Experts Pick the Steelers, Fans Pick the Chiefs
by Joel Thorman on Nov 19, 2009 3:12 PM CST
in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign
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Usually I think that internet polls with 35,000 respondents is fairly accurate. One extreme will usually balance out the other and you'll get a good picture of what everyone thinks.
But then again a lot of people hate the Steelers.....or love the Chiefs. Probably the latter but a poll on NFL.com shows a whopping 79% of voters think the Chiefs will defeat the Steelers. That's 35,718 votes as of this posting (Confession: I voted twice).
NFL Network had three folks make a pick. All three - Brian Baldinger, Sterling Sharpe and Joe Theismann - picked the Steelers.
10 point favorites? That's the smart move.
ESPN followed suit with all of the experts picking the Steelers.
I wonder why the Steelers aren't getting more votes. I had always figured they had one of the largest fanbases.
Maybe Steelers fans don't know how to use the computer....Zing! Just kidding....
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When I read the part about Steelers fans not
knowing how to use computers, I just had this mental image of a Steelers fan in a sombrero with a scraggly beard. He takes a big slug of Tequila from a half empty bottle and wipes his mouth with the back of his filthy hand. “Puters, we don’t need no steenking ’puters!”
by G.L. on Nov 19, 2009 3:19 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
The chiefs employ computer hackers...
to continually vote for the Chiefs and hit refresh. They are saying it will help with the publics perception of the Chiefs
(Raiders game 1 should be listed here, 409 yds off, we let them off the hook)
(Cowboy's should be listed here - They are who we thought they were)
Skins
Raiders game 2
Next victim?
+1
Haley told the offense to run it again. When someone said the defense already knows the play he responded, "So what, make it work."
loadrunner
Predictions:
Kansas City will not win more than four games in 2009
Kansas City will have a new OC and DC in 2010
Kansas City will win at least seven games in 2010
(Raiders game 1 should be listed here, 409 yds off, we let them off the hook)
(Cowboy's should be listed here - They are who we thought they were)
Skins
Raiders game 2
Next victim?
Well that makes up my mind.... I'm a PC. Sorry Mac they brought beer.
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Well it is a poll
Which people have no stake in. Therefore they are really being asked “do you have the Steelers?”
On yahoo pick’em, where there is some million people, 98% have picked Pittsburgh.
I ner how use muh puter.
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i want the chiefs to win but theres no way i'd put money on them this week...
by EyePod on Nov 19, 2009 5:17 PM CST via mobile reply actions
+10 spread last I checked
With that spread, I won’t bet the Steelers either.
For justice we must go to Don Pioli
ALAS!
I put money against my Chiefs. My wife’s aunt puts together a pool everyweek and we all pick winners for each game. Buy in is $2 (I’m a big spender right), but the winning ranges from $20 to $30.
That said, I’ll still root for KC. Everytime I bet on them they lose, so I’m trying to be tricky this time.
It's years like this that I wish I was a bear. Hibernation would make it so much easier.
by Red N Gold Beast on Nov 19, 2009 5:33 PM CST reply actions
im shocked
Goo Ciefs computer hacker fans! Damn Pioli may have a computer sci degree and were finally seeing his skills
by Ren on Nov 19, 2009 9:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Whew!
Glad I’m not the only one that saw that. It’s bizarre
See ya Later Larry Johnson, or now forever known as "2.7"
And..
as of now I checked it it’s now 82% Chiefs and 18% Steelers.
Is that pole rigged to make us feel good?
On another note my local cbs station said the Bills were at Arrowhead this weekend… I thought about it and was like hold up we face the Steelers this weekend.
See ya Later Larry Johnson, or now forever known as "2.7"
Appartently the voting is coming from the blue and green areas
Most votes registered in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Baltimore and Dallas…
(Raiders game 1 should be listed here, 409 yds off, we let them off the hook)
(Cowboy's should be listed here - They are who we thought they were)
Skins
Raiders game 2
Next victim?
Uhhh,what?
No one ever says, "It's only a game" when their team is winning.
George Carlin-R.I.P.
by idahochieffan on Nov 20, 2009 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
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