Lori
09-20-2004, 12:22 AM
I can't contribute to any rational debate, but I thought I could offer a vaguely interesting stat.
Following form lines shows that every team actually has some kind of form with every other team.
Presented in this order, you can take the team you are interested in and see how related results went.
I'll give an example underneath.
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Denver 6 7 Jacksonville
Jacksonville 13 10 Buffalo
Buffalo 10 13 Oakland
Oakland 21 24 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh 13 30 Baltimore
Baltimore 3 20 Cleveland
Cleveland 12 19 Dallas
Dallas 17 35 Minnesota
Minnesota -- -- Philadelphia
NY Giants 17 31 Philadelphia
Washington 14 20 NY Giants
Tampa Bay 10 16 Washington
Seattle 10 6 Tampa Bay
Seattle 21 7 New Orleans
San Fran 27 30 New Orleans
Atlanta 21 19 San Francisco
St Louis 17 34 Atlanta
Arizona 10 17 St Louis
New England 23 12 Arizona
Indianapolis 24 27 New England
Indianapolis 31 17 Tennessee
Tennessee 17 7 Miami
Miami 13 16 Cincinnati
Cincinnati 24 31 NY Jets
NY Jets 34 28 San Diego
San Diego 27 20 Houston
Houston 16 28 Detroit
Detroit 20 16 Chicago
Chicago 21 10 Green Bay
Green Bay 24 14 Carolina
Carolina 28 17 Kansas City
Kansas City 24 34 Denver
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This wraps from top to bottom. There may be typo's but I've done the best I can.
What this means in terms of a form guide is you can cross reference any two teams.
Each team appears twice in a row.
For example, next week Seattle at San Francisco is an easy one, we can see both have played New Orleans without having to remember or look up results.
It also works for any, more extreme, form guide.
Houston at Kansas City for example.
Reading the shortest route on the list from HOU to KC we can see that....
Houston were beaten by Detroit, who beat Chicago, who beat Green Bay who beat Carolina who beat Kansas City.
Both teams lost by similar scores, but Detroit is a better side (Based entirely on the two results so far and with 0 other factors) than Carolina as they have a chain of victories.
Anyway, hopefully a little interesting and a bit of fun when comparing teams.
Lori
Following form lines shows that every team actually has some kind of form with every other team.
Presented in this order, you can take the team you are interested in and see how related results went.
I'll give an example underneath.
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
Denver 6 7 Jacksonville
Jacksonville 13 10 Buffalo
Buffalo 10 13 Oakland
Oakland 21 24 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh 13 30 Baltimore
Baltimore 3 20 Cleveland
Cleveland 12 19 Dallas
Dallas 17 35 Minnesota
Minnesota -- -- Philadelphia
NY Giants 17 31 Philadelphia
Washington 14 20 NY Giants
Tampa Bay 10 16 Washington
Seattle 10 6 Tampa Bay
Seattle 21 7 New Orleans
San Fran 27 30 New Orleans
Atlanta 21 19 San Francisco
St Louis 17 34 Atlanta
Arizona 10 17 St Louis
New England 23 12 Arizona
Indianapolis 24 27 New England
Indianapolis 31 17 Tennessee
Tennessee 17 7 Miami
Miami 13 16 Cincinnati
Cincinnati 24 31 NY Jets
NY Jets 34 28 San Diego
San Diego 27 20 Houston
Houston 16 28 Detroit
Detroit 20 16 Chicago
Chicago 21 10 Green Bay
Green Bay 24 14 Carolina
Carolina 28 17 Kansas City
Kansas City 24 34 Denver
</pre><hr />
This wraps from top to bottom. There may be typo's but I've done the best I can.
What this means in terms of a form guide is you can cross reference any two teams.
Each team appears twice in a row.
For example, next week Seattle at San Francisco is an easy one, we can see both have played New Orleans without having to remember or look up results.
It also works for any, more extreme, form guide.
Houston at Kansas City for example.
Reading the shortest route on the list from HOU to KC we can see that....
Houston were beaten by Detroit, who beat Chicago, who beat Green Bay who beat Carolina who beat Kansas City.
Both teams lost by similar scores, but Detroit is a better side (Based entirely on the two results so far and with 0 other factors) than Carolina as they have a chain of victories.
Anyway, hopefully a little interesting and a bit of fun when comparing teams.
Lori