My Super Bowl Squares

	Steelers	Cards	Q1%	Q2%	Q3%	Q4%	Overall EV%	Ownership
Score 1	2	2	<0.1%	<0.1%	<0.1%	<0.1%	<0.1%	Me
Score 2	7	3	4.7%	4.5%	3.3%	2.0%	2.7%	Me
Score 3	4	4	0.2%	1.8%	2.3%	1.5%	1.5%	Me
Score 4	9	7	0.1%	0.5%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	Me
Score 5	0	5	0.1%	0.2%	0.4%	0.7%	0.6%	Mom
Score 6	3	4	0.9%	2.3%	2.3%	1.5%	1.6%	Paul

 

I posted here the scores from my office Super Bowl "squares" in which I have a stake. Four of them are mine and two I get a finder's fee for, so I'll be rooting for all of them. I read a 2005 Sabernomics breakdown of the odds...but then saw there was a 2008 review and revision to that which is where I got the values from above. Basically, I got the absolute worst square on the board which is 2/2. This has basically has a .04% chance of happening (though Paul is writing this game down as 12-2...I'll believe it when I see it...haha). So I can forget it. I'm riding on my 7/3. I have never won anything in these pools. I always end up with the worst numbers. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

 

A few other afternoon links:

-Securities Industry traders, say that they expect the Steelers to win, but to take the points.

-I wish that Monsters vs. Aliens was not going to be an animated film, because the cast seems AWESOME.

-Now this is luck (H/T Wendy)

-Freakonomics: Treasury Hero and Princeton's Angus Deaton on development economics (I got both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Economics and I was a bit lost...so I can't say it's an easy read).

-Waiting for this shoe to drop in regards to JP Morgan and the Madoff scandal.

-I think that we should keep Blago around solely for the entertainment value

-For big Rangers fans (or just really big hockey fans), this story about John Muckler is great.

-Tek back to the Red Sox...hopefully one more tussle with A-rod is in store

-Over at the Astron blog on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

-Over 4000 signatures for the Rose Art

 

Off to Massachusetts for the weekend...will update when I come and post my "airtight" Super Bowl prediction (get ready to bet the other way!)