Uncommon Opinions

[dickey1331]

Best Buy is one of my favorite stores.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Best Buy is one of my favorite stores.

It use to be mines, until I discovered Newegg, Monoprice and Amazon.

[Fly3]

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For the sake of the argument, here are the best numbers that could correlate:

NFL - The teams with the top five picks in the 2013 draft (without any trades involved) were 1-14 against the teams with the top six records. The only win was the Eagles over the Ravens. The better team won 93.3% of the time.

NCAAF - Unranked teams beat ranked teams 36 times out of 219 (83.6%) chances.

Okay, you've compared the bottom sixth's success against the top fifth (NFL) to the bottom 4/5 success against the top fifth (NCAA).

How did the bottom 26 NFL teams do against the teams with the top six records? I guarantee the winning percentage of the "favorite" would be much lower than it is in the NCAA.

Did you get these numbers yourself? If not, provide a link.

You're right; the separation would increase exponentially as the sample (amount of teams included) increases. There is more parity in the NFL.

[dsallupinyaarea]

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I think Saints Row 2 was better than GTA 4.

[BDKiiing]

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Pretty sure this is uncommon...

Michael Jordan, though great, is NOT the greatest basketball player ever.

Very uncommon, but I agree with you.

I don't see what the big fuss over Kate Upton is.

Her breasts, that's the only reason I'm a huge fan of hers.

[Redacted01]

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Very uncommon, but I agree with you.

Her breasts, that's the only reason I'm a huge fan of hers.

Depends on what classifies as huge...

[Dog]

It use to be mines, until I discovered Newegg, Monoprice and Amazon.

Is it uncommon to be bugged by use of the word "mines" ?

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Is it uncommon to be bugged by use of the word "mines" ?

go woof yourself.

[LowerWolf]

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Gaming: NFL 2K5 is overrated.

Sports: MLB's All-Star game determining home-field advantage for the World Series is a good idea.

Music: Van Halen was better with Hagar than with Roth.

[jack1535]

EA Sports makes good games

Music now is just as good as the 70s and 80s. People listen to the radio and base music on what is played, there is a lot of music that is good not on the radio.

[chilli311]

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Okay, you've compared the bottom sixth's success against the top fifth (NFL) to the bottom 4/5 success against the top fifth (NCAA).

How did the bottom 26 NFL teams do against the teams with the top six records? I guarantee the winning percentage of the "favorite" would be much lower than it is in the NCAA.

Did you get these numbers yourself? If not, provide a link.

You're right; the separation would increase exponentially as the sample (amount of teams included) increases. There is more parity in the NFL.

Nice of you to cut out this portion of my post:

Just counting BCS teams, that falls to 8 out of 89 (91.0%). Even taking Wisconsin out of the picture since they weren't ranked brings it to 6 out of 79 chances (92.4%)

It's hard to get the numbers to be even since the best and worst college teams aren't as clearly defined as in the NFL.

Just like in the NFL, the better teams win in overwhelming fashion.

Can you clearly define the top/bottom five, ten, or even fifty teams in the NCAA like you can in the NFL?

I used PFR to find the matchups and put the numbers together myself. Wasn't too hard to find how many times those few NFL teams met. For the college numbers, I just used ESPN and sorted each week by top 25 games.

If someone can find a definitive list of the best and worst college teams, I'll compare those too. I bet that the better team wins at least 93% of the time there as well.

I'd say that the parity, or lack thereof, in both is pretty even.

[55]

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Music: Van Halen was better with Hagar than with Roth.

I'm putting you on timeout for that one. To the corner with you, here comes the dunce cap.

[LowerWolf]

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I'm putting you on timeout for that one. To the corner with you, here comes the dunce cap.

I knew that one wouldn't be popular.

[Fly3]

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If someone can find a definitive list of the best and worst college teams, I'll compare those too. I bet that the better team wins at least 93% of the time there as well.

I'd say that the parity, or lack thereof, in both is pretty even.

The bottom five vs. the top six in the NFL would be proportional to the bottom 20 vs. the top 23 in FBS.

This is nothing definitive, but you can use this to determine rankings.

I feel like it'd be easier to simply see how the top six fared against the bottom 26 in the NFL though.

[Fly3]

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Just found the NFL's top six's winning percentage against the rest of the league using the Falcons, Broncos, Texans, Patriots, 49ers, Packers as the top six.

They were 64-17-1 against the rest of the league for a winning percentage of 78%, six percentage points lower than the NCAA FBS's top 25's winning percentage against the rest of FBS, according to chilli.

Again, the NFL has more parity. You're not going to win.