March Madness Is Upon Us… Time To Get All Our Picks Wrong

March 11, 2016March 10, 2016 Sean Mulligan

Just kidding, of course. The odds of getting all your March Madness picks wrong is pretty much non-existent. If you picked randomly, the odds of missing on every game is over 1 in 4 billion. You might be scratching your head thinking the odds should be even higher, but remember: You only need to get the first round entirely wrong to ensure the whole bracket is 100% wrong.

1 in 4 billion is still light-years better than picking a perfect bracket, though. Picking a perfect bracket is pretty much impossible:

march madness odds of perfect bracket with illustrated examples

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Yes Sir! Wristbands Inspire Bills… Sort Of

October 21, 2015February 1, 2016 Sean Mulligan

Oh, Rex Ryan. The lovable, tough-luck former coach of the NY Jets and current top man at Buffalo has a problem: His team commits a billion penalties per game. And in the game of football, there is nary a bigger sin then committing a stupid penalty. On the shame meter, it’s the nearest thing to a turnover as it gets.

So in the week leading up to the Bills clash with the Tennessee Titans, Rexy made eliminating dumb penalties a priority. Aside from drilling this mantra in during practice and meetings, he made one super-important and extremely smart decision.

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Bob Kraft Will Not Appeal. How Do I Lie To Myself This Time?

May 19, 2015February 1, 2016 Sean Mulligan

Patiots conspiracy theories run amock during gamecast

Throughout this entire Deflategate saga, I’ve had the Patriots back. I grew up near Foxboro. They’re my grandfather’s team. They’re my father’s team. They’re my team. With every twist and turn I’ve theorized along with the rest of “Patriots Nation” about what would come next. When the original report dropped of 11 under-inflated footballs after the AFC title game, I laughed it off like Tom Brady did. When Goodell announced there would be a formal investigation involving the now-infamous Ted Wells, I texted his picture to my friends so we could laugh at his ridiculous mustache:

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Wristbands Used to Relay Baseball Signals

May 12, 2015June 11, 2015 Tim Savolainen

Baseball players in high school and college are now using wristbands to get signals from their coaches during games. Players wear wristbands with a coded grid of plays. To relay a play call all the coach needs to do is yell out (or hand signal) a three digit code to the player. Using the number code the player simply looks up the play on the wristband.

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