Uh oh, here we go: CBS claims Pats win coin flip at "impossible clip"

Jackson 2 · Nov 5, 2015

As someone in the comments section pointed out, each weekly coin flip is an independent event. The odds are 50/50 for each weekly flip. The same person flipping the same coin 25 times in a row is different than 25 weekly coin flips by a different official each week. Moronic premise to a moronic article.

Onedaful · Nov 5, 2015

All the Patriots representatives at the coin flip have spent thousand of hours learning "sleight of hand" from skilled magicians. The result is this:

Obviously, since it's more likely than not this is just another means by which the Patriots have cheated in the past, I want asterisks!!! Take all their draft picks!!! And fine the Patriots, Belichick, and every player who's gone out for the toss during this obvious cheating period beaucoup bucks!!!

And from now on, make sure the Patriots players have their hands tied and are also wearing strait jackets for the coin toss. And super slowmo film it as well. And have skilled magicians supervising the Patriots coin toss reps because they would be best able to tell if the Patriots players, even with their hands tied and wearing strait jackets, have learned to pull off some Houdini ****. The lengths you have to go to to put a stop to these cheatin bastids!

What kind of example are these fiends setting for our children???!!!

I'm literally rolling on the floor hahaha

PatsDeb · Nov 5, 2015

Jackson 2 said:
As someone in the comments section pointed out, each weekly coin flip is an independent event. The odds are 50/50 for each week!y flip. The same person flipping the same coin 25 times in a row is different than 25 weekly coin flips by a different official each week. Moronic premise to a moronic article.

Plus, the other team calls it, at least for home games. BB or Ernie Adams must be using Jedi mind tricks to boot!!

Observer · Nov 5, 2015

Since this is so vital to the integrity of the game, the coin toss cannot be left to chance. From now on the commissioner will declare the winner of the coin toss to ensure a level playing field.

The Gr8est · Nov 5, 2015

Onedaful said:
I'm literally rolling on the floor hahaha

Eventually, teams will force the NFL* to constrain BB, like Hannibal Lector was in Silence of the Lambs, when he was wheeled out to talk to the female politician.

BB will be on the sidelines in a straight jacket, strapped to a gurney, with a steel cage bolted over his head.

The NFL* doesn't know how he is cheating, but d%#*!@t, he has to be doing something!

BelichickFan · Nov 5, 2015

Belichick needs to be suspended for General Awareness of this issue. Clearly he knows he has an advantage and should have the team call the opposite of what he knows the coin will be to even this out a little.

Galeb · Nov 5, 2015

Jackson 2 said:
As someone in the comments section pointed out, each weekly coin flip is an independent event. The odds are 50/50 for each weekly flip. The same person flipping the same coin 25 times in a row is different than 25 weekly coin flips by a different official each week. Moronic premise to a moronic article.

They're certainly different, but not from a statistical viewpoint. Every flip of the person flipping 25 times in a row is 50/50. The length of time between each flip has no bearing on probability.

RobertWeathers · Nov 5, 2015

PatsDeb said:
Plus, the other team calls it, at least for home games. BB or Ernie Adams must be using Jedi mind tricks to boot!!

The Patriots Way has a strong effect on the weak-minded.

Kontradiction · Nov 5, 2015

Is this real life? These invented scandals honestly keep getting more and more pathetic. They're so pathetic at this point that they're actually hilarious. Yes... the Patriots have rigged the coin flip just so they can defer. That's the ticket.

Tunescribe · Nov 5, 2015

upstater1 said:
Belichick has scouted this.

In Foxboro where the air is more humid, the fatter side of the coin (heads) causes the coin to weigh toward the ground. It adds 12% velocity (remember, speed + mass = velocity). An aeronautical engineer like Matt Patricia would be quite aware of this, especially because, of all the coins, the heads side of the quarter has both the highest protrusion (George Washington's rather pronounced cheek bones) but also the smoothest surface which is best for wind sheer.

This is why the Patriots choose tails.

No, it's much simpler than that. BB sends his captains in with instructions to tell the other team, "Heads we win, tails you lose. OK?" And the visitors always agree to it.

Edit: When I was a kid, this worked every time with my little sister.

Galeb · Nov 5, 2015

CBS is obviously not aware of the "Tails Never Fails" law.

primetime · Nov 5, 2015

Galeb said:
They're certainly different, but not from a statistical viewpoint. Every flip of the person flipping 25 times in a row is 50/50. The length of time between each flip has no bearing on probability.

"Impossible clip" is dependent upon how the person determining that arrived at the observations!

Here’s How to Make Sense of the Coin Flip Paradox

scott99 · Nov 5, 2015

They use a Belichick coin that has one side that says "heads Pat's win" and the other side says "tails you lose".

signbabybrady · Nov 5, 2015

The old two headed coin trick. Oldest trick in the book.

raduray · Nov 5, 2015

Aah, there's four undefeated teams, not three

MitchKumstein · Nov 5, 2015

This is all fun and games until Robert Mastroddi (backed by Mike Kensil) kick in the door to the Patriots locker room and start interrogating Patriots employees during the Pats/jest game in December and demanding to know what's going on with the coins

Galeb · Nov 5, 2015

primetime said:
"Impossible clip" is dependent upon how the person determining that arrived at the observations!

Here’s How to Make Sense of the Coin Flip Paradox

Observation certainly has an effect on reality, but time between instances does not.

Bruins29 · Nov 5, 2015

The Patriots Cheat at Coin Flips, Too

primetime · Nov 5, 2015

Galeb said:
Observation certainly has an effect on reality, but time between instances does not.

Well, here observation has an effect on the probabilistic description of reality (which might lead one to say the Patriots win the coin toss at an 'impossible clip'), but yes you are correct.

upstater1 · Nov 5, 2015

KontradictioN said:
Is this real life? These invented scandals honestly keep getting more and more pathetic. They're so pathetic at this point that they're actually hilarious. Yes... the Patriots have rigged the coin flip just so they can defer. That's the ticket.

This post is highly reminiscent of a 6 AM phone call that Tom Brady took from a local radio station on the morning after the AFCCG.

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