Sports

The Twins lost. That's bound to happen once in a while...

I ws looking up some stats yesterday and found out some cool things.  An NFL team that loses it's first two games only has a 12.5% chance of making the playoffs. The odds are actually far better now with all the wild card teams. In the past, any team that lost their first two games was all but eliminated just 8 days into the season. Talk about a short season...

I also found out that so far this year, NINE extra points have already been missed. That's more than all of last season. That little bit of extra distance is messing with kickers' minds. Or maybe Blair Walsh is accounting for most of them.  What's cool from all of this is that the Pittsburgh Steelers are going for two-point conversions fairly regularly now, and they are MAKING them. They got off to a 16-0 lead last week from doing that. I'm looking for more coaches to do the same thing. You only have to be successful once every two times to break even on this venture. And teams like the Steelers will actually force other teams to do it as well.

I like the rule change. I love that coaches will now be responsible for a bit more strategy after every touchdown. It'll keep the fans watching more closely.