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Football Winner Guesser Results – 2021

Jan

19

2022

It is time once again to update Some Blog Site readers on the results of my Some Fun Site project to create a more accurate football prediction method.
The 2021 NFL season is over, and here are the most accurate methods for predicting regular-season game results (wins-losses):

  • MPWLS: 63%
  • ITPLS: 63%
  • MYW: 60%

I thought the Home Field Advantage factor would come back into play this year, after being diminished last year due to lack of crowds, but oddly enough it did not, and the biggest factor was how the teams did last year.

If you think you have a formula that can predict the winner of an NFL game better than 62.8% of the time, let me know and I’ll add it to the list.
(For the ideas behind the methods, please visit the Some Fun Site page.)

Immediately afterward He compelled the disciples to get into the boat and to go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.

Matthew 14:22

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All-Haiku Bowl Results, 2021

Jan

12

2022

Okay, okay, it is 2022 at this point, but the results are headlines as 2021 because they match with the 2021 predictions made in 2021 for the 2021 season. Also, the results are not all-haiku, just the predictions were. A more accurate title would be “Results for the All-Haiku Predictions made in 2021”.

Before the bowl games commenced for this past college football season, I made some predictions and some more predictions. Here, for your reading enjoyment, is the tally of those predictions. Note that the results are not in haiku form, in contrast to the predictions.
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All-Haiku Bowl Predictions, 2021

Dec

15

2021

Based on the popularity existence of last year’s article predicting bowl games in haiku form, I present to you this year’s all-haiku bowl game predictions. Still America’s only all-haiku college football bowl game predictions.

These are listed in order of date (earliest first). Some picks are whom I think will win, and some picks are whom I want to win. I’ll leave it to you, the reader, to decide which is which.
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NFL Logo Update

Oct

6

2021

Since football season has started, I’ve been catching some of the games, and thus I’ve seen the NFL logo a few times.

It’s been the same logo for a couple years now, but the problem with it is just now bothering me.

image of the NFL shield logo, which has a misalignment problem with the bottom point

If you look at the logo, pay attention to the bottom point, in the middle. See how the “shield” surrounding the NFL acronym is nice and symmetric, with a sharp point right in the middle?

Now see how the NFL letters are fitted in a similar shape as the shield, except the bottom middle point (the lowest part of the ‘F’) is not in the middle.

Why couldn’t they notice that when they were making the logo and do the alignment then?

But since they didn’t, I went ahead and did that for them.

image of the NFL shield logo, which has has been fixed so the letters match the contours of the shield

I think it’s better.

Elam picked up the quiver, With the chariots, infantry, and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.

Isaiah 22:6

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NFL in April, 2021

Jun

2

2021

In the last month or three, we had the announcement of the 2021 NFL schedule. Now that we know who will play whom and when, we can start predicting wins and losses.

I keep my predictions over at Some Fun Site. View results of previous football seasons.

2020 Summary

Last year, I predicted that

  • Buffalo Bills = 11-5
  • Los Angeles Rams = 10-6
  • Minnesota Vikings = 11-5
  • San Francisco 49ers = 13-3
  • Seattle Seahawks = 7-9

How they actually did was

  • Buffalo Bills = 13-3
  • Los Angeles Rams = 10-6
  • Minnesota Vikings = 7-9
  • San Francisco 49ers = 6-10
  • Seattle Seahawks = 12-4

Bills were close, Rams was perfect, and the other 3 weren’t even close. So much for that.

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Super Bowl LiV

Feb

18

2021

The recent Super Bowls have had awful logos, but someone finally noticed and fixed it for next year. Or maybe they got a new designer – one who cared about readability and meaning.

In case you’re not familiar with how they name Super Bowls, they use Roman numerals. Not sure why, but it’s their thing.

So Super Bowl 54 is really Super Bowl LIV. And here’s the logo:

image of the logo for Super Bowl LV 55

See how it has the L and the I and the V?

But that’s wrong – that’s actually the logo for Super Bowl LV.

You see, they like to put the image of the Lombardi trophy in the Super Bowl logo also, and it is mostly shaped like an “I”.

It would make sense for me if they did that on purpose, but they’re putting a thing that looks like an “I” where an “I” should be for Roman numerals, but they don’t want it to actually be an “I”.

That’s not how logos are supposed to work.

And here’s Super Bowl LIV, in case you’re wondering:

image of the logo for Super Bowl LIV 54

To me, that looks like Super Bowl LIIV. And that’s even worse because it’s not valid Roman numerals.

But, fret no more – they fixed it for Super Bowl LVI. Someone finally realized they shouldn’t have the numbers be the same size and color as the trophy if they didn’t want the trophy to actually be a number.

image of the logo for Super Bowl LVI 56

Different colors, overlapping instead of in line – no confusion. Much better. Give that new designer a raise.

In case you’re wondering, it’s been bad for the last few years. Super Bowl 50 and before were fine, but they used this bad style of logo for 51-55. I should have written about this before; I would have had an annual item going.

Side note: I am disappointed that Super Bowl LV was not held in Las Vegas.

Another side note: maybe it’s just the fact that they both prefer goatees and berets, but Bruce Arians and Jamie Hyneman remind me of each other.

image of Bruce Arians football coach similar to Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters

image of Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters similar to Bruce Arians football coach

image of Bruce Arians football coach similar to Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters

image of Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters similar to Bruce Arians football coach

‘Cursed is one who misleads a person who is blind on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 27:18

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Football Winner Guesser Results – 2020

Jan

20

2021

It is time once again to update Some Blog Site readers on the results of my Some Fun Site project to create a more accurate football prediction method.
The 2020 NFL season is over, and here are the most accurate methods for predicting regular-season game results (wins-losses):

  • MPW: 68%
  • MPWHFA: 64%
  • ITP: 64%

Partway through the season, it was looking like the Home Field Advantage factor wasn’t helping the MPWHFA method much, but it came through at the end.

If you think you have a formula that can predict the winner of an NFL game better than 63.1% of the time, let me know and I’ll add it to the list.
(For the ideas behind the methods, please visit the Some Fun Site page.)

Now Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home

Genesis 27:5

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