The official early LSU game thread.

[novatiger]

Sept 17, 2013 13:45:47 GMT -6 Norm said:

Sept 17, 2013 13:31:47 GMT -6 novatiger said:

I'm a scientist. I await the results of the experiment. Until the experiment is complete though, I can consider pleasant possibilities.

Oh yeah? Well I'm an industry certified Project Manager. I manage multiple projects concurrently with one or more waiting in the wings for the completion of a previous one. I plan only for a project's success, never a failure. Some projects are slam dunk easy no-brainers. Some present their fair share of challenges along the way but are ultimately successful. We'll learn lessons from each project which can then be applied to future projects. If project does not wind up meeting 100% of the desired outcomes, I'll acknowledge the facts and point out the many positives. At the end of the day, week, month, quarter, or year, there's another project waiting where we'll do it all over again and plan for success as usual.

Comparable to a football season I think. I'm an AU fan. I plan on a successful '13 season. I plan for us to win each game. I also am aware going into it that there could be a loss mixed in amongst the wins. To mitigate and plan for that as a true PM would, I look to the future games ahead on the schedule and think positively there.

That would be good if you were a coach. But we're simply observers and our bias can't affect the outcome. So there are 2 alternative hypotheses. We win or we lose. Since my bias can't affect the result. I can chose to believe the hypothesis that we win is likely correct until I have evidence to reject it. I accept the possibility that I am wrong but await the result to show it.

In others words. Those who are predicting doom need to chill out and enjoy. All you're doing is increasing anxiety unnecessarily.

[michael]

What nova is trying to say is that the game is in the bag.

[steve]

We finally have confirmation. Norm is certifiable.

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Sept 17, 2013 13:31:47 GMT -6 novatiger said:

I'm a scientist. I await the results of the experiment. Until the experiment is complete though, I can consider pleasant possibilities.

There are a lot of experiment types.  Some deal with more known data than others.  The more known about the data, the more predictable the outcome.

3 games into the season there is a lot of football data that has been gathered.  That data shows that LSU should win.

Comparing experiments to sporting events is incongruous.

Scientists are wrong all of the time and probably shouldn't make predictions.  Most times scientists are doing experiments with a particular goal in mind and hoping for the desired result.

Vegas odds makers are rarely very far off of the mark and make a lot of money because they make good predictions. This LSU team has a much better offense than the 2010 LSU team .....and we don't have Cam.  Unless some kind of miracle occurs ..we will get gashed up the middle at will by LSU running game.

We could pull the upset and I sure hope we do.  I'm predicting the opposite ...and I have no anxiety because of such.

I do get anxious when folks unrealistically expect us to win and then those same folks are upset if we don't.

[bubbs]

Hoopie has experimented with a lot of plants in his day, and this game doesn't smell like the kind that makes him anxious.

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Sept 17, 2013 19:06:26 GMT -6 bubbs said:

Hoopie has experimented with a lot of plants in his day, and this game doesn't smell like the kind that makes him anxious.

True dat. ..now if we start talking trophies or money supply ...I may start hyperventilating.

[novatiger]

I don't get upset. But I always expect the win. The only time I've been demoralized enough not to was last year and I gave up trying to watch completely.

Watching sports with me is a matter of emotion, not stats or odds. I don't bet money on it so I don't care what Vegas says. Realism is for life, not sports.

I don't see how expecting to lose makes it any better if we do. Expect the win, sigh and move on if we don't.

[CHB]

Nova is right in that you're all idiots.

[steve]

Hoopie is a bammer. Burn him.

[michael]

Why can't you buncha neanderthals understand that this game is in the bag?

[chipchip]

Sept 17, 2013 22:49:53 GMT -6 michael said:

Why can't you buncha neanderthals understand that this game is in the bag?

Neanderthals didn't have bags. That's probably why they are extinct.

[Deleted]

Norm, as a fellow PMI professional, I would love to take a look at your risk register for this week's project phase.

[artvandelay NP]

this is a family blog.

[ehyou]

Well I'm a PM and I think Auburn blows LSU out of the water. How 'bout them apples?

[bubbs]

I think you better not go bobbing for them apples, because they gonna blow up in your face.