Bowls

POINSETTIA BOWL: Navy over Utah
NEW ORLEANS BOWL: Memphis over Florida Atlantic
PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL: Cincinnati over S. Miss
NEW MEXICO BOWL: Nevada over New Mexico
LAS VEGAS BOWL: UCLA over BYU
HAWAII BOWL: Boise St. over ECU
MOTOR CITY BOWL: Purdue over C. Mich
HOLIDAY BOWL: Arizona St. over Texas
CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL: Michigan St. over Boston College
TEXAS BOWL: Houston over TCU
EMERALD BOWL: Oregon St. over Maryland
MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL: UCONN over Wake Forest
LIBERTY BOWL: Mississippi St. over UCF
ALAMO BOW: Penn St. over Texas A&M
INDEPENDENCE BOWL: Colorado over Alabama
ARMED FORCES BOWL: Cal over Air Force
HUMANITARIAN BOWL: Fresno St. over Georgia Tech
SUN BOWL: Oregon over USF
MUSIC CITY BOWL: Kentucky over Florida St.
INSIGHT BOWL: Indiana over Oklahoma St.
CHICK-FIL-A BOWL: Clemson over Auburn
OUTBACK BOWL: Wisconsin over Tennessee
COTTON BOWL: Missouri over Arkansas
CAPITAL ONE BOWL: Michigan over Florida
GATOR BOWL: Texas Tech over Virginia
ROSE BOWL: USC over Illinois
SUGAR BOWL: Hawaii over Georgia
FIESTA BOWL: West Virginia over Oklahoma
ORANGE BOWL: Kansas over Virginia Tech
INTERNATIONAL BOWL: Rutgers over Ball St.
GMAC BOWL: Bowling Green over Tulsa
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Ohio St. over LSU

NFL Week 11

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

Week 12 College Football Predictions

Arkansas St. over N. Texas

Oregon over Arizona

C. Mich over E. Mich

Hawaii over Nevada

UCONN over Syracuse

Maryland over Florida St.

Florida over Florida Atlantic

Georgia Tech over North Carolina

Ohio St. over Michigan

Rutgers over Pitt

Kent St. over Temple

Tulsa over Army

Illinois over Northwestern

Georgia over Kentucky

Missouri over Kansas St.

Bowling Green over Buffalo

Arkansas over Mississippi St.

Colorado St. over Georgia Southern

Boise St. over Idaho St.

New Mexico St. over Utah St.

Air Force over SDST

Tennessee over Vanderbilt

Wyoming over BYU

Notre Dame over Duke

Alabama over Louisiana-Monroe
Rice over Tulane
UCF over SMU
Indiana over Purdue
Michigan St over Penn St
Wisconsin over Minnesota
LSU over Ole Miss
Memphis over UAB
Houston over Marshall
Miami FL over Virginia Tech
Cal over Washington
Kansas over Iowa St.
Navy over N. Illinois
Iowa over W. Mich
Wake Forest over NCST
W. Kentucky over Morhead St.
New Mexico over Utah
Washington St. over Oregon St.
Oklahoma St. over Baylor
Louisiana-Laffayette over Florida Int.
Louisiana Tech over San Jose St.
TCU over UNLV
UTEP over S. Miss
Clemson over Boston College
West Virginia over Cincinnati
Louisville over S. Florida
Texas Tech over Oklahoma

Bad Week

College Week 11: 30-12

NFL Week 10: 7-7

College Total: 453-182

NFL Total: 75-55

NFL Predictions Week 10

Green Bay over Minnesota
Tennessee over Jacksonville
Kansas City over Denver
Buffalo over Miami
New Orleans over St. Louis
Pittsburgh over Cleveland
Washington over Philly
Carolina over Atlanta
Cinncinati over Baltimore
Chicago over Oakland
New York Giants over Dallas
Detroit over Arizona
San Diego over Indy
Seattle over San Francisco

College Football Predictions Week 11

Bowling Green over E. Mich
Rutgers over Army
Northwestern over Indiana
NCST over North Carolina
S. Florida over Syracuse
Penn St. over Temple
Wake Forest over Clemson
Wisconsin over Michigan
Iowa over Minnesota
Purdue over Michigan St.
Colorado over Iowa
Missouri over Texas A&M
Nebraska over Kansas St.
Alabama over Mississippi St.
Arkansas over Tennessee
Georgia Tech over Duke
Kentucky over Vanderbilt
Air Force over Notre Dame
New Mexico over Colorado St.
Houston over Tulsa
Boise St. over Utah St
SMU over Rice
UCLA over Arizona St.
Georgia over Auburn
Ohio St. over Illinois
Texas Tech over Texas
Wyoming over Utah
Florida St. over Virginia Tech.
Cincinnati over UCONN
Mid Tenn over Louisiana-Laffayette
San Jose St. over New Mexico St.
Navy over N. Texas
Arkansas St. over Florida Atlantic
Kent St. over N. Illinois
E. Carolina over Marshall
S. Miss over Memphis
Troy over W. Kentucky
Louisiana-Monroe over Grambling
Oklahoma over Baylor
Washington St. over Stanford
UTEP over Tulane
Miami FL over Virginia
UCF over UAB
S. Carolina over Florida
USC over Cal
LSU over Louisiana Tech
Maryland over Boston College
Kansas over Oklahoma St.
Oregon St. over Washington
Hawaii over Fresno St.
UNLV over SDST

Election Day Football Recap

College Week 10: 39-16

NFL Week 9: 8-6

College Total: 423-161

NFL Total: 68-48

November Elections Predictions

Ohio 5th District Primary: The 5th is heavily Republican with a Cook partisen voting index of R+10, so the winner of the Republican Primary is most likely the winner. The Democrats have two candidates, George Mayes, and owner of a DJ company and Robin Weirauch, a public administrator who was the Democratic party's candidate in the 5th in 04 and 05. Weirauch's name rec. should be enough to easily get her the nomination and lose the seat for the third time. The Republicans have five candidates with state senator Steve Buehrer and state rep. Bob Latta the most serious of the five. Two weeks ago the Latta campaine released a poll showing him 19 points ahead of Bueher, however earlier this week the club for growth releaced a poll showing Bueher with a 3 point lead over Latta. Five days away from the election it seems as though either Latta or Buehrer could win. Prediction: Latta by 2 to 5 points.

Kentucky Governor: Along with the Louisiana gubernatorial election last month, the Kentucky gubernatorial election is the most anticipated election of 2007. The Democrats have nominated ex-Lieutenant Governor Steave Beshear for governor and state Senator Daniel Mongiardo for Lt. Governor. The Republicans have renominated Governor Ernie Fletcher and have nominated Robbie Rudolph for Lt. Governor. Ever since Fletcher defeated ex-Congresswoman Ann Northrup in the primary, all the polls have shown Beshear winning by a large margine, since Governor Fletcher is viewed as corrupt and is highly unpopular with most of the state. Prediction: Beshear by 12 to 18 points.

Mississippi Governor: The Mississippi governor's race has been relativly ignored since the popular republican governor Haley Barbour is running for re-election. Barbour's Democratic opponent will be personal injury lawyer John Eaves. The Democrats really never had a chance in this race, so Barbour should move on to re-election easily. Prediction: Barbour by 15 to 20 points.

NFL Predictions week 9

Atlanta over San Francisco
Cincinnati over Buffalo
Denver over Detroit
Tennessee over Carolina
Kansas City over Green Bay
San Diego over Minnesota
New Orlenas over Jacksonville
Washington over New York Jets
Tampa Bay over Arizona
Seattle over Cleveland
New England over Indy
Houston over Oakland
Philly over Dallas
Pittsburgh over Baltimore

College Week 10 Predictions

Georgia Tech over Virginia Tech
Ohio ober Temple
Bowling Green over Akron
Nevada over New Mexico St.
Northwestern over Iowa
Indiana over Ball St.
Clemson over Duke
Ohio St. over Wisconsin
Penn St. over Purdue
Pitt over Syracuse
Wake Forest over Virginia
Miami FL over NCST
Florida over Vanderbilt
Kansas St. over Iowa St.
Kansas over Nebraska
Georgia over Troy
Ole Miss over NWern St.
Memphis over E. Carolina
W. Kentcky over Chat
BYU over Colorado St.
Auburn over Tennessee Tech
Navy over Notre Dame
Boise St. over San Jose St.
Miami OH over Buffalo
Texas Tech over Baylor
UTEP over Rice
Arkansas St. over Florida Int.
UCLA over Arizona
Cinncinati over S. Florida
Michigan over Michigan St.
Oklahoma St. over Texas
Air Force over Army
UCF over Marshall
Maryland over North Carolina
Tennessee over Louisiana-Laffayette
Idaho over Louisiana Tech
Fresno St. over Utah St.
Alabama over LSU
TCU over New Mexico
Washington over Stanford
Missouri over Colorado
Oregon over Arizona St.
S. Miss over UAB
Mid Tenn over Louisiana-Monroe
Toledo over E. Mich
Rutgers over UCONN
Tulas over Tulane
Arkansas over S. Carolina
USC over Oregon St.
Boston College over Florida St
Illinois over Minnesota
Texas A&M over Oklahoma
Wyoming over SDST
Cal over Washington St.
Houston over SMU

Totals Correction

College total: 384-145

NFL total: 60-42

Oct. 30th Football Recap

College Week 8: 36-20

College Week 9: 35-16

NFL Week 8: 9-4

College Total: 346-138

NFL Total: 53-36

NBA Preseason Predictions

Eastern Confrence:
1.Detroit
2.Chicago
3.Boston
4.Miami
5.Cleveland
6. New Jersy
7.Toronto
8.Washington
9.Atlanta
10.Orlando
11.New York
12.Milwaukee
13.Indiana
14.Philly
15.Charolette

West:
1.San Antonio
2.Phoenix
3.Dallas
4.Denver
5.Houston
6.Golden State
7. LA Clippers
8.Utah
9.LA Lakers
10.Portland
11.New Orleans
12.Sacramento
13.Memphis
14.Seattle
15.Minnesota

Playoffs R1:
Detroit over Washington
Chicago over Toronto
New Jersy over Boston
Cleveland over Miami
San Antonio over Utah
Phoenix over LA Clippers
Dallas over Golden State
Houston over Denver

Playoffs R2:
Detroit over Cleveland
Chicago over New Jersy
San Antonio over Houston
Phoenix over Dallas

Confrence Champ
Detroit over Chicago
Phoenix over San Antonio

NBA Finals:
Phoenix over Detroit

NFL Week 8 predictions

Chicago over Detroit
Cinncinati over Pittsburgh
Tennessee over oakland
Cleveland over St. Louis
Miami over New York Giants
Philly over Minnesota
Indy over Carolina
Buffalo over New York Jets
San Diego over Houston
Jacksonville over Tampa Bay
New England over Washington
New Orleans over San Francisco
Denver over Green Bay

College Football Week 9 Predictions

Boise St. over Fresno St.
Louisville over Pitt
Wake Forest over North Carolina
Rutgers over West Virginia
Wisconsin over Indiana
Illinois over Ball St.
Iowa over Michigan St.
Purdue over Northwestern
Texas Tech over Colorado
Kentucky over Mississippi St.
Buffalo over Akron
Kent St. over C. Mich
Navy over Delaware
Arkansas over Florida Int.
Missouri over Iowa St.
Vanderbilt over Miami OH
Wyoming over UNLV
Tulsa over SMU
Louisiana Tech over Utah St.
Oregon over USC
Memphis over Tulane
Washington over Arizona
UCONN over S. Florida
Georgia over Florida
Maryland over Clemson
Michigan over Minnesota
E. Carolina over UAB
Texas over Nebraska
Kansas St. over Baylor
W. Mich over E. Mich
Florida Atlantic over Louisiana-Monroe
Nevada over Idaho
Virginia over NCST
Marshal over Rice
Colorado St. over Utah
Auburn over Ole Miss
Ohio over Bowling Green
UCLA over Washington St.
Oregon St. over Stanford
W. Kentucky over NC Central
Texas A&M over Kansas
Mid Tenn over N. Texas
Arkansas St. over Troy
Toledo over N. Illinois
Tennessee over S. Carolina
Florida St. over Duke
Ohio St. over Penn St.
UTEP over Houston
Cal over Arizona St.
Hawaii over New Mexico St.
UCF over S. Miss

