If the Patriots win, they will have won 4 playoff games.. For hearing so much about a soft schedule, that deserves it imo. Last 2 years 4 win teams won it. I would probably pick the Seahawks though. Ravens were beating the Pats 24-13 in the 4th quarter Week 16 when Lamar got injured.

But he is now leaning towards the Patriots winning. Which makes sense since they will win.

The MC isn't necessarily good for us, but usually the analog is the MC because the MJO has a 10-15 day feedback delay. That is, it takes 10-15 days for things to go into our favor after a good MJO phase...which at that point the MJO has already made it to the MC at that point. The MJO could stall longer in the IO or just die out, but the effect comes from the earlier phases in the IO.

I recall watching a video of that guy that you posted earlier in the season.. He was calling the Seahawks a super bowl team Week 5 or something. Nice call.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve revisited the MJO, but I studied it for quite some time, and made an educational thread here years and years ago. Anyway, MJO in the IO usually indicates the pacific beginning to shut down, but doesn’t the MC typically deliver the Aleutian ridge in the sweet spot for us (on average)?