Getting Stardetratted
First, I needed to understand what the heck "over/under" even means. Turns out, it's a type of bet where you guess if the total score of a game will be above or below a certain number set by, I guess, the bookies?
Digging In
I started by looking up past games between Oregon and Washington. Just regular season stuff, nothing fancy. I grabbed a pen and paper and started jotting down the scores. Man, there were some high-scoring games and some real snoozers.
- Game 1: Oregon 35, Washington 28 (Total: 63)
- Game 2: Oregon 21, Washington 17 (Total: 38)
- Game 3: Oregon 45, Washington 42 (Total: 87)
- And I just keep adding more game data
Doing the Math (Sort Of)
After I had a decent list, I tried to find some kind of average. Nothing complicated, just adding up all the total scores and dividing by the number of games. I'm pretty sure that's how averages work, right?
Then comes to calculate the avarge number, I added those numbers and got a basic avarge score, then I get a general number to put my bet on.
My "Expert" Opinion
Based on my super scientific method (haha), I figured out a rough over/under number. It's probably way off, but hey, it was fun to try. No way I'm actually putting money on this, though. I'll stick to watching the games for fun.
It's all done, I will see if my number is close to tommow's result!
