Sat, Nov 15, 5:00 PM
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIZ | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| CIN | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
Our model blends Elo ratings (CIN Elo 1590, ARIZ Elo 1580) plus home-field advantage. That projects CIN -2.8 (58% to win) — 3.2 points of value on ARIZ versus the market line of -6.
ARIZ up 3 entering the 4th quarter. Across 1,457 historically comparable game states (within ±2 pts and ±3 min, from 3,056 games):
Arizona 30, Cincinnati 24.
No — the model picked CIN, which didn't hit. We report the misses too.
Why trust the number?Gridpex's model is walk-forward validated on 2014–24, out-of-sample: +0.28 pts mean Closing Line Value and 53.5% beat the close. We report the record — wins and losses — never fake locks.
I had CIN pregame and it didn't hit. We report the misses — that was one.