Originally Posted by DRM08:
Ha, but I just would never expect someone to be that damn stupid. How is that even possible? The stats are not hard to read, lol
It's Skip Bayless. He went in assuming he had all these high INT games, and his confirmation bias clouded his ability to read numbers. He saw what he wanted to see.
Which is what he does with everything. Dude lives in a separate reality from everyone else, which is why all of his predictions fail.
Thannon Tharpe seemed to just take the numbers he cited at face value, assuming (wrongly) that skip was capable of reading the stat sheet.
I mean when you say A guy threw 64 picks in 14 games, it should be OBVIOUS it's not true. Anyone who did that in college would never be drafted into the NFL. A guy who threw 64 TD's in 14 games, on the other hand, might impress. Skip is just dumb and habitually wrong about everything. [Reply]
Thannon Tharpe is a cartoon character. Like Goofy or Pluto, maybe. You would never ask Goofy to calculate numbers in his head. Nobody would, really. Maybe Minnie, I guess.
Originally Posted by WhiteWhale:
It's Skip Bayless. He went in assuming he had all these high INT games, and his confirmation bias clouded his ability to read numbers. He saw what he wanted to see.
Which is what he does with everything. Dude lives in a separate reality from everyone else, which is why all of his predictions fail.
Thannon Tharpe seemed to just take the numbers he cited at face value, assuming (wrongly) that skip was capable of reading the stat sheet.
I mean when you say A guy threw 64 picks in 14 games, it should be OBVIOUS it's not true. Anyone who did that in college would never be drafted into the NFL. A guy who threw 64 TD's in 14 games, on the other hand, might impress. Skip is just dumb and habitually wrong about everything.
How does he keep his job by doing this all the time?
Apparently accuracy is not a key requirement in the sports reporting world either(much like the political world) but creating drama IS whether true or not as long as it gets ratings ?:-)
Just a sad state of our culture when "truth" is sacrificed in a society at any cost. But the "Good Book" say's this will happen in the last days.:-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefshrink:
How does he keep his job by doing this all the time?
Apparently accuracy is not a key requirement in the sports reporting world either(much like the political world) but creating drama IS whether true or not as long as it gets ratings ?:-)
Just a sad state of our culture when "truth" is sacrificed in a society at any cost. But the "Good Book" say's this will happen in the last days.:-)
What the **** are you talking about?
Skip Bayless peddling bullshit is some indication of the end of days?
Seriously, how the hell do you get there?
He's a moron, not the harbinger of armageddon. [Reply]
Originally Posted by WhiteWhale:
The easily found evidence the earth is not flat does not prevent flat earthers.
You guys are giving Skip way too much credit. He's been a moron for 20 years.
Not trying to :-) you here but why do you continue to watch him then ? You seem to be well versed in his BS opinions over 20yrs.:-) Do you watch him because you like to emotionally "cathart truth" back at him ? Is this an emotional release for you? [Reply]
Originally Posted by WhiteWhale:
What the **** are you talking about?
Skip Bayless peddling bullshit is some indication of the end of days?
Seriously, how the hell do you get there?
He's a moron, not the harbinger of armageddon.
Write therefore the things which thou hast seen, and the things which art on TV, and the things which shall be hereafter on Sunday seen."
The mystery of the six footballs which thou sawest in his right hand, and the six golden TDs. The six receivers art the angels of the six stadiums: and the six touchdowns which thou sawest art the number of the six scoreboards; and the five incomplete passes which thou hast seen art the eleventy billion hair plugs which maketh up the devil's head.
Originally Posted by Chiefshrink:
Not trying to :-) you here but why do you continue to watch him then ? You seem to be well versed in his BS opinions over 20yrs.:-) Do you watch him because you like to emotionally "cathart truth" back at him ? Is this an emotional release for you?
Define 'watch him'
I used to listen to the Jim Rome show regularly and Skip Bayless would guest host. After a few times listening to his schtick, I started changing it any time he guest hosted. He was horrible, and had some bizarre obsession with Diet Mountain Dew.
That was like 20 years ago. Over the subsequent 20 years, you may have noticed, he's a quite famous sports personality with whom you are aware if you follow sports. Seeing him get punked out by guys like Cuban or watching him pump up Johnny Manziel and Tim Tebow does have some entertainment value. You may have also noticed the advent of this thing called youtube, which allows me to laugh at his stupidity while only requiring 3 minutes of my time.
Stop projecting your 'cathart truth' back at me. That's the shit you do with your religious grandstanding when it's entirely irrelevant to what is being discussed. [Reply]
Originally Posted by WhiteWhale:
It's Skip Bayless. He went in assuming he had all these high INT games, and his confirmation bias clouded his ability to read numbers. He saw what he wanted to see.
Which is what he does with everything. Dude lives in a separate reality from everyone else, which is why all of his predictions fail.
Thannon Tharpe seemed to just take the numbers he cited at face value, assuming (wrongly) that skip was capable of reading the stat sheet.
I mean when you say A guy threw 64 picks in 14 games, it should be OBVIOUS it's not true. Anyone who did that in college would never be drafted into the NFL. A guy who threw 64 TD's in 14 games, on the other hand, might impress. Skip is just dumb and habitually wrong about everything.
Originally Posted by DRM08:
I saw Skip Bayless the other day straight up lied about Mahomes' college stats. He said Mahomes had 2 games of 6 INT, 4 games of 5 INT, and 8 games of 4 INT. Simply not true. He had a single game of 4 INT and no other games above 2 INT.
It looked to me like Bayless took some of Mahomes' best TD performances and claimed they were INT games. I don't think this was an accident either. They gotta push their false narrative so they reverse the stats to push an agenda.
Originally Posted by WhiteWhale:
What the **** are you talking about?
Skip Bayless peddling bullshit is some indication of the end of days?
Seriously, how the hell do you get there?
He's a moron, not the harbinger of armageddon.
You didn't answer my question. How does he keep his job if he has continually not been accurate for the last 20yrs especially in the journalistic world of sports ? Not that he is an actual journalist but you get my point.
My point being, that "truth" in our society and culture is very quickly becoming 'relative' and you see this the most especially in the world of media/journalism regardless of whatever the gamut is being covered.
IMHO, the ol "if it bleeds, it leads" has now been taken to the next several deceptive levels and now it has become "if it doesn't bleed or is not bleeding enough" the media/journalists will make sure it does bleed or will bleed more profusely with false reporting "because" high ratings mean $$$$$$$.
This is how guys like Skip/Kevin keep their jobs because the false statements they make create "drama"(bleeding) that creates high ratings $$$$$ and why the network/networks/stations in general let "pot stirring talk show hosts" of any realm keep their jobs.
Truth has become very "relative" in that world for sure because sometimes the 'absolute truth' is not always a money maker and why I agree with our Texas Tech poster. These pot stirring media types for the most part know what the 'absolute truth' is on a story. But in their greedy minds will the 'absolute truth' on a story vault a journalist's career and create more $$/ratings for both the network/station and if it doesn't they will make sure it bleeds or bleeds more with false reporting that creates drama thus ratings$$$$.:-) [Reply]
