Apply that to the Oakland Raiders and listen real good: Don't mess with the Oakland Raiders!

Apparently, a Charger fan is posting on the B/R Oakland Raiders' page, and he is trying to shake the confidence of those who do not take the time to look at facts, or to build a math model to describe or forecast what is, what is possible, and what is probable.

Consider this approach to gain some insight:

I will define the following mapping. Let "up" be 3 units and "down" be -2. If there is no change, then use zero. Look at the overall data in win-loss from 2006 to 2009 for both the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders.

The pattern for the Chargers is up, down, down, up

The pattern for the Ra...

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