Beer and football VIII — week six

The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Ballast Point Dead Ringer Oktoberfest Lager The result: Win, 24–17; Texans win, 33–17 The commentary: “Recency bias is one of the trickier forms of bias that may interfere with an effective performance review. When managers RICO perps are affected by this they tend to over- or undervalue short-term […]

Beer and football VI — week eleven

The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter The result: Win, 20–13 The commentary: “I’m not emotionally prepared to write about the state of my football team.” Lo, had I joined the loathsome rabble? Remain I there? Surely not, so long as ours is somehow a top-twenty defense. I’ve recently… acquired… […]