National Football League 2007/2008 | Week 1 Results

For an introduction, please see about, characters and methodology.

Match	ESPN experts	THE COIN	Actual
NO @ IND	IND	IND	IND
PIT @ CLE	PIT	CLE	PIT
PHI @ GNB	PHI	GNB	GNB
CAR @ STL	STL	STL	CAR
ATL @ MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN
NE @ NYJ	NE	NE	NE
MIA @ WAS	WAS	WAS	WAS
TEN @ JAC	JAC	JAC	TEN
KC @ HOU	HOU	HOU	HOU
DEN @ BUF	DEN	DEN	DEN
ARI @ SF	SF	ARI	SF
CHI @ SD	SD	SD	SD
TB @ SEA	SEA	TB	SEA
DET @ OAK	DET	DET	DET
NYG @ DAL	DAL	NYG	DAL
BAL @ CIN	(no consensus)	BAL	CIN
Success	12/15	9/16	–
Cumulative	25/47	18/47	–

Oof.

National Football League 2007/2008 | Week 1 Predictions

For an introduction, please see about, characters and methodology.

Match	ESPN experts	THE COIN	Actual
NO @ IND	IND	IND	?
PIT @ CLE	PIT	CLE	?
PHI @ GNB	PHI	GNB	?
CAR @ STL	STL	STL	?
ATL @ MIN	MIN	MIN	?
NE @ NYJ	NE	NE	?
MIA @ WAS	WAS	WAS	?
TEN @ JAC	JAC	JAC	?
KC @ HOU	HOU	HOU	?
DEN @ BUF	DEN	DEN	?
ARI @ SF	SF	ARI	?
CHI @ SD	SD	SD	?
TB @ SEA	SEA	TB	?
DET @ OAK	DET	DET	?
NYG @ DAL	DAL	NYG	?
BAL @ CIN	(no consensus)	BAL	?

A new target for the coin: the NFL experts at ESPN. Given that there seems to be a great deal of talent disparity in the NFL, this league will probably not be one of THE COIN’s strong suits. But remember, THE COIN has no fear. Because it is emotionless. Except for its crush on the L200 italiana lira, which is inexplicable, just like the nature of water, or birds.

Unfortunately, random.org is down at the moment, so the predictions were made with an actual coin (a lowly American penny). Perhaps it is fitting that an American coin should predict an American sport. We’ll see how it does before we decide whether to discard it against a random pedestrian’s forehead.

Today, I accidentally caught some talking head show on ESPN on TV between two of the biggest morons, Stephen A. Smith and Skip whatever-his-name-is. They were debating, get this…

Is ARod Now a True Yankee?

I am glad it was on mute and I didn’t actually have to hear the nonsense.

Barclays Premier League 2007/2008 | Week 4 Results

For an introduction, please see about, characters and methodology.

Match	Lawro (BBC)	THE COIN	Actual
Bolton v Everton	(Draw)	(Draw)	Everton
Fulham v Tottenham	Tottenham	(Draw)	(Draw)
Liverpool v Derby	Liverpool	(Draw)	Liverpool
Middlesbrough v Birmingham	Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough
Newcastle v Wigan	Newcastle	Wigan	Newcastle
Reading v West Ham	(Draw)	West Ham	West Ham
Man Utd v Sunderland	Man Utd	(Draw)	Man Utd
Arsenal v Portsmouth	Arsenal	Portsmouth	Arsenal
Blackburn v Man City	Blackburn	Blackburn	Blackburn
Aston Villa v Chelsea	Chelsea	(Draw)	Aston Villa
Success	6/10	4/10	–
Cumulative	25/47	18/47	–

Oh no! Lawro is starting to pull away, in terms of prediction accuracy percentage ™. Still, a lot of his points are on the easy matches, like ones involving the big four (but who could have predicted the Chelsea one this week). I don’t know. Using things like ‘knowledge’ seems a bit like cheating to me. THE COIN doesn’t need that.

Barclays Premier League 2007/2008 | Week 4 Predictions

For an introduction, please see about, characters and methodology.

Match	Lawro (BBC)	THE COIN	Actual
Bolton v Everton	(Draw)	(Draw)	?
Fulham v Tottenham	Tottenham	(Draw)	?
Liverpool v Derby	Liverpool	(Draw)	?
Middlesbrough v Birmingham	Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	?
Newcastle v Wigan	Newcastle	Wigan	?
Reading v West Ham	(Draw)	West Ham	?
Man Utd v Sunderland	Man Utd	(Draw)	?
Arsenal v Portsmouth	Arsenal	Portsmouth	?
Blackburn v Man City	Blackburn	Blackburn	?
Aston Villa v Chelsea	Chelsea	(Draw)	?

So many draws!

I predict the coin will get 5 results right. At this moment, no coin-flipping technology is available, however, for self-referential meta-predicting.