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the ESPN playoff machine
this will be the NFC west scenario or very close to it
edit: sorry, I forgot to add the link so you can do it..here http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine# Last edited by Crying Ramtard; 11-28-2014 at 10:51 PM.. |
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11-29-2014, 01:56 PM | #31 | |
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that said, of course when they separated the divisions it was premeditated to have an excuse to create this scenario to add more playoff teams. |
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11-29-2014, 02:29 PM | #32 |
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You're not making a damn bit of sense. The realignment didn't add any more playoff teams.
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11-29-2014, 02:38 PM | #33 | |
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IE they already knew they were going to years ago and created a scenario that will give them an excuse to make it look like to you that they are solving a recent problem. |
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11-29-2014, 02:50 PM | #34 | |
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I hate the idea of seven playoff teams per conference. I would rather go to eight and get rid of byes
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11-29-2014, 02:56 PM | #37 |
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they are intelligent lawyers/multibillionaires. They can create a scenario and make you buy the reason why. Of course they can just do it but they have to make people believe their opinions matter. But opinions are easily swayed and influenced.
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11-29-2014, 02:58 PM | #38 |
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someone actually try the machine and link it..theres link tools in the lower left on the machine page
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11-29-2014, 03:03 PM | #39 |
GO CHIEFS!!!!!!
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The Cardinals' season is about to go down in flames in the playoffs. Sucks for them they had a good regular season.
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11-29-2014, 03:07 PM | #40 |
pie is never free
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what old movie is that from ?
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11-29-2014, 03:42 PM | #42 |
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Let's say each team has a 50% to win each of their games. So each team is average. The chance of any one team winning 7 or fewer games IS given by the cumulative binomial distribution and equals 0.42. The odds of all 4 teams winning 7 or fewer games is 0.42^4 or a little more than 2%. Multiply that by 8 divisions and it comes to about 20% per year or once every 5 years. If you want to go to 6 or fewer games, the same math tells you it should happen every 50 years, so even that even that outcome would no raise the slightest doubt that it was just the random outcome of the current playoff format.
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making it 'statistically' possible does not remotely make anything 'actually' possible. |
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