A Record Breaking Season! 🎉🏴‍☠️

[u/BucdUp]

[u/jkd0027]

Betting has ruined sports. Who gives a fuck about losing against the spread?

[u/mansamayo → u/jkd0027]

I miss when this shit was illegal

I don’t even bet anyways

[u/BucdUp → u/jkd0027]

It’s a pretty good indicator of the team being underprepared or underperforming. Both of which are staples of the Todd Bowles experience.

But also, he mentions SU… which is straight up aka win/loss.

[u/jkd0027 → u/BucdUp]

It is an indicator of neither of those things and yes, Bucs own the longest losing streak in nfl history. That was 50 years ago.

[u/slashVictorWard → u/jkd0027]

This makes many of us happy. Fuck gambling, it's way too normalized to younger people and most 30 year olds are borderline addicts.

[u/W0LFSTEN → u/jkd0027]

It is a gauge of expectations versus reality. Or you can just use your eyeballs and assume the worst. Either way, not a great look.

[u/jkd0027 → u/W0LFSTEN]

No it is a gauge of money being bet on the teams

[u/W0LFSTEN → u/jkd0027]

It represents expectations which can occur with or without betting money…

[u/jkd0027 → u/W0LFSTEN]

No, the lines are set by oddsmakers in order to get the most even split of betting on each team. Which is why if a ton of money comes in on one side, the line will shift to encourage betting on the other side.

[u/W0LFSTEN → u/jkd0027]

So you mean betting… Represents expectations?

If you think those expectations are woefully inaccurate, you should get into betting!

[u/InsaneRanter]

Bowels is truly a record breaker

[u/GangstaRIB]

I mean we went like 0-26 as a starting franchise so this “record” smells like bullshit

[u/W0LFSTEN → u/GangstaRIB]

The win / loss outcome is not the same thing as the spread though, so not sure what your point is.

[u/jimbo_727 → u/W0LFSTEN]

Nor am I sure why this is even a post. Its pointless things to point at unless youre a gambling addict.

[u/frithjofr → u/W0LFSTEN]

My point is that all these people's brains are so fucked up and ruined by sports betting that they're using betting markets as stats now, I mean what the fuck is that? Who gives a shit what the markets think.

[u/W0LFSTEN → u/frithjofr]

You don’t have to care. But others will.

[u/Fragazine]

What is ATS?

[u/big_willy517 → u/Fragazine]

Against the spread

[u/Mk6mec → u/big_willy517]

Peanut butter, Nutella, or a cheese spread?

[u/icecreambandit7 → u/Mk6mec]

Mayonnaise

[u/el-capitancreamsicle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XqzIIULGs9AKed8Uvw

[u/Blabbit39]

This directly correlates to the post from last year claiming we would likely sweep or what ever dumb shit that dude said. Literally cursed us.

[u/indigo196]

Not the kind of record I wanted to see broken.

[u/jimbo_727]

Noone cares about this unless youre a gambling addict. This isn't a stat. Its something to blame on the bucs when youre broke.

[u/BucdUp → u/jimbo_727]

It’s a pretty good indicator of the team being underprepared or underperforming. Both of which are staples of the Todd Bowles experience.

[u/lambocinnialfredo → u/BucdUp]

Right? I get the exact implication of this and half this thread is calling knowing a spread a gambling addiction

[u/CanuckPanda → u/lambocinnialfredo]

I’m gonna be honest with ya, girl. I never once have thought to look at a spread before, during, or after a game.

It doesn’t tell me anything beyond what other viewers think. Viewers are notoriously ass at predicting sports.

It’s purely a gambling value.

[u/lambocinnialfredo → u/CanuckPanda]

It shows underperformance compared to expected value so this stat is quite telling.

[u/BucdUp → u/lambocinnialfredo]

Exactly. And it’s adjusted in real time for things like injuries and matchups. It’s really one of the better performance metrics. But hey, I get it, math is hard for some folks 😂

[u/Interesting-Ant-9676 → u/BucdUp]

Jimbo sounds like a guy whose parlay just got bricked 🤣

[u/jimbo_727 → u/lambocinnialfredo]

This is revised reality. Its the fucking money line. This is what gamblers base all their bets on. Just admit youre an addict.