“Stanford Steve” CoughlinNov 6, 2026
Stanford Steve said the Bears would beat the Buccaneers on Sunday night, and called a player they referred to as "Yakis" their Rookie of the Year.
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What “Stanford Steve” Coughlin said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI'm gonna say bears win, bucks cover.
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- The Pat McAfee Show (podcast)
- The episode
- PMS 2.0 1661 - TNF Recap, NFL Week 9 Preview/Picks, Nick Saban, Ian Rapoport, Desmond Howard, Stanford Steve, & AJ Hawk
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- SaidNov 6
- PlayedNov 8
- GradedNov 9
- 1Chicago Bears to beat Buccaneers“People... everybody's gonna be on the bears. I'm gonna say bears win, bucks cover.”
- 2Gabe Jacas to win Rookie of the Year“Yakis is, rookie of the year in my opinion.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears to beat Buccaneers1 | Game Outcome Picks | Bears 27–24 | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| Gabe Jacas to win Rookie of the Year2 | Award Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting | 100 | 100 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 award pick and 1 game outcome pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Game Outcome PicksChicago Bears
Chicago Bears to beat Buccaneers
What happenedBears 27–24Buccaneers at Bears100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×1.56difficulty=0skillClosing line (Nov 8): Bears by 6.5 · favorite pick, Bears 71%. Graded on who won, not on the spread.
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- CHI
- score:
- 24-27
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- CHI
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- CHI
- difficulty:
- 1.56
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 10
Gabe Jacas to win Rookie of the Year
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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