@JerryEngelmann So you think that’s going to be a difficult thing for him to learn?
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mitchell wesson
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@wessonmo I'd imagine he's been playing basketball since age 3
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These would concern me if my team had a top-3 pick
(they're all from 1 game, and there's ~4 more travels I didn't clip. Every game looks this way)
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@NFLPinnacleBeat Obviously subjective but at least two std dev, so 95%+?
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@SethBurn I read the original question as being more about teams’ strengths than teams’ resumes (and I think Evan did, too).
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Looking at the KenPom WAB's, 2025 had the strongest bubble we've seen in the past 25 years. This year's looks to be above-average.
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Evan Miyakawa@EvanMiya
This year's bubble is objectively the worst we've ever had. Based on how much worse the average bubble team is compared to the top teams in the sport, we can rank the worst bubbles in the last 15 years. Worst bubble years: 1. 2026 2. 2015 3. 2024 4. 2025 5. 2019
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@AliceFromQueens I'll bet that in 4 years NYC crime* will have increased relative to national average (as measured by basket of X large cities), as measured by prior 4 years! But that might be too esoteric and complicated
* Using murders, felonious assaults, and robbery
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I’ve offered more bets in this domain than anything in the past but unlike those propositions I’ve got not one taker here.
Just a lot of cowardly liars exposing themselves.
Andrew Barber 🔰🌐@abarber1
I’ve seen a million predictions of doom for NYC after the mayoral election. How many of these people would wager on their predictions? Fucking zero. It’s always zero. We need to make this a requirement for anyone who wants their opinion to get any weight whatsoever.
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mitchell wesson retweetledi
Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace.
I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution.
Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.
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@ZachFeldman3 @uditranasaria Probably an aggregated value for each season (2 college, 3 pro)
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@friscojosh Who are you to say that this advice didn’t keep him with us for longer?
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not sure why we should be taking life advice from someone who checked out early.
here's an alternate version
Hug your wife and kids tonight. Eat the broiled broccoli. Have another glass of water, you need it. Talk to a good friend you haven't spoken to in a while. Eat less.
Pat@Patbrdh
Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two. Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends. Check in on yourself. Enjoy the ride. Anthony Bourdain
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@CFBNerds @agoofy_yeti Not in order to offer him a platform they don’t. Those people have very different roles than a podcaster.
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@wessonmo @agoofy_yeti You don't think child welfare experts and advocacy groups meet with Trump? They 100% do.
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(Daniel's opinion) College football isn't getting fixed without the politicians. Seeking help from the most powerful one makes sense to me?
0% of y'all would refuse a sit down with the president if he wanted to discuss helping you fix the problem you were most passionate about fixing
Otherwise you care more about your pride than actually fixing the problem. Contempt for a politician (often justified) doesn't remove their necessity in governance
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@CFBNerds @agoofy_yeti Hmm no I don’t think I’d sit down to talk with a pedophile about anything, let alone something related to children.
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@BlatantHomerism Maybe I’m misunderstanding but are you suggesting that there is no such thing as an informative 4th down model?
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I have a theory that because it took so much effort for analytics to become an acceptable prism through which we can interpret sports, stats wonks feel like it's a retreat to admit you can't develop informative modeling for things like going for it on 4th down
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I think the biggest problem with this conversation is that it is exceedingly difficult to explain in layman's terms why "analytics" don't apply to these situations nytimes.com/athletic/70118…
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@SolomonMg Are the trends the same for “Zionist”, “Palestine”, etc.?
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We tracked public TikToks containing keywords like "ICE," "Alex Pretti," "Renee Good," "Trump," and "Epstein" over time. There was a big drop - but it hit everything, political and non-political alike. "Recipe" and "Oscar" posts fell off too.
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Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...
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Indiana can move the ball and Miami can’t. Miami is going to need a lot of help to win.
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@tejfbanalytics @Stat_Ron The question is whether or not that delta between being tied vs down 1 is enough to change the 2PT decision.
When you also consider that it would have eventually been a practice squad kicker taking the kick in rough weather, the delta is almost certainly negligibly small.
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think ben johnson made the right decision not to go for two (even if they ended up losing)
the rams had 18 seconds and two timeouts left. if you score, they become hyper aggressive to get into field goal range where they could win the game
by kicking the XP, the rams got conservative and kneeled (even though probably still should have been aggressive)
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@tejfbanalytics @Stat_Ron Only rational threat to score in that weather with 18 seconds + 2 TOs left *might* be prime Mahomes + prime Kelce + prime T Hill
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