Oregon's LaMichael James Takes Plea Deal
It's not NOT guilty, but it's not guilty: according to KVAL.com, the starting running back for the Ducks will take a plea deal of some sort on Friday. You know why the Ducks are experiencing such astonishingly bad luck? RANDOM PROBABILITY. It has jackshit to do with a coach not caring, or not knowing his players, or with a "thug" (read: black) element on the team, or with the particular house the zodiac is resting in this month. Programs sometimes just randomly spit up years like this, since any given sample of elite D-1 talent is comprised of a pretty homogenous slice of people across programs. <----boring statistical-ish killjoy.
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Spencer Hall
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STOP INJECTING THE DEBATE WITH LOGIC
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
As A) a probabilist and B) a Duck, I approve this message. Thank you sir.
The U of O: Where idle hands are the devil's workshop.
In the interest of full disclosure, charges are on the way for a certain thick-ankled QB of ours.
The U of O: Where idle hands are the devil's workshop.
by ProbablyMonty on Mar 10, 2010 5:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yup. (I study probability theory. For a living. Because I make bad choices.)
The U of O: Where idle hands are the devil's workshop.
by ProbablyMonty on Mar 10, 2010 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
feels great to be back.
oh come on….what else can people fill in the next 4-5 months of college football purgatory with other than the “Program (du jour) is lacking discipline” articles? you don’t think the sports columnists in Eugene are in hog heaven right now?
Y'all stuck at stats
Actually the answer is “maybe it’s probability, maybe it’s not.” The sample is too low for any statistical significance test to determine conclusively whether it’s variance rearing its head or some novel aspect. Without the ability to make that determination, an assertion that it’s variance or that it’s some other factor doesn’t have support.
If you’re gonna go after BCS guy for logical fallacies then I gotta your brunt assertion as begging the question here. Sorry.
Paid for by the committee to keep Boise State out of the national championship.
That is an even vaguer and more statistical-ish answer
…and we therefore approve.
by Spencer Hall on Mar 10, 2010 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
Vagueness is truthy and sucky
It leads to the bottle and possibly one’s drug(s) of choice. And I must applaud anything leading to that recourse.
Polite golf clap
muted and in the background, of course.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Mar 10, 2010 6:39 PM EST up reply actions
God damn it.
You know it is a bad sign when half of the damn articles on EDSBS are covering your program for all of the wrong reasons!
This off-season officially sucks for FIVE reasons and counting...
Solution = moar Pflugrad pics?
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Mar 11, 2010 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
I would say Amanda pics are the path to world peace
but the most vestal of virgins would surely cause holy wars far and wide if her visage were leaked outside these hallowed blogs.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 11, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
The downside for Masoli:
Unlikely to be released prior to trial, since it’s doubtful anyone makes a XXXXL ankle bracelet.
everything is history, eventually.
by benzduck on Mar 11, 2010 1:56 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
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