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Patriots’ perfection will mean bigger paychecks Brady, Moss & Co. will likely cash in after record-shattering season http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22578742/ The US has been the world juggernaut for global talents (esp. hi-tech) and entrepreneurs as the bests and the brightests keep on coming to...

Pats fans do not care to win by 1 or 14 points. But there is an interesting trend... - Early sharp money comes in on the Pats, giving 11 points, then shifted to ~ 11.5 or 12 or so for Jaguars action. - Some people commented that it should have been as much as 14 pts (based on Pats-Jaguars...

The Pats' 16 games had two distinct halves: games 1-8 (before the Colts game), and 9-16 from the Colts game and on. The team victory, performance numbers... can be proven beyond any statistical doubt that there is a difference between the two episodes (I won't bore you with details how this...

Let history be the judge how good this Pats team is, but other teams have fought hard and deserve respect. The Giants are the latest team who fought with pride and I have to give them and their fans regards. There are no losers last night. The Giants gained tremendous confidence. NY media...

With the spot light, the stake is higher now... The line just shift 1 pt, NYG +13.5. Do you think either NE or NYG can be happy about this? They could have just a quiet preseason-like affair...

The Patriots are the most beatable 15-0 team in the history of NFL. (/satire/) Fans banters at Xmas party are dime a dozen and not worth a thread. But I found this sufficiently amusing. Note: these fans are long-timers, they have watched NFL for >35 years and put serious $ where their mouths...

The old Pats are back. But these are the Jets. Do you believe this D is back for real?

Okay, blame it on an early Xmas break for me to start this topics and get a break from Steelers game talk ad nauseam... "The Pats were the best 1-15 team in the NFL" (Seriously, I vaguely remember reading something like this about the Rod Rust Pats... The honor now should go to the 0-12...

1. Exhibit 1A shows unadjusted data of NE offense (blue) vs. Pit defense (green) with respect to their scoring efficiencies for a given start drive position. NE (blue) is way off the chart compared with the average of NFL (red). Every time NE has the ball in the 50-80 yrd range, NE can...

A tidbit to share. I was at a social event last nite and the conversation turned to football. A colleague introduced me as a Pats fan, the only one there. I didn't really care, but others pressed on talking about the Pats. - A few thought that the Pats have been figured out and on the...

I am not much of an X and O person, but some people (non Pats fans) are pretty good at it and also good at sensing a team state of psyche. These folks think that the Pats are ready to return to form for the coming "home sweet home" game. As already discussed by many here, it was not as much...

Usually, 60% to 80% bets are on the Pats (even in Colts game). Not this time. It can be another sucker bet (Pats may cover just as the public jumps off the bandwagon).

To see where the Pats' offense and defense stand, here are our computer model results. 1- First, explanation of our model , Exhibit 1A shows Scoring Efficiency (ScEf) as a function of starting position of a drive (both offensive and defensive). It shows the mean point expected for a given drive...

Just want to share a different perspective on the Patriots' power. We do some computer modeling and it shows some aspects of the Pats' that may or may not be correct, but intriguing for thought. A. Exhibit 1A and 1B show a model for Pats' scoring capability (both for and against) vs. a...

What is the fundamental ethical value of the sportsmanship of not “running up” the score? A value is not to hurt the opponents’ feeling. Inflicting unnecessary pain is sheer evil. But does it really apply here? Surely some of Pats’ opponents were embarrassed. But why? Two teams compete. Their...

As a student, historian, innovator, and the greatest practitioner of the game of football, Belichick might have had an epiphany after one of the most gut-wrenching losses of his career, the 2006 AFCCG. "The" Game might have finally forced him to realize that the game has passed him by, not as a...

My tribute: Smurf and The Freak

Excuses are for losers. The Pats never make excuses. If someone wants to give Manning and Colts tissues to dry their eyes or a shoulder to cry on, why would any Pats' fans be bothered? The more they buy into the excuses, the weaker they become, the easier for the Pats to defeat them. Let...

About 0.086%, or 1 out of 116 times. FWIW. I have three colleagues who are not Pats fans (niners, giants). They were just as dumbfouned as I was.

may take a non-weather-related, seasonally adjusted hit. Is there a future market that we can short?