Because I created a sports blog (aqsports2.blogspot.com) last month, Dan recently invited me to join the Pond Scum Sports team. My blog mainly covers baseball from a statistical perspective, but now that the season's over (thanks to the San Francisco BASEBALL Giants' unbelievable performance in the World Serie-zzz), I will focus more on football, both here and on my own blog.
My name is Alexander Quinn, and I graduated from the same high school as Dan and Ray, but a year after them. (Although I was the youngest member of my class, Ray is only a few months older than I am, and still probably holds the record for youngest alum in the school's history.) I am a theoretical physicist and a lifelong sports statistics enthusiast. I know every sports announcer's cliche, and I use them regularly in casual conversation (yes, even physicists have casual conversations that aren't as awkward as you might hear on TBBT.) Sometimes I make up my own cliches that are even worse than "give 110%" or "you miss 100% of the passes you don't throw" or "that ball picked up speed as it made its way through the infield." (That last one is physically impossible.)
This entry is more of an introduction, since the effects of the hurricane have stifled my creativity and any hope that I would provide an in-depth analysis of why the Minnesota Vikings are so great and the New Orleans 'Aints are so terrible this season. "Inlet Scum" refers to the various inlets that the storm created, as well as to people who take boats to the islands for the sole purpose of looting.
My favorite NFL team is the San Diego Chargers, who are currently 4-4, and who redeemed themselves after an embarrassing 7-6 loss to the Browns. I was originally a Cowboys fan, but I prefer AFC teams now. There are exceptions to my prejudice against NFC teams: I supported the Giants in Super Bowls 42 and 46, and I still support the Cowboys and the Giants more than any other NFC teams. Yes, I know they're in the same division.
I'd like to close out this introduction with my NFL playoff picture predictions, complete with regular-season records. Read them in the Swami's booming voice:
AFC East: Patriots (11-5)
AFC North: Steelers (10-6)
AFC South: Texans (12-4)
AFC West: Broncos (10-6)
Wild Cards: Chargers (9-7), Dolphins (9-7) (yes, the Dolphins are for real)
NFC East: Giants (obviously) (12-4)
NFC North: Packers (12-4)
NFC South: Falcons (13-3)
NFC West: 49ers (12-4)
Wild Cards: Da Bears (12-4), Seahawks (9-7)
"You're with me, leather!"
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