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frankbmd
11-27-2016, 08:55 AM
Yesterday Pittsburgh defeated Syracuse 76-61 on the gridiron.
On January 7th and on February 11th the two schools will meet in basketball.
How many times will the football teams outscore their respective basketball brethren?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) None of the above
Hint: so far Syracuse has scored more than 61 points 4 out of 5 times
Pittsburgh has scored more than 76 points 4 out of 6 times.
Peter_Spaeth
11-28-2016, 07:33 AM
Sympathy bump.
pokerplyr80
11-28-2016, 11:08 AM
I will go with A, 1 time. It would be an interesting stat if anyone tracked how often two teams played football and basketball in the same year with the football game ending in a higher combined score. I have to assume it's a rare occurrence.
clydepepper
12-01-2016, 01:46 PM
Frank -
I have given this considerable thought and came up with this:
If Pittsburgh scores more than 76 points 4 out of 6 times, they will win 3 of 6 times if Syracuse scores more than 61 points 4 out of 5 times; conversely, or even Adidas-ly, if Syracuse scores less than 61 points 1 out of 5 times, they will not win a single game when Pittsburgh scores less than 76 points 2 of 6 times (assuming at least one game is against Syracuse) but more than Syracuse's point total in the same game. :eek:
I'm glad to have cleared that up for you...statistically.
lol
go
frankbmd
12-01-2016, 10:45 PM
Frank -
I have given this considerable thought .......
,but not enough.
Bocabirdman
12-03-2016, 09:57 AM
,but not enough.
The correct answer is 2 o'clock.
frankbmd
03-11-2017, 07:00 AM
Yesterday Pittsburgh defeated Syracuse 76-61 on the gridiron.
On January 7th and on February 11th the two schools will meet in basketball.
How many times will the football teams outscore their respective basketball brethren?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) None of the above
Hint: so far Syracuse has scored more than 61 points 4 out of 5 times
Pittsburgh has scored more than 76 points 4 out of 6 times.
Syracuse won 77-66
Pittsburgh won 80-75
So the correct answer is (A) one time
In their loss to Syracuse in basketball, the Pittsburgh basketball team was out scored by the Pittsburgh football team.;)
It would have been foolish to bet against a pokerplyr80.:D:D