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Cincydawg

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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #560 on: January 01, 2019, 10:26:07 AM »
So, my premise has been that underdogs win more often in bowl games than in the regular season.  I keep wanting to check this against reality but haven't done it.  This is based on the idea that the underdog is a better team than the favorite has played in 9 or 10 of the games played, usually, and "we" over estimate the difference between a Mizzou, say, and an Oklahoma State, along with the inherent variables in any game.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #561 on: January 01, 2019, 10:58:38 AM »
I know the games were quite different, but SEC CCG outdrew Clem v ND.   ESPN sure paying a lot of money ($200 mil per playoff game), while CBS continues to fleece the SEC. Their annual deal iirc is something like $55 per year for the rights to all of those games not just ccg .  That deal runs another 5 years.   Just a guess but I bet CBS doesn't keep SEC tv rights past then .
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #562 on: January 01, 2019, 11:35:56 AM »
CBS would need to up their ante, but they might to keep their GotW in that 3:30 slot on Saturdays.  It halos their other sports coverage.

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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #563 on: January 01, 2019, 11:47:43 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on January 01, 2019, 09:31:20 AM
My bowl picks were pretty awful, worse than Clucko the Chicken.

Watch it buster,back in the day I used CFN staff picks as a wagering tool - that's how I found the forum,well at least that part worked out okay.Any way Clucko beat Pete Futiak and the boys one season against the spread
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #564 on: January 01, 2019, 11:51:30 AM »
Beating the spread is tough especially with the vig.

I guess that is why they have all those fancy casinos out west.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #565 on: January 01, 2019, 12:42:20 PM »
We've got an old school Rose Bowl to look forward to tonight, and not just because it's the correct league champs playing in it. The a San Gabriel Mountains look mighty pretty compared to a teens-below-zero windchill. 
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #566 on: January 01, 2019, 12:58:22 PM »
This used to be the best sports day of the year.  Now it's about on par with Christmas NBA quintuple header.
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« Reply #567 on: January 01, 2019, 01:08:18 PM »
Quote from: ELA on January 01, 2019, 12:58:22 PM
This used to be the best sports day of the year.  Now it's about on par with Christmas NBA quintuple header.
I wouldn't go that far my friend. This is far better then anything the NBA could put out there.
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« Reply #568 on: January 01, 2019, 01:11:07 PM »
Iowa turning it on big time. Clanga doesn't know what hit 'em.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #569 on: January 01, 2019, 01:21:50 PM »
Burrow with the pick 6 and gets absolutely obliterated on a block during the play.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #570 on: January 01, 2019, 01:24:10 PM »
Ed O not pleased .
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #571 on: January 01, 2019, 01:30:49 PM »
Someday Dave Aranda is gonna regret leaving Madison, if he doesn't already.
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« Reply #572 on: January 01, 2019, 01:31:34 PM »
Here is the part of not taking a team seriously that I think is bullshit.  Even if your preparation wasn’t up to par once you get on the field you are playing against guys who are trying to physically impose their will on you.  Your adrenaline gets going and your competitive fire comes out.

Burrow just got rocked and then a UCF kid stood over him and trash talked him.  If LSU isn’t fired up after seeing it then they have never been fired up in their life.  Bama, Auburn, never.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #573 on: January 01, 2019, 01:34:57 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 01, 2019, 01:30:49 PM
Someday Dave Aranda is gonna regret leaving Madison, if he doesn't already.
I dunno.  He doesn't seem unlike scores of coordinators with half a dozen stops over a decade.  
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