College Football Week 8 Predictions

Rutgers over S. Florida
TCU over Utah
Northwestern over E. Michigan
Louisville over UCONN
Georgia Tech over Army
Penn St. over Indiana
Minnesota over North Dakota St.
Miami OH over Temple
Cincinnati over Pitt
Clemson over C. Michigan
Wisconsin over N. Illinois
Purdue over Iowa
Oklahoma over Iowa St.
Texas over Baylor
Alabama over Tennessee
South Carolina over Vanderbilt
Wake Forest over Navy
Arkansas over Ole Miss
W. Kentucky over Indiana St.
Wyoming over Air Force
W. Michigan over Ball St.
Nebraska over Texas A&M
Memphis over Rice
Nevada over Utah St.
Cal over UCLA
Florida St. over Miami FL
USC over Notre Dame
Kentucky over Florida
Missouri over Texas Tech
Ohio St. over Michigan St.
West Virginia over Mississippi St.
Mid Tenn. over Arkansas St.
Troy over N. Texas
Syracuse over Buffalo
UCF over Tulsa
Kent St. over Bowling Green
E. Carolina over NCST
Fresno St. over San Jose St.
Louisiana-Laffayette over Florida Atlantic
Colorado over Kansas
BYU over E. Washington
Houston over UAB
Stanford over Arizona
Boise St. over Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Monroe over Florida Int.
Ohio over Toledo
Oklahoma St. over Kansas St.
Oregon over Washington
Maryland over Virginia
New Mexico St. over Idaho
Illinois over Michigan
SMU over Tulane
New Mexico over SDST
LSU over Auburn
Colorado St. over UNLV
S. Miss over Marshall

Football Recap 6

College week 7: 38-17
NFL Week 6: 7-6
College Total: 313-109
Nfl Total: 51-38

October election Predictions

Louisiana: The incombents will all win reelection. In the governor's race, Jindal will get the most votes by a wide margin, the only question is whether he will get to 50% to avoid a run off. Recent polls show Jindal at between about 60% to about 45%, however there seems to be a downward trend to his numbers. If Jindal fails to get to 50%, his oponent will most likely be Louisina State Senator Walter Boasso. Earlier this year Boasso switched his party registration back to the Democratic party (he had originaly been a Democrat who joined with the Republicans in the 1990's). Independent candidate John Georges, CEO of Imperial Trading Company, has come within one or two precentage points in some recent polls to Boasso.

Prediction: Jindal will receive 48% or 49%, comeing just shy of securing election. Jindal's opponent will be Boasso, who beats out Georges with 12% to 20% of the vote. Jindal will be heavily favored to win in the run-off.

Massachussets 5th CD: The front runner for this seat is Democrat Niki Tsongas. The Republican opponant is Retiered Air Force Officer Jim Ogonowski. Many Republicans feel they have a shot at the seat, since it is among the least liberal in Massachussets. Ogonowiski is running on an anti-tax, anti-immigration, and anti-establishment platform.

Prediction: The Republicans often sight a Survay USA poll from last month, which showes Niki Tsongas with a 51% to 41% advantage over Ogonowski as proof that Tsongas may be vaulnerable. However the 5th while it is one of the more moderate democratic seats, is still solidly Democratic with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+9. The Media attention that Ogonowski has received will likely prevent Tsongas from wining by an extream blowout, however I see little chance that Ogonowski could win. I predict Tsongas by 8 to 15 points.

NFL Week 6 Predictions

Chicago over Minnesota
Cleveland over Miami
Washington over Green Bay
Cinncinati over Kansas City
Philly over New York Jets
Tennessee over Tampa Bay
Jacksonville over Houston
Baltimore over St. Louis
Carolina over Arizona
New England over Dallas
San Diego over Oakland
Seattle over New Orleans
Atlanta over New York Giants

College Football Week 7

Pitt over Navy
Wake Forest over Florida St.
Hawaii over San Jose St.
S. Florida over UCF
Minnesota over Northwestern
Michigan over Purdue
Virginia Tech over Duke
Rutgers over Syracuse
Ohio St. over Kent St.
Ohio over E. Mich
Georgia Tech over Miami FL
Iowa over Illinois
Texas over Iowa St.
Alabama over Ole Miss
Nebraska over Oklahoma St.
Kansas over Baylor
Toledo over Buffalo
Ball St. over W. Kentucky
Wyoming over New Mexico
Tennessee over Mississippi
Miami OH over Bowling Green
Utah over SDST
USC over Arizona
Boston College over Notre Dame
Kentucky over LSU
South Carolina over North Carolina
Penn St. over Wisconsin
Houston over Rice
UCONN over Virginia
C. Mich over Army
Oregon over Washington St.
Texas Tech over Texas A&M
W. Mich over N. Illinois
Stanford over TCU
Fresno st. over Idaho
Air Force over Colorado St.
Vanderbilt over Georgia
Akron over Temple
Missouri over Oklahoma
UAB over Tulane
Cal over Oregon St.
Michigan St. over Indiana
Tulsa over Marshall
N. Texas over Louisiana-Monroe
Arkansas St. over Louisiana-Laffayette
Cincinnati over Louisville
New Mexico St. over Louisiana Tech
S. Miss over SMU
Arkansas over Auburn
Memphis over Mid. Tenn
UTEP over E. Carolina
Kansas St. over Colorado
UNLV over BYU
Arizona St. over Washington
Boise St. over Nevada

Foot ball Recap 5

College Week 6: 33-21

NFL Week 5: 8-6

College Total: 275-92

NFL Total: 44-32

NFL Predictions Week5

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

College Football Week 6 Predictions

Kentucky over South Carolina
Louisville over Utah
Indiana over minnesota
Boston College over Bowling Green
Georgia Tech over Maryland
Michigan St. over Northwestern
Michigan over E. Michigan
Miami FL over North Carolina
West Virginia over Syracuse
Wisconsin over Illinois
Ball St. over C. Mich
Kansas St. over Kansas
Vanderbilt over Auburn
Wake Forest over Duke
Temple over N. Illinois
Ohio over Buffalo
Ole Miss over Louisiana Tech
Wyoming over TCU
Mississippi St. over UAB
Alabama over Houston
Kent St. over Miami OH
Florida St. over NCST
Penn St. over Iowa
Oklahoma over Texas
S. Florida over Florida Atlantic
Tennessee over Georgia
San Jose St. over Idaho
Arizona St. over Washington St.
Nevada over Fresno St.
Oregon St. over Arizona
Colorado St. over SDST
Clemson over Virginia Tech
Arkansas over Chatanooga
USC over Stanford
Baylor over Colorado
Louisiana-Laffayette over N. Texas
Army over Tulane
Troy over Florida International
Virginia over Mid Tenn
Arkansas St. over Louisiana-Monroe
Texas Tech over Iowa St.
Toledo over Liberty
W. Mich over Akron
E. Carolina over UCF
Texas A&M over Oklahoma St.
UCLA over Notre Dame
Cincinnati over Rutgers
Ohio St. over Prudue
Florida over LSU
Air Force over UNLV
UTEP over Tulsa
Missouri over Nebraska
Hawaii over Utah St.
Boise St. over New Mexico St.

MLB Playoffs Predictions

The MLB playoffs are a crap shoot so this is what I want to happen:

ALDS:
Cleveland over New York
LA Angels over Boston

NLDS:
Colorado over Philly
Chicago over Arizona

ALCS:
Cleveland over LA Angels

NLCS:
Colorado over Chicago

World Series:
Cleveland over Colorado

Football Recap 4

College Football Week 5: 48-11

NFL Week 5: 7-7

Total College Football: 242-71

Total NFL: 36-26

NW Football Recap 4

Washington
loss 27-24 to USC
You can't fault a three point loss to the #1 team. This season has still been a sucsesful, but Washington must start winning again now.
Record: 2-3

Washington St.
loss 48-20 to Arizona
WAZZU's season is dead, after loseing to probably the worst or second to worse team in the Pac-10.
Record 2-3

Oregon
loss 31-24 to Cal
Oregon's BCS hopes are now dead.
Record: 4-1

Oregon St.
loss 40-14 to UCLA
Oregon St. continues to assert itself as one of the weakest Pac-10 teams this year.
Record: 2-3

Western Washington
loss 22-14 to Minnesota Duluth
Compleates the NW sweep!
Record: 1-3

NFL Predictions Week 4

Houston over Atlanta
Buffalo over New York Jets
Baltimore over Cleveland
Dallas over St. Louis
Detroit over Chicago
Miami over Oakland
Minnesota over Green Bay
Seattle over San Francisco
Carolina over Tampa Bay
Indy over Denver
Pittsburgh over Arizona
San Diego over Kansas City
Philly over New York Giants
New England over Cincinnati

College football Predictions Week 5

Arkansas St. over Memphis
Boise St. over S. Miss
West Virginia over S. Florida
UCONN over Akron
Michigan over Northwestern
Virginia Tech over North Carolina
Temple over Army
Illinois over Penn St.
Ball St. over Buffalo
C. Mich over N. Illinois
Miami FL over Duke
Purdue over Notre Dame
LSU over Tulane
Indiana over Iowa
Texas A&M over Baylor
South Carolina over Mississippi St.
Georgia over Ole Miss
Kentucky over Florida Atlantic
Boston College over UMASS
Air Force over Navy
Oklahoma over Colorado
Nebraska over Iowa St.
Miami OH over Syracuse
Kent St. over Ohio
Utah over Utah St.
Georgia Tech over Clemson
Louisville over NCST
Rutgers over Maryland
Kansas St. over Texas
Wisconsin over Michigan St.
Oregon over Cal
San Jose St. over UC Davis
Nevada over UNLV
UTEP over SMU
Florida St. over Alabama
Hawaii over Idaho
Bowling Green over W. Kentucky
UCF over Louisiana-Laffayette
UCLA over Oregon St.
Arkansas over N. Texas
Tulsa over UAB
Vandy over E. Mich
Houston over E. Carolina
Pitt over Virginia
Mid Tenn over Florida International
TCU over Colorado St.
Texas Tech over NWern St.
Toledo over W. Mich
Troy over Louisiana-Monroe
Oklahoma St. over Sam Houston St.
Florida over Auburn
Ohio St. over Minnesota
New Mexico St. over Arkansas-pinebluff
USC over Washington
New Mexico over BYU
Washington Sr. over Arizona
Cincinnati over SDST
Arizona St. over Stanford
Fresno St over Louisiana Tech

Football Recap 3

Week 4 College: 42-15

Week 3 NFL: 10-6

Total College: 194-60

Total NFL: 29-19

NW Football Recap #2

Washington
loss 44-31 to UCLA
Not as close as the score looked.
Record: 2-2

Washington St
loss 47-14 to USC
Anything Wazzu can do USC can do better. WSU is simply not a factor in the Pac-10 and it would be a miracle if they become bowl eligible.
record 2-2

