Thursday, January 31, 2008
Unbeatable
Is there anything or anyone out there that can stop Tiger Woods' run of victories? It's scary to look at what he's done the last while. Since getting the newest incarnation of his swing dialed in last summer, he's won 7 out of the last 8 events he's played and finished runner up to Mickelson at the other one. Recently, he's not only been winning, but decimating the field. He's won by 8, 8, 7, and 8 in his last four events and he's already jumped out to a two shot first round lead this week in Dubai. Forget the Super Bowl, right now if Tiger tees it up he's better than a one touchdown favourite! What's really scary is that he still knows he can keep getting better. At his victory press conference after the Buick he addressed the "holes" in his game that he claims are holding him back. His driving could certainly be more consistent and will need to be in the conditions they'll have when the US Open is back at Torrey Pines, but he ranks at the top of just about every other statistical category. With a pretty good rotation of courses for the majors this year, I wouldn't want to place a bet against him winning them all. I mean really, who's going to beat him?
Monday, January 28, 2008
Very Strange
My apologies for disappearing for so long, but I've been out of town on business and not checking in with much online. I will return this week with some Super Bowl related content and whatever else I find intriguing. Meanwhile, have a look at this, rather unusual, new extreme sport.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Those Crazy Midwesterners
It's too bad that the Packers lost on Sunday. That city is as football mad as any city anywhere, hands down. Just check out this excerpt reported by Peter King from last week ...
This week's issue of Sports Illustrated -- the one with Brett Favre setting up to pass, a snowstorm camouflaging him, and the words "Totally Cool'' ribboned across the cover -- arrived at the biggest newsstand in Green Bay, Bosse's Newsstand and Smoke Shop, on Thursday at around 8 a.m. A crowd stretching around the block waited, some arriving at 6 a.m., for the 1,000 copies to arrive, and when they did, the deliveryman had a police escort into the store, and some fans chanted, "Go, Pack Go!'' It took about two hours for the magazines to sell out. The store had to turn about 100 people away.
This week's issue of Sports Illustrated -- the one with Brett Favre setting up to pass, a snowstorm camouflaging him, and the words "Totally Cool'' ribboned across the cover -- arrived at the biggest newsstand in Green Bay, Bosse's Newsstand and Smoke Shop, on Thursday at around 8 a.m. A crowd stretching around the block waited, some arriving at 6 a.m., for the 1,000 copies to arrive, and when they did, the deliveryman had a police escort into the store, and some fans chanted, "Go, Pack Go!'' It took about two hours for the magazines to sell out. The store had to turn about 100 people away.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
You can't spell Canada without NCAA!
As I mentioned yesterday, the NCAA has approved a pilot program to test letting Canadian schools join division II. Today's 10-Spot Blog posted the top 10 reasons that this is a good idea. Click here to see the list in it's original form with all of the comments from people chiming in with an opinion. If you just want the top 10 list, here it is:
Here are 10 reasons we think it's a great idea for the NCAA to annex Canada:
10. We'll finally benefit from that strong Canadian dollar
9. Can't wait to hear, "First down at the 52 ..."
8. They couldn't be any slower than the Big 10
7. There's no "I" in Canada, but they slap a "U" in pretty much everything (honour, humour, etc.)
6. Those tiny Canadian flags they plaster all over their gear when they travel are so darn cute
5. Forget March Madness, just wait until curling's Final Four
4. Families of USC players can also opt for free igloos
3. Can't spell "Canada" without NCAA (no, really)
2. BCS will give Canadians something to gripe about besides American politics
1. Three words: Cheap prescription drugs
Monday, January 14, 2008
What a Great Weekend!
What an interesting weekend it was! From the blizzard at Lambeau to Upset Sunday, there was lots of exciting playoff football and, thanks to the magic of the PVR, I could watch every snap in a mere few hours without suffering through commercials or yammering commentators. Add to that a bunch of time spent relaxing with friends and it was a heck of a weekend here in Vancouver!
