Ethan Bates

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@huntmanezane @11point7 UCLAs advantage of being a regional host was the opportunity to play what on paper was a vastly inferior team in front of their fans on their home field. St Marys beat them and earned the right to home field advantage in the rematch. This is one example, but it holds in general.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@huntmanezane @11point7 St Marys upset UCLA as the away team in their first game. UCLA and St Marys had a rematch in the semifinal, and what you’re arguing is that St Mary s should’ve been the away team again despite already beating UCLA. This is why the higher seed should not always be the home team.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@stonezyplays @11point7 The reward is a higher seed, favorable matchups, and playing at home. Once the postseason begins regular season should no longer matter. I don’t want to live in a world where underdogs are punished for winning and good teams are rewarded for losing.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@huntmanezane @11point7 The reward is a higher seed, favorable matchups, and playing at home. Once the postseason begins regular season should no longer matter. I don’t want to live in a world where underdogs are punished for winning and good teams are rewarded for losing.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@GestaltedApe @EchelonsHub This article explains the eW/kg computation: https://t.co/rjP21YHxiv. Comparing actual power data to this estimation does not have any real meaning.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@Gmot1901 @EchelonsHub It’s 6.8 etalon w/kg not 6.8 w/kg. eW/kg normalizes the rider weight to 60 kg. This metric can only be used to compare performances computed using this metric; it is not used to estimate actual power data.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@GestaltedApe @EchelonsHub It’s 6.8 etalon w/kg, not 6.8 w/kg. eW/kg normalizes the performance to a 60kg rider weight. It’s used to compare performances, not estimate the actual power a rider did.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@jacques_davey @LucGrefte Peloton doing death pulls and still not closing the gap to a 4 man break is not typically a good sign

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@CRakuscek33171 @looflol That was a mythical TT but it had a 1.3km 8.5% climb and a 6.3km 6.6% climb with the last 1.8km averaging over 10%; not remotely flat.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@VzangBob @thijszonneveld @UCI_cycling Unfortunately being an “annoying idiot” isn’t against the rules Bob

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@SimonPihler @boasson_87 @ammattipyoraily It’s normalized to a rider weight of 60kg which means it can’t be used to estimate how many watts a rider actually pushed. It can only be used to judge relative performances computed using the same metric.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@LucGrefte What’s not exciting about coverage starting at 90km and the race being over at 80km?

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@looflol I have to imagine every top team does this. I’m sure UAE look at MVDP’s attacks, Remco’s TTs, Jonas’s FTP etc. Seems natural that you would want to know how good the opposition is so you can train accordingly. I would be more surprised if they weren’t doing this.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@Jer_James_Law @DillonDavis56 Tilly shoots 11.8%, it was a bad shot.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@BuckeyeNoir @HiphopAfrikan Offense was not the issue in those games.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@RossRFulton Been a pretty consistent issue all season. Not sure if his eyes aren’t right or if he doesn’t trust them.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@_willcompton This argument didn’t exist for burrow or Bryce young

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@Jesus_Tha_Goat @RealisticBuck Any forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless receiver is targeting. Targeting does not require helmet to helmet contact. Additionally, launching is another clear indicator of targeting.

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@twelve_volt_man @JBook_37 Yeah this used to be true because both teams were rush first offenses. Thus it makes sense the team with more rush yards would likely win. This isn’t the case anymore at least with Ohio State

[Ethan Bates @Ebates24]

@daniel_doubler @BussinWTB Putting it on tape was the goal. This is not a play you run in big time matchups, but by putting it out there, other teams are now forced to account for it. They’ll probably try to leverage this to get better punt return opportunities and matchups.