<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Michael Lombardi&#8217;s Rush Attempts plus Completions Magic Number Is No Longer Magical</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:04 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: niceville</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761771</link> <dc:creator>niceville</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:42:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761771</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I would like to see what the correlation between rushing attempts and the scoreboard is if we limit our analysis to the first half. This eliminates the rushing attempts that are only called to salt away a lead that was most likely acquired through the air.&lt;/blockquote&gt;In the 3,054 games from 2000 to 2012, teams that won had a 54/46 pass/run ratio in the first three quarters while eventual losing teams had a 58/42 ratio. That&#039;s a difference of 1.7 plays, and only 0.5 plays just for the first half.Meanwhile, in just the 4th quarter of those games, winning teams had a 38/62 split to the 75/25 ratio for losing teams, a difference of over 6 plays.In all, the difference is about 8 plays per game, with over 75% of the difference coming in the 4th quarter.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I would like to see what the correlation between rushing attempts and the scoreboard is if we limit our analysis to the first half. This eliminates the rushing attempts that are only called to salt away a lead that was most likely acquired through the air.</p></blockquote><p>In the 3,054 games from 2000 to 2012, teams that won had a 54/46 pass/run ratio in the first three quarters while eventual losing teams had a 58/42 ratio. That&#8217;s a difference of 1.7 plays, and only 0.5 plays just for the first half.</p><p>Meanwhile, in just the 4th quarter of those games, winning teams had a 38/62 split to the 75/25 ratio for losing teams, a difference of over 6 plays.</p><p>In all, the difference is about 8 plays per game, with over 75% of the difference coming in the 4th quarter.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JDiddy3000</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761218</link> <dc:creator>JDiddy3000</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:11:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761218</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Also, he takes heaping dumps on the Jets every chance he gets.&lt;/em&gt;So, he&#039;s a good guy is what you&#039;re saying?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Also, he takes heaping dumps on the Jets every chance he gets.</em></p><p>So, he&#8217;s a good guy is what you&#8217;re saying?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ohheelyeah</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761202</link> <dc:creator>ohheelyeah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:10:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761202</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;well, if the horse-sized duck is sized after the horses that are actually duck-sized, I’m going with the former.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://i0.kym-cdn.com/profiles/icons/big/000/050/000/mind%20blown.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Had. Not. Thought. Of. That.&lt;/a&gt;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>well, if the horse-sized duck is sized after the horses that are actually duck-sized, I’m going with the former.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://i0.kym-cdn.com/profiles/icons/big/000/050/000/mind%20blown.gif" rel="nofollow">Had. Not. Thought. Of. That.</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761201</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:10:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761201</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;well, if the horse-sized duck is sized after the horses that are actually duck-sized, I’m going with the former.&lt;/em&gt;Did I just basically read an algebra equation without numbers?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>well, if the horse-sized duck is sized after the horses that are actually duck-sized, I’m going with the former.</em></p><p>Did I just basically read an algebra equation without numbers?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: s1rweeze</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761200</link> <dc:creator>s1rweeze</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:10:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761200</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;    Also, he takes heaping dumps on the Jets every chance he gets.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Who wouldn&#039;t? I wish he had more chances]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> Also, he takes heaping dumps on the Jets every chance he gets.</p></blockquote><p>Who wouldn&#8217;t? I wish he had more chances</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jim Harbaugh Scramble</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761199</link> <dc:creator>Jim Harbaugh Scramble</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:07:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761199</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Also, he takes heaping dumps on the Jets every chance he gets. &lt;/blockquote&gt;Agreed that the &quot;clueless&quot; meme for Lombardi is a bit harsh.  He at least gets one thing.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Also, he takes heaping dumps on the Jets every chance he gets.</p></blockquote><p>Agreed that the &#8220;clueless&#8221; meme for Lombardi is a bit harsh.  He at least gets one thing.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is sarah phillips</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761198</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is sarah phillips</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:07:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761198</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;What if there aren’t any false starts though? I heard dividing by zero causes the mathemagician to immediately die&lt;/blockquote&gt;obviously the game ended in a tie.  dumbass.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>What if there aren’t any false starts though? I heard dividing by zero causes the mathemagician to immediately die</p></blockquote><p>obviously the game ended in a tie.  dumbass.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761197</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:06:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761197</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;We talkin’ cool shirts up in here?&lt;/em&gt;That Big League Chew shirt is outstanding.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>We talkin’ cool shirts up in here?</em></p><p>That Big League Chew shirt is outstanding.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is sarah phillips</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761196</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is sarah phillips</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:06:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761196</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;The real question I have is this: would you rather fight 1 horse-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized horses?&lt;/blockquote&gt;well, if the horse-sized duck is sized after the horses that are actually duck-sized, I&#039;m going with the former.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The real question I have is this: would you rather fight 1 horse-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized horses?</p></blockquote><p>well, if the horse-sized duck is sized after the horses that are actually duck-sized, I&#8217;m going with the former.