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NBA Big Men vs the Little Guys

Posted: 2nd March 2010 by WhatIfSports.com in NBA
Foxsports.com NBA analyst Charley Rosen recently cracked open his mail bag and a couple of "knuckleheads" fell out. One guy wanted to know the outcome of a hypothetical 48-minute game between a team of NBA big guys (power forwards and centers) and NBA point guards. Rosen predicted the Goliaths would wipe the floor with the Davids by at least 20 points. Whatifsports.com wanted to see if Charley was just supporting his big ...

USA Hockey Takes a Step Back In 2010 From WhatIfSports.com

Posted: 24th February 2010 by WhatIfSports.com in NHL
Hockey is inherently American as rhubarb pie. Yet, as I watch the 2010 Winter Olympics play out, I sense the pressure is mounting on the United States' national team to bring home the gold. When it comes to hockey in the states, the vice of American pride has strengthened its grip since the "Miracle on Ice", but more recently when the winter games was granted its first taste of NHL talent in ...

Team USA Vs Team Canada Simulation From WhatIfSports.com

Posted: 17th February 2010 by WhatIfSports.com in NHL
It's 5 o'clock somewhere. That is everywhere, but Vancouver, British Columbia, at least for the next two weeks. The International Olympic Committee committed the ultimate party foul, shutting down "Miller Time" until after the closing ceremonies. Team USA's goalie Ryan Miller was ordered to remove the popular namesake slogan from his patriotic hockey mask before Tuesday's Olympic duel against Switzerland. It turns out the IOC views the branding as "propaganda" and too closely ...

NFL Teams Of the Decade From WhatIfSports.com

Posted: 16th February 2010 by WhatIfSports.com in NFL
Many people didn't give Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints a chance to beat Peyton Manning and the Colts in this year's Super Bowl. The underdogs responded with a 14-point victory. What might they have done in the other nine Super Bowls of the decade? WhatIfSports.com set out to find the champion of all champions for the first 10 years of the new millennium, pitting each Super Bowl champion against every other ...

Week 16 NFL Picks From WhatIfSports.com

Posted: 22nd December 2009 by WhatIfSports.com in NFL
Each Tuesday morning, we will preview every NFL game of the upcoming week. With two weeks remaining in the season each game this week has a lot of significance as teams make their push towards the playoffs...or towards the top of the draft. All of our NFL content, including our most recent power rankings and our fantasy projections as well as links to the pre-season preview are located here . ...

NFL: Week 15 Picks by WhatIfSports.com

Posted: 15th December 2009 by WhatIfSports.com in NFL
Each Tuesday morning, we will preview every NFL game in the upcoming week. All of our NFL content, including our most recent power rankings and links to our preseason preview, are located here. The inputs to the 10,001 simulations of each upcoming game are based on a rigorous analysis of each team that considers team and player ratings adjusted for strength of schedule, and then makes modifications for ...

Week 14 NFL Power Rankings

Posted: 9th December 2009 by WhatIfSports.com in NFL
WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NFL football simulation engine to present the most comprehensive, deterministic, and unbiased ranking of all 32 teams. We simulated every possible matchup in the NFL 100 times, and used the winning percentages from those nearly 50,000 games to evaluate every team. All 32 teams are ranked below with their average points for and against from the simulated games. Simulations are based on strength of schedule-adjusted stats and updated depth ...

Week 14 NFL Picks From WhatIfSports.com

Posted: 9th December 2009 by WhatIfSports.com in NFL
Each Tuesday morning, we will preview every NFL game of the upcoming week. All of our NFL content, including our most recent power rankings and links to the pre-season preview are located here . The inputs to the 10,001 simulations of each upcoming game are based on a rigorous analysis of each team that considers strength-of-schedule-adjusted team and player ratings and then makes modifications for injuries and depth ...

Week 13 Fantasy Football Projections

Posted: 1st December 2009 by WhatIfSports.com in NFL
This thorough analysis and statistical evaluation of every player and team in the NFL is part of a broader endeavor with FOXSports.com's Fantasy Football . Each regular season game is simulated 10,001 times. This allows us to account for every player and statistical interaction in an NFL game. Rosters and depth charts are up-to-date and as accurate as possible as of Tuesday each week. Information on scoring appears at the ...

NFL Week 13 Power Rankings

Posted: 1st December 2009 by WhatIfSports.com in NFL
WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NFL football simulation technology to present the most comprehensive, deterministic and unbiased ranking of all 32 teams. We have simulated every possible matchup in the NFL 100 times, and used the winning percentages from those nearly 50,000 games to evaluate every team. All 32 teams are ranked below with their average points for and against from the simulated games. Rosters and depth charts are up-to-date as of ...