Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Week 11 NFL Power Rankings (Courtesy of Major League)

Team

Opponent

SoS Remaining

Record

Last Rank

Sos Thru Week 10

Sos on Wins

Sos in Losses

Best Win

Worst Loss

1

NY Jets

HOU

15.6

7 - 2

8

18.0

21.1

7.0

2

9

2

New England

IND

13.9

7 - 2

5

16.4

17.9

11.5

4

22

3

Indianapolis

@NWE

15.9

6 - 3

7

18.1

19.8

14.7

10

20

4

Pittsburgh

OAK

19.4

6 - 3

4

11.8

15.3

4.7

6

7

5

Baltimore

@CAR

17.6

6 - 3

10

14.3

15.7

11.7

1

27

6

Atlanta

@STL

18.7

7 - 2

11

15.0

17.6

6.0

5

8

7

New Orleans

SEA

17.0

6 - 3

2

20.8

22.3

17.7

4

25

8

Philadelphia

NYG

21.7

6 - 3

21

16.4

17.0

15.3

3

23

9

Green Bay

@MIN

17.0

6 - 3

3

19.4

21.2

16.0

1

23

10

Kansas City

ARI

19.7

6 - 3

9

19.7

22.0

15.0

16

24

11

Tampa Bay

@SFO

16.3

6 - 3

12

19.6

26.5

5.7

21

7

12

Miami

CHI

16.4

5 - 4

15

13.6

22.0

3.0

9

5

13

Chicago

@MIA

12.7

6 - 3

13

24.0

26.5

19.0

9

23

14

Tennessee

WAS

13.6

5 - 4

17

16.0

17.4

14.3

8

24

15

NY Giants

@PHI

16.6

4 - 5

24

21.0

22.5

19.8

13

32

16

Jacksonville

CLE

16.4

5 - 4

18

17.4

21.6

12.3

3

17

17

San Diego

DEN

18.9

4 - 5

6

16.1

18.8

14.0

14

21

18

Oakland

@PIT

12.3

5 - 4

29

19.6

18.2

21.3

10

26

19

Seattle

@NOR

16.1

5 - 4

25

20.4

21.2

19.5

13

24

20

Houston

@NYJ

11.7

4 - 5

1

15.0

14.8

15.2

3

30

21

St. Louis

ATL

16.7

4 - 5

20

22.1

22.8

21.6

17

28

22

Cleveland

@JAC

18.1

3 - 6

30

8.1

12.0

6.2

2

11

23

Washington

@TEN

18.6

4 - 5

19

15.6

15.0

16.0

8

28

24

Denver

@SDG

18.3

3 - 6

16

12.4

14.3

11.5

10

26

25

Arizona

@KAN

24.1

3 - 6

28

16.3

15.3

16.8

7

29

26

San Francisco

TAM

18.1

3 - 6

27

16.1

21.0

13.7

18

32

27

Cincinnati

BUF

12.4

2 - 7

14

10.8

18.5

8.6

5

22

28

Detroit

@DAL

15.1

2 - 7

26

16.7

22.0

15.1

21

31

29

Minnesota

GNB

18.1

3 - 6

23

14.1

27.7

7.3

25

13

30

Dallas

DET

14.6

2 - 7

22

17.1

17.5

17.0

15

29

31

Buffalo

@CIN

13.9

1 - 8

32

10.7

28.0

8.5

28

16

32

Carolina

BAL

12.4

1 - 8

31

15.3

26.0

14.0

26

27

Thursday, November 11, 2010

College Bowl Game Sponsorships that Need to Happen

The Kellogs Cereal Bowl
The Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Bowl
The Pyrex Mixing Bowl
The Chipotle Burrito Bol (Credit to Dave A.)
The Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Bowl
The Burger King Breakfast Bowl
The KFC Famous Bowl (T-Money's idea)
The Panera Bread Bowl (T-Money again)
The Brunswick "Let's Go Bowl"
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When are American sports leagues going to jump on board with sponsorship on jerseys? Look at every Euro soccer league and Formula 1 (not to mention all other race series). Sponsorship slogans, logos, and the like are plastered all over these guys. This old school view on purity on the unis is so overrated. The Yankees love the fact that they don't have to call their field something like Comerica Park, AT&T Field, Safeco Field, etc. but go to a game there- everything is branded. They play the P.C. Richards jingle when a Yankee steals a base, there's the so-and-so play of the game and more. Just throw a freaking logo on the back of a guys helmet, who cares.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Bye Bye Yankees and Phillies

Forgot to "get it in" a week or so ago. OK, really I was just salty about the Yankees losing so it took me some time.

