Geoffrey Benedict (@phantaskippy) profile picture

I like statistics, economics, politics and theology. So mostly I talk sports.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joined September 2014
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Unless I’m missing some games, the Steelers and Browns have played eight times on Thursday night. The home team is 8-0.
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Dream/Fever being decided by possessions. 14 more FGAs for the Dream. +8 on offensive boards, +11 on turnovers, +14 FGAs. That's how you win at basketball. Protect the ball, crash the boards. You can shoot a lower percentage and still win the game.
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I hate the commissioner's cup. Point differential leading teams to do the most unsportsmanlike crap with a late lead. Dumb rules make for dumb ball.
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So if the goal is everyone lives, Blue needs 50.1% of the votes. Red needs 100%. The people who say Red is right are championing a system where failure to comply with the herd means you deserve to die. That's why Blue always wins these. Because that isn't how America works.
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
42%Red
58%Blue
98,539 votes • Final results
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For fun: The +/- per minute for team USA women through three games 1. Kiki - 1.63 2. Angel - 1.39 3. Caitlin - 1.32 4. Monique - 1.26 5. Rae - 1.21 6. Jackie - 1.19 7. Kelsey - 1.19 8. Rhyne - 1.13 9. Chelsea - 1.07 10. Kahleah - 1.04 11. Paige - 1.01 12. Dearica - 0.82
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Since we're getting stupid over a blowout of Senegal, the +/- per minute leaders from the game: 1 Caitlin & Monique - 1.81 3 Rae - 1.8 4 Kiki - 1.78 5 Angel - 1.65 6 Kelsey & Rhyne - 1.63 8 Chelsea - 1.53 9 Dearica - 1.43 10 Jackie - 1.40 11 Kahleah - 1.37 12 Paige - 1.21
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It isn't hard to see that players opinions of Ben Roethlisberger as a teammate and leader is divided by when they played with him. The dude changed, grew up, improved himself. It neither excuses or erases the guy he was before. Nor does the guy he used to be erase who he became.
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Older Patriots fans waking up today knowing all they had to do was record the Seahawks walk thru practice and memorize the plays, steal all their signals. Pay a few refs off and deflate all the balls, and that Super Bowl would have been in the bag
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Seattle winning the Super Bowl with 5 FGs and a defensive TD was the Mike Tomlin tribute I didn't know I needed.
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Geoffrey Benedict retweeted
Article I share each year. Remembering the 7 #Steelers who reintegrated the team in 1952. T Ted Benson T Charlie Thomas HB Bill Robinson FB Jack Spinks OG/T Ray Newman HB “Suitcase” Willie Smith HB Clyde Atkins steelersdepot.com/2026/02/th…
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Fantastic thread. Read it and share it. #Steelers
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Geoffrey Benedict retweeted
Belichick waited 49 years for his girlfriend to be born, the Hall of Fame will be a piece of cake for him.
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No one cares about the people who try to do something illegal and fail. It's the ones that create a system that works, the ones that gain from it that we judge harshest. The NFL destroyed the evidence and changed the rules to allow defensive headsets so it couldn't be repeated.
If they are using the EXCUSE of spygate that’s ridiculous…many teams (including ourselves) tried it..Howard Mudd at Kansas City who later coached for Bill Polian and Tony Dungy gave us the idea..he was the best..we didn’t get anything and stopped but many teams gave it a try
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Belichick's record without Tom Brady is lousy. He was an over-hyped narcissist who cheated and still only won when he had Brady. Brady left him and won another one when he should have been washed up. Belichick is a fraud. Always was, always will be.
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It's funny to me how much people loved Mason Rudolph and were convinced he deserved a shot at starting. Until he committed the unpardonable sin of having a likable rookie behind him. Now he's trash. It's crazy and incredibly predictable.
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Geoffrey Benedict retweeted
Vrabel is winning with Mayo’s team, i don’t get the hype.
Super Bowl LX will feature one of the best first-year head coaches and one of the best second-year head coaches… well, ever.
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Geoffrey Benedict retweeted
If Bill Raftery called the play of Jerome Bettis running over Urlacher “Send it in, Jerome!”
OTD in 1988…. “Send it in, Jerome!” The board-breaking slam of Jerome Lane and Bill Raftery’s unforgettable call. ⬇️ Full version, worth watching just for Mike Gorman and Bill Raftery’s undying enjoyment of the dunk.
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Seriously, A few seasons of Mike McCarthy might not be bad at all for the Steelers. Everywhere he's been QBs have played better and WRs develop. What are the Steelers weaknesses again???
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Just a reminder as we look for a Head Coach to get the Steelers back to being a Super Bowl contender: Cowher w/o LeBeau - 4-6 playoffs, no Super Bowl appearances. Tomlin w/o LeBeau - 3-10 playoffs, no Super Bowl appearances. With LeBeau - 13-6, 4 Super Bowl appearances, 2 wins.
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