Oregon
win 55-31 over Stanford
Oregon was down 10 at the half, but Stanford became Stanfor in the 2nd half
record 4-0

Oregon State
loss 44-32 to Arizona St
Led for much of the game. Would have been a good win to take focus off of blow out loss to Cincinnati.
Record 2-2

Western Washington
loss 63-42 to North Dakota
Good Showing against #2 D-II team. Maybe the Vikings will be decent after all.
record 1-2

NFL Week 3 Predictions

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

College Football week 4 Predictions

Mid Tenn over W. Kentucky
Miami over Texas A&M
Oklahoma over Tulsa
South Florida over North Carolina
Indiana over Illinois
Louisville over Syracuse
Clemson over NCST
Bowling Green over Temple
Georgia Tech over Virginia
West Virginia over E. Carolina
Kent St. over Akron
Florida over Ole Miss
Nebraska over Ball St.
Boston College over Army
Navy over Duke
Virginia Tech over William&Mary
Missouri over Illinois St.
Ohio over Wyoming
Air Force over BYU
Colorado over Miami OH
Michigan St. over Notre Dame
LSU over South Carolina
Penn St. over Michigan
Wake Forest over Maryland
Ohio St. over Northwestern
Texas Tech over Oklahoma St.
UCF over Memphis
C. Michigan over North Dakota St.
E. Michigan over Howard
Houston over Colorado St.
Idaho over N. Illinois
Arkansas over Kentucky
Cal over Arizona
Buffalo over Baylor
SDST over Portland St.
Auburn over New Mexico St.
Pitt over UCONN
Florida Atlantic over N. Texas
Texas over Rice
Troy over Louisiana-Laffayette
Mississippi over Gardner-Webb
Kansas over Florida International
Tennessee over Arkansas St.
Toledo over Iowa St.
W. Mich over C. Conn St.
Cincinnati over Marshall
Georgia over Alabama
USC over Washington St.
New Mexico over Sacramento St.
Wisconsin over Iowa
Tulane over SE Louisiana
San Jose St. over Utah St.
TCU over SMU
Purdue over Minnesota
UTEP over Texas Southern
Arizona St. over Oregon St.
Oregon over Stanford
Utah over UNLV
Washington over UCLA
Hawaii over Charleston Southern

Football Recap #2

College week 46-20



Nfl week 7-9

Total College 152-45

Total NFL 19-13

NW Football Recap

Your NW College football recap:
Washington:
loss 33-14 to Ohio St:
Washington played better than score showed, choking in several scoring oppertunities. Record: 2-1

Washington State:
Win 45-28 over Idaho
Offence looked good, but you should never give up 28 to Idaho. Third straight unimpressive game for the Cougs. Will need to play better than their first three games to win any in the Pac-10. Record: 2-1

Oregon:
Win 52-21 over Fresno St.
Oregon's offence has turned out to be a major force with the defence being more inconsistent. After three weeks Oregon has clearly set itself as the best in the North West. Record 3-0

Oregon St.
Win 61-10 over Idaho St.
Hard to tell anything from the game due to weakness of opponent. Record 2-1

Western Washington:
loss 45-10 to Nebraska-Omaha
Outclassed, snaps 4 game winning streak. Record 1-1

NFL Week 2 Predictions

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

College football Predictions Week 3

West Virginia over Maryland
TCU over Air Force
Oklahoma St. over Troy
UCONN over Temple
Indiana over Akron
Michigan St. over Pitt
North Carolina over Virginia
Illinois over Syracuse
Cincinnati over Miami OH
Penn St. over Buffalo
Wisconsin over Citadel
N. Illinois over E. Michigan
Purdue over C. Michigan
Auburn over Mississippi St.
Georgia over W. Carolina
Clemson over Furman
Minnesota over Florida Atlantic
Iowa over Iowa St.
Virginia Tech over Ohio
Missouri over W. Michigan
W. Kentucky over E. Kentucky
Texas Tech over Rice
Florida over Tennessee
Michigan over Notre Dame
Wake Forest over Army
Rutgers over Norfolk St.
Oklahoma over Utah St.
Washington over Ohio St.
UCF over Texas
Miami FL over Florida International
Kent St. over Delaware St.
Marshall over New Hampshire
UCLA over Utah
Ball st. over Navy
E. Carolina over S. Miss
NCST over Wofford
Cal over Louisiana Tech
Oregon St. over Idaho St.
Alabama over Arkansas
UAB over Alcorn St.
Vanderbilt over Ole Miss
Baylor over Texas St.
Texas A&M over Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Laffayette over McNeese St.
Arkansas St. over SMU
Kansas over Toledo
Oregon over Fresno St.
South Carolina over South Carolina St.
Houston over Tulane
Kansas St. over Missouri St.
Louisville over Kentucky
Georgia Tech over Boston College
Boise St. over Wyoming
Northwestern over Duke
LSU over Middle Tennessee
USC over Nebraska
UTEP over New Mexico St.
Memphis over Jacksonville St.
BYU over Tulsa
Nevada over Nicholls St.
Hawaii over UNLV
Arizona St. over San Diego St.
Arizona over New Mexico
Stanford over San Jose St.
Colorado over Florida St.
Washington St. over Idaho

Football Recap 1

Week one college I went 56-14

Week 2 college I went 50-11

Total College 106-25

Nfl Week 1 I went: 12-4

College Football Rnakings Week 2

Louisville over Middle Tenn
Oregon State over Cincinnati
Rutgers over Navy
West Virginia over Marshall
Northwestern over Nevada
Michigan State over Bowlingreen
Minnesota over Miami OH
Wake Forest over Nebraska
Ohio State over Akron
Oklahoma over Miami FL
Pitt over Grambling
Virginia over Duke
Purdue over E. Illinois
Vanderbuilt over Alabama
Temple over Buffalo
Clemson over Louisiana-Monroe
Army over Rhode Island
Georgia Tech over Samford
Cal over Colorado State
Wyoming over Utah State
Boston College over NCST
Arizona over N. Arizona
E. Michigan over Ball State
Oregon over Michigan
Texas A&M over Fresno St.
Washington over Bosie St.
Florida St. over UAB
Idaho over Cal Poly
W. Kentucky over W. Virginia Tech
Georgia over South Carolina
Florida over Troy
Kentucky over Kent State
Missouri over Ole Miss
E. Carolina over North Carolina
Penn State over Notre Dame
Air Force over Utah
UCLA over BYU
UCONN over Maine
Iowa State over N. Iowa
Rice over Baylor
TCU over Texas
Washington State over San Diego State
Ohio over Louisiana-Laffayette
Illinois over W. Illinois
Arkansas State over Memphis
C. Michigan over Toledo
Maryland over Florida International
Kansas over SE Louisiana
Hawaii over Louisiana Tech
Tennesee over S. Miss
Texas Tech over UTEP
Tulane iover Mississippi State
Oklahoma State over Florida Atlantic
Kansas State over San Jose State
N. Illinois over S. Illinois
SMU over N. Texas
Indiana over W. Michigan
Iowa over Syracuse
S. Florida over Auburn
LSU over Virginia Tech
New Mexico St. over New Mexico
Wisconsin over UNLV
Arizona St. over Colorado

NFL Week One Predictions

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

NFL Pre-Season Predictions

AFC East
1. New England - bye
2. Miami
3. New York Jets
4. Buffalo

AFC North
1. Cinncinatii
2. Baltimore - Wild Card
3. Pittsburgh
4. Cleveland

AFC South
1. Indy - #1 seed
2. Tennessee - Wild Card
3. Jacksonville
4. Houston

AFC West
1. San Diego
2. Denver
3. Kansas City
4. Oakland

NFC East
1. Philly - #1 seed
2. Dallas - Wild Card
3. Washington
4. New York Giants

NFC North
1. Chicago - bye
2. Green Bay
3. Detroit
4. Minnesota

NFC South
1. New Orleans
2. Carolina
3. Tampa Bay
4. Atlanta

NFC West
1. Seattle
2. St. Louis - Wild Card
3. San Francisco
4. Arizona

Playoffs

Round 1: San Diego over Tennessee
Baltimore over Cinncinatii
Dallas over New Orleans
Seattle over St. Louis

Round 2: Indy over Baltimore
New England over San Diego
Philly over Dallas
Seattle over Chicago

AFC Champ: New England over Indy

NFC Champ: Philly over Seattle

Super Bowl: New England over Philly

College Football Perdictions Week 1

Rutgers over Buffalo
Miami OH over Ball St.
Cinncinnati over SE Missouri St.
Louisiana-Monroe over Tulsa
Louisvile over Murray St.
Iowa St. over Kent St.
New Mexico St. over SE Louisiana
LSU over Mississippi St.
Utah St. over UNLV
Boise St. over Weber St.
Oregon St. over Utah
Navy over Temple
Washington over Syracuse
Colorado St. over Colorado
Northwestern over Northeastern
Michigan St. over UAB
Michigan over Appalachian St.
Ohio St. over Youngstown St.
Penn St. over Florida International
Virginia Tech over E. Carolina
Miami FL over Marshall
Florida over W. Kentucky
UCONN over Duke
Air Force over South Carolina St.
Wyoming over Virginia
UCLA over Stanford
Georgia Tech over Notre Dame
Wake Forest over Boston College
Nebraska over Nevada
Memphis over Ole Miss
Wisconsin over Washington St.
West Virginia over W. Michigan
Illinois over Missouri
Iowa over N. Iowa
Oregon over Houston
Middle Tenn over Florida Atlantic
Arizona over BYU
Kentucky over E. Kentucky
Maryland over Villanova
NCST over UCF
North Carolina over James Madison
Pitt over E. Michigan
TCU over Baylor
Georgia over Oklahoma St.
Arkansas over Troy St.
Ohio over Gardner-Webb
Oklahoma over N. Texas
Vanderbilt over Richmond
Texas A&M over Montana St.
Texas over Arkansas St.
Akron over Army
C. Michigan over Kansas
Louisiana Tech over C. Arkansas
S. Miss over Tenn-Martin
South Carolina over Louisiana-Laffayette
Prudue over Toledo
S. Florida over Elon
Alabama over W. Carolina
Auburn over Kansas St.
Cal over Tennessee
Indiana over Indiana St.
Minnesota over Bowling Green
Rice over Nicholls St.
Arizona St. over San Jose St.
Fresno St. over Sacramento St.
UTEP over New Mexico
USC over Idaho
Hawaii over N. Colorado
Texas Tech over SMU
Clemson over Florida St.

