Business as usual
Statisticians everywhere would like to thank the Washington Redskins today for so beautifully illustrating for the lay person the concept of “regression to the mean.”
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Rob Ryan, on NFL Network, discussing his firing by the Saints: “Everything in New Orleans is being blamed on me, including Katrina,” Who knew it was possible to make brother Rex look like the classy one?
In the midst of a year with plenty of controversy over officiating, Roger Goodell says that the NFL is considering mixing and matching crews on a weekly basis to reduce inconsistencies. Well, it’s a shame the league doesn’t make enough money to hire full time officials.
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In Madison, Badgers fans were reportedly throwing snowballs at the team’s cheerleaders during their game against Northwestern. Can only imagine what fans were throwing at the refs, after two potential last-minute game-winning Wisconsin TD’s were overturned.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, making a distinction between DFS (like Draft Kings) and year long fantasy football – “We love people who are going to engage in the game and have fun with it. It’s not about making money. It’s about enjoying the game and enjoying the team, enjoying the players you pick.”
Wow, and Goodell said this with a straight face.
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Cal’s Jared Goff is projected as probably the first QB who will be taken in this year’s NFL draft. And as far as getting that top pick – the 49ers, Raiders and Chargers are doing their best to ensure Goff will probably stay in California.
Marco Rubio has released his first nationwide campaign ad, in which he says – “What happened in Paris could happen here. There is no middle ground.” Sigh. I guess we can kiss “shining city on the hill” and “kindler gentler nation” goodbye.
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Three flights in the US and Canada this week were diverted over suspicious behavior and bomb threats. Waiting to see which airline is the first to turn this heightened security into a new fee.
Anyone but me still a bit getting used to seeing the Cincinnati Bengals leading their division in anything but arrests?
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Donald Trump retweeted a graphic showing crime statistics on killings of whites and blacks that was simply flat out wrong, for example, it said 81% of whiles are killed by blacks, when the FBI numbers are 15%, and that blacks killed by whites were 2%, when the numbers are 7%. But really, why should the Donald start caring about facts now?
Rush Limbaugh said on “Fox News Sunday” that Ben Carson was “probably not” qualified to be president. “Probably?”
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On United.com, United Airlines has a “Thanksgiving Week” travel notice – “Please allow extra time at the airport.” Really? What was their first clue?
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T.C. Chong, with a bus-to-hell Thanksgiving week thought, “Why are there no important shopping days named “Yellow Friday” or “Indian Friday” or “Caucasian Friday”?
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On a lighter note, how can you not love the Belgians? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/22/national-emergency-belgians-respond-with-cats
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Left Coast Sports Babe 
November 23, 2015 at 6:19 am
When I was in college a long time ago we threw snowballs on the field to protest a bad call on the field. The ref assessed a “15 yard penalty for un-sportsmen like conduct by the crowd” against our team.
November 23, 2015 at 9:51 am
Wimpy ref. Clearly not a NFL ref in denver.
November 23, 2015 at 10:01 am
“Well, it’s a shame the league doesn’t make enough money to hire full time officials.”
I generally find myself in agreement with the views expressed on this blog, but I’ll make an exception here. Full-time sounds great but
I can’t see it improving officiating in a meaningful way. Regardless of how many hours they work, those difficult situations requiring split-second decisions aren’t going away.
November 23, 2015 at 6:11 pm
You could be right, Marty, thanks for commenting. But I do think if the refs were full time they could spend the week watching tape and talking and maybe getting a bit more consistent. I would hate to be a defensive player now, no clue on what’s allowed. And what the heck is a catch?
November 23, 2015 at 7:54 pm
“And what the heck is a catch?”
Not one 0f the seven billion earthlings knows.
November 23, 2015 at 8:24 pm
nice on the earthlings line. 🙂