Wednesday, April 6, 2011

One in Five Quindecillion.

or:

1 in 5,846,006,550,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

I didn't even know that that was a word but those are the odds that given two possible outcomes (heads or tails, red chip or black chip, wins or losses) the same outcome will occur one hundred and sixty-two times in a row. It's statistically improbable but could this be that historic season? Time will tell.

Meanwhile, even though it seems a forgone conclusion that they will be coming home with an 0-6 hanging around their necks, the odds of losing six in a row are 1 in 64. It seems like even a bad team could beat those odds.

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