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2024 · Week 15 · American Athletic · backtest — what the model predicted vs what happened, and vs the market
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Week 15 backtest · American Athletic · 1 games — what the model predicted vs what happened
Straight up
1–0100%
ATS vs close
1–0100%
Model margin MAE
16.5
Market margin MAE
26.0
→ model's margins were closer than the market
Results — model read vs the final score + how the closing-line lean held up
Tulane @ ArmyFinal 14–35
Model
pred Army 4.5 · actual Army 21
winner Army ✓
ATS vs close
leaned Army +5.0Cover ✓
margin err: model 16.5 · mkt 26.0 · closer
The model beats SP+ but not the closing line (ATS ≈ break-even). “Model−Mkt” is the gap between our projected home margin and the market's implied margin — a read on disagreement, not a profitable edge. Upcoming games have no closing line yet, so the market number marked ~ is the consensus midpoint of the best posted spreads across books.