The Poison Pill Bowl
Dr. X posts this from the Mean Regression Archives at Stanford (0-7) University:
"I had wondered how the Seahawks let Hutch get away - such a vital cog to the team. All is explained in this Poison Pill Bowl preview. Football outsiders has Seattle just a couple of ticks above Minnesota in their power ratings, with both teams close to the dead center of the league.
"Let me also recommend a football website I had not seen before, but which meet Dr. X's exacting standards for rigorous football analysis - coldhardfootballfacts.com. One admires their confidence ("only our YPA is correct"), their chutzpah ("we're fairly certain [our all-star team] will crush your puny, insignificant 11"), and their repertoire of thoughtful and innovative statistics. The one that caught my eye was their "Quality Wins" metric, which only counts games played against opponents with winning records. Before we consign the Seahawks to mediocrity, let us note that they lead their division (2-1) on this important measure."
posted by Latouche at Large at 9:19 PM
1 Comments:
There will be no consigning of the Seahawks to mediocrity, not to a 4-1 team, not with Alexander bouncing on the sidelines ready to get back in, not with an offense starting to hit it's rythym.
The only thing I've learned is that the Bears are very good this year, losing Hutchinson was horrible, and Alexander was really worth the all the money. And while the Rams are not the Bears, they are never to be trifled with - it was a gritty win at a key moment in the season. If they'd lost that game badly, that would have been serious trouble.
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