April 27, 2005
2:1 Odds Analysts are Stupid

On Tuesday, USA TODAY sports analyst Danny Sheridan's posted his post-draft odds against winning Super Bowl XL in Detroit. Here they are:

New England 6:1
Philadelphia 6:1
Indianapolis 7:1
Atlanta 12:1
Pittsburgh 12:1
Carolina 12:1
Kansas City 12:1
Jacksonville 15:1
Baltimore 18:1
N.Y. Jets 20:1
San Diego 22:1
Seattle 25:1
Green Bay 25:1
Buffalo 28:1
Minnesota 30:1
Denver 30:1
Oakland 40:1
St. Louis 50:1
Tampa Bay 60:1
Tennessee 70:1
Dallas 75:1
Washington 100:1
Cincinnati 150:1
N.Y. Giants 250:1
Detroit 500:1
New Orleans 1,000:1
Arizona 1,000:1
Miami 10,000:1
Chicago 25,000:1
Houston 50,000:1
Cleveland 500,000:1
San Francisco 1 million:1

Huh? How can anyone in their right mind but the Vikes behind Atlanta (whom the Vikes beat on a regular basis IN Atlanta); Carolina (which finished 7-9 last year); Kansas City (with the worst defense in the NFL); Jacksonville, Baltimore, the Jets, Seattle, and even friggin' Green Bay!

In my mind, the Vikes should be in the 12:1 pack at the very least. In fact, if this was my list, I've have it ranked as follows:

New England 6:1
Philadelphia 6:1
Indianapolis 9:1
Minnesota 10:1
Atlanta 12:1
Pittsburgh 12:1
Carolina 15:1
Jacksonville 15:1
San Diego 22:1
Seattle 25:1
Baltimore 25:1
Buffalo 28:1
Denver 30:1
Kansas City 30:1
N.Y. Jets 30:1
Oakland 40:1
St. Louis 50:1
Washington 50:1
Tampa Bay 60:1
Tennessee 70:1
Dallas 75:1
Detroit 100:1
Cincinnati 150:1
N.Y. Giants 250:1
New Orleans 1,000:1
Arizona 1,000:1
Houston 2,000:1
Miami 10,000:1
Green Bay 15,000:1
Chicago 25,000:1
Houston 50,000:1
Cleveland 500,000:1
San Francisco 1 million:1

How 'bout you?

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I spent an hour on this last night. Very addicting. Name that Gizmo!!! I start you out on an easy one but some of these are rather tricky!

Posted by maasx003 at April 27, 2005 11:50 AM | TrackBack
Comments

A bit biased against Green Bay it seems. Expected though. I'd go with 50:1 frankly. I'd say just from offseason moves alone, the Vikes should be higher than the Packers. That's not being pessimistic on my part, just realistic.

Posted by: Cheesehead Craig at April 27, 2005 09:36 AM

CC: One must always factor my Packer bias by a factor of 10. Or maybe its 100. I forget ;)

Posted by: Brian Maas at April 27, 2005 09:54 AM

Brian,

Your assessment is right on, but think of it this way - Viking Fans stand to make a killing in
Las Vegas!

Skol

Proud Purple Rx

Posted by: proud purple rx at April 28, 2005 11:43 AM

I remember one time a few years back when Atlanta beat the Vikings in Minneapolis. And the Vikes were pretty good then, too.

Posted by: SBG at April 28, 2005 09:28 PM

Allendale, New Jersey. Love the site!!

Posted by: Bob Farrington at May 3, 2005 07:46 PM

I live in Sydney Australia and have been a Viking fan since 1975.

Posted by: Mark Wills at May 4, 2005 12:29 AM
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