NFL ≠ No Free Lunch

So… this morning Algorithm1 was minding its own business when, all of a sudden, an old Windows 98 computer fired itself up and spat our this nonsense.

It seems to be a reference to tomorrow’s (October 6th) National Football League plays. How odd…

FIXTURES VISITOR @ HOME VISITOR

SPREAD OVER/

UNDER BUFFALO @ CLEVELAND 4 41 KANSAS CITY @ TENNESSEE -3 39 NEW ORLEANS @ CHICAGO PK 48.5 DETROIT @ GREEN BAY 7 53.5 SEATTLE @ INDIANAPOLIS -3 43.5 NEW ENGLAND @ CINCINNATI PK 45 PHILADELPHIA @ NY GIANTS 1.5 54 JACKSONVILLE @ ST.LOUIS 11.5 41.5 BALTIMORE @ MIAMI 3 43.5 CAROLINA @ ARIZONA -2 42 DENVER @ DALLAS 7.5 56.5 HOUSTON @ SAN FRANCISO 6.5 42.5 SAN DIEGO @ OAKLAND -4.5 44.5 NY JETS @ ATLANTA 10 43.5 PREDICTIONS VISITOR-

HOME WINNER AGAINST SPREAD TOTAL 15-18 CLEVELAND BUFFALO UNDER 14-16 TENNESSEE TENNESSEE UNDER 16-40 CHICAGO CHICAGO OVER 28-36 GREEN BAY GREEN BAY OVER 15-18 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS UNDER 23-13 NEW ENGLAND NEW ENGLAND UNDER 31-11 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA UNDER 12-20 ST.LOUIS JACKSONVILLE UNDER 25-14 BALTIMORE BALTIMORE UNDER 20-5 CAROLINA CAROLINA UNDER 33-28 DENVER DENVER OVER 23-18 HOUSTON HOUSTON UNDER 26-16 SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO UNDER 18-30 ATLANTA ATLANTA OVER The italics seem to indicate particularly strong or noteworthy results (I’m no expert in NFL but some of them seem a bit fanciful). Unfortunately the computer shut itself down again before I could quiz it any further. When I turned it back on again it was installing updates (about time) and there was no sign of any of this. My colleagues think I made this up. -Justin