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The Study Of Parity Has Been Very Uneven
The second the NFL Championship games were over and we knew the Super Bowl match-up, I knew it was coming. It's like the swallows returning to Capistrano or Jets fans hating their first round pick -- you can set your clock to it (assuming you had one of those clocks that counts in years). What...
2DH: An Unfamiliar Planet Where Kareem Jackson Has Interceptions And Julio Jones Drops Hail Marys
On September 1, 2007, I was en route to Memphis with my wife to celebrate our first anniversary with a weekend away. Michigan's football season started that day, but, as they were ranked #5 in the country and were playing D-1AA Appalachian State, I wasn't too concerned with the game. Around 2...
A Few Nuggets To Make Your Day
This past weekend, a buddy of mine completed the Florida Ironman Triathlon. For those unfamiliar with an ironman, it's a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and then a full 26.2 mile marathon. All in one day. Without breaks. Personally, I struggle to understand the internal discussion that one must...
Houston Texans Defense: Partying Like It's 2009?
Throughout the 2009 season, there was a huge hullaballoo about the Houston Texans having the best defense in team history. At the time, I argued it was smoke and mirrors: we consistently under-performed against teams that played remotely talented quarterbacks, and we took advantage of the Rusty...
What About Schaub?
Author's note: I began this analysis prior to Matt Schaub getting injured as a way to look at both his perceived and statistical value. I've since altered it slightly to look at what we're missing from Schaub and what we need from Matt Leinart. I also decided to keep the caption and title...
2DH: Now With 45 Percent MORE Randomness!
Sunday afternoon, after watching your Houston Texans methodically defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars, I found myself confronted with the question of what to do with the rest of my day. I was already drunk, so, obviously, the answer had to include some sort of power tool. And that's how I wound up...
The Eternal Sunshine Of Tim's Besotted Mind (Or, "The Assassination Of Optimism By The Coward MDC")
From: MDCSent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:55 AMTo: TimSubject: Texans @ Titans I know that you and I came away from the Ravens game with vastly different outlooks on the state of the Texans and where they are going from here. Rather than have some sort of lame "Ask a BESF Fan" thread, which...
Q&A With Brian Burke Of Advanced NFL Stats: An Outsider's View Of Arian Foster And Shaun Cody
If statistics were a person, I'd feel really bad for them. They'd be the weird kid in the corner who knows more than anyone else, but is constantly misunderstood. All the other numbers would make fun of statistics and steal their lunch money. They'd grow up and constantly be misquoted and...
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