college football data as well, but probably not back to 1869.

easella commented 1 year ago

ok, thanks!

easella commented 1 year ago

but how do you do it?what's the code?