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ButtersBC</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761195</link> <dc:creator>ButtersBC</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:05:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761195</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;/blockquote&gt;I have my own stat that’s (incompletions + forced fumbles unrecovered)/false starts&lt;blockquote&gt;What if there aren&#039;t any false starts though? I heard dividing by zero causes the mathemagician to immediately die]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have my own stat that’s (incompletions + forced fumbles unrecovered)/false starts<br /><blockquote><p>What if there aren&#8217;t any false starts though? I heard dividing by zero causes the mathemagician to immediately die</p></blockquote> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: FredSanford</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761193</link> <dc:creator>FredSanford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:05:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761193</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oh and the chokey Yankees./Lookin&#039; at you A-Rod]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh and the chokey Yankees.</p><p>/Lookin&#8217; at you A-Rod</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ohheelyeah</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761192</link> <dc:creator>ohheelyeah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:04:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761192</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.homage.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;We talkin&#039; cool shirts up in here?&lt;/a&gt;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.homage.com/" rel="nofollow">We talkin&#8217; cool shirts up in here?</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ohheelyeah</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761191</link> <dc:creator>ohheelyeah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:02:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761191</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;was the sky blue before the sun illuminated it? or was it blue because the sun illuminated it?&lt;/blockquote&gt;The real question I have is this:  would you rather fight 1 horse-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized horses?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>was the sky blue before the sun illuminated it? or was it blue because the sun illuminated it?</p></blockquote><p>The real question I have is this:  would you rather fight 1 horse-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized horses?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: FredSanford</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761190</link> <dc:creator>FredSanford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:01:27 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761190</guid> <description><![CDATA[All of the baseball analysts are on WHIP which I understand, but Lesters was over 2 last night and Boston still won.  Maybe the 12 Boston hits and a solid bullpen had something to do with that.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All of the baseball analysts are on WHIP which I understand, but Lesters was over 2 last night and Boston still won.  Maybe the 12 Boston hits and a solid bullpen had something to do with that.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 is sarah phillips</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761189</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 is sarah phillips</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:59:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761189</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have my own stat that&#039;s (incompletions + forced fumbles unrecovered)/false starts.I call it IPFFUDFS.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have my own stat that&#8217;s (incompletions + forced fumbles unrecovered)/false starts.</p><p>I call it IPFFUDFS.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: got_em_looking</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761188</link> <dc:creator>got_em_looking</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:59:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761188</guid> <description><![CDATA[I would like to see what the correlation between rushing attempts and the scoreboard is if we limit our analysis to the first half. This eliminates the rushing attempts that are only called to salt away a lead that was most likely acquired through the air.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to see what the correlation between rushing attempts and the scoreboard is if we limit our analysis to the first half. This eliminates the rushing attempts that are only called to salt away a lead that was most likely acquired through the air.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761187</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:58:55 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761187</guid> <description><![CDATA[that&#039;s a badass shirt.  nice link.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>that&#8217;s a badass shirt.  nice link.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ButtersBC</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761186</link> <dc:creator>ButtersBC</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:58:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761186</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Here’s a stat: if you rush the ball only 10 fucking times in a game, YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE, SHITHEADS&lt;/blockquote&gt;Why run when you can win? Like Lisk said, rushing attempts will end up being a result of the game situation, not so much where rushing attempts are determining game situation if that makes sense]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Here’s a stat: if you rush the ball only 10 fucking times in a game, YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE, SHITHEADS</p></blockquote><p>Why run when you can win? Like Lisk said, rushing attempts will end up being a result of the game situation, not so much where rushing attempts are determining game situation if that makes sense</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Babar 2.0</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761185</link> <dc:creator>Babar 2.0</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:58:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761185</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;http://gvartwork.myshopify.com/products/langhorne-slaughter-cleveland-browns-vintage-t-shirt&lt;/blockquote&gt;Already pre-loaded to the size &quot;X-Small&quot; for your frame. Just hit &quot;Add to Cart&quot;.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a href="http://gvartwork.myshopify.com/products/langhorne-slaughter-cleveland-browns-vintage-t-shirt" rel="nofollow">http://gvartwork.myshopify.com/products/langhorne-slaughter-cleveland-browns-vintage-t-shirt</a></p></blockquote><p>Already pre-loaded to the size &#8220;X-Small&#8221; for your frame. Just hit &#8220;Add to Cart&#8221;.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ballz is The Stig</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/09/12/michael-lombardis-rush-attempts-plus-completions-magic-number-is-no-longer-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-1761184</link> <dc:creator>Ballz is The Stig</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:57:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=207508#comment-1761184</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Also, he takes heaping dumps on the Jets every chance he gets.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Even a fat, broken watch is right twice a day.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Also, he takes heaping dumps on the Jets every chance he gets.</p></blockquote><p>Even a fat, broken watch is right twice a day.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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