Harbaugh confirms Peppers injury
December 12th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
Ugh. Never good when it's confirmed. Get healthy soon, Jabrill!
December 12th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
Someone stated on the original injury rumor thread (MgoOld?) that he has learned when rampant speculation threads live on MGoBoard for more than an hour they usually have a large amount of truth to them.
Looks like that is a great theory go forward.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:42 PM ^
Yeah no kidding. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Just kept hoping that these rumors weren't true.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:53 PM ^
I predicted before the season that Ty Isaac would be a non factor 100% based on the boards indifference towards him. 5 star transfer in his 3rd at position of need usually would get a fair amount of hype and the only thing the board generally thought was he liked to party.
I think the board in general is usually pretty accurate. There is just enough 'plugged in'ness to the board.
December 12th, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
Would have been much nicer if we weren't correct on Ty and Peppers.
December 12th, 2015 at 5:38 PM ^
I belive there is quite a bit of research out there to "crowd source" the answer or the truth. Prior to the days of social media, many advocated a stock market model -- where the general populous could buy / sell stock in certain events. I seem to recall the DoD or CIA stood one up for geo-political events shortly after 9/11 that was taken down, because buying stock in possible terrorist actions wasn't perceived very well :)
In anycase, I think you could argue that blogging and message boards have an interesting big data component to them....
December 12th, 2015 at 6:20 PM ^
The stock market really is nothing more than every market participant's evaluation of all the available information, and is therefore an accurate measure. To see the phenomenon in action, there was a contest run by the Planet Money Blog this summer with contestants guess the weight of a cow. The guesses were all over the place, but the average was astoundingly close(Goolge Penelope the Cow's Weight). But a better example for this board is looking at NFL teams' records versus the spread... they are almost all 500 against the spread over time, or within a small margin one side or the other. The spread is nothing more than the consensus handicap of the game... moving as bets come in on either side. So at the end of the day the consensus line of the game, based on each bettor's evaluation of the odds, is a good indicator of what the outcome will be. This has been your behavioural finance nerd PSA for the day.
December 12th, 2015 at 7:10 PM ^
+1 Interesting
December 13th, 2015 at 7:55 AM ^
"None of us is as smart as all of us."
December 12th, 2015 at 9:51 PM ^
After I graduated I traveled to a bunch of national parks to do some nature writing. I stopped in Eugene, OR and got to chatting with a Ph.D. Candidate in his 40's. He never graduated from high school, but followed the dead for a number of years and was an avid reader and wrote/talked his way into the program. His thesis was that large numbers of people could the mind of God through group dialogue. He did some studies like the cow where people could accurately evaluate things and in some cases predict them. This is pre-browser days when there were bulletin boards but not much else. He had a bunch of people sitting around in a room talking. The issue was getting enough people to tap into the group consciousness with out having the conversation fragment. Reminds me of MGoBlog.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
Translates to not gonna happen in Jim's language.
Run a heavy 4-3 D and we will be good against Florida.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:14 PM ^
but our 3 are not good
December 12th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
They couldn't score with a $100 bill hanging out of their zipper.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:40 PM ^
Careful, that's what got Washington suspended at OSU.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
We could run a 3-4 with Brian, Seth, and Ace on the line and still stop Florida's offense.
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December 12th, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
I would prefer them as the second level, sideline to sideline
December 12th, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
Keep tempting the football gods. Talk like this will lead to Florida mysteriously putting up 50 on us.
December 12th, 2015 at 4:15 PM ^
Maybe this would be a great time to continue the installation of our 3-3-5
December 12th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
"Working through something" can also mean something disciplinary. Though it seems that he does have a hand injury.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
But when Harbaugh has previously used the phrase, it's referred to injury. I believe.
December 12th, 2015 at 5:32 PM ^
Agree, seems like discipline/grades has been "an internal matter."
December 12th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
lets just hope he's bowl game ready
December 12th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
I'll find your lack of faith in Peppers recovery disturbing.
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December 12th, 2015 at 1:21 PM ^
When?
December 12th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
The future, of course!
December 12th, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
If it's just a hand I'd think he can play with a cast?
December 12th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
But he won't be playing offense or returning punts/kicks with a cast.
December 12th, 2015 at 6:14 PM ^
but chesson was pretty darn good at returning kickoffs and lewis does a pretty good job at punt --- more important to have him 100% next year...
December 12th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
But not on offense as catching or running with a ball would be difficult
December 12th, 2015 at 1:46 PM ^
no reason to risk anything in the bowl to play a guy that would have trouble tackiling and maybe be 70% as effective as normal. Get him healthy for spring practice if it's not fully healed by Jan 1.
December 12th, 2015 at 5:05 PM ^
just bones, sure he could. but if he tore anything, its unlikely given risk of setback or further injury
December 12th, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
I'll see your "NOOOOOOO" and raise you a "FFFUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKK!"
December 12th, 2015 at 1:19 PM ^
https://twitter.com/itzchristinabro/status/674434910736818176
https://twitter.com/gabbyboisture/status/674436615218049025
Those from a couple days ago. Looks more like a finger than a hand.
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December 12th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
Click the picture it will expand and you can see it
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December 12th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
Those are both the uninjured hand...
December 12th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
Jabrill can do WAY better than that.
December 12th, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^
Well below your standards. Would not bang.
/they're both cute. Dickweed.
December 12th, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
This is actually pretty encouraging... 18 days from the bowl game and he's got 1 finger wrapped. Without further info, I'd say that things could be worse. #positivity
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December 12th, 2015 at 5:43 PM ^
Creepy
December 12th, 2015 at 6:32 PM ^
I just took screenshots of the links above.
December 12th, 2015 at 6:08 PM ^
Hand around the knuckle is definitely swolen, but doesn't look like bones are broken on other digits. Would have been in a cast for months if three fingers were busted and knuckle was dislocated. Looks like he tore a tendon in the index finger and the splint is to keep it in place to heal. He could buddy tape that and play defense if needed, just not likely 100% on offense or kick returns.
December 12th, 2015 at 7:06 PM ^
fucking serious bro? You got all that from a shitty twitter pic? You are hilarious.
December 12th, 2015 at 6:17 PM ^
but then again he does have his arm around a good looking girl. that cures alot of things!!
December 12th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
Lol they're up by 42 with 10 minutes to go. This thread would make you think it's a 5 pt lead. I understand Delaware is awful, but you can't do better than that against anybody.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
Hard to believe with the injury that Peppers hand is up by 42 over DSU, but I guess DSU is just that bad.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
Never, ever, mess with Peppers or even his hand.
December 12th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
Sucks. But honestly, hope he doesn't play in the bowl game - rather not risk further injury that could drag into next season, or even interfere with off season practice, then have him out there for what is largely a meaningless bowl game.
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