MLB Power Rankings Week 21

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. New York Mets (4)
3. LA Angels (3)
4. Arizona Diamondbacks (2)
5. New York Yankees (5)
6. San Diego Padres (10)
7. Cleveland Indians (7)
8. Detroit Tigers (8)
9. Atlanta Braves (12)
10. Seattle Mariners (6)
11. LA Dodgers (15)
12. Minnesota Twins (18)
13. Chicago Cubs (11)
14. Philledelphia Phillies (9)
15. St. Louis Cardinals (13)
16. Colorado Rockies (16)
17. Toronto Blue Jays (14)
18. Milwaukee Brewers (17)
19. Oakland A's (19)
20. Cincinnati Reds (27)
21. Kansas City Royals (22)
22. Pittsburgh Pirates (29)
23. Baltimore Orioles (21)
24. San Francisco Giants (28)
25. Texas Rangers (24)
26. Washington Nationals (25)
27. Houston Astros (20)
28. Chicago White Sox (26)
29. Florida Marlins (23)
30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (30)

MLB Power Rankings Week 20

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. Arizona Diamondbacks (4)
3. LA Angels (2)
4. New York Mets (5)
5. New York Yankees (3)
6. Seattle Mariners (6)
7. Cleveland Indians (7)
8. Detroit Tigers (10)
9. Philadelphia Phillies (12)
10. San Diego Padres (9)
11. Chicago Cubs (14)
12. Atlanta Braves (8)
13. St. Louis Cardinals (18)
14. Toronto Blue Jays (16)
15. LA Dodgers (15)
16. Colorado Rockies (11)
17. Milwaukee Brewers (13)
18. Minnesota Twins (17)
19. Oakland A's (19)
20. Houston Astros (24)
21. Baltimore Orioles (23)
22. Kansas City Royals (25)
23. Florida Marlins (21)
24. Texas Rangers (27)
25. Washington Nationals (22)
26. Chicago White Sox (20)
27. Cincinnati Reds (26)
28. San Francisco Giants (28)
29. Pittsburgh Pirates (29)
30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (30)

MLB Power Rankings Week 19

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. LA Angels (2)
3. New York Yankees (5)
4. Arizona Diamondbacks (4)
5. Nwe York Mets (3)
6. Seattle Mariners (8)
7. Cleveland Indians (6)
8. Atlanta Braves (12)
9. San Diego Padres (10)
10. Detroit Tigers (7)
11. Colorado Rockies (15)
12. Philadelphia Phillies (13)
13. Milwaukee Brewers (11)
14. Chicago Cubs (9)
15. LA Dodgers (14)
16. Toronto Blue Jays (16)
17. Minnesota Twins (17)
18. St. Louis Cardinals (21)
19. Oakland A's (18)
20. Chicago White Sox (19)
21. Florida Marlins (23)
22. Wahington Nationals (27)
23. Baltimore Orioles (20)
24. Houston Astros (25)
25. Kansas City Royals (22)
26. Cinncinati Reds (28)
27. Texas Rangers (26)
28. San Francisco Giants (24)
29. Pittsburgh Pirates (29)
30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (30)

MLB POwer Rankings Week 18

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. LA Angels (2)
3. New York Mets (3)
4. Arizona Diamondbacks (7)
5. New York Yankees (8)
6. Cleveland Indians (5)
7. Detroit Tigers (4)
8. Seattle Mariners (12)
9. Chicago Cubs (9)
10. San Diego Padres (10)
11. Milwaukee Brewers (11)
12. Atlanta Braves (14)
13. Philadelphia Phillies (13)
14. LA Dodgers (6)
15. Colorado Rockies (15)
16. Toronto Blue Jays (16)
17. Minnesota Twins (17)
18. Oakland A's (21)
19. Chicago White Sox (20)
20. Baltimore Orioles (18)
21. St. Louis Cardinals (19)
22. Kansas City Royals (22)
23. Florida Marlins (26)
24. San Francisco Giants (24)
25. Houston Astros (23)
26. Texas Rangers (25)
27. Washington Nationals (27)
28. Cinncinati Reds (28)
29. Pittsburgh Pirates (29)
30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (30)

Baseball 4 months

Playoffs:

Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox

Detroit Tigers vs. LA Angels

LA Dodgers vs. New York Mets

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
NL MVP: Miguel Cabrara
AL CY Young: Dan Haren
NL CY Young: Brad Penny

MLB Power Rankings Week 17

1. Boston Red Sox (2)
2. LA Angels (3)
3. New York Mets (7)
4. Detroit Tigers (1)
5. Cleveland Indians (4)
6. LA Dodgers (6)
7. Arizona Diamondbacks (15)
8. New York Yankees (8)
9. Chicago Cubs (9)
10. San Diego Padres (10)
11. Milwaukee Brewers (11)
12. Seattle Mariners (5)
13. Philadelphia Phillies (16)
14. Atlanta Braves (12)
15. Colorado Rockies (14)
16. Toronto Blue Jays (17)
17. Minnesota Twins (13)
18. Baltimore Orioles (22)
19. St. Louis Cardinals (19)
20. Chicago White Sox (21)
21. Oakland A's (20)
22. Kansas City Royals (23)
23. Houston Astros (27)
24. San Francisco Giants (25)
25. Texas Rangers (24)
26. Florida Marlins (18)
27. Washington Nationals (26)
28. Cincinnati Reds (29)
29. Pittsburgh Pirates (28)
30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (30)

Democratic Debate Rankings

1.Barack Obama-No real mistakes, did not seem as inexperienced as in other debates.

2. Hillary Clinton- Similar to other debate performances, too much spin.

3. John Edwards- Good response to many questions. Seemed to be targeted the most.

4. Bill Richardson- Better than some previous debates, but still not great.

5. Dennis Kucinich- Had a message, but perhaps too far to the left.

6. Chris Dodd- Changed subject too much.

7. Joe Biden- Knew what he was talking about, but came out as an arrogant, self important prat.

8. Mike Gravel- Did not speak much, and was too accusatory towards other candidates.

MLB Power Rankings Week 16

1. Detroit Tigers (2)
2. Boston Red Sox(3)
3. LA Angels (1)
4. Cleveland Indians (4)
5. Seattle Mariners (5)
6. LA Dodgers (6)
7. New York Mets (8)
8. New York Yankees (14)
9. Chicago Cubs (11)
10. San Diego Padres (10)
11. Milwaukee Brewers (9)
12. Atlanta Braves (7)
13. Minnesota Twins (12)
14. Colorado Rockies (15)
15. Arizona Diamondbacks (13)
16. Philadelphia Phillies (16)
17. Toronto Blue Jays (17)
18. Florida Marlins (18)
19. St. Louis Cardinals (20)
20. Oakland A's (19)
21. Chicago White Sox (21)
22. Baltimore Orioles (22)
23. Kansas City Royals (24)
24. Texas Rangers (27)
25. San Fracisco Giants (25)
26. Washington Nationals (29)
27. Houston Astros (26)
28. Pittsburgh Pirates (23)
29. Cinncinatii Reds (28)
30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (30)

Power Rankings week 15

1. LA Angels (4)
2. Detroit Tigers (2)
3. Boston Red Sox (1)
4. Cleveland Indians (3)
5. Seattle Mariners (7)
6. LA Dodgers (11)
7. Atlanta Braves (9)
8. New York Mets (6)
9. Milwaukee Brewers (8)
10. San Diego Padres (5)
11. Chicago Cubs (12)
12. Minnesota Twins (13)
13. Arizona Diamondbacks (14)
14. New York Yankees (10)
15. Colorado Rockies (15)
16. Philadelphia Phillies (17)
17. Toronto Blue Jays (18)
18. Florida Marlins (19)
19. Oakland A's (16)
20. St. Louis Cardinals (20)
21. Chicago White Sox (22)
22. Baltimore Orioles (24)
23. Pittsburgh Pirates (21)
24. Kansas City Royals (26)
25. San Francisco Giants (23)
26. Houston Astros (25)
27. Texas Rangers (27)
28. Cincinnati Reds (28)
29. Washington Nationals (29)
30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (30)

MLB Mid-Season Predictions

AL East:

1.Boston-Too great of lead to give up

2.New York-Will play better in 2nd half, should become competitive in Wild Card race, but too far behind Boston.

3.Toronto-If Yankees don't heat up Toronto has a chance at 2nd, but will not be a factor in the Wild Card Race.

4.Baltimore- Starters will keep them out of last.

5.Tampa Bay-Starters will put them in last.

AL Central:

1.Detroit-Combination of starters and offence make Detroit most talented team in baseball.

2.Minnesota-Not as talented as Cleveland, but much more consistent.

3.Cleveland- If they play to their potential, they will make the playoffs.

4.Chicago-Have a shot at .500 in the best case.

5.Royals-Are in striking distence of 4th at the break.

AL West:

1. LA Angels-I trust them more than Seattle.

2. Seattle- In a shocking 1st half the Mariners are only 3 games behind Boston for the best record in baseball.

3.Oakland- Yet again are in trouble at the break. Angels are too good to be passed, and Oakland has been unable to take advantage of Seattle thus far.

4.Texas-Not as bad as their record, but it is highly unlikely Texas can move up to 3rd.

NL East:

1.New York-The Mets have the best chance of building up a lead, but could easily lose the division.

2.Atlanta-Has a great chance of winning the division, but I can't see them running away with it.

3.Philly-Not as good as New York or Atlanta, but could take the division if they both falter.

4.Florida-Team does not have enough exp. to make up deficit.

5.Washington-May not finnish dead last in MLB!!!

AL Central:

1.Chicago-Brewers are unreliable, and the Cubs can make the division lead disapear rather quickly.

2.Milwaukee-Will probably just miss the playoffs, but the Brewers are well on their way to their first winning season in over a decade.

3.St. Louis-The best of the remaining 4.

4.Houston Astros-Clemens will not bail them out this year.

5.Pittsburgh-Underacheving team may finish as high as 3rd!

6.Reds-If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all.

NL West:

1.Dodgers: San Diego and Arizona are overacheving.

2.San Diego-Not having an offense will catch up to them.

3.Colorado-Very talented if inconsistent.

4.Arizona-Many of their young players are overated.

5.San Francisco-Old and not that good in general.

Wild Cards:
AL: Yankees
NL: Atlanta

Playoffs Round 1:

LA over Boston in 4
Detroit over NY in 3
LA over Atlanta in 5
NY over Chicago in 3

ALCS: Detroit over LA in 6
NLCS: NY over LA in 4

World Series: Detroit over New Yotk in 6

MLB Power Rankings Week 14

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. Detroit Tigers (6)
3. Cleveland Indians (3)
4. LA Angels (2)
5. San Diego Padres (7)
6. New Tork Mets (5)
7. Seattle Mariners (10)
8. Milwaukee Brewers (4)
9. Atlanta Braves (11)
10. New York Yankees (15)
11. LA Dadgers (8)
12. Chicago Cubs (14)
13. Minnesota Twins (12)
14. Arizona Diamondbacks (9)
15. Colorado Rockies (18)
16. Oakland A's (13)
17. Philadelphia Phillies (16)
18. Toronto Blue Jays (17)
19. Florida Marlins (20)
20. St. Louis Cardinals (19)
21. Pittsburgh Pirates (24)
22. Chicago White Sox (21)
23. San Francisco Giants (23)
24. Baltimore Orioles (22)
25. Houston Astros (27)
26. Kansas City Royals (25)
27. Texas Rangers (26)
28. Cincinnati Reds (30)
29. Washington Nationals (29)
30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (28)

MLB 3 months

Playoffs:

AL East: Boston
AL Central: Cleveland
AL West: LA Angels
Al Wild Card: Detroit

NL East: NY Mets
NL Central: Milwaukee
NL West: San Diego
NL Wild Card: Arizona

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
NL MVP: Prince Fielder
AL CY Young: John Lackey
NL CY Young: Brad Penny

MLB Power Rankings week 13

1. Boston Red Sox (2)
2. LA Angels (1)
3. Cleveland Indians (5)
4. Milwaukee Brewers (4)
5. New York Mets (10)
6. Detroit Tigers (3)
7. San Diego Padres (6)
8. LA Dodgers (7)
9. Arizona Diamondbacks (9)
10. Seattle Mariners (13)
11. Atlanta Braves (15)
12. Minnesota Twins (12)
13. Oakland A's (11)
14. Chicago Cubs (20)
15. New York Yankees (8)
16. Philadelphia Phillies (14)
17. Toronto Blue Jays (17)
18. Colorado Rockies (16)
19. St. Louis Cardinals (18)
20. Florida Marlins (19)
21. Chicago White Sox (28)
22. Baltimore Orioles (27)
23. San Francisco Giants (22)
24. Pittsburgh Pirates (24)
25. Kansas City Royals (29)
26. Texas Rangers (26)
27. Houston Astros (23)
28. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (21)
29. Washington Nationals (25)
30. Cincinnati Reds (30)

