|
this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; It's now 79-42 (65%) on the year. That leaves it one game behind the Vegas favorites (80-41), which also went 10-5 in Week 8, and six games behind Nate Silver's ELO model (85-36), which went 11-4. All picks are straight ...
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
10-30-2014, 12:07 AM | #1 |
Rating:
(0 votes - average)
It's now 79-42 (65%) on the year.
That leaves it one game behind the Vegas favorites (80-41), which also went 10-5 in Week 8, and six games behind Nate Silver's ELO model (85-36), which went 11-4. All picks are straight up, not against the point spread. Cortana is a Windows phone virtual assistant that's using an algorithm from Bing Predicts to pick every NFL game this season. The algorithm uses all sorts of statistical variables, in addition to a public perception component that uses Facebook data. Bing Predicts' World Cup model correctly picked 15 of 16 World Cup knockout stage games. We've yet to see that sort of freakish accuracy when it comes to NFL picks. Cortana and Vegas agreed on every favorite last week. Here are Cortana's picks for Week 9 as of Tuesday evening. We'll update them throughout the week if they change (Vegas favorites in parentheses): New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers — Saints win, 53.3% chance (Saints -2.5) Read more: Microsoft Cortana NFL Picks, Week 9 - Business Insider |
|
Views: 3072
|
Latest Blogs | |
2023 New Orleans Saints: Training Camp Last Blog: 08-01-2023 By: MarchingOn
Puck the Fro Browl! Last Blog: 02-05-2023 By: neugey
CFP: "Just Keep Doing What You're Doing" Last Blog: 12-08-2022 By: neugey |
10-30-2014, 01:22 AM | #2 |
1000 Posts +
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,254
|
Re: Cortana Picks Saints to Beat Panzies
Cortana must not be all that great, I'm just some dumb hick from south La. and I'm 77-43 in my predicitions this year (not counting the tie, don't know how they factored that one in).
|
10-30-2014, 09:02 AM | #3 |
100th Post
|
Re: Cortana Picks Saints to Beat Panzies
Originally Posted by SmashMouth
So what this is really saying is that there is a 53/47 chance the Saints win. This is the case in all NFL games. There is just a 3% chance it will swing the Saints way. They better find a way to slow the Panthers run down and keep Newton in check. I didn't think they would beat the Packers either, but look what happened there. I still feel like it was the Rogers injury that allowed the Saints to win that game. Rodgers was doing all shotgun plays which allowed the Saints defense to pass protect more while rushing because there were next to no run attempts. That won't be the case tonight. We as saints fans know what Deangelo Williams is capable of. Thank god they don't have Steve Smith anymore. I can't wait to see this one!!!! Geaux Saints!!!
|
10-30-2014, 09:09 AM | #4 |
10000 POST CLUB
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 13,097
|
Re: Cortana Picks Saints to Beat Panzies
No turnovers, limit penalties. Do that and we win. Nothing astonishing, I know...
|
10-30-2014, 11:09 AM | #6 |
10000 POST CLUB
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Alexandria, La
Posts: 11,303
|
Re: Cortana Picks Saints to Beat Panzies
Originally Posted by joker-saint
You do realize they have two undrafted rookies starting on the O-Line because of injuries? LT, LG, and the starting center is down as well I believe...
|
Last edited by |Mitch|; 10-30-2014 at 11:12 AM.. |
|
10-30-2014, 12:42 PM | #7 |
5000 POSTS! +
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 6,324
|
Re: Cortana Picks Saints to Beat Panzies
Originally Posted by SmashMouth
basically it is a program that picks the favorite every time
|
10-31-2014, 06:22 PM | #9 |
Re: Cortana Picks Saints to Beat Panzies
Originally Posted by SloMotion
Not even doing Pick'ems this year. Just thought that it was curious that a search engine could actually be just as successful as we football junkies.
We'll see what she has in store for us next week. | |
|
|
LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: https://blackandgold.com/saints/69153-cortana-picks-saints-beat-panzies.html
|
||||
Posted By | For | Type | Date | Hits |
The Latest New Orleans Saints News | SportSpyder | This thread | Refback | 10-30-2014 08:18 AM | 2 |
Cortana Picks Saints to Beat Panzies | This thread | Refback | 10-30-2014 01:02 AM | 6 |