Does Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots’ willingness to cheat know no bounds?
First, there was Spygate. Then, there was Deflategate. Now, we’ve got Flipgate.
Once known for merely filming opponents’ signals from the sideline or more-probably-than-not deflating footballs, the Patriots have gone to even greater lengths by stretching the laws of probability. Jim McBride of The Boston Globe broke down the numbers and found the Patriots have won the pregame coin toss 19 of the last 25 times.
And that, according to CBSSports.com, is an “impossible clip”:
“Assuming the coin toss is a 50/50 proposition, the probability of winning it at least 19 times in 25 tries is 0.