MLB Power Rankings Week 12

1. LA Angels (2)
2. Boston Red Sox (1)
3. Detroit Tigers (4)
4. Milwaukee Brewers (13)
5. Cleveland Indians (5)
6. San Diego Padres (9)
7. LA Dodgers (7)
8. New York Yankees (3)
9. Arizona Diamondbacks (11)
10 New York Mets (8)
11. Oakland A's (6)
12. Minnesota Twins (15)
13. Seattle Mariners (10)
14. Philledelphia Phillies (12)
15. Atlanta Braves (14)
16. Colorado Rockies (16)
17. Toronto Blue Jays (17)
18. St. Louis Cardinals (20)
19. Florida Marlins (19)
20. Chicago Cubs (18)
21. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (22)
22. San Fracisco Giants (21)
23. Houston Astros (27)
24. Pittsburgh Pirates (24)
25. Washington Nationals (23)
26. Texas Rangers (30)
27. Baltimore Orioles (26)
28. Chicago White Sox (25)
29. Kansas City Royals (28)
30. Cinncinati Reds (29)

MLB Power Rankings Week 11

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. LA Angels (2)
3. New York Yankees (13)
4. Detroit Tigers (8)
5. Cleveland Indians (4)
6. Oakland A's (9)
7. LA Dodgers (7)
8. New York Mets (3)
9. San Diego Padres (5)
10 Seattle Mariners (12)
11. Ariziona Diamondbacks (6)
12. Philadelphia Phillies (15)
13. Milwaukee Brewers (10)
14. Atlanta Braves (11)
15. Minnesota Twins (14)
16. Colorado Rockies (19)
17. Toronto Blue Jays (20)
18. Chicago Cubs (23)
19. Florida Marlins (16)
20. St. Louis Cardinals (18)
21. San Fracisco Giants (21)
22. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (24)
23. Washington Nationals (27)
24. Pittsburgh Pirates (26)
25. Chicago White Sox (22)
26. Baltimore Orioles (17)
27. Houston Astros (25)
28. Kansas City Royals (29)
29. Cincinnati Reds (28)
30. Texas Rangers (30)

MLB Power Rankings Week Ten

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. LA Angels (4)
3. New York Mets (2)
4. Cleveland Indians (3)
5. San Diego Padres (6)
6. Arizona Diamondbacks (8)
7. LA Dodgers (5)
8. Detroit Tigers (9)
9. Oakland A's (12)
10. Milwaukee Brewers (10)
11. Atlanta Braves (7)
12. Seattle Mariners (14)
13. New York Yankees (19)
14. Minnesota Twins (11)
15. Philadelphia Phillies (15)
16. Florida Marlins (17)
17. Baltimore Orioles (16)
18. St. Louis Cardinals (22)
19. Colorado Rockies (21)
20. Toronto Blue Jays (18)
21. San Francisco Giants (20)
22. Chicago White Sox (13)
23. Chicago Cubs (24)
24. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (26)
25. Houston Astros (27)
26. Pittsburgh Pirates (23)
27. Washington Nationals (25)
28. Cincinnati Reds (28)
29. Kansas City Royals (29)
30. Texas Rangers (30)

Republican Debate Rankings

1. John McCain: Showed understanding and insight on issues. Did not repeat poor preformences of earlier debates.

2. Mike Huckabee: Another strong preformence. Passionate, religious yet non-devisive at the same time.

3. Rudy Giuliani: Tried to avoid social issues at time, but very strong in defense related questions.

4. Sam Brownback: Spoke well to religious sentiment of GOP, but also had some substance.

5. Jim Gilmore: No major mistakes, but forgettable over all.

6. Mitt Romney: His weakest debate preformence so far, was out classed by Rudy and McCain. Seemed to support his image as a flip-flopper.

7. Tom Tancredo: His imigration stance is scary.

8. Duncan Hunter: Meh.

9. Ron Paul: Stood by his ideas, but was not a passionate.

10. Tommy Thompson: I'm not sure if he had a bad preformence or not. I can't remember anything he said. Belnded in with Gilmore and Hunter.

Democratic Debate Rankings

1. John Edwards: Out preformed rest of 1st level candidates

2. Bill Richardson: Started ou weak, but finnished the strongest

3. Joe Biden: Fewest mistakes.

4. Chris Dodd: Solid answers when he got a chance to speak

5. Hillary Clinton: Blamed Bush too much

6. Barack Obama: Opposite of Richardson

7. Dennis Kucinich: Same old Dennis

8. Mike Gravel: Toned down from 1st debate, did not speek much

MLB 2 Months

The Playoffs:

AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Cleveland Indians
AL West: LA Angels
AL Wild Card: Detroit Tigers

NL East: New York Mets
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: San Diego Padres
NL Wild Card: LA Dodgers

AL MVP: Vladimir Guerrero
AL CY YOUNG: John Lacky

NL MVP: Prince Fielder
NL CY YOUNG: Jake Peavy

MLB Power Rankings Week Nine

1.Boston Red Sox (1)
2.New York Mets (2)
3.Cleveland Indians (3)
4.LA Angels (4)
5.LA Dodgers (7)
6.San Diego Padres (6)
7.Atlanta Braves (8)
8.Arizona Diamondbacks (10)
9.Detroit Tigers (5)
10.Milwaukee Brewers (9)
11.Minnesota Twins (17)
12.Oakland A's (12)
13.Chicago White Sox (11)
14.Seattle Mariners (14)
15.Philadelphia Phillies (13)
16.Baltimore Orioles (22)
17.Florida Marlins (20)
18.Toronto Blue Jays (19)
19.New York Yankees (16)
20.San Francisco Giants (15)
21.Colorado Rockies (21)
22.St.Louis Cardinals (24)
23.Pittsburgh Pirates (23)
24.Chicago Cubs (18)
25.Washington Nationals (27)
26.Tampa Bay Devil Rays (26)
27.Houston Astros (25)
28.Cincinnati Reds (30)
29.Kansas City Royals (28)
30.Texas Rangers (29)

MLB Power Rankings Week 8

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. New York Mets (2)
3. Cleveland Indians (5)
4. LA Angels (7)
5. Detroit Tigers(6)
6. San Diego Padres (10)
7. LA Dodgers (8)
8. Atlanta Braves (4)
9. Milwaukee Brewers (3)
10. Arizona Diamondbacks (13)
11. Chicago White Sox (9)
12. Oakland A's (11)
13. Philledelphia Phillies (12)
14. Seattle Mariners (16)
15. San Francisco Giants (19)
16. New York Yankees(15)
17. Minnesota Twins (18)
18. Chicago Cubs (17)
19. Toronto Blue Jays (20)
20. Florida Marlins (23)
21. Colorado Rockies (27)
22. Baltimore Orioles (22)
23. Pittsburgh Pirates (21)
24. St. Louis Cardinals (25)
25. Houston Astros (14)
26. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (24)
27. Washington Nationals (28)
28. Kansas City Royals (26)
29. Texas Rangers (30)
30. Cinncinati Reds (29)

MLB Power Rankings Week 7

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. New York Mets (5)
3. Milwaukee Brewers (2)
4. Atlanta Braves (4)
5. Cleveland Indians (6)
6. Detroit Tigers (3)
7. LA Angels (8)
8. LA Dodgers (7)
9. Chicago White Sox (11)
10. San Diego Padres (12)
11. Oakland A's(10)
12. Philledelphia Phillies (19)
13. Arizona Diamondbacks (9)
14. Houston Astros (20)
15. Nwe York Yankees (17)
16. Seattle Mariners (14)
17. Chicago Cubs (13)
18. Minnesota Twins (16)
19. San Francisco Giants (15)
20. Toronto Blue Jays (22)
21. Pittsburgh Pirates (24)
22. Baltimore Orioles (18)
23. Florida Marlins (21)
24. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (25)
25. St. Louis Cardinals (23)
26. Kansas City Royals (29)
27. Colorado Rockies (26)
28. Washington Nationals (30)
29. Cinncinati Reds (28)
30. Texas Rangers (27)
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GOP debate rankings

1. Mike Huckabee: Another strong preformence. Seemed likeable and had good Republican answers.

2. John McCain: By far the best of the big 3. Did not seem as old as in the 1st debate.

3. Sam Brownback: His abortion answer will be very popular among GOP's.

4. Rudy Giuliani: Best moment was responding to Ron Paul.

5. Ron Paul: The most memerable debater. However Iraq possition is more in line with Democrats.

6. Mitt Romney: Not terible, but weakest of the big 3. Not as polished as 1st debate.

7. Duncan Hunter: Ok, but did not set himself apart.

8. Jim Gilmore: A non-entity.

9. Tom Tancredo: Did not talk enough about imigration, which is his main issue.

10. Tommy Thompson: Talked once or twice.

MLB Power Rankings Week 6

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. Millwaukee Brewers (5)
3. Detroit Tigers (6)
4. Atlanta Braves (3)
5. New York Mets (4)
6. Cleveland Indians (2)
7. LA Dodgers (7)
8. LA Angels (8)
9. Arizona DiamondBacks (11)
10. Oakland A's (16)
11. Chicago White Sox (20)
12. San Diego Padres (13)
13. Chicago Cubs (18)
14. Seattle Mariners (14)
15. San Francisco Giants (10)
16. Minnesota Twins (9)
17. New York Yankees (15)
18. Baltimore Orioles (25)
19. Philledelphia Phillies (19)
20. Houston Astros (26)
21. Florida Marlins (17)
22. Toronto Blue Jays (12)
23. St. Louis Cardinals (23)
24. Pittsburgh Pirates (21)
25. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (24)
26. Colorado Rockies (27)
27. Texas Rangers (28)
28. Cinncinati Reds (22)
29. Kansas City Royals (29)
30. Washington Nationals (30)

MLB Power Rankings Week 5

1. Boston Red Sox (1)
2. Cleveland Indians (4)
3. Atlanta Braves (2)
4. New York Mets (3)
5. Milwaukee Brewers (7)
6. Detroit Tigers (9)
7. LA Dodgers (6)
8. LA Angels (11)
9. Minnesota Twins (8)
10. San Francisco Giants (10)
11. Arizona Diamondbacks (13)
12. Toronto Blue Jays (12)
13. San Diego Padres (14)
14. Seattle Mariners (17)
15. New York Yankees (21)
16. Oakland A's (16)
17. Florida Marlins (22)
18. Chicago Cubs (27)
19. Phildelphia Phillies (19)
20. Chicago White Sox (5)
21. Pittsburgh Pirates (18)
22. Cinncinati Reds (23)
23. St. Louis Cardinals (15)
24. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (26)
25. Baltimore Orioles (20)
26. Houston Astros (24)
27. Colorado Rockies (28)
28. Texas Rangers (25)
29. Kansas City Royals (30)
30. Washington Nationals (29)

Republican Debate Rankings

1. Mike Huckabee: Seemed to really believe what he said. Used faith a lot but was believable

2. Duncan Hunter: Very strong preformence. Seemed sane and seemed to understand issues.

3. Mitt Romney: Solid overall preformence. Weak abortion answer.

4. Jim Gilmore: He got on tv!!!

5. Rudy Giuliani: OK. But tried to avoid answering some questions.

6. John McCain: Age showed. Got better twords the end.

7. Ron Paul: Stuck to his guns, but his guns won't get him far.

8. Sam Brownback: a non entity during the debate.

9. Tommy Thompson: No very strong answers, seemed to try and go around some questions.

10. Tom Tancredo: Not much face time, and didn't do well with what was given to him.

Baseball One month

If the Season ended today:

