Sunday, January 30, 2011

Djokovic Dazzles As Murray Is Defeated

It was his best chance yet.

Andy Murray had seen the big guns from his half of the draw drop by the way-side while he progressed. Then defending champion Roger Federer fell in the semi-final. The opportunity to take his first Grand Slam title was there for all to see. But could he take it?



Saturday, January 22, 2011

Championship Games Picks and Previews

Crunch time in the NFL. The conference titles are up for grabs and a trip to Dallas is the dream. Last week saw another big upset as the New York Jets backed up all their talk and won in Foxboro after totally out playing New England.

It’s the Packers however, who are the hot team at the moment after dominating in the Georgia Dome and look like the powerhouse I, and a lot of analysts, thought they’d be in the pre-season. However they now have to make another trip to Soldier Field and face their rivals Chicago. It’s only the 2nd post season meeting between these 2 sides.


Saturday, January 15, 2011

Divisional Round Picks and Previews

So last week wasn’t great for me, but at least I’m not Gregg Williams. The New Orleans defensive coordinator got completely out-coached last weekend in possibly the biggest upset since the Giants won Superbowl 42 against New England. The Jets got one over on Indianapolis after Jim Caldwell morphed into Andy Reid and called a crazy time-out to help the Jets on their way to a last second field goal. The Ravens forced 5 turnovers against Kansas and routed them, running nearly twice the offensive plays that the Chiefs did. While the Packers out-played Philly for the most of the game but ended up needing a last minute interception in the endzone from the impressive Tramon Williams.

All this leaves us with 2 intra divisional battles in the AFC and 2 repeat games in the NFC.  So let’s get down to it, home team in Caps…

Friday, January 7, 2011

Wild Card Picks and Previews

After an exciting, baffling and always intriguing regular season it’s time for the play-offs. We have 5 new teams from last year but only two of them (Seattle and Kansas City) are playing this week. The rest (Atlanta, Chicago and Pittsburgh) are all sat at home this weekend waiting to see who they’ll play. The road teams this week all have an equal or better record that their opponents, it might not be long before an alternate seeding system is used, but that’s for another day. For now, Home team in caps…