I always look forward to reading this round-up of NFL predictions from the sports experts we read and cite daily
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn...terback&sportCat=nfl
Chris Berman is not very good as The Swami
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quote:Originally posted by Satori:
Chris Berman is not very goodas The Swamiat anything
Better
The column really took a hit this year with the Packers being such a popular pre-season pick. Damn you, Green Bay!
quote:On April 30, 2009, Todd McShay of ESPN offered a prediction of the first round of the 2010 draft. The top of the way-in-advance mock draft was quite similar to what would happen. But McShay predicted Adam Ulatoski of Texas, Ciron Black of LSU, Sergio Render of Virginia Tech and DeMarcus Granger of Oklahoma would be first-round selections. Not only did none of them go in the first round -- none of them was drafted at all.
Not a bad prediction, but something Packer related in the column:
quote:Three Cheers for Greg Jennings: Last week I objected to NFL players being listed in media guides, and discussed by announcers, by college as if they were all college graduates -- when only about 50 percent of NFL players have walked to "Pomp and Circumstance." I proposed that NFL players be listed in media guides by the highest school from which they graduated, meaning if a player graduated from Hometown High, then attended Enormous State University and left without completing his degree, he would be listed in media guides, and discussed by sportscasters, as a product of Hometown High. This, I supposed, would embarrass players who haven't graduated while conferring distinction on those who have.
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Also I noted that on NBC's "Sunday Night Football," players introduce themselves by school, and about 10 percent cite their high schools. Of these players, I asked, are they "shouting out their home towns -- or being honest?" Reader Scott Berg of Green Bay, Wis., points out this report that Greg Jennings of the Packers has been introducing himself as from Kalamazoo High because he attended Western Michigan but did not graduate. He's been honest with viewers. Late last fall Jennings finally completed his credit hours -- busting his butt to get an A in algebra -- and now has recorded a new NBC intro in which he says, "Greg Jennings, Western Michigan." Congratulations: for being honest, for getting the degree, and for setting a positive example.
Too bad he doesn't want to stay in Green Bay.
He'd be Packer People.
He'd be Packer People.
^^ I didn't hear that. Is it 
on your part??
I liked this:
Pats, Vikes and Titans 5-11 in Games in Which Randy Moss Played for Them: On Nov. 11, when the Titans acquired Randy Moss, Tennessee was 5-3 and leading its division. Head coach Jeff Fisher said there was "no risk whatsoever" in bringing in Moss. The Titans went on a 1-7 losing streak, and Fisher is no longer the coach.
And this x4 fave:
Worst Predictions of the Year: Think the above predictions are bad? Here are the worst predictions of the year (Hey, if you go out on a limb, sometimes it snaps).
Runner-up: Mike Florio, NBC. Last season Florio forecast a Super Bowl of Steelers over Redskins, and neither made the playoffs. He forecast that New Orleans would miss the postseason and Sean Payton be fired; New Orleans won the Super Bowl. This season, Florio forecast a Super Bowl of Ravens over Cowboys; Dallas did not make the playoffs. Thus three of Florio's last four predicted Super Bowl entrants failed even to reach the postseason.
This season he forecast the Jets would not make the playoffs; they reached the AFC Championship. Before the divisionals round, Florio predicted the Ravens, Falcons, Seahawks and Patriots would win -- four of four predictions wrong. After predicting the Steelers would lose at home to the Ravens, he predicted they would lose at home to the Jets, then predicted they would win in the Super Bowl -- wrong on all counts.
Just shows the "experts" don't know that much after all. After tracking results from wk 1 thru the playoffs my picks bested the 3 experts on NFL Ntwk's Playbook show. Mostly Sterling Sharpe, Brian Billick and Brian Baldinger w/ Joe Theisman & Solomon Wilcots rotating in as well. But I still didn't win Isbell2Hutson Memorial Picks Pool even 1 week!
Pats, Vikes and Titans 5-11 in Games in Which Randy Moss Played for Them: On Nov. 11, when the Titans acquired Randy Moss, Tennessee was 5-3 and leading its division. Head coach Jeff Fisher said there was "no risk whatsoever" in bringing in Moss. The Titans went on a 1-7 losing streak, and Fisher is no longer the coach.
And this x4 fave:
Worst Predictions of the Year: Think the above predictions are bad? Here are the worst predictions of the year (Hey, if you go out on a limb, sometimes it snaps).
Runner-up: Mike Florio, NBC. Last season Florio forecast a Super Bowl of Steelers over Redskins, and neither made the playoffs. He forecast that New Orleans would miss the postseason and Sean Payton be fired; New Orleans won the Super Bowl. This season, Florio forecast a Super Bowl of Ravens over Cowboys; Dallas did not make the playoffs. Thus three of Florio's last four predicted Super Bowl entrants failed even to reach the postseason.
This season he forecast the Jets would not make the playoffs; they reached the AFC Championship. Before the divisionals round, Florio predicted the Ravens, Falcons, Seahawks and Patriots would win -- four of four predictions wrong. After predicting the Steelers would lose at home to the Ravens, he predicted they would lose at home to the Jets, then predicted they would win in the Super Bowl -- wrong on all counts.
Just shows the "experts" don't know that much after all. After tracking results from wk 1 thru the playoffs my picks bested the 3 experts on NFL Ntwk's Playbook show. Mostly Sterling Sharpe, Brian Billick and Brian Baldinger w/ Joe Theisman & Solomon Wilcots rotating in as well. But I still didn't win Isbell2Hutson Memorial Picks Pool even 1 week!