Take heed Lion fans and Ravens fans, this post doesn’t apply to you and what you are going through right now. For the record, I was pulling for the Lions and not just because their uniform includes Hawaii blue.
Because I’m a crazy baseball fan, I haven’t spent 32 seconds trying to figure out who is to blame for the losses in yesterday’s games. That millions of experts and fans are parsing every play and play call is a crazy waste of time. I do get why the aforementioned fan bases are sweating it out though.
Until yesterday morning I thought I had heard it all as far as inane analysis goes. One local boob said that he was taking the Ravens and giving the points because all of the smart money and sharp bettors were betting heavily on the Ravens. Conversely. he offered an analysis of the NFC quarterbacks. Choosing a team based on the betting and expecting it to impact the outcome is as foolish as yelling at the tv thinking you’re going to influence the play on the court/field.
Suffice to say, all of the smart guys lost big as the underdog Chiefs won. Not only that, the host called out the general public who was putting their money on Pat Mahomes. This is akin to telling the public that the government experts know more than we do.