You know what I'm tired of seeing? The stupid ticker on the bottom of ESPN that shows random NBA stats about teams, in particular the one I've seen a thousand times about how a certain team is "9-0 when holding it's opponent under 90 points". I completely and utterly hate that stat and I cringe every time I see it.
Why? It's such a "duh" thing to write/say. It'd be like saying, "The Detroit Tigers are 10-0 when holding their opponents to 1 run or fewer". Well yeah, of course they're going to have an amazing record, they're holding them to just one damn run. Fucking duh.
There have been 80 playoff games played thus far. Of the 80 games, only 11 have been decided where both teams have scored a figure below 90. That means 7 out of 8 basically are not defensive struggles. What does that mean? Teams are scoring points, and the playoff runs of the Spurs and Pistons (defensive minded teams) are a thing of the past. This also means if you don't score points...like at least 90...you're not going to be in the game.
To illustrate that further, I took the team stats from the 80 games. Since two teams play in a game, that means there are stats for 160 teams (of course the same team is represented multiple times). Only 45 out of the 160 teams this playoff season have scored below 90 points. About 25%! And of the 25% that scored below 90 points, 34 were defeated.
So in actuality, 11 teams out of the 160 that played were victorious when scoring less than 90 points. That is less than 7%. 6.875% to be exact. "So in so is 11-0 this postseason when holding opponents under 90." Well no surprise there with a 93.125% success rate! Dumbfucks.
I hate that stat. New stat, please. Give me something worthwhile to read.
Maybe I should go somewhere else besides the ESPN ticker for my worthwhile reading...
Nawwwww...
~Mikey D
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I have a love/hate relationship witht the ESPN ticker.
I want the ability to turn the ticker on and off.
Oooo now that's a good idea. An interactive sports idea I could get behind.
It wouldn't really be that hard to do. Just make a button on the TV remote that adjusts the vertical about 2 inches. (depending on the TV of course)
But wouldn't the picture look...vertically smushed?
Well, it could work one of two ways. Either stretching the image (which I don't think would be too bad...but it might be) or just move the whole picture down, leaving a black bar at the top.
If it was done the second way, the aspect ratio would remain unchanged.
I think there should be a button on my remote that removes all tickers from all stations- sports, news, etc. The button would adjust the picture and screen appropriately so nothing looks different.
I'm going to go invent that.
Once I learn about electronics.
Cool! I'll buy one. But I have a feeling that by the time you get around to learning electronics, the TV set will be obsolete.
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