jamiemac

May 27th, 2011 at 11:29 AM ^

Oh, too funny.

I can relate. I've built entire posts and theories here and at the JCB around ATS numbers that probably arent really related to one another, but are interesting nevertheless.

I mean, I've already put the Northwestern game in the loss column--at least ATS--for Michigan, who cares about, you know, the real stuff like actual matchups.

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JeepinBen

May 27th, 2011 at 11:41 AM ^

Let's hope that the records the last few years have no correlation to MGoBlog. In my defense, I sat in the same seat and ate the same types of food during the ND game as I did for Ohio State. That one wasn't my fault this year

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Baxter

May 27th, 2011 at 12:12 PM ^

 

//ESPN Random Column Generator
#include <time.h>

If (Columnist_name == "Feldman")  {

     int superlat;  

     string team;

     srand ( time(NULL) );

     foreach (team = NCAAfootballTeams[]) {

             superlat = rand % 5;

             cout<< team<<" looked really ";

             if (superlat == 0)  {  cout<<"great";  }

             if (superlat == 1)  {  cout<<"awful";  }

             if (superlat == 2)  {  cout<<"slow";  }

             if (superlat == 3)  {  cout<<"ape-like";  }

             if (superlat == 4)  {  cout<<"filled with ennui";  }

             cout<<" during practice this week."<<\n;

     }

}

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Baxter

May 27th, 2011 at 12:21 PM ^

Thanks for the debug, it's been a while...

 

//ESPN Random Column Generator
#include <time.h>

If (Columnist_name == "Feldman")  {

     int superlat;  

     string team;

     srand ( time(NULL) );

     foreach (team = NCAAfootballTeams[]) {

             superlat = rand % 5;

             cout<< team<<" looked really ";

             if (superlat == 0)  {  cout<<"great";  }

             if (superlat == 1)  {  cout<<"awful";  }

             if (superlat == 2)  {  cout<<"slow";  }

             if (superlat == 3)  {  cout<<"ape-like";  }

             if (superlat == 4)  {  cout<<"filled with ennui";  }

             cout<<" during practice this week."\n;

     }

}

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grsbmd

May 27th, 2011 at 1:17 PM ^

Unfortunately, I haven't memorized the GCC error messages yet.

It took a little more work to get it to actually compile though:

 

//ESPN Random Column Generator
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

void printSuperlative(const string team);

int main()
{
  string Columnist_name = "Feldman";
  const char* teams[] = {"Michigan", "Michigan State", "Ohio State", "Purdue", "Indiana", "Illinois", "Northwestern", "Wisconsin", "Minnesota", "Iowa", "Penn State", "Nebraska"};
  vector<string> NCAAFootballTeams(teams, teams + 12);

  if(Columnist_name == "Feldman")
  {
     srand ( time(NULL) );
     for_each (NCAAFootballTeams.begin(), NCAAFootballTeams.end(), printSuperlative);
  }

  return 0;
}

void printSuperlative(const string team)
{
  int superlat = rand() % 5;
  cout << team << " looked really ";
  switch(superlat)
  {
    case 0:
      cout << "great";
      break;
    case 1:
      cout << "awful"; 
      break;
    case 2:
      cout << "slow"; 
      break;
    case 3:
      cout << "ape-like";
      break;
    default:
      cout << "filled with ennui";
  }
  cout << " during practice this week." << endl;
}
 
--------------------
OUTPUT
--------------------
Michigan looked really filled with ennui during practice this week.
Michigan State looked really great during practice this week.
Ohio State looked really great during practice this week.
Purdue looked really great during practice this week.
Indiana looked really ape-like during practice this week.
Illinois looked really awful during practice this week.
Northwestern looked really slow during practice this week.
Wisconsin looked really filled with ennui during practice this week.
Minnesota looked really awful during practice this week.
Iowa looked really ape-like during practice this week.
Penn State looked really ape-like during practice this week.
Nebraska looked really great during practice this week.
 

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Baxter

May 27th, 2011 at 1:32 PM ^

Taking it to a whole other level.  Think you could add an escape clause in there for Ohio State, where it automatically mentions another former player who sold/bought something that they shouldn't have, followed by a mention of how it looks like Tressel's time is up and the Gee is still standing behind him 100%?

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turd ferguson

May 27th, 2011 at 12:37 PM ^

This might be what they're getting at (I'm both slow & unfamiliar with XKCD), but this is how I feel about the complete lack of attention to sample size in sports.

The latest example:  the idea that LeBron James just learned how to close games during this playoff run.  The Heat lost a few more close games than they won during the regular season and have won a few more close games than they've lost in the playoffs, so the obvious conclusion is that LeBron is an entirely different player.

I was also a big fan of the hysteria after the Red Sox started 0-6.  That was the first 3.7% of their schedule or, in NFL terms, roughly the equivalent of the first half of the opening game.

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oriental andrew

May 27th, 2011 at 12:54 PM ^

here is the alt-text which, sadly, doesn't lend too much more fun to this particular sports-oriented website. Unless there are a bunch of geeks here, and that can't possibly be the true about the mgocommunity.

Also, all financial analysis. And, more directly, D&D.

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