l< j Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Something to distract us from our collective misery, and maybe something useful for the gamblers here: Listening to NPR on the commute this morning, Frank Deford of SI had a short essay on a Stanford U. study on sleep patterns and NFL night games between East and West coast teams. Looking at games where one team was on one time zone and set of sleep patterns and the opponent was on another. Natural circadian rhythms dictate success according to the study. People perk up around 6 pm but start to lose energy later in the evening. West coast players in these games are coming alive as east coast players are falling asleep. In late games, west coast teams have beat the spread 70% of the time, over a span of 25 years. Now that is a betting edge. He is quoting from a book called Dreamland by David Randall, which in turn discusses the study. Link: http://www.npr.org/2012/09/12/160929344/nfls-west-coast-teams-have-an-edge-the-sandman I looked but I couldn't find any conclusive evidence to suggest that having a cheeseburger as a team negates this effect. kj PS: My topic is misleading, I know: it only counts night games, not regular games. But I could only get so much in.
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