AL East: Boston
AL Central: CLeveland
AL West: LA
AL Wild Card: Minnesota
AL MVP: A-ROD
AL Cy Young: Josh Beckett

NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee
NL West: Arizona
NL Wild Card: New York
NL MVP: Barry Bonds
NL Cy Young: John Maine

MLB April

MLB April

MLB Power Rankings Week 4

1. Boston Red Sox (2)
2. Atlanta Braves (5)
3. New York Mets (1)
4. Cleveland Indians (16)
5. Chicago White Sox (13)
6. LA Dodgers (4)
7. Milwaukee Brewers (11)
8. Minnesota Twins (3)
9. Detroit Tigers (7)
10. San Francisco Giants (25)
11. LA Angels (20)
12. Toronto Blue Jays (12)
13. Arizona Diamondbacks (8)
14. San Diego Padres (9)
15. St. Louis Cardinals (18)
16. Oakland A's (10)
17. Seattle Mariners (21)
18. Pittsburgh Pirates (27)
19. Philedelphia Phillies (28)
20. Baltimore Orioles (17)
21. New York Yankees (6)
22. Florida Marlins (19)
23. Cincinnati Reds (15)
24. Houston Astros (14)
25. Texas Rangers (26)
26. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (24)
27. Chicago Cubs (23)
28. Colorado Rockies (22)
29. Washington Nationals (30)
30. Kansas City Royals (29)

Democratic Debate Rankings

1. Hillary Clinton: Seemed to have all of the right answers.

2. Joe Biden: Very Presidential, gave the line of the night by answering simply "yes" to a question.

3. Barack Obama: Not a good overall performance, but Kucinich and Gravel bailed him out at the end.

4. John Edwards: OK overall, but stalling on God question may hurt him a bit, although not much with Democrats.

5. Dennis Kucinich: Seemed sane with Gravel there.

6. Chris Dodd: Was he even at the debate?

7. Bill Richardson: Very poor performance, took to long and seemed flustered, I am undecided again.

8. Mike Gravel: Funny. Personal attacks galore. The highlight was when he asked Obama what country he wanted to nuke.

Presidential Contender: Rudy Giuliani

This week's 2008 presidential contender profile is on former New York city mayor, Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has shot up to the top of the GOP field which is somewhat surprising due to his personal history (3 wives) and some of his political stances.

Issues:

Fiscal Responsibility: cut bureaucracy other than law enforcement and education.

Taxes: Supports supply-side economics.

Iraq: Against timetable, stay in until job is done, supports surge.

Judges: Would appoint Scalia type judges

Education: increase funding, supports charter schools

Abortion: Pro-Choice

Gun Control: supports gun-control

Gay marriage: supports civil unions

So far Rudy's unpopular social views have not hurt him, but there is a possibility that they still could. I believe Rudy's strength shows that the Republicans as a whole are scared, so they have become willing to give up to a large extent at least for the short term on several issues that have been key to them in the past such as gun control, abortion, and Gay marriage. Rudy would definitely be the strongest candidate for the GOP, but I'm still not convinced that the Republicans will indeed go for Rudy. I personally will not vote for Rudy because he is an obnoxious Yankees fan.

MLB Power Rankings Week 3

1. New York Mets (3)
2. Boston Red Sox (14)
3. Minnesota Twins (5)
4. LA Dodgers (8)
5. Atlanta Braves (1)
6. New York Yankees (12)
7. Detroit Tigers (4)
8. Arizona Diamondbacks (6)
9. San Diego Padres (9)
10. Oakland A's (18)
11. Milwaukee Brewers (16)
12. Toronto Blue Jays (10)
13. Chicago White Sox (15)
14. Houston Astros (22)
15. Cincinnati Reds (17)
16. Cleveland Indians (11)
17. Baltimore Orioles (24)
18. St. Louis Cardinals (7)
19. Florida Marlins (13)
20. LA Angels (2)
21. Seattle Mariners (19)
22. Colorado Rockies (21)
23. Chicago Cubs (23)
24. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (27)
25. San Fancisco Giants (28)
26. Texas Rangers (20)
27. Pittsburgh Pirates (25)
28. Philadelphia Phillies (26)
29. Kansas City Royals (29)
30. Washington Nationals (30)

NBA Playoff Predictions

Round 1:
Detroit over Orlando in 5
Cleveland over Washington in 4
Toronto over New Jersy in 7
Chicago over Miami in 6
Dallas over Golden State in 5
Phoenix over LA Lakers in 6
San Antonio over Denver in 5
Utah over Houston in 6

Round 2
Chicago over Detroit in 6
Cleveland over Toronto in 5
Dallas over Utah in 4
San Antonio over Phoenix in 6

Round 3
Cleveland over Chicago in 6
Dallas over San Antonio in 7

Finals
Dallas over Cleveland in 5

MlB Power Rankings Week 2

This Weeks Power Rankings last week in ()

1. Atlanta Braves (5)
2. LA Angels (4)
3. New York Mets (1)
4. Detroit Tigers (8)
5. Minnesota Twins (6)
6. Arizona Dimondbacks (14)
7. St. Louis Cardinals (19)
8. LA Dodgers (16)
9. San Diego Padres (9)
10. Toronto Blue Jays (13)
11. Cleveland Indians (7)
12. New York Yankees (2)
13. Florida Marlins (10)
14. Boston Red Sox (3)
15. Chicago White Sox (17)
16. Milwaukee Brewers (11)
17. Cinncinatti Reds (15)
18. Oakland A's (12)
19. Seattle Mariners (20)
20. Texas Rangers (27)
21. Colorado Rockies (21)
22. Houston Astros (28)
23. Chicago Cubs (22)
24. Baltimore Orioles (30)
25. Pittsburgh Pirates (18)
26. Philledelphia Phillies (25)
27. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (23)
28. San Francisco Giants (24)
29. Kansas City Royals (26)
30. Washington Nationals (29)

Presidential Contender: Jim Gilmore

This week 2008 candidate profile, is former Republican Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.

Issues:

Taxes: Supports Bush Tax cuts, touts tax-cutting record as governor, opposes taxation on the Internet

Immigration: opposes amnesty

Iraq: supports surge, opposes timetable

2nd Amendment: opposes gun control

Abortion: Pro-choice

Gay Marriage: opposes marriage and civil-unions

Gilmore has been out of politics since 2002 when he left office. Gilmore has run by far the most lackluster campaign, and one wonders does he really want to win? His views are very conservative, and he is trying to run as one of the five or six "true conservative" candidate. I would not support him in the general, but I won't have to since he has no chance in the primaries.

MLB Power Rankings Week One

1. New York Mets
2. New York Yankees
3. Boston Red Sox
4. LA Angels
5. Atlanta Braves
6. Minnesota Twins
7. Cleveland Indians
8. Detroit Tigers
9. San Diego Padres
10. Florida Marlins
11. Milwaukee Brewers
12. Oakland A's
13. Toronto Blue Jays
14. Arizona Dimondbacks
15. Cincinnati Red's
16. LA Dodgers
17. Chicago White Sox
18. Pittsburgh Pirates
19. St. Louis Cardinals
20. Seattle Mariners
21. Colorado Rockies
22. Chicago Cubs
23. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
24. San Francisco Giants
25. Philedelphia Phillies
26. Kansas City Royals
27. Texas Rangers
28. Houston Astros
29. Washington Nationals
30. Baltimore Orioles

NCAA Final

Ohio State over Florida

MLB Predictions

AL East:
1. New York
2. Boston
3. Toronto
4. Baltimore
5. Tampa Bay

AL Central:
1.Chicago
2. Detroit
3. Cleveland
4. Minnesota
5. Kansas City

AL West:
1. Los Angles
2.Oakland
3. Texas
4. Seattle

NL East:
1. New York
2. Atlanta
3. Philly
4. Florida
5. Washington

NL Central:
1. St. Louis
2. Chicago
3. Milwaukee
4. Cincinnati
5. Houston
6. Pittsburgh

NL West:
1. Los Angles
2. San Diego
3. San Francisco
4. Colorado
5. Arizona

Playoffs:

Division Series:
Chicago (AL) over Boston
Los Angeles (AL) over New York (AL)
Atlanta over Los Angeles (NL)
St Louis over New York (NL)

Championship Series:
Chicago (AL) over Los Angeles (AL)
St Louis over Atlanta

World Series:
Chicago (AL) over St. Louis

Final Four predictions

My Final four predictions:

UCLA over Florida
Ohio State over Georgetown

Elite Eight Predictions

So far I'm 36-20. I was unable to post in time for the first two games 0f the elite eight, so here are my predictions for the last two.

Oregon over Florida
Georgetown over North Carolina

Sweet 16 Predictions

So far I'm 30-18. Here are my Sweet 16 predictions:

1 Florida over 5 Butler
3 Oregon over 7 UNLV
1 Kansas over 4 S. Illinois
2 UCLA over 3 Pitt
5 USC over 1 North Carolina
2 Georgetown over 6 Vanderbilt
1 Ohio St. over 5 Tennessee
3 Texas A&M over 2 Memphis

NCAA Round 2 Predictions

After one round I'm 22-11. Here are my predictions for round 2:

1Florida over 9Prudue
4Maryland over 5Butler
3Oregon over 11Winthrop
2Wisconsin over 7UNLV
1Kansas over 8Kentucky
5Virginia Tech over 4Southern Illinois
3Pitt over 11VCU
2UCLA over 7Indiana
9Michigan St. over 1North Carolina
5USC over 4Texas
3Washington St. over 6 Vanderbilt
2Georgetown over 7Boston College
1Ohio St. over 9Xavier
4Virginia over 5Tennessee
6Louisville over 3Texas A&M
7Nevada over 2Memphis

NCAA Round 1 Predictions

Play in game: Niagra over Florida A&M

Midwest:

1 Florida over 16 Jackson St.
8 Arizona over 9 Purdue
12 Old Dominion over 5 Butler
4 Maryland over 13 Davidson
6 Notre Dame over 11 Winthrop
3 Oregon over 14 Miami OH
10 Georgia Tech over 7 UNLV
2 Wisconsin over 15 Texas A&M C.C.

West:
1 Kansas over 16 Niagra
9 Villinova over 8 Kentucky
5 Virgina Tech over 12 Illinois
4 Southern Illinois over 13 Holy Cross
11 VCU over 6 Duke
14 Wright St. over 3 Pitt
10 Gonzaga over 7 Indiana
2 UCLA over 15 Weber St.

East:
1 North Carolina over 16 Eastern Kentucky
8 Marquette over 9 Michigan St.
5 USC over 12 Arkansas
4 Texas over 13 New Mexico St.
11 George Washingron over 6 Vanderbilt
3 Washington St. over 14 Oral Roberts
10 Texas Tech over 7 Boston College
2 Georgetown over 15 Belmont

South:
1 Ohio St. over 16 Central Conn. St
9 Xavier over 8 BYU
5 Tennessee over 12 Lon Beach St.
4 Virgina over 13 Albany
11 Stanford over 6 Louisville
3 Texas A&M over 14 Penn
7 Nevada over 10 Creighton
2 Memphis over 15 North Texas

Dream Season

With baseball just starting up again, fans in most cities take a look at their team and say "hey if we don't have any injuries, that one Rookie turns out well, our third baseman learns how to hit, and if a few of our rivals best players are suspended for steroids, we could have a chance." I am no different, deep down I know the chances of my Mariners making a run is slim to none, I still dream. Here is my Dream Season(note these are not my predictions I will have a week long baseball preview later).

