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Official Prediction Thread - Cardinals


Jeremy Igo

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We will win.

I offer proof.

 

 

Cortana is a Windows phone virtual assistant that is using a Bing Predicts algorithm to predict every NFL game this season. It picks games straight up, not against the point spread. 

While it hasn't been as successful as the Bing algorithm that correctly predicted 15 of 16 games in the World Cup's knockout stage, it was still pretty good.

Cortana had a nearly identical record to the Las Vegas betting favorites, which went 168-84-4 (66.4%). Nate Silver's ELO model beat Cortana, going 176-80 (68.9%).

The algorithm caught fire during the last few weeks of the World Cup. Will it do the same with NFL?

Here are Cortana's picks for the first round of the NFL playoffs as of Friday morning. We'll update them if they change over the weekend (Vegas favorites in parenthesis):

  • Arizona Cardinals vs. Carolina Panthers — Panthers win, 62.9% chance (Panthers -6.5)
  • Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers — Steelers win, 71.6% chance (Steelers -3)
  • Cincinnati Bengals vs. Indianapolis Colts — Colts win, 58.2% chance (Colts -3)
  • Detroit Lions vs. Dallas Cowboys — Cowboys win, 67.4% chance (Cowboys -6.5)

Vegas and Cortana agree on all four games.

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-engine-nailed-world-cup-141218951.html

 

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I think we lose in a nail biter, 17-16 cardinals

 

this game scares me. All the hype we've been getting from the media, expecting us to crush the cardinals. 

 

that on top of rivera and cam's record in primetime games, I think we're like 2-10 including the playoff game last year against SF.

 

arians has nothing to lose. He's going to pull out multiple trick plays from his playbook which unfortunately the panthers will get beat on a few occasions. 

 

I hope I'm wrong. 

You will be lol

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