Friday, May 7, 2010

Cowboy's Season Predictions

The Dallas Cowboys have the fourth toughest schedule in the NFL. Follow along as I pick the games, week by week.

Week 1...@ Washington..It is opening weekend and a Sunday night game. The NFL once again did the Cowboys no favors. It will be close but the Cowboys should win this one.

Week 2..Chicago..This should be an easy win. The Cowboys have too much offense for the Bears..

Week 3..@ Houston..Tough game. The Texans have gotten really good. They have a good young QB and Wr..Plus Mario Williams is a legit threat on defense..I have this a toss up but I think the Cowboys will win late..

Week 4.....Bye

Week 5..Tennessee..The Titans have a great defense but not enough offense..Dallas wins to go 4-0

Week 6..@ Minnesota..Farve plays = Cowboys Loss........No Farve = Cowboys Win

Week 7..NY Giants...Cowboys get revenge for being swept by the Giants last season..Cowboys Win

Week 8..Jacksonville...The Jaguars have no defense or offense to keep the Boys from really kicking ass..Cowboys win big

Week 9..@ Green Bay...Tough game..The Packers have beefed up their defense and have one of the best QB'S in the league..I see the Cowboys losing a close one

Week 10..@ NY Giants...Cowboys lose two in a row..Critics go nuts and fans want Romo traded,Phillips fired and JJ to seel the team..Just the way it is in Big D..

Week 11..Detroit...Just what the doctor ordered..A large dose of whoop ass on the Lions..Cowboys huge win..Kitna plays the 4th quarter..

Week 12..New Orleans..Dallas shows the Saints why they should be glad they didn't get the Boys in last seasons playoffs..Dallas wins a close one..

Week 13..Indy wins a close one..Note..If the Cowboys win this game it bolds well for their Super Bowl chances

Week 14..Philadelphia..New QB..same beating only a different year..Cowboys win..

Week 15..Washington..By now the Skins are regretting the signing of Donovan McNabb..Cowboys win and sweep the Skins

Week 16..@ Arizona..All Star QB/Gone..All Star WR/Gone...Arizona's chances of winning against the Cowboys...Gone..Dallas wins easily..

Week 17..@ Philadelphia..Dallas is playing for home field advantage and the Eagles are playing for a high draft pick..Dallas sweeps the Eagles..

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The NBA Is Hard To Win!

I was watching the NBA playoffs and still getting over my illness from the Mavericks losing in the first round. I got to thinking, it sure seems the same teams win all the time. I wanted to go back and see if this was accurate and from there decided to compare the "Big Four" of North American sports.

I found out a few things to make my argument seem..on face value..not look true. In the last four years the NBA has had four different champions. Seems pretty normal,but it still didn't answer all my two main questions. Are the same teams always winning and how do the four pro sports relate to who wins?

  • Some Eye Opening Stats..From the Last 20 Years
NBA...4 teams have won 16 of the twenty titles..Lakers(6)..Bulls(6) and Spurs(4)..Total number of champions..7..so all the other winners have only one championship each..The problem with the NBA is apparent..Strength of schedule is not weighted. Good teams are playing the same schedule as the bad teams..The NBA has a lottery and it is so tilted to avoid a team tanking the end of season that the worst team in the league has never gotten the first pick in the draft..

NHL...The league in the last 20 years has had 4 different multi-championship winners..Detroit(4)New Jersey(4) lead the pack. The league has had 10 different winner in 20 years. Since the lockout year of 04-05 there have been four different winners. They have imposed a hard cap and between the two seem to have increased teams chances of winning.

MLB...The league has had eleven different winners in the last 20 years. The Yankees lead the way with 5 titles. There have been three other multi-winners but all are tied with two. Baseball is the only sport in the USA that has relief from anti-trust practices. They have no salary cap and no weighted schedules. The Yankees lead baseball every year with dollar spending amounts that sometimes are 4 or 5 times higher than some last place teams. Still the Marlins with very low payrolls have won 2 world championships. Baseball is a head scratch-er and I would welcome some advice on this sport.

NFL..The league has had 14 different winners in 20 years. Pete Rozell..past commissioner..was all about parody..Boy did he succeed..Two teams..Dallas/3 and New England/3 are leading the pack. The league has seen a different team win the Super Bowl in the last 6 years. I believe the NFL has figured parody out. They have a draft where the worst teams get the best players and a weighted schedule. In each conference some games are played where the division winners play each other and the last place teams play each other. The league also benefits from teams only playing only one playoff game. The chance to have an upset is greater with all playoff games being game sevens. The Super Bowl is also played at a neutral site.

It is pretty amazing(to me) that the league with the largest roster(NFL) has the most chance for an individual team to win a title. PLUS..The league with the smallest roster(NBA)has the least chance. Just saying!