Anyone watching the Michigan, Purdue game?

[HoosierJimbo89]

I hope that you realize that you are literally posting nonsense. In order for anyone to claim a rate of 99.99% in predictions, they would have to be incorrect at the maximum of once in 10,000 predictions. The NCAA Tournament has been around since 1939; that means there have only been 85 tournaments. Purdue has not been in all of them; it has been in many.

We know that you have posted here that Purdue would never make a Final Four, which was clearly a prediction about Purdue and the tournament. That was obviously proven to be wrong. And you have had less than 10,000 opportunities by far to make a prediction.

So I am trying to understand how it is possible to get the percentage that you claim when simple math makes that impossible. Unless you just try to make things up and be a blowhard. I'd really like to understand how you get to claim your percentage when it looks impossible.

What is 43/44? 98%. If you want to split hairs, I suppose 98% is not 99.99%.

 

[apm1003]

What is 43/44? 98%. If you want to split hairs, I suppose 98% is not 99.99%.

You are now quoting 43 of 44. How was that determined? Are you telling us that you made predictions before the fact for each? And exactly what were said predictions? Are they published anywhere for verification?

98% (not even sure that was attained) is quite different from 99.99%. To put it in perspective, let's consider two different airlines. Airline A's flights land safely 98% of the time; that means only 1 in 50 does not. Airline B's land safely at 99.99%; that means only 1 in 10,000 does not. Given the choice, which one do you think most people would choose to fly?

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

You are now quoting 43 of 44. How was that determined? Are you telling us that you made predictions before the fact for each? And exactly what were said predictions? Are they published anywhere for verification?

98% (not even sure that was attained) is quite different from 99.99%. To put it in perspective, let's consider two different airlines. Airline A's flights land safely 98% of the time; that means only 1 in 50 does not. Airline B's land safely at 99.99%; that means only 1 in 10,000 does not. Given the choice, which one do you think most people would choose to fly?

You're still going? 98% is a great success rate. Imagine getting a hit in baseball 98 times out of 100. Imagine hitting 98 out of 100 free throws. Imagine being right 98% of the time like me!

I will concede the fact that 98% is slightly less than 99.99%: you got me there! I was 100% correct about Gene Keady, which is higher than 99.99%.

 

[apm1003]

How did the Big Ten West work for PU? STFU. You ducked OSU, UM, and Penn St. for years. Congrats on beating Indiana St. this year. PU was the cupcake this year.

I would like to understand how you can claim that "You (Purdue) ducked OSU, UM and Penn State for years." When the Big Ten added Penn State the conference was split into two divisions of 6 teams, the Legends and Leaders. FYI, Purdue was in the same division as OSU, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Penn State. So at that point they played two of the three you claimed "ducked" annually. Upon the addition of Rutgers and Maryland, the conference reconfigured into an East and West. Purdue was placed in the West based upon geography.

In order to "duck", one has to be making a choice by definition of the term. Is it thus your contention that Purdue was the sole decision-maker in the conference realignment? Wasn't the realignment made by the B1G office with the consent of the majority of the conference? If so, the use of the term as you did is again nonsense.

That is rather typical of your posts.

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

I would like to understand how you can claim that "You (Purdue) ducked OSU, UM and Penn State for years." When the Big Ten added Penn State the conference was split into two divisions of 6 teams, the Legends and Leaders. FYI, Purdue was in the same division as OSU, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Penn State. So at that point they played two of the three you claimed "ducked" annually. Upon the addition of Rutgers and Maryland, the conference reconfigured into an East and West. Purdue was placed in the West based upon geography.

In order to "duck", one has to be making a choice by definition of the term. Is it thus your contention that Purdue was the sole decision-maker in the conference realignment? Wasn't the realignment made by the B1G office with the consent of the majority of the conference? If so, the use of the term as you did is again nonsense.

That is rather typical of your posts.

You either were in the same conference as UM, Penn St., and OSU or not, dipshit. You were not: thus, you ducked them and had an easier schedule. It isn't as complicated as you would like to pretend that it is, you pretentious loser you.

 

[ams66]

I hope that you realize that you are literally posting nonsense. In order for anyone to claim a rate of 99.99% in predictions, they would have to be incorrect at the maximum of once in 10,000 predictions. The NCAA Tournament has been around since 1939; that means there have only been 85 tournaments. Purdue has not been in all of them; it has been in many.

We know that you have posted here that Purdue would never make a Final Four, which was clearly a prediction about Purdue and the tournament. That was obviously proven to be wrong. And you have had less than 10,000 opportunities by far to make a prediction.

So I am trying to understand how it is possible to get the percentage that you claim when simple math makes that impossible. Unless you just try to make things up and be a blowhard. I'd really like to understand how you get to claim your percentage when it looks impossible.

Put your slide rule back in your pocket and learn to function in a normal conversation.

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

Put your slide rule back in your pocket and learn to function in a normal conversation.

He's way past the point of being able to function in a social environment: lost cause. He pretends on the internet that he is the smartest person in the room, and it is his only move: it's hilarious.