Hello and welcome to my unscientific science affair. The question at hand: Does the color of our jerseys absolve us completely from being 124th in penalties so far this year?
Studies has shown that red tends to equal “affirmative”. Examples include higher likelihood of being pulled over in a red car and companies using red on signage and pricing to subconsciously manipulate customers into purchasing their products. So naturally, a ref sees red, wonders if they should throw the flag, and subconsciously are more likely to pull the trigger.
I grabbed the average penalty yards per game per team, grouped them into primary color, added those averages together, and divided the totals by the number of teams per color category. My results are above. Let me know what you think, fellow Husker fans. (I think I’m full of shit and enjoy blaming things on literally anything but my favorite team)
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