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At lon last, Michelle Wie gets 1st LPGA tour win: Michelle Wie won her first LPGA Tour title, fulfilling the promise of a decade with a 3-under 69 Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Paula Creamer in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational
posted by dviking to golf at 09:48 PM on November 15 - 9 comments
Favre takes it to the Packers: Vikings win 30-23: Brett Favre proved to the Green Bay Packers he has plenty of fire left inside, and in his right arm. Favre's first game against his former team was all fun for the Minnesota Vikings and all frustration for the Packers, as the graying quarterback kept his cool and connected for three touchdown passes and 271 yards in a 30-23 victory on Monday night
posted by dviking to football at 01:05 AM on October 06 - 36 comments
Brett Favre not coming back to join the Vikings: Favre decided he was not up to a 19th season, so it's Sage Rosenfels or T-Jack at QB for the Vikings
posted by dviking to football at 06:27 PM on July 28 - 34 comments
Vick, Goodell met in New Jersey, though the league is not confirming this: Looks like talks aimed at Vick's reinstatement are underway.
posted by dviking to football at 12:24 AM on July 24 - 11 comments
Tom Watson continues to lead the field at the British Open.: Tom Watson looked around at the amazing scene Saturday, his eyes tearing up a bit as all the Scottish fans surrounding the 18th green toasted one of golf's greatest champions. Man, I wish I was there!
posted by dviking to golf at 03:08 PM on July 18 - 10 comments
yes, they seemed intent on making others care, I don't
posted by dviking at 07:42 PM on November 19
good grief, they obviously only wore the jerseys for the start of the reception.
Who cares what people do at their own receptions?
They probably couldn't wait to get it on Youtube.
posted by dviking at 06:56 PM on November 19
While I agree with dfleming that leaving the second half out does skew the results, I'm not at all surprised to see that officials tend to want to even the game out. In the NBA it almost gives some games a "fixed' feel to them, in college I've just noticed too many times in which it seemed as though the ref's were controlling the game.
What is so hard about calling a foul when you see one, and not when you don't? Now, my officiating ended at the college intramural level, but I seriously don't remember looking at the scoreboard to determine who was ahead, nor did I ever care how many fouls I had called on one team versus the other.
All that being said, I wonder if the fact that an aggressive player that gets called for a few fouls early tends to get benched plays into this. If a player gets 2 or 3 fouls quickly they're often pulled, so it just may be the team that got a few fouls called on them taking it easy instead of the refs being biased.
posted by dviking at 07:57 PM on November 18
actually, I was basing my decision on just the fact that they were playing the Colts. And, yes, 99.9% was out of line, I have no clue as to why I put that figure as I don't think it's that clear cut. I just don't buy a 60% success rate in going for it against the Colts in that situation.
posted by dviking at 04:58 PM on November 17
The Pats and Colts don't play each other often enough to get the kind of statistical data we're talking about. How many times have they gone for it on fourth and 2 against each other? How many times have they given the other team a chance to win with a drive that began near the red zone? That's not statistics, it's anecdotes.
Sure, the sample size of 100% relevant data is too small to use in most cases, that doesn't change the fact that if you then start using less relevant datat that your outcomes change. That was my point. Belichick can say that teams make that play 60% of the time, but not against the Colts with the game on the line.
Statistics often are misleading due to the influence of data collected regarding similar, but not identical, circumstances/events.
posted by dviking at 10:35 AM on November 17
A team can take a safety if they want, although not very common, it does happen.
No way to prove it, so it comes down to gut decision.
That's one way of thinking about things like this, and it will always be used as a rationalization by people who favor gut checks instead of looking at the numbers
rcade, my point was this, since the statisical data that you cite is not tied to analysis of Pats/Colts games, it has a certain degree of error built into it. And, even if I buy that 60% of the time the Pats would convert that play against the Colts in that situation (I don't, but that's not the point) it would still be a gut check to actually call that play. It didn't work last night, but the odds never said it would work 100% of the time, thus the gut check.
posted by dviking at 11:28 PM on November 16
but, again, you're adding in the odds that Pittsburgh could convert the 4th and 2 against the Chiefs into the equation. I personally doubt the Pats would convert that play 60% of the time against the Colts in this situation.
