Who's up for a challenge to win a billion?

Discussion in 'The Thunderdome' started by CardinalVol, Jan 21, 2014.

  1. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    Well alright then bizznatches, I guess ole KidB is just gonna have to win the billion all by himself. Or just 500M, actually, because I'll go ahead and take that lump sum payment. Either way, Taco Bell on me after I win.
     
  2. fl0at_

    fl0at_ Humorless, asinine, joyless pr*ck

    Alright, 500 million soft tacos here I come.
     
  3. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    Might want to save a few bucks for toilet paper and ointment.
     
  4. Indy

    Indy Pronoun Analyst

    Damn, I was getting excited about my future as a millionaire.


    Think of the coaches we could have brought to Tennessee sports...
     
  5. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    I'm still pondering. We've got time.
     
  6. syndicate

    syndicate Well-Known Member

    Let's say we get 20 people to fill out brackets, we just have to come up with the 20 most mathematically possible brackets and hope for the best.
     
  7. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Well, guess I will go back to flipping a coin for each game and see how it goes.
     
  8. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Screw it I'm going solo.

    If I win, big changes will come.

    Who wants to be the UTAD/President/Chancellor/Dean?
     
  9. fl0at_

    fl0at_ Humorless, asinine, joyless pr*ck

    I'll settle for supreme chancellor of the galactic republic of vols message boards. I will thusly need you to purchase all vols message boards.

    SCGRVMB has spoken!

    (We may also need a marketing person to come up with a better title...)
     
  10. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Done.
     
  11. Unimane

    Unimane Kill "The Caucasian"

    Hell yes, I'm in.
     
  12. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    After we hit the first one and get our strategery down, a couple more should be a piece of cake
     
  13. fl0at_

    fl0at_ Humorless, asinine, joyless pr*ck

    This is all I have so far, from 1985-2010

    Mode 1 9 5 4 3 6 7 2 | 1 4 3 2 | 1 2 | 1 | 1 | 1
    Freq 1.00 0.54 0.66 0.79 0.85 0.68 0.60 0.96 | 0.88 0.42 0.51 0.64 | 0.72 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.62

    I need the last few years, where two 16 seeds knocked off a 1 seed, but, since this only goes to 2010:

    A 1 seed always won their first game
    9 seeds won out over 8 seeds 54% of the time.
    66% of the time, the 5 seed won.

    The | denote the step down from 32 teams, to 16, 8, 4, 2, winner.

    Not groundbreaking.
     
  14. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    (1)
    What do those numbers represent?


    (2)
    Huh?
     
  15. fl0at_

    fl0at_ Humorless, asinine, joyless pr*ck

    1. Mode and frequency the listed seed won their games in each round.

    So for the first number, 1 was 100% in round 1, 9 beat the 8 seed more times (mode) at that frquency (.54 or 54%) of the time in round 1.

    Round two would be after the first |. Which then shows that 1st seed won XX% of their 2nd round games.

    2. The data is from 1985-2010. Which means it doesn't have 2011,2012,2013.
     
  16. emainvol

    emainvol Administrator

    I'm in

    I have long believed that if I can ever escape the first day unscathed, I will win it all
     
  17. emainvol

    emainvol Administrator

    I think he meant 15 beating 2
     
  18. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    Usually when I mean 15 and 2, those end up being the numbers I type.
     
    Last edited: Jan 29, 2014
  19. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    Nothing shocking in there. Favorites win a lot, but not always.
     
  20. fl0at_

    fl0at_ Humorless, asinine, joyless pr*ck

    Yea, I was incorrect.

    And by number, do you mean 13 or 17? Or numbers, as in plural?
     

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