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This is dangerous terrain for a guy who got it so right in last November's election. I mean, what if he's wrong? This time out, the King of Stats doesn't have thousands of poll results to sort through - for the Super Bowl he's relying on the Simple Rating System, which evaluates each team's offense and defense. On that measure, SF apparently has the edge. His analysis is in the NYT magazine.
More by Mark Lacter:
American-US Air settlement with DOJ includes small tweak at LAXSocal housing market going nowhere fast
Amazon keeps pushing for faster L.A. delivery
Another rugged quarter for Tribune Co. papers
How does Stanford compete with the big boys?
Those awful infographics that promise to explain and only distort
Best to low-ball today's employment report
Further fallout from airport shootings
Crazy opening for Twitter*
Should Twitter be valued at $18 billion?
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.