Written By @AllStaples “Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.” -Yiddish Proverb Especially when that ounce of luck wins you a pot of gold The Beat: Boise State versus Oregon; UNDER 31.5 First Half The Bad: Boise State 24, Oregon 14 The Takeaway: The Las Vegas Bowl was an opportunity for the […]
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Written By @AllStaples “I’ve been on such a losing streak that if I had been around I would have taken General Custer and given points.” -Joe E Lewis The best thing about college football winding down is that it greatly reduces the odds of taking a Bad Beat. Yep, I’m always looking on the bright […]
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Written By @AllStaples “Be careful of averages and how they’re applied. One way that they can fool you is if the average combines samples from disparate populations. This can lead to absurd observations such as: ‘On average, humans have one testicle.’” –Daniel Levitin I think of that quote often when looking at averages and, now, […]
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Written By @AllStaples “I know it when I see it.” -Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart The Justice was referring to pornography when he wrote that way back in 1964, but the same could be said for this week’s edition of Bad Beats. The Beat: Florida Atlantic -20 through -24 at Charlotte The Bad: Florida Atlantic […]
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Written By @AllStaples “One of the worst things that can happen to you in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.” -Danny McGoorty There are many things in which to be thankful; these are not those things. The Beat: New Mexico ML through -3 vs. UNLV The Bad: UNLV […]
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“What’s the most you’ve ever lost on a coin toss?” -Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men By Allan Staples A second Cormac quote seemed appropriate given the coin toss nature of this week’s Bad Beats. To wrap up the worst beats of the week in NFL, we must return to the scene of […]
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