AL East:
1. Toronto
2. Tampa Bay
3. Baltimore
4. Boston
5. New York

AL Central:
1. Cleveland
2. Detroit
3. Kansas City
4. Minnesota
5. Chicago

AL West:
1. Seattle
2. Los Angeles
3. Texas
4. Oakland

AL Wild Card: Detroit

NL East:
1. Washington
2. Philly
3. New York
4. Atlanta
5. Florida

NL Central:
1. Pittsburgh
2. Cinncinatti
3. Millwaukee
4. Chicago
5. St. Louis
6. Houston

NL West:
1. Colorado
2. San Diego
3. San Francisco
4. Arizona
5. Los Angeles

NL Wild Card: Cinncinatti

Playoffs:

Seattle over Detroit
Cleveland over Toronto
Pittsburgh over Colorado
Cinncinatti over Washington

ALCS:
Seattle over Cleveland

NLCS:
Pittsburgh over Cinncinatti

World Series:
Seattle over Pittsburgh

Bill Richardson for President

After three months of waiting I am finally ready to back a candidate for president. After taking a close look at all of the Democratic hopefuls, as well as a few of the more reasonable Republican hopefuls I have decided that the candidate who would make the best president is New Mexico Governor, Bill Richardson.

I know Richardson is considered a long shot, and he is, but if any of the non-big three candidates can move up it's Richardson, and I see no reason to pick a candidate who is first tear, but is of second tear quality. And I have some major problems with each of the top three Democrats:

Clinton: Has tried to sell out the last couple of years to make herself more electable.

Edwards: not a lot of experience, and a bit of an empty suit.

Obama: Too little experience.

But it's not just that I am unenthusiastic about the top Democratic candidates, I am also very impressed with Richardson's record: 14 years as a US congressperson, two years as US Ambassador to the United Nations, two years as US Secretary of Energy, and he has just started his second term as governor of New Mexico.

As governor Richardson has been ranked as one of the most fiscally responsible Governors. Richardson has also been one of the leading American diplomats for over a decade, being sent to places such as Sudan and North Korea, and has even been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize four times.

Richardson for President. (Unless maybe if Gore runs)

Presidential Contender: John Edwards

This weeks presidential profile is on former Democratic North Carolina Senator, John Edwards. Edwards is of course most famous for coming in second to John Kerry in the 2004 Democratic Primary, and being the Vice Presidential candidate last election. Before entering politics Edwards was a personal injury trial lawyer, and is a multi-millionaire.

Issues:

Health Care: Require businesses to help pay for employees health care, make health insurance mandatory.

Iraq: against

Immigration: supports work visas, expand legal immigration

Energy: invest more in renewable energy sources

Abortion: pro-choice

-note: Not a lot of information on Edwards policy stances is available


At the moment Edwards is in third place, but is well behind Clinton and Obama. I have been surprised at how much of his support from 04 has remained, even after a lack-luster performance as running mate, and the bitterness in general that democrats feel from the last election. In the primaries I will not support him, since he was only a one-term senator, who would be four years removed from power, and had an overall unimpressive term in the Senate. In the general I may take a serious look at McCain if he's the nominee, but I can't see myself voting for any of the other Republican front runners over Edwards.

NCAA Confrence Tournaments Predictions

My confrence championship preditions:


America East: Vermont

Atlantic 10: Xavier

ACC: North Carolina

Atlantic Sun: Belmont

Big 12: Texas

Big East: Georgetown

Big Sky: Montana

Big 10: Ohio St.

Big West: Long Beach St.

Colonial Athletic Association: Hofstra

Conference USA: Memphis

Horizon League: Butler

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference: Marist

Mid Continent Conference: Oakland

Mid-American Conference: Kent State

Mid-Eastern: Delaware St.

Missouri Valley Conference: Creighton

Mountain West: Air Force

Northeast: Central Conneticut

Ohio Valley: Austin Peay

Pac-10: Washington State

Patriot League: Bucknell

SEC: Florida

Southern Conference: Davidson

Southland Conference: Sam Houston St.

SWAC: Jackson St.

Sun Belt: Western Kentucky

WCC: Gonzaga

WAC: Nevada

Presidential Contender: Chris Dodd

Chris Dodd is a long time Senator (5 terms) from Connecticut. Dodd also served as a US Congressman for three terms before being elected to to Senate in 1980. Dodd serves on the following committees in the Senate, Rules and Administration, Foreign Relations, Health Education Labor and Pensions, and Banking Housing and Urban Affairs. Dodd was also the Chairman of the DNC from 1995 to 1997.

Issues:

Security: reimburse soldiers for body armor, increase funding for fire fighters.

Education: Increase funding for Head Start, reform No Child Left Behind, increase funding of special education, expand student loans and grants, make tuition tax deductible.

Energy/Environment: Increase car mileage, mandate that 20% of US energy come from renewable sources, tax incentives for ethanol re-join Kyoto.

Economy: Increase funding of SBA, increase technical training for women, increase the self-employment health deduction, exempt small businesses from the estate tax.


Dodd is is one of the most experienced candidates in the field, but is also one of the most unexciting. There is nothing about him that is different from the rest of the candidates, even his experience which should be his most valuable asset is equaled Biden who seems to be running a more serious campaign. Unless Dodd comes out with some major policy proposal I see no reason to support him during the Primary, however if he some how makes it to the general, I would be perfectly comfortable with voting for him.

Vilsack Out

Today Iowa governor Tom Vilsack ended his presidential campaigned do to lack of funds. Vilsack who in spite of being a two term Iowa governor, was polling fourth and was around five percent elsewhere. It is unknown where Vilsack's support will go, since it had been rumored that he was in the race to help Hillary, but was running primarily on an anti-war platform.

Democratic Nevada Forum Rankings

My rankings of the Democratic candidates preformence at todays Candidate forum in Nevada. Note Dodd spoke but I was unable to see him because of class, so he is not in my rankings.

1.Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack: Just an over all good preformence.

2.New York Senator Hillary Clinton: Clinton made another solid preformence much like her recent stops in Iowa and New Hampshire.

3.New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson: Lacked energy but put a good foot forward by stressing experience and campaine civility.

4.Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards: A standerd Edwards speel, but with seemingly less energy.

5.Delaware Senator Joe Biden: OK over all but oozed his annoying Bideness.

6.Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Would have ranked him a spot or two higher, but he left the stage spining around in circles, with his arms out yelling "no strings attatched" over and over again.

7.Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel: Was bumbling the whole way through and seemed agitated.

Presidential Contender: Hillary Clinton

This week's 2008 Presidential profile is Democrat Hillary Clinton. Clinton is of course best known for being the wife of former president Bill Clinton, but in 2000 was elected herself as a Senator from the state of New York. In the Senate Clinton sits on the Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the Special Committee on Aging.

Issues:

Education: Against Vouchers, Against organized Prayer.

Environment: Pro-Kyoto Protocol, Anit-ANWAR dirlling.

Budget/Taxes/Economy: Supports repeal of Bush tax cuts, Pro-free-trade.

Net Neutrality: Supports

Health Care: Subsidise poor.

Iraq: Against withdrawl

Abortion; Pro-Choice

Gay Marriage: For civil unions and against marriage.

Flag Burning: Supports anti-Flag burning Amendment.

Stem Cells: Supports federal funding for embryonic research.

Video Games: Tighter regulaton.


I have mixed feelings about Clinton politically, while I support her on issues such as the environment, I am puzzled on some of her possisions such as the flag burning amendment, and she seems to be the most pro-war Democrat running. In the early stages I will not support her, but I would be willing to if the some of the candidates I like drop out. In the general I would probably vote Hillary, but would take a look at the Republican if they nominate a moderate. As it stands now Hillary is the clear front runner, but she has not won yet, but look for her to be in it until the bitter end.

Baseball signings

A list off off-season free agent signings by team.

Arizona:
none

Oakland:
RP Alan Embree, LF Ricky Ledee, C Mike Piazza, LF Shannon Stewart

San Franciso: 3b Rich Aurilia, LF Ryan Klesko, C Bengie Molina, SP Russ Ortiz, CF Dave Roberts, SP Barry Zito

Los Angeles Angels: 1B Shea Hillenbrand, CF Garry Matthews, RP Darren Oliver, RP Justin Speier

Los Angeles Dodgers:
LF Luis Gonzalez, C Mike Lieberthal, CF Juan Pierre, SP Jason Schmidt, RP Rudy Seanez, 3B Fernando Tatis, SP Randy Wolf

San Diego:
LF Jose Cruz, 2B Marcus Giles, C Todd Greene, SP Greg Maddux

Colorado:
RF Alexis Gomez, RP LeTroy Hawkins, RP Matt Herges, 1B John Mabry

Florida:
3B Aaron Boone

Tampa Bay:
3B Akinori Iwamura

Atlanta:
RP Tanyon Sturtze, 1B Craig Wilson, 2B Chris Woodward

Chicago Cubs:
2B Mark DeRosa, LF Cliff Floyd, SP Ted Lilly, SP Jason Marquis, SS Tomas Perez, CF Alfonso Soriano, RF Daryl Ward

Chicago White Sox:
CF Darren Erstad, C Toby Hall, 1B Eduardo Perez

Baltimore:
RP Danys Baez, C Paul Bako, RP Chad Bradford, 3B Aubrey Huff, LF Jon Knott, RF Jay Payton, SP Steve Trachsel, RP Jamie Walker, RP Scott Williamson

Boston:
RF J.D. Drew, SS Julio Lugo, SP Daisuke Matsuzaki, RP Hedeki Okajima, SP Joel Pineiro, RP J.C Romero

Detroit:
RP Jose Mesa

Minnesota:
3B Jeff Cirillo, SP Ramon Ortiz

St. Louis:
RP Ryan Franklin, 2B Adam Kennedy, RP Russ Springer, SP Kip Wells

Kansas City:
RP Octavio Dotel, SP Gil Meche, RP Dave Riske

New York Mets:
RF Moises Alou, SS Damion Easley, LF David Newhan, SP Chan Ho Park, C Jose Reyes, RP Scott Schoenewies, SP Aaron Sele, RP Jorge Sosa

New York Yankees:
SP Kei Igawa, 1B Doug Mienkiewicz, RP Jeff Nelson, SP Andy Pettite, C Todd Pratt

Cleveland:
RP Joe Browski, LF David Dellucci, RP Keith Foulke, RP Aaron Fultz, RP Roberto Hernandez, RF Trot Nixon

Cincinnati:
SS Alex Gonzalez, RP Brian Meadows, RP Mike Stanton

Philadelphia:
C Rod Barajas, SP Adom Eaton, 3B Wes Helms, RF Jayson Werth

Pittsburgh:
SP Tony Armas, C Einar Diaz, SS Jose Hernandez, SP Yoslan Herrera, RP Dan Kolb

Texas:
CF Marlon Byrd, LF Frank Catalnotto, SP Bruce Chen, RP Wille Eyer, RP Eric Gagne, CF Kenny Lofton, SP Jamey Wright

Houston:
LF Carlos Lee, 2B Mark Loretta, SP Brian Moehler, RP Rick White, SP Woddy Williams

Washington:
RP Ray King, SP Jarome Williams

Seattle:
SP Miguel Batista, RF Jose Guillan, RP Chris Reithsma, RP Artur Rhodes, SP Jeff Weaver

Milwaukee:
SS Craig Counsell, SP Jeff Suppan

Toronto:
SS Royce Clayton, SP Tomo Ohka, RF Matt Stairs, DH Frank Thomas, SP John Thompson, SP Victor Zambrano

Grades

My grades for the early campaigns of the 08 hopefulls:

Demorats:

Joe Biden: F : In spite of running a "clean" campaign.

