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Re: Is Leicester City the "Biggest upset" in sports history?

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RayMcCallumJr is not online. RayMcCallumJr
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07 May 2016 11:54 PM
idk
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Diskerud is not online. Diskerud
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07 May 2016 11:55 PM
This question doesn't even make sense
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RayMcCallumJr is not online. RayMcCallumJr
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07 May 2016 11:56 PM
How does it not make sense? Idk how you couldnt understand what its asking
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ftt is not online. ftt
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07 May 2016 11:56 PM
5000-1 odds

i guess
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Diskerud is not online. Diskerud
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07 May 2016 11:59 PM
The 24th richest football club in the world won a title and it's somehow the biggest upset in sports history?

How?
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Skyler1963 is not online. Skyler1963
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08 May 2016 12:03 AM
was it a big upset?
yes
was it anywhere near the biggest?
no.
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Ehlo is not online. Ehlo
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08 May 2016 12:07 AM
biggest ever is still miracle on ice
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Yedliny is not online. Yedliny
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08 May 2016 12:08 AM
Uhm, 5000-1 Yeah this has to be somewhere up there.




R.I.P. Kooby :(
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jimbobucky is not online. jimbobucky
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08 May 2016 12:09 AM
Yes, one of the biggest ever, and that stat doesn't do their incredible run justice @ rune
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Diskerud is not online. Diskerud
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08 May 2016 12:13 AM
What does a calculated betting line predetermined before the season have to do with Leicester's play?
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ftt is not online. ftt
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08 May 2016 12:14 AM
lets just ignore that fact that they were nearly relegated the season before i guess
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Diskerud is not online. Diskerud
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08 May 2016 12:15 AM
"Yes, one of the biggest ever, and that stat doesn't do their incredible run justice @ rune"

Yes it does
Was it a great accomplishment? Sure
Do they deserve praise? Of course
Is it anywhere near some type of holy miracle? Hell no. They are in the top 1% of clubs in the world
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ftt is not online. ftt
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08 May 2016 12:15 AM
what is the biggest upset then
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Diskerud is not online. Diskerud
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08 May 2016 12:18 AM
"lets just ignore that fact that they were nearly relegated the season before i guess"

Eibar playing at a 6,000 capacity stadium, being a mid-table La Liga club, being 100% supporter owned all the while being dirt poor compared to the rest of the world's top flight clubs is a much better story than Leicester City

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jimbobucky is not online. jimbobucky
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08 May 2016 12:18 AM
They largely were the same team that was nearly relegated the season before, there's a reason they were picked no higher than 17th in preseason predictions

Almost every player on the team had a career year, literally almost every regular starter
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08 May 2016 12:22 AM
"They largely were the same team that was nearly relegated the season before, there's a reason they were picked no higher than 17th in preseason predictions

Almost every player on the team had a career year, literally almost every regular starter"

Yet they were all good enough to play and have well established careers in the #1 league in the world, so I'm still failing to see how this comes anywhere close to the "bigest upset in sports history"
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08 May 2016 12:30 AM
Went worst to first in a year, literally almost everyone pegged them to finish in or near the relegation zone, managed to win despite 5000-1 odds

Eibar, while it is certainly a comparable story, is not a comparable upset

They finished first in the Segunda Division before arriving in La Liga, and while their success is admirable, it's not a shock to see them still in the league at this point (and they finished 18th in 2014-15, could've been relegated)

Not an "upset" when they were already considered a decent team

Great story, not upset
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Diskerud is not online. Diskerud
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08 May 2016 12:36 AM
I'm sorry, but I don't find it a spectacular miracle that the 24th richest team on the planet won a title. Especially since most of their wins were ugly 1-0 grinders helped by the fact that all of the normal heavyweights had horrible seasons. Sorry. Can't persuade me on this one.
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08 May 2016 12:38 AM
At least you admit to it
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hancock3 is online. hancock3
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08 May 2016 12:39 AM
Where did you think Leicester City would finish on the table?
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Diskerud is not online. Diskerud
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08 May 2016 12:42 AM
"Where did you think Leicester City would finish on the table?"

Mid-table

11th or 12th sounded good to me
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Skyler1963 is not online. Skyler1963
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08 May 2016 01:00 AM
i thought leicester would finish top 10
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08 May 2016 01:03 AM
so if the 76ers won the NBA Finals next year would it also not be the biggest upset in sports history because they play in the #1 league?
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jimbobucky is not online. jimbobucky
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08 May 2016 01:05 AM
"11th or 12th sounded good to me"

lmao

"i thought leicester would finish top 10"

ROFLROFLROFLROFL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindsight_bias
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08 May 2016 01:21 AM
"so if the 76ers won the NBA Finals next year would it also not be the biggest upset in sports history because they play in the #1 league?"

Not even close to the same thing

The 76ers are full of D-leaguers and castoffs from other teams in a league with a salary cap. Every team in the Premier League have some of the best players from every region of the world, whether they're top 5 or battling to escape relegation. As I said, betting line odds mean nothing, and I find it hilarious that ESPN and other sites are trying to "explain" how big it is by comparing it to American equivalents that don't correlate at all.
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