While I never managed to get my picks written down here on Friday, I'm pleased to say that my predictions were three for four. My only miss was on the Colts who inexplicably managed to blow piles of scoring chances by turning the ball over and didn't take advantage of some terribly lopsided officiating that was in their favour. How on earth Billy Volek managed to outplay Peyton Manning is beyond me, but I guess that's why they play the games. My favourite game of the weekend was the one in Green Bay where the Packers managed to spot the Seahawks 14 points and then proceed to completely dismantle the birds of the Northwest for the final 55 minutes of the game. Watching Brett Favre have so much fun out in the snow was a true pleasure and I hope that he can do even more of it this coming Sunday against the Giants.
In another piece of intriguing sports news this morning, the NCAA has almost unanimously approved the admission of Canadian universities into division II. The schools will still have to apply for admission by June of this year, but it sounds like there will finally be opportunities for Canadian kids to get into schools on athletic scholarships without having to head south of the border. You can take a look at the report in the Globe and Mail here.
While I never managed to get my picks written down here on Friday, I'm pleased to say that my predictions were three for four. My only miss was on the Colts who inexplicably managed to blow piles of scoring chances by turning the ball over and didn't take advantage of some terribly lopsided officiating that was in their favour. How on earth Billy Volek managed to outplay Peyton Manning is beyond me, but I guess that's why they play the games. My favourite game of the weekend was the one in Green Bay where the Packers managed to spot the Seahawks 14 points and then proceed to completely dismantle the birds of the Northwest for the final 55 minutes of the game. Watching Brett Favre have so much fun out in the snow was a true pleasure and I hope that he can do even more of it this coming Sunday against the Giants.
In another piece of intriguing sports news this morning, the NCAA has almost unanimously approved the admission of Canadian universities into division II. The schools will still have to apply for admission by June of this year, but it sounds like there will finally be opportunities for Canadian kids to get into schools on athletic scholarships without having to head south of the border. You can take a look at the report in the Globe and Mail here.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tilghman Racist or Sharpton Aggrandizing?
lynch
Pronunciation: 'linch
Function: transitive verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction —lynch·er noun
This is how the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word lynch. Lynching is further described in codes of law as "Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person which results in the death of the person". Now for the part that was news to me: apparently the word "lynch" is racist and derogatory and can get you in a lot of hot water. If you go beyond the actual definition of the word and read, for example, the Wikipedia description of the word, you will find that in the United States, Great Britain and the colonies during the nineteenth century, lynching was generally inspired by race or gender. Evidently, the frequency of racially inspired lynchings decreased through the first half of the 1900's and by 1960 had been all but eliminated. I tell you all of this because of the following story ...
Golf Channel anchorwoman Kelly Tilghman made the comment during the weekend broadcast that for any of the young guys on the PGA Tour to step up and take over the number one ranking from Tiger Woods, they would have to "Lynch him in a back alley". Quite frankly, in the absolute true definition of the word "lynch", she's probably right. Woods is absolutely head and shoulders above his competition and unless he gets hurt or just decides he doesn't want to bother anymore, he will continue to win and be the unquestionable number one golfer in the world. Tilghman made the comment in jest while bantering with noted "funnyman" Nick Faldo and finished the comment with a chuckle. There was no malice from her, especially when you consider that Tiger is a personal friend of hers. Reports indicate that when Tiger does interviews for the Golf Channel, he specifically requests that they be done with Tilghman and since the comment, he has publicly defended what she said and thoughtfully taken it in good humour.
Unfortunately, I've read today that Reverand Al Sharpton is calling for his National Action Network to picket the Golf Channel's Orlando Headquarters until the station fires Tilghman? What could he possibly have to gain from this? It didn't occur to me until I did some research today that the word "lynch" could be so racially insensitive and it likely didn't occur to Tilghman either. However, given that Sharpton and, judging by the chat boards out there, several other people were offended by the remark, I clearly missed something. Those offended need to be reminded that the person directly affected, Tiger, has publicly said that there was no offense taken. I suppose the true test will be if Tiger chooses to do interviews with her anymore, but I tend to take Woods' word at face value. He certainly hasn't given us any reason not to. So why is it so simple for him to shrug it off but not for Sharpton?
I don't know what else to say except that it upsets me a great deal that someone's livelihood is at stake for a comment that, taken out of context and with a stretched definition, was offensive to people who were not even the subject of the statement. I'm certain that Tilghman is sorry for any offense taken and the two week suspension that the Golf Channel has already handed down is more than enough punishment. I look forward to seeing her back on the air and interviewing Tiger again soon.
