Nice job Brian, with all your smart ass remarks and statistical analysis. Who else was raging at the TV set when Ferentz started going all Romer on us and going for every 4th down? I guess it's the price of being Michigan that everyone despite our struggles gets up for us with extra game planning and intensity.
All year we've heard about the "puntosaur", but when Mich comes to town they throw caution to the wind.
Ferentz listens to Brian?
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The really question is who does not listen to Brian?
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FINALLY!!!
Finally!!! A realistic response to why this saturday happened the way it did.
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I just figured it was because
I just figured it was because Hoke forgot to drink his morning coffee, which led to him not having his daily magic movement.
Whatcha gonna do, little brother?
The only way to prove
your theory is if Brian actually starts providing false analysis for the next 3 weeks in order jack up the opposing teams game plan.
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Technically you should be
Technically you should be blaming the The Mathlete.
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I've never trusted math or
I've never trusted math or science and I never will
/skeptical eyes darting back and forth
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They told me that this would be "footbauw."
And that there would be no math requirement...
Science isn't trustworthy
Only scientists can check each other's work, so its all a big consipracy. They are scamming everyone.
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No, we should be blaming
No, we should be blaming math.
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Choice
Going Romer is apparently the economic equivalent of going HAM. CHOICE.
No radio. Nothing of value.
i think the reason we lost is
i think the reason we lost is they scored more points. statistikly speaking this happens in %98 of games.
Due to end-of-game
Due to end-of-game officiating, I'd argue this game was one of the 2% where the team that scores more didn't win. /s (sorta)
No it was my fault...
I wasn't wearing my lucky maize and blue boxers. I feel terrible.
A perfect example of why
A perfect example of why football isn't about probablities and numbers as much as people think. Baseball is, football isn't.
Have to disagree
Not so much with your hypothesis, that football isn't about probabilities, only with your evidence. Drawing a conclusion about probabilities from a single observation is, save for outcomes with very low probability, not very sound.
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But seriously, there
But seriously, there are millions of instances to support my opinion. I'm just pointing to the OP's half-joking frustration. There are a lot of people who look at these numbers as a black and white decision. But the emotions of football make most of these numbers obsolete, or at the very least, barely relevant.
lessons
You mean like the time Iowa went for it on fourth-and-one, failed the quick snap dive, and gave Michigan a short field, from which they scored their TD?
Or maybe you were referring to the 4th-and-1 in the 4th that turned into a 4th-and-6 thanks to a twitchy center -- at which point Ferentz shut off his inner Brian/Mathlete and punted -- pinning M back on their own 4 late in the game (and M would end up giving it back to Iowa at the 36 with 4 minutes left)?
I'm guessing Ferentz learned the following lesson: go for it = bad; punt = good.
No
The 4th and 7 they converted that lead to a score. He punts in that situation 98.2% of the time I have it documented. So for him to go against his Puntosaur instincts was quite remarkable.
Well-played, OP
When I saw the title, I wondered if this was going to be a disaster or something entertaining. I'll vote for "entertaining."
I commented to my GF during
I commented to my GF during the game that "this is unbelievable, Ferentz never goes for it...this is a guy who's punted from the opponents 31..why is he doing this?"
argh.
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TWIS,
I thought you were going to blame TWIS, because karnma is a bitch.
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blame moi
no no its my fault. for the purdue game i posted it would a low scoring defensive struggle where they match us. not so much. then for iowa i posted it would be a blue blowout. also less not so much.
so i am officially now predicting um gets blown out in all 3 remaining games. it gets so bad they start bellamy, throw 99% of the time, play campbell and brink every play over the woefully ineffective mm and rvb. we go 0-3 and lose by a combined 90 points.
you guys can thank me in 3 weeks....
i'll take the blame for this
i'll take the blame for this one too, i gave up the traditional #1 jersey for a new M hoodie. it was so soft and comforting i couldn't not wear it. the question i have about that is should i have washed it first before wearing the first time, could that have made the difference. it will definately be washed before next saturday and IF i choose to wear it again an M loses, then anyone want a free hoodie?
make sure you wash it WITH
make sure you wash it WITH the #1 jersey so the magic will be shared.
Blame Canada
Blame Canada
UMich 13
Easy now
We did nothing wrong. Refs were Americans as well.
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Ferentz listens to Brian?