Week 17 NFL Predictions

New York Giants over Washington
Cinncinnati over Pittsburgh
Dallas over Detroit
Tennessee over New England
Jacksonville over Kansas City
St. Louis over Minnesota
Carolina over New Orleans
New York Jets over Oakland
Seattle over Tampa Bay
Cleveland over Houston
Denver over San Francisco
Indianapolis over Miami
Philadelphia over Atlanta
San Diego over Arizona
Baltimore over Buffalo
Chicago over Green Bay

Ford

Today former President Gerald Ford passed away. Although his death will not nearly be as high profile as the passing of Reagan a while back, it should be. For Reagan was vastly overated while Ford was vastly underated. Ford entered office facing one of the biggest crises in American history, and was willing to go against popular opinion and pardoned Nixon, which was the right move to get pass the shadow of the Nixon years. The Pardon cost Ford his Presidency, but allowed the office to retern to its proper function of running the country. RIP Gerald R. Ford, a good man and an underated President.

Week 16 nfl predictions

Kansas City over Oakland
Atlanta over Carolina
Buffalo over Tennessee
Cleveland over Tampa Bay
Chicago over Detroit
Washington over St. Louis
New York Giants over New Orleans
Pittsburgh over Baltimore
Jacksonville over New England
Indianapolis over Houston
San Francisco over Arizona
Cincinnati over Denver
San Diego over Seattle
Philadelphia over Dallas
New York Jets over Miami

College Championship Predictions

1-AA: Massachusetts over Appalachian State
D-2: NW Missouri over Grand Valley
D-3: Mount Union over UW-Whitewater
NAIA: Sioux Falls over St. Francis (Ind)

Bowl Predictions

Poinsettia Bowl
TCU over Northern Illinois

Las Vegas Bowl
Oregon over BYU

New Orleans Bowl
Troy over Rice

Papajohns.com Bowl
South Florida over East Carolina

New Mexico Bowl
New Mexico over San Jose St.

Armed Forces Bowl
Utah over Tulsa

Hawaii Bowl
Hawaii over Arizona St.

Motor City Bowl
Central Michigan over Middle Tennessee

Emerald Bowl
UCLA over Florida St.

Independence Bowl
Oklahoma st. over Alabama

Holiday Bowl
California over Texas A&M

Texas Bowl
Rutgers over Kansas State

Music City Bowl
Kentucky over Clemson

Sun Bowl
Oregon St. over Missouri

Liberty Bowl
Houston over South Carolina

Insight Bowl
Minnesota over Texas Tech,

Champs Sports Bowl
Purdue over Maryland

Meineke Bowl
Navy over Boston College

Alamo Bowl
Texas over Iowa

Chick-fil-A Bowl
Georgia over Virgina Tech.

MPC Bowl
Nevada over Miami

Outback Bowl
Penn St. over Tennessee

Cotton Bowl
Auburn over Nebraska

Capital One Bowl
Wisconsin over Arkansas

Rose Bowl
USC over Michigan

Fiesta Bowl
Boise St. over Oklahoma

Orange Bowl
Louisville over Wake Forest

Sugar Bowl
LSU over Notre Dame

International Bowl
Cincinnati over Western Michigan

GMAC Bowl
Ohio over Southern Miss

BCS Championship
Ohio St. over Florida

2008 Delaware Governor Prediction

Incumbent Governor Ruth Minner is term limited. The Democratic nomination should be between Lieutenant Governor John Carney and State Treasurer Jack Markell. The Republican nomination will probably go to State Senator Charles Copeland.

The Democrats have held the Governors mansion in Delaware for the past 16 years, but fended off a tough challenge in 04. I predict that Carney will edge out Markell for the Democrat's nomination, and then go on to defeat Copeland by a margin of 3 to 5 points.

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2008 Delaware Governor Prediction

2008 Delaware Governor Prediction

Week 14 NFL Predictions

Cincinnati over Oakland
Detroit over Minnesota
Kansas City over Baltimore
Miami over New England
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Philadelphia over Washington
New York Giants over Carolina
Indianapolis over Jacksonville
Tennessee over Houston
Seattle over Arizona
San Francisco over Green Bay
New York Jets over Buffalo
San Diego over Denver
New Orleans over Dallas
Chicago over St. Louis
Seattle over San Francisco

College Football Predictions

The regular season is over so, no 1-A games this week. I will post my bowl predictions sometime next week, along with my 1-AA, D-2, D-3, and NAIA championship picks. There is however semifinal action in some of the lower levels.

1-AA
Montana over Massachusetts
Youngstown State over Appalachian State

D-2
NW Missouri over Bloomsburg
Grand Valley over Delta State

D-3
Mount Union over St. John Fisher
UW-Whitewater over Wesley

Offseason Baseball

After a slowdown in salaries over the past few years, prices have once again exploded. The Red Sox pay 51 million, not to sign, but to talk to Japanese pitching star Daisuke Matsuzka. Carlos Lee and Alfonso Soriano signed contracts worth over 100 million. However the most outrageous sums by far have gone to mediocre pitchers. Adam Eaton who had an ERA over five last year signed for over 8 million a year, Vincente Padilla with an ERA of 4.50 will earn over 11 million a year to stay with Texas, and other mediocre pitchers such as Gil Meche and Ted Lilly are expected to have an eight figure salary come next season. I can’t imagine what the good pitchers will sign for. There has also been a number of interesting trade rumors floating around, the largest of which is the annual Manny Ramirez trade talk, there is however a significant chance of it actually happening this year, since the primary club that seems to be interested is Seattle, who has an extremely desperate GM and manager, who must win this year or be fired. Finally to those who are interested in starting pitching, trade don’t go for free agents, let others have Meche for 10 million.

