Alex Ferguson previews Monday’s college football National Championship Game between LSU and Ohio State…
Is anyone shocked? I mean, even a little?
And I’m not talking about the Patriots and their unbelievable 16-0 season. Because, while many would never dare admit it, a lot of people never thought it would happen. They never thought it could happen. But it did.
But no, that’s not what I’m talking about.
Is anyone shocked that the top 4 teams have stayed the same for the entire season, that is, once they were all together up there?
Admit it, you thought the Packers were a fluke when they started 4-0 and lost to the Bears. You probably even still think that.
And no one really thought the Patriots would continue their hot streak. And the Colts? The defending champs marred by injuries. They were sure to collapse and miss the playoffs, like every former champion does. Well, most of them.
But now we can see there were no surprises. Not really. Not in the regular season. The Browns, one of the most exciting teams of the season, missed the playoffs, while the Buccaneers basically took the remaining 4 weeks off and coasted into the playoffs.
So what now?
Well, if you ask me, I’d say a hindered Owens and ineffective Romo will have the mighty Cowboys falling to the, you guessed it, Washington Redskins in the divisional playoff. Which can only mean Green Bay will get past the Giants, yet again, and then romp all over the Redskins on their way to the Super Bowl.
And, as if those won’t be enough surprises to last us all through next year, and help us ignore the dullness of the NBA, there’s more.
Yes, the undefeated Patriots will lose in the championship game to the Colts, and then we have a match-up that almost no one wants to see, but won’t be able to look away from. Green Bay versus Indianapolis.
But I won’t pick the winner just yet. Instead, take a look at how your team faired this season, and where they fall in the final edition of the 2007, and now 2008 NFL Power Rankings.
One more edition will be available upon the completion of the playoffs. So Until February, enjoy. Happy new year, everybody.
Now that we’ve gotten that pesky season (and terrible week 17) out of the way, we can look ahead to the playoffs. Vin, Ryan and Trevor take a look at the wild card round, predict the Super Bowl and examine the state of the NFL.
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Week 17 2007 NFL Picks and Podcast
Well folks, it’s the final week of the regular season. Ryan has a commanding lead in the weekly picks award but the Locks of the Week comes down to the final week to see who gets the winner take all pot. Check out the locks below and vote on which one you think is the best. Thanks for listening all year long. Don’t worry, we’ll be analyzing the playoffs as well.
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Unanswered Questions of 2007
2007 is almost done and sports fans around the globe have questions that remain unanswered.
One question has a chance of being settled in 2008 if the New England Patriots manage to finish the season and run through the play-offs to a Superbowl victory without a defeat. Unfortunately, many others will never be answered on the field of play and we are left to speculate on the hypothetical.
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Week 17 NFL Power Rankings
What the hell is going on?
I mean, seriously. People actually expected the Dolphins to beat the Patriots? They actually thought the worst possible rendition of that 72′ team could end the possibility of this current Patriot team from going undefeated? You must be joking.
And what is with the Green Bay Packers? More importantly-Brett Favre. Have you ever seen him play that crappy in bad weather? And what about Jon Ryan? Talk about the punter’s day from hell.
And as if we hadn’t seen everything. We get a showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions, two teams who haven’t won in forever, and both are punting the ball back and forth, waiting for the other team to win the game. Congratulations, Matt Millen, you are one game closer to being average. And as for you, Jon Kitna, lay off predictions for a while.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t know how much more of this up and down season I can take. Teams like the Packers and Cowboys aren’t living up to expectations, Steve Smith is suddenly good again, Shaun Hill is the apparent future in San Fransisco, and the San Diego Chargers, at least for the now, are being considered a solid football team.
and the power rankings for the coming week 17…
The Cleveland Browns are set to make the playoffs for the first time since 2002. Will Burge explains why taking them lightly is not in their potential opponents’ best interest.
Rarely is there a moment that everyone watching hopes will never end.
Of course, there was Muhammad Ali lighting the torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games; there was Jack Nicklaus walking up 18 at Augusta in 2005 for the final time; there was the tiebreaker between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe in 1980. Ali was moving, Nicklaus was cyclical, and Borg-McEnroe, well, you didn’t care who won, so long as the tiebreak went on forever.
As a Jet fan, I’ve been through enough down seasons to recognize certain enduring characteristics of losing, echoing through the smelly, lonely halls of defeat. I present my data. Feel free to compare and contrast your experiences:
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Week 16 2007 NFL Picks and Podcast
This week’s podcast features 20 minutes of Trevor and Vin lamenting the state of the NFL, 30 minutes of picks and analysis, and a final 10 minutes of Trevor calling Jamie Lynn Spears a white trash slut. Now that’s good radio.
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