Indianapolis loses first game of the season

Well, there goes my first prediction for 2010 and it isn't even the new year yet!  The Colts lost to the Jets this past Sunday.  Indy coach Jim Caldwell pulled most of the starters early and the rest of the Colts could not hold of the Jets.  Goes to show you just how important starters are.  I'm sure he did not want Peyton Manning hurt.  But this strategy has not worked for most seems going into the post-season because the starters do not stay as sharp.  I'm still going with my prediction that they will win all, but obviously they will now not be undefeated.

2010 - What will it bring in sports?

Next week at this same time, we'll be into the 2010 year.  Here are some of my sports predictions for the new year:

• Ohio State will beat Oregon in the Rose Bowl.  The Buckeyes have lost their last 3 BCS games so enough is enough.  I think it will be a close game but the score will be 17-14 in favor of the Bucks.  
• Alabama will win the National Championship game.  Alabama will be too much for Texas.  Texas almost lost to Nebraska to squeeze into this game.  TCU should be in this game instead of Texas but until the Mountain West conference is considered as one of the top divisions, no team from there will qualify for the National Championship game.
• TCU  will beat Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl - this is the 2nd National Championship game for 2009.
• The Indianapolis Colts will win the Super Bowl and will go undefeated to finally unseat the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only undefeated team.  The Dolphins only won 12 games that year and that included the playoffs and Super Bowl.  I've never thought that comparing the current teams to the teams of old made any sense because you now must win 19 games to be undefeated. 
• Tiger Woods will win the Masters and the British Open in 2010.  He will be back full steam ahead for the Masters and he has yet to be beaten at St. Andrews, the site of the 2010 British Open.  
• The Cleveland Cavaliers will win the NBA Championship.  The Cavs have it all this year and the addition of Shaq has really taken some of the scoring pressure off of LeBron James.  They are a complete team this year with both a great offense and defense.
• Kansas will win the NCAAA National Basketball Championship for men.  Connecticut will with the NCAA Women's basketball championship.
• The Indians will be better in 2010 but will not make the playoffs again.  I think it will be between Boston and the Yankees again for the American League and the Dodgers will come through and win both the National League and the World Series.

We'll see how well I do and I'll post my progress as the year goes on.  

Happy New Year to all and may 2010 be the best year ever!

Tiger - Come on Man!

I have finally decided to give my opinion on the man I consider to be the greatest golfer of all time (even topping Jack Nicklaus despite the fact that he has not won as many majors yet).  In the immortal words of ESPN all I can say is "Tiger, Come On Man!!".  What were you thinking????  It goes to show that all men, including those we think are clean cut, never cause problems and are upstanding role models for our children, think with their johnson. 

I have admired Tiger since his first press conference with Curtis Strange when he turned pro.  He told Curtis that he expected to win the very first pro tournament that he played in.  Curtis thought he was crazy and basically told him so.  Tiger did not win that first tournament but in 2000 he undoubtedly had the greatest golf season of any pro and no one else has had a better season since.  This past year he was phenominal when he came back from ACL surgery and even though he didn't win a major, dominated the tour and won the Fed Ex Cup. 

Then, on Thanksgiving, he and his wife Elin apparantly had words after she found out that he was having an affair.  I don't care what the police reports say, I think she clubbed him and his Escalade.  All I can say is, "Way to go, Elin!".  Another stellar role model down the drain.  What a shame. 

I will still root for him to win in golf tournaments, but now he'll have an asterisk (*) next to his name when it comes to "Name a role model for you to follow".  Up until this year, I thought he was unblemished.  Now, he's just in the same league with all the other duds that cheat. 

Come On Man!!