Wednesday, February 23, 2005
WEDNESDAY AADAMS IS HOT NOW
So it's the last Wednesday of league play. What a downer. To pep things up, though, I'm going to predict a NONSTOP UPSET WEDNESDAY MASSACRE. That's right, dear reader, I believe the underdog is going to win every single game tonight. It's like a whole post full of trademark PL blog Predictions I Will Come to Regret. Why? Because it's fun, and because I just might be right.
ARMY WILL AGGRIVATE!
First up (and maybe the prediction most likely to fail here) is Colgate at Army. Army, you will remember, has been the subject of countless losses, as well as ridicule and name calling on this very blog. But I'm going to suspend my disbelief and give Army the edge here. Matt Bell has been on fire lately (no one noticed), and Army's good D will give CU some problems. CU barely beat the Plebes in Hamilton. Combine all that with a decent crowd because of the last Army home game all season (and Senior night for a guy that never plays), and you have a formula for upset!
NAVY WILL ANNOY!
The next one might not even be an upset, since Navy over Lafayette is not that big of a deal. The Midshipmen are dangerous at home, winning 3 of their last four, while scaring the shit out of Lehigh, Holy Cross, and AU there. Thus, a Navy win over a lower tier team in Alumni Hall is not such a shocker.
AU WILL ATTACK!
Okay, I don't have as much reasoning behind this one. What I do have is the hope that AU gets off its ass and starts winning ballgames again. They can still finish third, if a few things that are way too complicated for me to understand happen. This is a risky pick as well, since Lehigh more or less has owned the Eagles for the last two years. But sometimes you gotta go with your heart! Also, if anyone from AU is reading this, I NEED you to win this one, so you can get third place and I can go to games in Lewisburg. I am certainly not heading to Worcester
BUCKNELL WILL BOMBARD!
Finally, as I said yesterday, Bucknell will beat HC. They did it before, they'll do it again. HC might prove me wrong (I'm sure someone will point out they have before), but BU has the only consistent and legitimate post presence in the league, which, to me, presents particularly large matchup problems for Holy Cross. The way they can stop him? Tim Clifford. The guy takes up a lot of room down low, and while he won't do anything on offense against McNaughton, he could be able to muscle him around. The same can't be said of Lufkin or any of the other big guys on HC's roster.
That's it! Feel free to post your own predictions on the message board or in the "People think I'm full of it" below. Then check back tomorrow when I will either be a) making lots of excuses (i.e. "Michael Smiley is on roids!") or b) discuss how smart I am. @ 3:14 PM
So it's the last Wednesday of league play. What a downer. To pep things up, though, I'm going to predict a NONSTOP UPSET WEDNESDAY MASSACRE. That's right, dear reader, I believe the underdog is going to win every single game tonight. It's like a whole post full of trademark PL blog Predictions I Will Come to Regret. Why? Because it's fun, and because I just might be right.ARMY WILL AGGRIVATE!
First up (and maybe the prediction most likely to fail here) is Colgate at Army. Army, you will remember, has been the subject of countless losses, as well as ridicule and name calling on this very blog. But I'm going to suspend my disbelief and give Army the edge here. Matt Bell has been on fire lately (no one noticed), and Army's good D will give CU some problems. CU barely beat the Plebes in Hamilton. Combine all that with a decent crowd because of the last Army home game all season (and Senior night for a guy that never plays), and you have a formula for upset!
NAVY WILL ANNOY!
The next one might not even be an upset, since Navy over Lafayette is not that big of a deal. The Midshipmen are dangerous at home, winning 3 of their last four, while scaring the shit out of Lehigh, Holy Cross, and AU there. Thus, a Navy win over a lower tier team in Alumni Hall is not such a shocker.
AU WILL ATTACK!
Okay, I don't have as much reasoning behind this one. What I do have is the hope that AU gets off its ass and starts winning ballgames again. They can still finish third, if a few things that are way too complicated for me to understand happen. This is a risky pick as well, since Lehigh more or less has owned the Eagles for the last two years. But sometimes you gotta go with your heart! Also, if anyone from AU is reading this, I NEED you to win this one, so you can get third place and I can go to games in Lewisburg. I am certainly not heading to Worcester
BUCKNELL WILL BOMBARD!
Finally, as I said yesterday, Bucknell will beat HC. They did it before, they'll do it again. HC might prove me wrong (I'm sure someone will point out they have before), but BU has the only consistent and legitimate post presence in the league, which, to me, presents particularly large matchup problems for Holy Cross. The way they can stop him? Tim Clifford. The guy takes up a lot of room down low, and while he won't do anything on offense against McNaughton, he could be able to muscle him around. The same can't be said of Lufkin or any of the other big guys on HC's roster.
That's it! Feel free to post your own predictions on the message board or in the "People think I'm full of it" below. Then check back tomorrow when I will either be a) making lots of excuses (i.e. "Michael Smiley is on roids!") or b) discuss how smart I am. @ 3:14 PM