Pronunciation: 'linch
Function: transitive verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction —lynch·er noun
This is how the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word lynch. Lynching is further described in codes of law as "Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person which results in the death of the person". Now for the part that was news to me: apparently the word "lynch" is racist and derogatory and can get you in a lot of hot water. If you go beyond the actual definition of the word and read, for example, the Wikipedia description of the word, you will find that in the United States, Great Britain and the colonies during the nineteenth century, lynching was generally inspired by race or gender. Evidently, the frequency of racially inspired lynchings decreased through the first half of the 1900's and by 1960 had been all but eliminated. I tell you all of this because of the following story ...
Golf Channel anchorwoman Kelly Tilghman made the comment during the weekend broadcast that for any of the young guys on the PGA Tour to step up and take over the number one ranking from Tiger Woods, they would have to "Lynch him in a back alley". Quite frankly, in the absolute true definition of the word "lynch", she's probably right. Woods is absolutely head and shoulders above his competition and unless he gets hurt or just decides he doesn't want to bother anymore, he will continue to win and be the unquestionable number one golfer in the world. Tilghman made the comment in jest while bantering with noted "funnyman" Nick Faldo and finished the comment with a chuckle. There was no malice from her, especially when you consider that Tiger is a personal friend of hers. Reports indicate that when Tiger does interviews for the Golf Channel, he specifically requests that they be done with Tilghman and since the comment, he has publicly defended what she said and thoughtfully taken it in good humour.
Unfortunately, I've read today that Reverand Al Sharpton is calling for his National Action Network to picket the Golf Channel's Orlando Headquarters until the station fires Tilghman? What could he possibly have to gain from this? It didn't occur to me until I did some research today that the word "lynch" could be so racially insensitive and it likely didn't occur to Tilghman either. However, given that Sharpton and, judging by the chat boards out there, several other people were offended by the remark, I clearly missed something. Those offended need to be reminded that the person directly affected, Tiger, has publicly said that there was no offense taken. I suppose the true test will be if Tiger chooses to do interviews with her anymore, but I tend to take Woods' word at face value. He certainly hasn't given us any reason not to. So why is it so simple for him to shrug it off but not for Sharpton?
I don't know what else to say except that it upsets me a great deal that someone's livelihood is at stake for a comment that, taken out of context and with a stretched definition, was offensive to people who were not even the subject of the statement. I'm certain that Tilghman is sorry for any offense taken and the two week suspension that the Golf Channel has already handed down is more than enough punishment. I look forward to seeing her back on the air and interviewing Tiger again soon.
Monday, January 7, 2008
BCS, or just BS?
First things first ... those weekend picks of mine went pretty well. I had Pittsburgh-Jacksonville as my closest game which it was, but I got nipped at the buzzer by the Jags winning field goal. Aside from that I was perfect in the football games as well as the junior game with Team Canada coming up big as expected! The weekend's games set up some fantastic matchups for next weekend though. I'm not giving away any of my picks yet, but all four games look exciting and it feels a lot like the Elite Eight weekend in March Madness. Lots of excitement, with the ability to focus individually on each game with no distractions!
Moving on to the BCS Championship game tonight, it seems to be highlighting exactly why the BCS needs to change college football into a system with, at the very least, a Plus-One game, or at best, an 8 team playoff. Even a playoff wouldn't be perfect though when you consider that 11th ranked West Viriginia pounded #3 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, and wouldn't have been included in a playoff. But, in this year where no team managed to win all the games they were supposed to (see: USC-Standford, WVU-Pitt, LSU-Arkansas, et. al.), who was really the best?
There are a lot of teams' fans who are going to try to lay some claim to being the best team this year and there are a lot who will say that this LSU team is an undeserving champion. After all, they lost two games to teams who each finished the year 8-5. Tiger fans would have a hard time convincing me that they were the best when Kansas went 12-1, suffering their only loss to an excellent Missouri team. That's the same Missouri team who finished 11-2. Unfortunately for Missou, both of those losses came at the hands of Oklahoma, who proceeded to lay an egg in their bowl game, getting hammered by West Virginia. Yup, the WVU team who also finished 11-2 (though their two losses were both pretty bad to USF and Pitt). The loudest arguments right now are coming out of LA where USC fans try to argue that the Trojans were the best in the nation this year. Unfortunately for them, they suffered a lot of injuries this year that led to an absolutely embarrassing loss against Stanford and another loss to Oregon. But injuries aren't a valid argument. After all, that loss to Oregon was mostly due to Dennis Dixon who had the Ducks becoming a National Champion favourite mid-season before suffering a broken leg. Oregon never recovered and looked terrible without him.
