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Yeah. I've been getting in the same football pool for decades. I'm not deep into a bunch of stats the way I once was. Some have more meaning than others. Some have no meaning. In our pool we pick all the games of the week against the spread. $20 per entry. Whoever gets the most correct picks wins the week. The breaker us the Monday game and total points if necessary. It's mostly an ego thing. We all have our systems. Most involve stats in some way - or more accurately trends. Anyway, it's funny how it's possible after all the analyzing that we may be pick8ng the teams we want to win for whatever reason. Like if the worst team in the league is playing the best team most of the stats will be against the losing team. But if you look ling enough there's going to be some stat supporting the losing team. Something like "they haven't lost in 20 years when they're in the road wearing their blue uniforms and the temperature is between 38 and 41 degrees and the other team is coming off a double digit win against team with a losing record." Sometimes you might have to spend an hour or more but if you look hard enough you'll find some oddball stat to support the choice you want to make. Funny stuff.