Thirteen Sports Predictions for 2013 - Part Two
TODD:
That was a bitch move, stealing my NFL pick. And I could not disagree more with your Yankees "predictions." They seemed more like a wish and a prayer than actual predictions. Bush league.
Evan Longoria is not getting traded. Not getting traded! He is signed to a pretty reasonable contract and the Rays have done well in controlling their assets in recent years.
As for your college basketball Final Four 'predictions', I
agree it is madness to predict March Madness. Hell, it's hard to guess
the Final Four even after the bracket comes out, let alone at the
beginning of the calendar year. So... I will just destroy your predictions instead!
(5) Zero ACC schools will make it to the round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament.
This
conference is way down; other than Duke, the rest of the ACC schools
have disappointed thus far on the year. Heading into conference play, I
have no confidence in either North Carolina or your NC State Wolfpack.
Florida State is nowhere near the team they were last year and no one
else has the talent to win a game in the Big Dance, let alone advance
past round two. All it will take for this to come to fruition, and it will, is a bad
match-up or bad shooting game by Duke and we've seen that happen before
in the tournament.
(6) I'll repeat this just to rub the wound. Evan Longoria is not joining the Yankees. We aren't that desperate a team are we to shoot in the dark?
(7) The rein of rookie quarterbacks in the NFL is over, at least for one year.
No
one in the upcoming draft in April is worthy of a first round pick and
even if a couple get selected in round one, no rookie quarterback will
be what could be considered a solid starter next year. To make this a
littler juicer, I'll even tell you who the first QB off the board will
be and you tell me if you can conceive of a scenario where he is leading
a team to the playoffs in year one. The man is NC State quarterback
Mike Glennon.
(8) Curtis Granderson will be a representative in
this year's Home Run Derby for someone other than the New York Yankees. I
double dipped on that prediction; call it a two-for-one. Like those delicious cookie ice-cream sandwiches.
(9) Your beloved New York Jets' starting quarterback
for week one of the 2013 NFL season is NOT currently on their roster
but he will NOT be a rookie either.
Excellent and bold NCAA prediction, albeit dead wrong. And you got me, my Yankees prediction was definitely a bit out there and a
wish list of sorts. But hey, what good is a prediction if it doesn't
benefit your favorite team? Am I right?
(7) Mike 'no one outside the ACC has heard of me' Glennon is not leading an NFL team anywhere next season. But again, you're dead wrong here!
Glennon won't be the first
QB taken in the draft. That honor goes to Matt Barkley from USC, whose
poor season in 2012 will be overshadowed by a tremendous combine and the desperate Dallas Cowboys trade Tony
Romo to move up in the draft and grab Barkley with the 12th pick.
-- Side Note --
-- Side Note --
I like how you tried to jump right into the heart of the
baseball season without picking an NBA
champion. The NHL I can understand, its in a coma, but the National Basketball Association does not get overlooked. Too bad you're right to skip this stupid prediction.
(8) Granderson on a different MLB team other than the Yankees, I wish I could argue with your logic but the Yankees won't sign him long term and should definitely trade him to get value prior to his contract being up. As a Yankees homer, I only care what we get in return. What about someone like Micheal Bourne? I can see them going two years on him and trading Grandy for pitching help. Anything to make the playoffs this year without crapping the bed.
(9) Like you know anything about the Jets.
(8) Granderson on a different MLB team other than the Yankees, I wish I could argue with your logic but the Yankees won't sign him long term and should definitely trade him to get value prior to his contract being up. As a Yankees homer, I only care what we get in return. What about someone like Micheal Bourne? I can see them going two years on him and trading Grandy for pitching help. Anything to make the playoffs this year without crapping the bed.
(9) Like you know anything about the Jets.
The Jets practice
brute strength negotiations and avoid logic in their decisions at all
cost. If you're wrong about the Jets, which you are, then the only
other answer is that Tim Tebow will be the starting QB for the NY Jets
in 2013. He gets the nod before the Super Bowl, they mold the offense
around him and hire a OC accordingly, drafting specifically to run his
game. Its the only logical reason both coach and owner have been silent
all week... oh wait...they don't use logic.
-- Ugh --
You got me all riled up over the damn Jets! I can barely muster up new predictions. Damn it.
(10) Phil Michelson retires from golf after
winning a second green jacket.
Where am I wrong? Give me more 'predictions' to destroy!
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