One can dream of a playoff that would have given us a true champion played out on the field, but unfortunately, that's just not going to happen. The university presidents will continue to argue that the football players can't handle having their season run across two semesters for academic reasons despite permitting exactly that for several other sports including Basketball and Hockey. The NCAA won't change their stance that a playoff would diminish the importance of every regular season game. The Bowl organizations themselves will continue to think that the importance of their individual games would be diminished. And those old lovebirds the Big Ten and Pac 10 are so married to the Rose Bowl that they won't sign off on any more changes to the bowl system.
Ultimately, it's impossible to say who was the best team in 2007-2008. All we can say now is that LSU has got a lovely crystal football to put in their halls and lots of college football fans can be left somehow unsatisfied.
Moving on to the BCS Championship game tonight, it seems to be highlighting exactly why the BCS needs to change college football into a system with, at the very least, a Plus-One game, or at best, an 8 team playoff. Even a playoff wouldn't be perfect though when you consider that 11th ranked West Viriginia pounded #3 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, and wouldn't have been included in a playoff. But, in this year where no team managed to win all the games they were supposed to (see: USC-Standford, WVU-Pitt, LSU-Arkansas, et. al.), who was really the best?
There are a lot of teams' fans who are going to try to lay some claim to being the best team this year and there are a lot who will say that this LSU team is an undeserving champion. After all, they lost two games to teams who each finished the year 8-5. Tiger fans would have a hard time convincing me that they were the best when Kansas went 12-1, suffering their only loss to an excellent Missouri team. That's the same Missouri team who finished 11-2. Unfortunately for Missou, both of those losses came at the hands of Oklahoma, who proceeded to lay an egg in their bowl game, getting hammered by West Virginia. Yup, the WVU team who also finished 11-2 (though their two losses were both pretty bad to USF and Pitt). The loudest arguments right now are coming out of LA where USC fans try to argue that the Trojans were the best in the nation this year. Unfortunately for them, they suffered a lot of injuries this year that led to an absolutely embarrassing loss against Stanford and another loss to Oregon. But injuries aren't a valid argument. After all, that loss to Oregon was mostly due to Dennis Dixon who had the Ducks becoming a National Champion favourite mid-season before suffering a broken leg. Oregon never recovered and looked terrible without him.
One can dream of a playoff that would have given us a true champion played out on the field, but unfortunately, that's just not going to happen. The university presidents will continue to argue that the football players can't handle having their season run across two semesters for academic reasons despite permitting exactly that for several other sports including Basketball and Hockey. The NCAA won't change their stance that a playoff would diminish the importance of every regular season game. The Bowl organizations themselves will continue to think that the importance of their individual games would be diminished. And those old lovebirds the Big Ten and Pac 10 are so married to the Rose Bowl that they won't sign off on any more changes to the bowl system.
Ultimately, it's impossible to say who was the best team in 2007-2008. All we can say now is that LSU has got a lovely crystal football to put in their halls and lots of college football fans can be left somehow unsatisfied.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Winning Ugly
They played a lousy third period and looked tired in the first few minutes of overtime, but with a couple of ugly goals in the first and after watching Sweden tie the game with just 38 seconds left in the third, Shawn Matthias drove hard to the net in OT and Halischuk kept his stick on the ice to bury the winner. It was a gritty workmanlike goal, the type that every Canadian hockey player can be proud of.
So it's four straight golds for Canada and they'll get to defend again on home ice in Ottawa next year! Congrats to the boys and props to the Swedes for playing so hard and making it such an exciting finish.
