The Isaacson-Tarbell Postulate Garners Attention

As of today a Google search for "isaacso-tarbell postulate" yields 376 hits, which I found both startling and delightful.  Here are a few of my favorites:

This one from 2008 shows that historically, the Isaacson-Tarbell postulate correctly predicts the winning team 62.5% of the time

This entry in a discussion forum at the website of Beatpaths ("automatic graphical power-ranking system based off of only wins, losses, and who beat who").  Here's another entry from the same site. 

This February 2008 Wall Street Journal blog

This prediction of the 2009 season records claims to use the Isaacson-Tarbell postulate to predict the final records of all 32 teams.  I don't if it starts from scratch or uses last season's records as a starting point, but it's good news if you're a fan of the Ravens or Saints, but not so good for the Cardinals, Bengals (we could have guessed that anyway!), or Bucs.