***Week 4 GameDay Thread - Jaguars @ Bengals***

[KillerGoose]

(09-30-2021, 10:53 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: There was actually a discussion about this on Movin' The Chains yesterday, after they talked to Scott Zolak.  They were going off on the fact that there are actually analytic people who don't think there is a human element to the games; i.e. momentum and energy.  The data is flat out incorrect.  Were there not such a think, the Falcons would have a Super Bowl Championship under their belts, and Brady would have one more Super Bowl loss...

I just saw this, but it simply doesn’t exist. This is a testable thing. If momentum actually did anything, you WOULD be able to find the effect it has. You would see a noticeable jump in team success, production, points scored after a ‘momentum’ defining play. That jump doesn’t exist.

Momentum as a feeling might exist, but it doesn’t do anything to improve play.