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Crazy sports presidential predictions that have never been broken

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Cloudy

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I saw this on MSNBC just now

MLB - Candidate who carries the WS champion's state wins (Giants won but a Tigers win would have worked too unless Obama loses MI lol)
NCAAF (LSU/Alabama) - If Alabama wins, Democrats win. If LSU wins, Republicans win (Alabama won tonight)
NFL (Washington Redskins) - If they win their last home game before the election, the incumbent wins (Game is tomorrow)

Someone please tell me this is bullshit lol. No way it's never been broken
 
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Syrinx

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Cloudy said:
I saw this on MSNBC just now

MLB - Candidate who carries the WS champion's state wins (Giants won)
LSU/Alabama - If Alabama wins, Democrats win. If LSU wins, Republicans win (Alabama won tonight)
Washington Redskins - If they win their last home game before the election, the incumbent wins (Game is tomorrow)

Someone please tell me this is bullshit lol. No way it's never been broken
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This one was broken in 04 I believe.

Edit: GB beat them, and GWB still won, I mean.
 
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Kusagari

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Yeah, Redskins Rule was broken in 04.

And then it was retconned to mean the party that last won the popular vote would lose so that it would still be relevant.
 
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Volimar

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Precedents.

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pigeon

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Cloudy said:
I saw this on MSNBC just now

MLB - Candidate who carries the WS champion's state wins (Giants won but a Tigers win would have worked too unless Obama loses MI lol)
NCAAF (LSU/Alabama) - If Alabama wins, Democrats win. If LSU wins, Republicans win (Alabama won tonight)
NFL (Washington Redskins) - If they win their last home game before the election, the incumbent wins (Game is tomorrow)

Someone please tell me this is bullshit lol. No way it's never been broken
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The World Series rule has been broken a bunch of times -- for example, 1988, 1992 and 1996.
 
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Synth_floyd

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It's all bullshit. Correlation does not mean causation. People are looking for patterns where none exist. ESPN can also kill some time by discussing this stuff.
 
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ThoseDeafMutes

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When you have a gajillion variables, of course you can find one that predicts past outcomes. The problem is that unless you have a reason to believe that the variable actually impacts the outcome, you're just noting correlations, and the number of amusing predictor variables shrinks every time a new trial happens.
 
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alejob

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Synth_floyd said:
It's all bullshit. Correlation does not mean causation. People are looking for patterns where none exist. ESPN can also kill some time by discussing this stuff.
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No it's not BS, it's actual facts. And the state winner of the World Series will always win the election!!
 
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