No way to prove it, so it comes down to gut decision.
posted by dviking at 03:50 PM on November 16
Is it legal to dump beer on a 20 year old...I mean, what if she swallowed some of it???
posted by dviking at 02:05 PM on November 16
In regard to all the stat talk, please bear in mind that most of those stats are almost meaningless.
To lump in %'s that are based on how effective all teams have been on 4th and 2 in all situations is to give way too much emphasis on how the Pttsburgh Steelers did against the Chiefs last year. You have to look at how effective teams similar to the Pats have been against teams similar to the Colts on 4th and two, this year, with the game on the line. Anything else is misleading. I realize that diminishes the pool of comparable plays, but it does make it more realistic, and I would bet that the resulting % of success would be far less than the 30% some of you have quoted. (bearing in mind that 87.4% of all stats are made up on the fly)
As to the route being deep enough, it was with a clean catch, however, in hind sight it's obvious that a route a yard deeper would have been a better choice.
posted by dviking at 02:02 PM on November 16
Don't most football players whether Hall of Famer or not, earn the right to have an opinion about the game of football?
Well, I suppose we all have the right to have an opinion about the game, but I don't think someone like Brian Bosworth has earned the right to speak his mind without being criticized....Tarkenton has (at least in my purple hazed mind).
I give H.O.F.er's a bit of slack that a typical player doesn't necessarily get.
posted by dviking at 10:24 AM on November 16
Maybe Belichick saw something in the Colts practice tapes that lead him to belive they could get the 1st down
Really?
Oh, sure, they thought they could run a quick slant pattern for three yards, surely the defense will be playing loose in that situation.
Whatever Belichick thought he could get away with, he was proven wrong. When the play works he's a hero, when it doesn't he's a goat.
In this particular situation, 99.9% of the time it makes sense to punt. Too big of a risk if you don't make it. Sad that he didn't have more confidence in his defense. Then again, the Colts went the 30 yards with no problem, so maybe another 40-50 yards wouldn't have mattered.
posted by dviking at 02:04 AM on November 16
Actually, when I read the quote below, I though maybe she was just pledging for the same fraternity I tried to get into....
"Just seeing them come out and pour beer all over me, it was a great feeling," Wie said. "I've always seen it on TV and I've always wanted people to pour beer on me. It was as great as I thought it was."
Does this get her into the Masters, or should she win, oh say, about 20 more times on the women's tour before she tries the men's again?
She does look better than Tiger in red though.
posted by dviking at 09:51 PM on November 15
Status alert: Just want to ensure that the world knows that I got my mug on Telemanjaro twice yesterday!
My son's high school team had a playoff game at the mecca that is Cowboys Stadium. During the game the cameras put my wife and I on the screen twice.
Guess I can cross that one off my "Bucket List".
As a non-Cowboy fan, it was great to be able to get into the place for $10. Since it was a high school game, no alcohol, so no temptation to pay $8 for a warm beer. Plus, we got great seats on the 50, 17 rows up.
Beautiful stadium...though I can't stnd the guy, Jones did a very nice job on his stadium.
Sadly, I won't be going back anytime soon, my son's team lost.
posted by dviking at 01:14 PM on November 15
What's the point here? The writer asks a man what he thinks, then blasts him for it. It's not like Fran was going around taking shots at Cutler and Favre.
Tarkenton earned the right to have an opinion about the game of football, and I don't think he said anything out of line.
Now, that could be a guy who once had a poster of Tarkenton hanging on his wall speaking, so maybe my opinion needs to be discounted!
That being said, Favre will take Fran's old team to 8-1 today! (I personally forgive them both for any sins, past, current, future)
posted by dviking at 01:08 PM on November 15
Oregon Ducks Smell Roses
Not sure if a student produced song can officially jinx the team, but then again, the mascot was in the video.