New York Yankees
Nice job in the playoffs, Kevin Long! Everyone from local and national media lined up to shine this guy's shoes all year for getting Curtis Granderson to shorten his swing and helping Nick Swisher figure out how to have a better BA. Then in the playoffs, C.J. Wilson and Colby Lewis (TWICE) made the Yankees hitters look silly. Cliff Lee, I get, well I did until the Giants (in name only, not offensively by any means) smacked him around to the tune of 6 ER in 4.1 IP. Not saying he needs to go the same route as Dave Eiland, but figure out how to hit pitchers your team hasn't seen before. For the last three or four years, the Yankees have looked awful when facing journeymen, scrubs and rookies they have little or no experience against. Nice batting average Mark Teixeira. And by the way, A-Rod, people have already forgotten about last October. Sac Flies aint getting it done, you had one big hit (game-tying two-run single in ALCS G1), not going to win many more titles when you hit like that. Phil Hughes, you wanna be the next homegrown Yankee stud? Not with those two ALCS starts, get real.

Philadelphia Phillies
This was supposed to be a cakewalk for you guys. Top three starters, best triumvirate since the mid-90s Braves (Oh right, they didn't win much either), an AL-style offense, multiple MVPs, the best starter in baseball, etc. Where did you go wrong? Maybe it's not your fault that you ran into a buzzsaw named Matt Cain. The kid is unstoppable right now. And what's more, you guys made the papers wait at least a year (if not forever) to use any combination of these headlines: Roys Meet World...Series, The Roys are Back in Town, H2O: All You Need, Roy Story, Roys to The World, etc.

Monday, October 25, 2010

The Teams Most in Need of Divisional Realignment

To be clear, I mean in the sense of where they play geographically compared to their division name and other teams in the league, not in the sense of being overmatched like the Orioles in the AL East.

NHL
Columbus Blue Jackets; Western Conference, Central Division
The Jackets, like the next team, are in the Eastern Time Zone yet somehow in the Western Conference. Looking at the NHL team map, there's not necessarily a better place for them to go but it's a bit silly to be in the Western Conference.

Detroit Red Wings; Western Conference, Central Division
Again, Eastern Time Zone team in the West. I'd never say this Original Six team should move OR AM I? Wouldn't it be sweet to toss them in the Northeast and have them play three co-O6 teams? I think so.

Atlanta Thrashers: Eastern Conference, Southeast Division
Yeah they're in the southeastern part of America, but let's get real, they're also located to the west of both the above teams.

NFL
Dallas Cowboys; NFC East
C'mon son. The 'Boys aren't anywhere close to any of the other teams in their division and there are just SIX of 31 other NFL teams located to the west. This might be the most ridiculous of team/division alignments.

Indianapolis Colts; AFC South
I've been to Indy in January. The climate isn't southern, neither are the people. They like racing a ton so I guess that's why the NFL decided to put them in the South. Has to be it.

Baltimore Ravens; AFC Central
No way. The home city of Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell is on the Atlantic Ocean. Really, you're gonna tell me they belong in the Central?

Miami Dolphins; AFC East
Maybe I'm salty that my favorite team has to play the Jets and Pats four times this year. The Fins are without a doubt one of the most eastern teams in the league, but they are also over 200 miles south of anyone else. This is an easy fix. Switch them with the Colts and it all makes sense.

NBA
Oklahoma City Thunder; Western Conference, Northwest Division
Go there and tell an Okie they're from the North, I dare you. At least this one makes sense as the ThunDurants used to be in Seattle.

Memphis Grizzles; Western Conference, Southwest Division
I wish we could just abandon them altogether, but since we can't (yet), at least find somewhere better than where they're at now. Southeast makes more sense.

Phoenix Suns; Western Conference, Pacific Division
Just move them to San Diego and rename is the California Division. I mean, the other four teams are located in that state, so why not.

MLB
Toronto Blue Jays, AL East
Just quit playing baseball in Canada. Alternatively they could move to the NL Central and throw the Pirates in the AL East so the Yankees can have 18 free wins every year.

Texas Rangers, AL West
There isn't anywhere else to put them besides the West but I'll point out that the four closest teams to them, longitudally (is that a word?) are all in the Central.