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Quote from: okayjustroyals&ksu_FAN on January 16, 2017, 11:47:21 AMThis is where I'm glad the NFL and Cowboys/Chiefs are way down the list for how much I invest as a fan. I wanted both to win yesterday, but I had fun with it while tweeting a ridiculous amount of gifs. I probably couldn't do that with Cat FB/BB. Maybe with the Royals a little bit because of the long season, but not in the playoffs. My investment in those 3 teams is simply much greater and today I really don't care that much that both lost.Of course part of my disinterest in the NFL and those teams comes from the last 20 or so years. Neither has really competed for a Super Bowl. The Cowboys have won 3 wildcard games and the Chiefs one, neither has made an AFC/NFC title game. Each has had sporadic seasons of success, winning divisions and scraping into the playoffs as wildcards, but even in their best seasons (this year for both really), they aren't a threat and are gone after one game when earning a bye. I suppose if either really competed for a Super Bowl appearance my interest as a fan would increase, but they are both pretty futile as NFL franchises since the mid 90s.The 3rd & 20 pass with :03 left is going to sting for a very long time. Who knows what would have happened in OT, but that was a top 5 KITN play for me as a sports fan. Off the top of my head only Sirr Parker and the Romo botched hold are worse. Just an awful couple of weeks as a 'Cats/'Boys fan. The Walk Chalk, Tech ending, and 3rd & 20 combination has me considering dropping sports altogether and taking up woodworking or something.
This is where I'm glad the NFL and Cowboys/Chiefs are way down the list for how much I invest as a fan. I wanted both to win yesterday, but I had fun with it while tweeting a ridiculous amount of gifs. I probably couldn't do that with Cat FB/BB. Maybe with the Royals a little bit because of the long season, but not in the playoffs. My investment in those 3 teams is simply much greater and today I really don't care that much that both lost.Of course part of my disinterest in the NFL and those teams comes from the last 20 or so years. Neither has really competed for a Super Bowl. The Cowboys have won 3 wildcard games and the Chiefs one, neither has made an AFC/NFC title game. Each has had sporadic seasons of success, winning divisions and scraping into the playoffs as wildcards, but even in their best seasons (this year for both really), they aren't a threat and are gone after one game when earning a bye. I suppose if either really competed for a Super Bowl appearance my interest as a fan would increase, but they are both pretty futile as NFL franchises since the mid 90s.
Have you guys seen the predicto game on fivethirtyeight? It's pretty fun
in the end, EMAW will always win.
Quote from: mocat on October 05, 2017, 10:20:15 AMHave you guys seen the predicto game on fivethirtyeight? It's pretty funhttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nfl-predictions-game/How are you doing mocat?
KU is right on par with Notre Dame ... when it comes to adding additional conference revenue
Beer pro tip: never drink anything other than BL, coors, pbr, maybe a few others that I'm forgetting
Quote from: ChiCat on October 05, 2017, 11:19:14 AMQuote from: mocat on October 05, 2017, 10:20:15 AMHave you guys seen the predicto game on fivethirtyeight? It's pretty funhttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nfl-predictions-game/How are you doing mocat?I started week 3, which was a brutal week of upsets. I did pretty good week 4 but I am still in the negative overall.I like it because it penalizes you for being overconfident and wrong more than it rewards you for being overconfident and correct
Quote from: mocat on October 05, 2017, 12:56:17 PMQuote from: ChiCat on October 05, 2017, 11:19:14 AMQuote from: mocat on October 05, 2017, 10:20:15 AMHave you guys seen the predicto game on fivethirtyeight? It's pretty funhttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nfl-predictions-game/How are you doing mocat?I started week 3, which was a brutal week of upsets. I did pretty good week 4 but I am still in the negative overall.I like it because it penalizes you for being overconfident and wrong more than it rewards you for being overconfident and correctAfter this week, I am at +129 which puts me in the top 18%. Still trailing 538 by a bunch though. I bet big on HOU beating JAX week 1 and that is pretty much the hole I'm in.