tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392441746001580308.post9017435273880231629..comments2023-08-31T19:52:04.498-05:00Comments on Outside The Sidelines: Home Field AdvantageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392441746001580308.post-23887928098431367962009-11-18T08:04:10.852-06:002009-11-18T08:04:10.852-06:00Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? ...Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? <br />Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392441746001580308.post-71538014438976646702007-10-24T17:45:00.000-05:002007-10-24T17:45:00.000-05:00Excellent analysis. To clarify the answer to the ...Excellent analysis. To clarify the answer to the original poster's question as to why fans cling to home field advantage belief, they're are a couple of reasons. They revolve around the fans instinctive realization that it does play a small, legitimate part in pro sports, where studies have shown about one win in 10 is attributed to hfa in pro football. In the indoor sports - basketball and hockey - it's slightly higher, in MLB, slightly lower (about 1 in 20). One researcher's work hinted toward the old chestnut that the increased noise level, especially in indoor sports, may increase the intimidation factor on refs. There's also some evidence that familiarity with a facility helps with strategy, especially again with the indoor sports. Here's a link with some statistics on this:<BR/>http://www.straightdope.com/columns/070622.html. Of course, the pro stats have more validity since they are not allowed to engage schedule padding like big time college football and basketball. Also, you have the Vegas example, where the home field advangtage is considered to be worth a certain amount of points - 3 in the NFL, perhaps more in college. And they'd be out of business out there if they didn't have some idea how the games work. Finally, let me give one observation on the road being better for some teams. Having lived 22 years near Lexington and heard the complaints that the Kentucky basketall team played flat and lost games it shouldn't have at home, I believe they did. I'm also one of those who believe (after listening to the whining for 22 years) that Kentucky bball fans expectations are ridiculously out of proportion. I have no doubt this filters down to the players, and (though I can't prove it) I believe they do play tight in Rupp with this monkey on their backs. Sorry Tide fans, but this has occassionally been said about your football program. Remember the death threats against Bill Curry? (To be fair, we had the same thing here, except they threatened Curry's wife up here).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com