Lane Kiffin!

This is the first post-Thanksgiving post, and there’s been some (one specifically) big things that have happened in my world of sports since the last post. So let’s get down to it.
As most of you will know by now the University of Tennessee has confirmed that they will be introducing Lane Kiffin as the football [...]

My 2008 NFL Predictions (11/25)

It’s been about a month since my last set of predictions. To see how I go about making these predictions, you can find that out here. So let’s get right down to it.

AFC

North
South
East
West

Steelers (12-4)
Titans (13-3)
Jets (12-4)
Broncos (9-7)

Ravens (9-7)
Colts (12-4)
Patriots (10-6)
Chargers (7-9)

Browns (6-10)
Jaguars (7-9)
Bills (8-8)
Raiders (4-12)

Bengals (3-12-1)
Texans (5-11)
Dolphins (8-8)
Chiefs (3-13)

NFC

North
South
East
West

Vikings (9-7)
Buccaneers (11-5)
Giants (14-2)
Cardinals (11-5)

Packers (8-8)
Panthers (10-6)
Cowboys [...]

My NCAA Football Top 25 – Week 13

Please keep in mind that while “LW” does stand for “Last Week” I haven’t actually had rankings up for almost a month. So the number in the column titled “LW” are actually from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. Well, maybe not, but you get the point. However, to make up [...]

WaB Field Trip

Yesterday the writers of the blog you’re reading made the trip up to Kansas City for the titanic clash between the Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills.  Since Columbia is exactly halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis there are about 50% Rams fans and 50% Chiefs fans.  It gets to the point where these two [...]

Oklahoma anyone?

After tonight’s beating of Texas Tech, I want no part of Oklahoma for the rest of the year.  (Also, given Mizzou’s track record against the Sooners, I didn’t want any part of them to begin with.)  I guess we’ll settle all this next week.  I was really pulling for Texas Tech so I could post [...]

Habs Fans Are Serious About Their All-Star Game

At first glance, it just looks like the Montreal Canadiens are on track to be the first team to have their entire starting lineup start the NHL All-Star game in January.  After the first day of voting six Habs players virtually doubled the 7th place vote getter, Alexander Semin.  Habs netminder, Carey Price, did double [...]

2008 NFL Power Rankings (Week 11)

Okay, this is my comeback post. I’ve been post-less for almost three weeks. You should also keep this in mind when looking at the the column under “LW” (Last Week) because they aren’t actually the rankings from last week, they’re my week 8 rankings.

Rank
LW
Team
W
L
T
SOS
PD/G
Avg Rnk
Score

1
1
Tennessee
10
0
0
44.83
11.30
1.31
1011.0232

2
2
NY Giants
9
1
0
45.47
12.20
1.69
739.6453

3
3
Carolina
8
2
0
45.10
6.70
3.44
262.4000

4
4
Pittsburgh
7
3
0
49.44
5.90
4.56
183.5646

5
6
Tampa Bay
7
3
0
49.40
5.90
5.19
161.3178

6
12
Arizona
7
3
0
47.84
6.10
6.94
117.7812

7
17
NY Jets
7
3
0
44.08
6.80
7.13
108.6997

8
20
Indianapolis
6
4
0
52.66
0.00
7.19
80.4462

9
14
Baltimore
6
4
0
51.80
4.20
12.31
56.7959

10
5
Washington
6
4
0
50.66
-0.10
10.50
52.6864

11
10
New England
6
4
0
47.54
2.50
11.44
51.8732

12
9
Dallas
6
4
0
51.89
0.10
11.56
49.5451

13
16
Atlanta
6
4
0
46.00
3.30
13.25
44.9932

14
23
Miami
6
4
0
48.21
1.20
12.75
44.2398

15
13
Green Bay
5
5
0
51.37
6.50
14.63
43.5547

16
8
Philadelphia
5
4
1
48.23
7.10
16.38
41.1464

17
18
Denver
6
4
0
47.07
-2.30
15.06
29.9998

18
11
Chicago
5
5
0
50.74
0.90
19.00
25.6371

19
15
New Orleans
5
5
0
48.60
1.70
19.69
24.6857

20
24
Minnesota
5
5
0
52.34
-1.10
19.75
22.7911

21
7
Buffalo
5
5
0
46.21
0.10
20.00
21.2566

22
19
San Diego
4
6
0
51.24
2.50
20.38
20.9235

23
21
Jacksonville
4
6
0
51.10
0.20
22.75
16.6215

24
22
Cleveland
4
6
0
54.10
-2.00
23.19
15.2122

25
25
Houston
3
7
0
51.23
-5.10
25.56
7.9363

26
27
San Francisco
3
7
0
46.34
-4.50
27.25
7.0403

27
26
Seattle
2
8
0
50.54
-6.70
26.06
4.4989

28
28
Oakland
2
8
0
51.91
-10.70
29.81
2.6466

29
31
Cincinnati
1
8
1
57.56
-11.10
28.69
2.1670

30
30
Kansas City
1
9
0
56.07
-10.80
29.63
1.4195

31
29
St. Louis
2
8
0
52.95
-17.30
29.00
0.3652

32
32
Detroit
0
10
0
49.84
-13.50
31.94
0.0749

Legend: [...]

A New Week Begins

Alright folks, after a short layoff to write papers and study for tests, we’re back to sports blogging.  I shouldn’t have bothered to study for the aforementioned exam.  It was about as much fun as jabbing a stick into my eye.  Or watching Tennessee play Wyoming in football.  Either one, really.
Anyway, because of school, I [...]

Baseball Awards

To me, the baseball awards are completely meaningless.  Players somehow get their resumes reduced for not playing on a winning team, pitchers are basically ineligible to win the MVP award and Rookie of the Year can go to a guy who has played Pro Baseball in Japan for 9 years.  Now, having said all that, [...]

Another Not As Important Trade

Amid all the Matt Holliday trade love, another trade flew under the radar yesterday.  The Florida Marlins traded Josh Willingham and Scott Olsen to the Washington Nationals for some minor leaguers, most notably, second baseman Emiliano Bonifacio.  This trade was just as surprising as the Holliday one, but it didn’t include the star power.
The new [...]