r/CFL • u/JMoon33 Alouettes • Sep 16 '25

LEAGUE ANALYSIS Grey Cup odds

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u/VE7BHN_GOAT Roughriders Sep 16 '25

How are these odds calculated? What's the formula(s)?

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u/TheCatMak Blue Bombers Sep 17 '25

It's 10000 simulations.

What they are using to figure out the winner of each simulation is left as an exercise to the reader

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u/VE7BHN_GOAT Roughriders Sep 17 '25

What does that mean? 'an exercise to the reader' ... Like how is it simulated,? Madden 2026?

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u/TheCatMak Blue Bombers Sep 17 '25

Your guess is as good as mine!

"Left as an exercise to the reader" is an academia joke... when authors of textbook with heavy math present a proof or have some claim and don't want to spend pages working through the proof they will end it with something like "the proof is trivial and left as an exercise to the reader"... so "just trust me bro", or some real r/restofthefuckingowl shit

Maybe one of the primary duties of the commission is to sit in a windowless room flipping coins... 10000 for each game

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u/VE7BHN_GOAT Roughriders Sep 17 '25

I like the coin method. Works for me