{
  "id": 121353,
  "title": "Strange play time length - 119.9",
  "url": "/competitions/nfl-playing-surface-analytics/discussion/121353",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-12-12T16:28:38.922849200Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Has anybody noticed that there are 160 plays that last exactly 119.9 seconds?</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F4115634%2Fff5c51a9e0727e38a113f58395712626%2Ftable.png?generation=1576168006953197&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F4115634%2F284f48cd83a3f95c839e6cf187c6c0cb%2Fgra.png?generation=1576168078956650&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n\n<p>Is there a reason for it? I haven't had the chance to investigate it yet, sorry.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "693655",
      "postDate": "12/12/2019 16:28:38",
      "content": "<p>Has anybody noticed that there are 160 plays that last exactly 119.9 seconds?</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F4115634%2Fff5c51a9e0727e38a113f58395712626%2Ftable.png?generation=1576168006953197&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F4115634%2F284f48cd83a3f95c839e6cf187c6c0cb%2Fgra.png?generation=1576168078956650&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>\n\n<p>Is there a reason for it? I haven't had the chance to investigate it yet, sorry.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Has anybody noticed that there are 160 plays that last exactly 119.9 seconds?\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F4115634%2Fff5c51a9e0727e38a113f58395712626%2Ftable.png?generation=1576168006953197&amp;alt=media)\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F4115634%2F284f48cd83a3f95c839e6cf187c6c0cb%2Fgra.png?generation=1576168078956650&amp;alt=media)\n\nIs there a reason for it? I haven't had the chance to investigate it yet, sorry.",
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    {
      "id": "697561",
      "postDate": "12/18/2019 04:50:23",
      "content": "<p>Looking at the distribution you posted, it definitely seems like an outlier. It might be some kind of default cutoff used in strange scenarios. Maybe some time measurement tools they use cap out at 2 mins (since it's rare for plays to last that long).</p>\n\n<p>You could backtrack on a specific example and actually go watch footage of the game to see what happened. That might reveal the answer.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Looking at the distribution you posted, it definitely seems like an outlier. It might be some kind of default cutoff used in strange scenarios. Maybe some time measurement tools they use cap out at 2 mins (since it's rare for plays to last that long).\n\nYou could backtrack on a specific example and actually go watch footage of the game to see what happened. That might reveal the answer.",
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    {
      "id": "697784",
      "postDate": "12/18/2019 11:59:36",
      "content": "<p>I was also thinking it could be due to a sort of default 2 min cutoff for whatever reasons. Thanks for the insight, Pack.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I was also thinking it could be due to a sort of default 2 min cutoff for whatever reasons. Thanks for the insight, Pack.",
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    {
      "id": 697561,
      "author_name": "packosiris",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/18/2019 04:50:23",
      "content": "<p>Looking at the distribution you posted, it definitely seems like an outlier. It might be some kind of default cutoff used in strange scenarios. Maybe some time measurement tools they use cap out at 2 mins (since it's rare for plays to last that long).</p>\n\n<p>You could backtrack on a specific example and actually go watch footage of the game to see what happened. That might reveal the answer.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 697784,
          "author_name": "arnaugiribetmarch",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/18/2019 11:59:36",
          "content": "<p>I was also thinking it could be due to a sort of default 2 min cutoff for whatever reasons. Thanks for the insight, Pack.</p>",
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    "693655": "Has anybody noticed that there are 160 plays that last exactly 119.9 seconds?\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F4115634%2Fff5c51a9e0727e38a113f58395712626%2Ftable.png?generation=1576168006953197&amp;alt=media)\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F4115634%2F284f48cd83a3f95c839e6cf187c6c0cb%2Fgra.png?generation=1576168078956650&amp;alt=media)\n\nIs there a reason for it? I haven't had the chance to investigate it yet, sorry.",
    "697561": "Looking at the distribution you posted, it definitely seems like an outlier. It might be some kind of default cutoff used in strange scenarios. Maybe some time measurement tools they use cap out at 2 mins (since it's rare for plays to last that long).\n\nYou could backtrack on a specific example and actually go watch footage of the game to see what happened. That might reveal the answer.",
    "697784": "I was also thinking it could be due to a sort of default 2 min cutoff for whatever reasons. Thanks for the insight, Pack."
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