The Budget

As the days move towards the Democrats taking over Congress, the democrats should make working towards a balanced budget a key part of their agenda. If the Democrats can a least make some ground on balancing the budget, then they could potentially steal some Republican voters who have been alienated by the former Congress and the President’s inability to control spending, and turned a large surplus into a massive deficit. Furthermore Democrats can at least partially remove the image of being the party of tax and spend, by promoting the policies of Reagan and Bush as policies of trillion dollar deficits, while promoting Democratic policies as the policies of surpluses.

2007 Mississippi Prediction

In 2007 Mississippi will hold their gubernatorial election along with Louisiana and Kentucky. The Republican will send up incumbent Governor Haley Barbour. The Democrats have several potential candidates including, Head of the Mississippi Democrats Wayne Dowdy, Mississippi Supreme Court member James Graves, ex-Governor Ray Mabus, ex Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore, and ex-Governor Ronnie Musgrove.
Governor Barbour has a very high approval rating of almost 60%, so the Democrats will not likely put up much of a campaign. Some potential candidates who have potential for strong political aspirations such as Moore may forgo this election cycle, and wait for a better time. I predict that Ronnie Musgrove will come out with the Democratic nomination, and then will lose to Barbour in a landslide.

Week 13 NFL Predictions

Sunday 12-3
San Diego over Buffalo
Kansas City over Cleveland
Indianapolis over Tennessee
New England over Detroit
Washington over Atlanta
Miami over Jacsonville
Chicago over Minnesota
New York Jets over Green Bay
St. Louis over Arizona
New Orleans over San Francisco
Oakland over Houston
New York Giants over Dallas
Seattle over Denver
Monday 12-4
Philadelphia over Carolina
Thursday 12-7
Pittsburgh over Cleveland

Week 14 College Football Predictions

I-A
Louisville over UCONN
Navy over Army
New Mexico St. over Loisiana Tech
Fresno St. over San Jose St.
Louisiana Monroe over Louisiana Lafayette
Troy over Florida Inter.
San Diego St. over Colorado St.
Wake Forest over Georgia Tech
Cal over Stanford
TCU over Air Force
USC over UCLA
Arkansas over Florida
Rutgers over West Virgina
Nebraska over Oklahoma
I-AA
Monmouth over San Diego
New Hampshire over UMASS
Montana St. over Appalachian St.
Grambling over Alcorn st.
Montana over S. Illinois
Youngstown St. over Illinois St.
D-2
Shepherd over Bloomsburg
Chadron St. over NW Missouri
N. Alabama over Delta St.
North Dakota over Grand Valley
D-3
Wesley over Mary Hardin-Baylor
Rowan over St. John Fisher
Mount Union over Capital
UW-Whitewater over St. John's
NAIA
St. Xavier over St. Francis (IN)
Sioux Falls over Missouri Valley

2007 Louisiana Predictions

Louisiana is one of the three states that will be holding their gubernatorial elections in 2007. In Louisiana a candidate must get 50% of the vote in order to get elected, so if no candidate receives 50% the top two candidates will advance to a second round of voting.
Likely the two candidates who will advance to the second round are incumbent Democratic governor Kathleen Blanco, and the main Republican candidate Congressman Bobby Jindal. Currently Blanco suffers from a relatively low approval rating, and has suffered from her action surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Jindal ran for governor in the last election, and as a relative unknown lost to Blanco by only four points. I predict that Jindal will finish first in the first round with 47-49 percent, and will then go on to a fairly comfortable win over Blanco in the second round.

Mid Season NFL Predictions

AFCE: NE
AFCN: BAL
AFCS: IND
AFCW: SD
WC1: KC
WC2: CIN

NFCE: DAL
NFCN: CHI
NFCS: CAR
NFCW: SEA
WC1: NO
WC2: NYG

AFC Champ: NE over SD
NFC Champ: CHI over SEA

SB: NE over CHI

2007 Elections Predictions Kentucky

Even though 2007 is an off year there are still gubernatorial elections in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Kentucky
The incumbent Governor, Ernie Fletcher has announced that he will seek re-election, but his 03 running mate Steve Pence has decided not to run again, so Robbie Rudolph will be Fletcher’s new running mate. Fletcher seems to be quite venerable, since he currently enjoys a near national low 30% approval rating, so the Democrats see opportunity in picking up another governor's seat. There is also a possibility thanks to Fletcher’s very low ratings, that he could be unseated in the primaries, possibly by ousted US Rep. Northrup, US Rep Harold Rogers, Lt. Governor Steve Pence, or President of the Kentucky Senate David Williams.
The presumptive favorite for the Democratic nomination was US Rep. Ben Chandler, who has announced that he is not running. The top possible candidates remaining for the Democrats are, Ex-Lt.Governor Steve Henry, Speaker of the Kentucky House Jody Richards, and attorney Jack Conway.
I predict that Fletcher will get the GOP's nomination in a surprisingly hard fought primary, and Jody Richards emerges from a very crowded Democratic primary. In the general election the Democrats will eventually unite behind Richards, to win the Governorship by a tight margin.

DZ Politics and Sports

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