Hillary Clinton: A- : She has not faded at all and has been well recieved other than her "webcast" she had after first announcing.

Chris Dodd: C : Has not done anything wrong but also has not done anything right, the best thing to happen to him so far is Bidens self-destruction.

John Edwards: B- : His campaine has been mixed he has polled well in some states but has also made some mistakes such as his anti-catholic bloggers.

Mike Gravel: B : The fact that he was allowed to speak at the winter meetings was a victory.

Dennis Kucinich: D : Has not capitalized on liberal Democrats and name rec.

Barack Obama: B : Has gone from a freshman Senator to a leading democratic candidate in just a few months.

Bill Richardson: C : Has just entered and has not done much so far.

Tom Vilsack: C+ : Made a good move by being the first (other than Gravel) to announce, but has been over shadowed by the bigger names.


Republicans:

Sam Brownback: D : Has failed to gain any ground inspite of possible conservative opening.

Jim Gilmore: D- : He finnaly made a web site.

Rudy Giuliani: B+ : Has gained in the polls, but has also leaked sensitive campaine materials.

Mike Huckabee: Has been impresive on tv, but has not gained any real ground.

Duncan Hunter: B- : Unknown but has gotten several endorcements.

John McCain: C- : Remains at or near the top, but seems to be fading.

Ron Paul: D+ : Has not done anything so far.

Mitt Romney: B : Has raised a lot of money
and gained a lot of endorcements, but is still running well behind Rudy and McCain.

Tom Tancredo: C : No news is good news with Tom.

Tommy Thompson: C+ : Remains low on the Power Rankings, but seems to be focused on a White House run.

Presidential Contender: Sam Brownback

This week's White House hopefull profile is Republican Kansas Senator Sam Brownback. Brownback began his political career in 1986, when he became the Kansas secretary of Agriculture where he served until 1993. In 1994 Brownback was elected to the US House of Representatives where he served until he won a special election to take the Senate seat of the retiring Bob Dole. In the Senate Brownback serves on the Judiciary Commitee and the Appropriations Committee. Brownback converted to Catholicism after belonging to an evangelical church.

Political positions:

Agriculture-Increase development of bio-fules and ethanol.

Culture-Fine media outlets which promote violent and indecent programing.

Education-Pro-vouchers

Gun control-Pro-gun rights

Gay marriage-Against marriage and civil unions.

Rural America-Create a new Homstead Act to revitalize Rural America.

UN-Reduce size of UN.

Church and State- Reduce the seperation of Curch and State

Taxes-Keep Bush tax cuts and simplify tax code by introducing a flat-tax.

Abortion-Against Roe v. Wade.

Evolution-Supports the teaching of intelligent design.

Capital Punishment-Reduce use of Death Penalty.

Iraq-Against Surge.

Stem Cell-Against embrionic reserch

I am impressed that Brownback more than many other politicians seems to deeply believe in his political possitions, and is not just pandering for his own gain, however he stands to the right of the current Republican leaders and would be too conservative for me to support in the general. Brownback's campaine seems to be floundering, since he has gained almost no ground since entering the race and unless he can unite the right behind him and not Romney or any of the other Republican hopefulls who are looking to be the candidate of the right, Brownback is going nowhere.

February Sucks

For the month which has the Super Bowl one would think that February would be a good sports month, but it isn't in fact February is the worst month for sports in the year. All February has got is the boring NBA and NHL regular seasons, where January has most of the NFL playoffs, and March has Spring training and March madness.

Months ranked in order from best to worst for sports:

1.October
2.April
3.September
4.March
5.November
6.June
7.January
8.December
9.May
10.July
11.August
12.February

Presidential Contender: Joe Biden

Today I will be starting a new series on the 2008 Presidential hopefulls. I will give background info, their stances on the issues and my personal opinion of them.

The first Presidential Hopefull I will do is Delaware Senator, Joe Biden. Biden has served in the Senate since 1973 and is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and has been the Chair of the Judiciary Committee in the past. Biden made a run in 1988, but was forced to leave the race before the first primary, because of several mistakes most notably plagiarizing a speech from the then leader of the British Labor party Neil Kinnock.

Biden on the issues:

Iraq: Against spliting country, share oil revenues between the three different groups, greter international involvement including Iran, and Draw down US forces to about 20,000.

Afghanistan: Greater US involvement, inculding a possible troop increase and greater economic aid.

Energy: Increase fule efficiency, and increase use of biodiesel and ethonal.

Health Care: Modernize the system, by switching to electronic records, thus speeding up the system.

Higher Education: Increase tuition tax deduction, expand Pell grants, and expand national service programs.

Homeland Security: Take away tax cuts from wealthy to provide greater funding for Homeland Security. The funds will goto: screaning ships, protect chemical facilities, air cargo screaning, expand FBI and local law enforcement, and create local anti-terorism units.

Crime: Restore greater funding to local and state law enforcement.

Golbal Warming: Invest in technology to reduce emisions, and reduce trade from contries who are not improving.

Biden showed why he will likely never be President last week. On the day he announced, he made some stupid comments about fellow Democrat Barack Obama, that compleatly overshadowed him entering the race. Before his Obama comments, he had been gaining slightly, but now any slim chance he had has now gone up in smoke. I will not be supporting Biden in the Primary, and would consider the Republican in the General.

Colts Win

It is final, Colts 29, Bears 17. It should not have been that close. Congratulations to Indianapolis on their first championship since 1973.

Super Bowl 41 Prediction

Both Chicago and Indy stuck it to me in the Playoffs. I twice picked against Chicago against my better judgment, firt I picked my Seattle Seahawks, who to their credit were only five yards or so away from winning, second I picked the Saints, in what I will admit was a terible pick, and I whent with my heart and not my gut or head. Indy on the other hand came as a complete suprise to me I did pick them against Kansas City who was a popular upset pick, but I thought they had no chance against Baltimore, but Baltimore had other plans and put up the worst offensive game in the Playoffs. Next game I figured that Indy had just lucked out and I picked against them since they were facing a team who had just knocked off the #1 team in football, and had the Colts number, all seemed well for a while until Manning was able to lead the Colts back, and thus making me look like a fool in my Playoff Predictions.

On to the game, there are reasons to pick both teams, the Colts won in the better confrence, while the Bears have the better defense on paper, and Grossman has out played Manning so far in the Playoffs. As far as momentum goes the Colts have won three playoff games in the AFC, but loss four of their last seven during the regular season. The Bears have won all but one game since December, but have only two impressive wins during that span (St.Louis and New Orleans). During the playoffs the two teams have swaped roles Indy has been the better team on Defense while Chicago has been the better team on Offense.

In Super Bowl 41 I pick Indianapolis over Chicago. The good news for Chicago fans is this probably means that they will win. Indeed Chicago stands a much better chance than most in the national media give them. I chose Indy because I feel that they have had a tougher road to the Super Bowl.Although both teams have deminstrated that they could lose to anybody.

2008 Indiana Gubernatorial Election Predictions

The incombant Governor is Republican Mitch Daniels, who was the first Republican Governor of Indiana in 20 years when elected. The best option for the Democrats seems to be former US Congressman Tim Roemer, who also seved on the 9/11 Commission

Daniels seems to be vaulnerable at this point of time, since his poll numbers have been mainly in the 30's and 40's for the last year in a half or so. I predict that Daniels will hold on with help from the presidential elections with a 2 to 3 point win over Democrat Roemer.

NBA Mid-Season Predictions

I have not done much on the NBA, nor will I. Since we are about half way through the NBA Season however I will make my predictions on how the Season will unfold. This will be my last NBA post until the Playoffs.


Eastern Conference Playoff Teams
1.Detroit
2.Cleveland
3.Orlando
4.Toronto
5.Chicago
6.Washington
7.Miami
8.Indiana

Western Conference Playoff Teams
1.Dallas
2.Phoenix
3.San Antonio
4.Denver
5.Lakers
6.Utah
7.Houston
8.Seattle

Playoffs Round 1
Detroit over Indiana in 6
Cleveland over Miami in 7
Washington over Orlando in 6
Chicago over Toronto in 4
Dallas over Seattle in 4
Phoenix over Houston in 5
San Antonio over Utah in 5
Lakers over Denver in 5

Playoffs Round 2
Chicago over Detroit in 6
Cleveland over Washington in 6
Dallas over Lakers in 5
San Antonio over Phoenix in 7

Conference Finals
Cleveland over Chicago in 6
Dallas over San Antonio in 5

NBA Finals
Dallas over Cleveland in 4

2008 Missouri Gubernatorial Election Predictions

The Republicans will likely renominate incumbent governor Matt Blunt. The Strongest option for the Democrats is likely four term Missouri attorney-general Jay Nixon, who has already filed paperwork for a run.

In 2004 Blunt won 51% to 48% over now Senator Claire McCaskill, and Blunt has amoung the lowest aproval ratings of any Governor, at 33%. Nixon is over all a very popular Attorney-General, and has a near 20 point lead in early polls. I predict that Nixon will take the seat by 4 to 5 points.

NFL Round 3 Predictions

New Orleans over Chicago: The Saints beat a better team last round, and Hollywood is probably rigging the game for the movie deal.

New England over Indianapolis: The Pats have just been too impressive lately, and playing on the road does not seem to bother them (8-1).

2008 Race

Were still a year away from the first caucuses an primaries, yet numerous candidates have already, either entered or have taken steps towards entering. So who to support? At this point given the number of potential candidates and the amount of time left it is premature, yet tempting to pick a candidate as of now. I have come up with a compromise for myself, I will not chose a candidate yet, but I will make a decision on March 7th, which is still too early, but at least I kept my mind open for a while.

NFL Divisional Playoff Predictions

Baltimore over Indianapolis: Baltimore has been a bit under the radar this year, but they are a damn good team. Indy is a fairly poor road team (4-4), while Baltimore is a solid team at home (7-1).

Philedelphia over New Orleans: Philly is hot. They have won their last 6, while New Orleans has loss four of their last five at home.

Seattle over Chicago: Seattle has played decently in their last three games, including coming within one blown coveage from beating San Diego. Chicago on the other has not been playing their best football lately. After Romo anything is possible.

New England over San Diego: Both teams enter on hot steaks. New England is 7-1 on the road and San Diego is 8-0 at home. Quarterback will be the difference maker, Brady is one of the best playoff Quarterback in history, while River's play has been shaky the last few games, including two games they nearly loss to teams in the NFC West.

Where I Stand

The quiz is overly simple, but here is my resault.

BCS

Yet another season of college football is over. While Florida clearly showed that they were worthy of the Natioonal Championship, I still think that it is time to implement a playoff system. I really did not care one way or another about having the current bowl system or a playoff system untill the Fiesta Bowl, non-BCS teams must have a chance to win the championship.
I will propose three systems to fix the problem.

1. An eight team playoff to be played over three weeks. The champions of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, Pac 10, and SEC, would get a spot. One spot would go to the best non-BCS confrence school, but only if that team ran the table, and played at least one BCS school during their non-confrence scedual. The final spot would be given to an at large team, as well as the non-BCS spot if no non-BCS school ran the table.

2. Keep the bowl system in place, only have the two top bowl teams play for the National Championship. So this year it would have been Florida vs. Boise State.

3. Keep the system that is now in place but demote all schools who are not members of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, Pac 10, or SEC.

My first solution would be my ideal, but my second and solution would be easier to implement, but would be more controversial, since computers and polls would be more involved in deciding the Champion. My third system would be hard to implement, since some of the Universitys are bound to put up a fight over being demoted, and there would be far fewer bowl games.