So it's four straight golds for Canada and they'll get to defend again on home ice in Ottawa next year! Congrats to the boys and props to the Swedes for playing so hard and making it such an exciting finish.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Weekend Prophecies
Lots more excitement in the sports world these days. The line of the week comes from the comment section of the 10 Spot Blog yesterday where someone (I apologize for not having the exact reference here) spoke of the Tuna being unfriendly to the Dolphins. That's right, the big Tuna, Bill Parcells, is cleaning house as the new VP of the Dolphins, firing the coaching staff and starting from scratch in Miami. In more important news (because it involves hockey), Team Canada knocked of the USA this afternoon in the World Junior semifinal to advance and play Sweden for gold tomorrow. Finally, since I've faced a few questions recently about how the whole BCS and college bowl system works, I'd like to direct anyone interested to a very good article posted today by Stewart Mandel on SI. It discusses the (slim) possibility of us seeing a plus-one game or a playoff anytime soon.
What's that Pants? None of this sounds like prophecies? Okay ... Canada's going to kick some Scandinavian butt in the rematch tomorrow ... how's that? Oh, the football picks? Sure. Here we go ...
Redskins at Seahawks
In the beautiful northwest, the 12th man comes out strong and makes lots of noise. Finally people realize that it really doesn't make that much difference to a half-way competent QB to have to use a silent snap count. Unfortunately for Washington, the go to guy this weekend is going to be Todd Collins who has thrown about 4 passes since 1995. Seattle 31 - Washington 24.
Jaguars at Steelers
This is the game of the weekend. It sounds like the weather is going to hold up, if not the field at the Big Ketchup Bottle, so it shouldn't be another 3-0 slogfest like the Monday nighter there a few weeks ago. The Jags ruined Pittsburgh's perfect home season in December and the Steelers are going to sorely miss Willie Parker, but I think that Big Ben is going to step up and be a leader again. This one's going to be close though. Pittsburgh 14 - Jacksonville 13.
Giants at Buccaneers
The Bucs weakness has been their offensive line, which does not bode well for them against the Giants strength, their D-line. I foresee a lot of scrambling around to avoid the rush by Garcia and I'm going to go way out on a limb and call for a good performance from Eli away from the pressure of Giants Stadium. It's always tough to win on the road, especially in the playoffs, but this Giants team has the right stuff to knock of the Bucs. New York 28 - Tampa Bay 17.
Titans at Chargers
In the one oddity of the weekend, the forecast is decent in Seattle, Pittsburgh, and Tampa, but "Dreary" in San Diego. Look for Ladanian Tomlinson to run all over a Tennessee defense that is struggling without being able to rely on the health of Albert Haynesworth. San Diego's ground game will get big clock time and be able to put points up at will. The Titans will play hard as they always do, but injury questions about Vince Young's leg are going to be tough to overcome and they're going to fall to the better team. San Diego 33 - Tennessee 21.
What's that Pants? None of this sounds like prophecies? Okay ... Canada's going to kick some Scandinavian butt in the rematch tomorrow ... how's that? Oh, the football picks? Sure. Here we go ...
Redskins at Seahawks
In the beautiful northwest, the 12th man comes out strong and makes lots of noise. Finally people realize that it really doesn't make that much difference to a half-way competent QB to have to use a silent snap count. Unfortunately for Washington, the go to guy this weekend is going to be Todd Collins who has thrown about 4 passes since 1995. Seattle 31 - Washington 24.
Jaguars at Steelers
This is the game of the weekend. It sounds like the weather is going to hold up, if not the field at the Big Ketchup Bottle, so it shouldn't be another 3-0 slogfest like the Monday nighter there a few weeks ago. The Jags ruined Pittsburgh's perfect home season in December and the Steelers are going to sorely miss Willie Parker, but I think that Big Ben is going to step up and be a leader again. This one's going to be close though. Pittsburgh 14 - Jacksonville 13.
Giants at Buccaneers
The Bucs weakness has been their offensive line, which does not bode well for them against the Giants strength, their D-line. I foresee a lot of scrambling around to avoid the rush by Garcia and I'm going to go way out on a limb and call for a good performance from Eli away from the pressure of Giants Stadium. It's always tough to win on the road, especially in the playoffs, but this Giants team has the right stuff to knock of the Bucs. New York 28 - Tampa Bay 17.
