Category: Football
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Season Preview It’s almost here! Another season of grown men smashing their brains together for our entertainment. And entertained we will be. So, let’s start at the end: which teams are most likely to be suffering life-lengthening (Not really) massive head injuries in February 2013 in New Orleans? I’m once again making a not so bold prediction…
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Every U.S. Sports Championship, In Convenient Infographic Form Cheers.
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I was looking back at my NFL rankings over the past few months, and I found something interesting in my week 16 rankings. I actually had the NY Giants ranked higher than San Francisco. Anyway, below are my final 2011-2012 NFL rankings. Rankings updated as of 2/9/2012; Records updated as of 2/9/2012; CHFF rankings as…
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I just came across the article “A Statistician Shares How To Pick Your Super Bowl Pool Like A Champ” at businessinsider.com. The author of the article, Jill Krasny, asked edgehogs.com statistician, William Briggs, for some advice: “You want to pick the scores that are most likely to happen, and look at historical information about how…
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Here is an article I wrote for Significance Magazine about Tom Brady and the Super Bowl called “A Tale of Two Bradys: It was the best of his games; it was the worst of his games.” Go Pats. Cheers.
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I received an email this morning from a friend: “Is there any sort of a statistical breakdown for which are the best numbers to have in a Super Bowl squares pool (for entertainment purposes only)?” Now, if my friend were going to use this information to gamble, it would be highly unethical. However, since he clearly stated…
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I didn’t post picks form last weekend, but I would have chosen New England, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Green Bay for a record of 2-2 this past week. -I’m going to quote myself and re-post this point (from here) because it seems very relevant: “Last year there were 2 teams that averaged over 23 points…
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Games start in a few hours minutes, and I wanted to post my picks before the games started. So here they are. Some Notes: -My preseason pick for the Super Bowl base on numbers was New England over Atlanta. That’s not crazy at all right now. My Super Bowl pick based on my gut was…
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Rankings updated as of 1/1/2012; Records updated as of 1/1/2012; CHFF rankings as of 12/28/2011 AFC NFC Playoff team Division Champ Eliminated from Playoffs Team Rank Change Record CHFF Rank New England 1 – 13-3 3 Pittsburgh 2 ↑ 12-4 1 Green Bay 3 ↓ 15-1 6 Baltimore 4 – 12-4 5 Atlanta 5 – 10-6…
