heisman said:

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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Jaxbuck said:

It goes back to the simple truth of every out come being skill + luck = outcome.

Look at the odds of giving up points. Greater when on defense than on offense, right? The luck element of the outcome is higher than when on offense.

Choosing a path that creates more opportunity for the opponent (defense) is a flawed strategy. It can work out and people think it’s ok, but it was the wrong approach no matter the outcome.

To use the casino analogy a different way; Offense in football is like playing poker. If you have a skill advantage you want to play as many hands as possible. Your skill will win out. BUT in football you have to play defense and that is like having to stop playing poker and go over to play roulette. You can even be the house and get better odds if you have an elite defense but sooner or later, some stupid fucking tourist is going to hit on red 27 and you are going to have to pay.

You want to stay at the poker table as much as you can and stay away from the roulette table in the process.

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Jaxbuck said:

A safety, that miracle at the half, that last drive, missed FG holy shit what a crazy game.

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dragurd said:

You missed the biggest fuckery pickens threw a punch at a fan

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Jaxbuck said:

Massive fuckery afoot in Pitt/Det game.

Wow

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SEREbuckeye said:

As I was saying…

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1926Buckeyes said:

Haven’t watched much today. What happened?

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CincyInterloper said:

You’re not wrong, but top tier college football is a professional sport now. So the only metric that matters for the playoff team selection process is maximizing television revenue. The playoffs are going to expand to at least 16. We’ll be lucky if it doesn’t expand beyond that. If you think it’s bad now, wait until private equity gets involved.

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Jagdaddy said:

I may be misreading some of your prior posts, but there also seems to be an unstated assumption that luck plays a bigger role when you're on defense than when you're on offense, and I don't understand why that's the case if it is what's being assumed.

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Jaxbuck said:

Massive fuckery afoot in Pitt/Det game.

Wow

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