Titans at Chargers
In the one oddity of the weekend, the forecast is decent in Seattle, Pittsburgh, and Tampa, but "Dreary" in San Diego. Look for Ladanian Tomlinson to run all over a Tennessee defense that is struggling without being able to rely on the health of Albert Haynesworth. San Diego's ground game will get big clock time and be able to put points up at will. The Titans will play hard as they always do, but injury questions about Vince Young's leg are going to be tough to overcome and they're going to fall to the better team. San Diego 33 - Tennessee 21.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Holiday Hoopla
I'm back from a self-imposed holiday hiatus where I watched a little bit of the action but didn't bother making time to blog my thoughts. However, feeling refreshed from seeing the family back home and having settled back in to regularity in the big V, it's back to the grind and back to blogging.
There was plenty of action to enjoy over the last week and a half with most of the college bowl action taking place, the NFL regular season concluding, the World Junior Hockey Tournament getting under way, and the NHL playing an outdoor game in Buffalo in front of 70,000+ fans. The highlights for me so far have been watching New England finish up perfect in a great game against the Giants, seeing Sydney Crosby play the hero again winning the Winter Classic in a shootout, and seeing Michigan knock off Florida in coach Carr's swan song. I thought now would be a good time, though, to reflect on what I predicted for the NFL playoffs and what really happened those last two weeks of the season.
In the AFC I was fairly close. I predicted that Pittsburgh would hang on to win their division and they really only just hung on. I called Jacksonville to be stepping up and finishing strong for an 11-5 record and a wild card spot. Cleveland let me down though. Their pathetic performance against Cincy in week 16 left them needing help that they were never going to get and allowed Tennessee to jump up to the final wild card spot with three straight wins at the end of the year. This sets up a very interesting matchup this week between Pittsburgh and Jacksonville. I won't give away my pick just yet, but I think it could be a great game in a frozen Steel City.
My NFC forecast illustrated that I clearly cannot be trusted as any gauge of what's to come in the NFL. I called for the collapse of the Giants that never happened. They turned in a good enough performance to beat Buffalo and lock up a spot and then they played great in giving the Pats a challenge for that 16-0 season. They didn't win the game, but they can take a lot of positives from it. Washington beat the Vikings as I suspected, but they too suffered no collapse against Dallas. Rather they stepped it up further and beat the tar out of the Cowboys, rolling to a wild card spot of their own. The Vikes and Saints, who I expected to step up, both suffered those collapses that I was looking for and fell short of expectations. Wild Card weekend in the NFC should be interesting too with both road teams playing well recently and posing callenges for the weaker division winners. I'll chime in with my predictions on Friday!
There was plenty of action to enjoy over the last week and a half with most of the college bowl action taking place, the NFL regular season concluding, the World Junior Hockey Tournament getting under way, and the NHL playing an outdoor game in Buffalo in front of 70,000+ fans. The highlights for me so far have been watching New England finish up perfect in a great game against the Giants, seeing Sydney Crosby play the hero again winning the Winter Classic in a shootout, and seeing Michigan knock off Florida in coach Carr's swan song. I thought now would be a good time, though, to reflect on what I predicted for the NFL playoffs and what really happened those last two weeks of the season.
In the AFC I was fairly close. I predicted that Pittsburgh would hang on to win their division and they really only just hung on. I called Jacksonville to be stepping up and finishing strong for an 11-5 record and a wild card spot. Cleveland let me down though. Their pathetic performance against Cincy in week 16 left them needing help that they were never going to get and allowed Tennessee to jump up to the final wild card spot with three straight wins at the end of the year. This sets up a very interesting matchup this week between Pittsburgh and Jacksonville. I won't give away my pick just yet, but I think it could be a great game in a frozen Steel City.
My NFC forecast illustrated that I clearly cannot be trusted as any gauge of what's to come in the NFL. I called for the collapse of the Giants that never happened. They turned in a good enough performance to beat Buffalo and lock up a spot and then they played great in giving the Pats a challenge for that 16-0 season. They didn't win the game, but they can take a lot of positives from it. Washington beat the Vikings as I suspected, but they too suffered no collapse against Dallas. Rather they stepped it up further and beat the tar out of the Cowboys, rolling to a wild card spot of their own. The Vikes and Saints, who I expected to step up, both suffered those collapses that I was looking for and fell short of expectations. Wild Card weekend in the NFC should be interesting too with both road teams playing well recently and posing callenges for the weaker division winners. I'll chime in with my predictions on Friday!
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