Re: NFL Week 8

[CubbieBum]

I was surprised to learn today that Gore has as many 60+ yard runs than anyone since his breakout year. He's got 5 which tie him with AP.

[Soul]

Keep it up, Saints.

 

Yep. Both GB/CHI fans would like to see the Falcons held down.

[Soul]

Looked like an obvious push off by White on that TD.

[Careless]

Hard to believe he blew that call. right before him and it was obvious live from the back side camera

[Andy]

It's depressing to watch the Falcons and Saints when you're a fan of another team in the division.

[Outshined_One]

The Russian judge gave Pierre Thomas a 10 on that touchdown.

[Careless]

That was one of the the most obvious reviews I've ever seen. Even if it had been a fumble it would have been the tuck rule

[Andy]

Do they really not know that "scores" is groups of 20?

[Careless]

Do they really not know that "scores" is groups of 20?

I bet less than 10% of Americans know that. And I don't think it's that close to 10%.

[Careless]

terrible way to blow out your knee. Bet he'll be more alert when he comes back.

[Careless]

I had New Orleans 35, Atlanta 24, too. I bet this screws me.

[Careless]

I can't believe I lost the exact score call like that. Oh, and that means the Falcons cover

[Careless]

Icing the onside kick is so much smarter than icing the post-kicking field goal kicker.

[CubbieBum]

Icing the onside kick is so much smarter than icing the post-kicking field goal kicker.

 

I used to think icing the kicker was stupid until I saw the stats for the past couple seasons. Don't remember it exactly but it was for kicks deciding the outcome in the final seconds and no timeout was 70% made while timeout was 57%.

[CubColtPacer]

Icing the onside kick is so much smarter than icing the post-kicking field goal kicker.

 

I used to think icing the kicker was stupid until I saw the stats for the past couple seasons. Don't remember it exactly but it was for kicks deciding the outcome in the final seconds and no timeout was 70% made while timeout was 57%.

 

That stat has a lot of noise in it. If a team is already in close field goal range, then the other team is forced to take its timeouts on the earlier downs in an effort to get the ball back. Usually, the only reason why the defense still has a timeout to call right before the field goal is because it was iffy if the offense could move it into field goal range, which would usually indicate a longer field goal.

 

Unless they accounted for that (sorting the kicks by distance as well as timeout) the stat doesn't end up meaning much.

[Careless]

Anyway, I was specifically referring to doing what they did there and calling the timeout late enough to see the other team's play instead of what we've seen ridiculously often this season, where a coach calls a timeout as the kicker kicks a field goal, giving him a free practice kick under game conditions

[Soul]

Do they really not know that "scores" is groups of 20?

I bet less than 10% of Americans know that. And I don't think it's that close to 10%.

 

That's pretty sad. You're saying over 90% of America make it through their lives not knowing what Abe was talking about.

 

And worse -- not bothering to find out.

[Careless]

Do they really not know that "scores" is groups of 20?

I bet less than 10% of Americans know that. And I don't think it's that close to 10%.

 

That's pretty sad. You're saying over 90% of America make it through their lives not knowing what Abe was talking about.

 

And worse -- not bothering to find out.

Well, A) no, they don't have to make it through their lives to be ignorant now. B) yes, people are pathetically ignorant, so let's go over some estimates.

 

Maybe 60% of the country can identify "four score and seven years ago" as being a prominent part of a famous speech. Less than a third of them can identify within 5 years when that speech was, and at best two thirds of that 60% know what speech and what speech giver that's from. A small fraction of that will bother doing the math to figure out what 186_-(20*4+7)=? and a portion of those will known 1863 and 1776, but they already know what a "score" is. Most will simply be content knowing what Abe was talking about. Only the nerds of the esoterics of the educated will bother doing the math to figure out what a score is by knowing what the Gettysburg address said.

 

I'm guessing that other sources of knowledge inform most people who know.