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January 7, 2011

How’d I do this season? And NFL playoff picks

by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Picks

Before we get to the NFL playoff picks for wildcard weekend, why not go back and check out how my original picks, from the beginning of the season fared. Also, let’s face it, I have done enough Seattle and NFC West bashing this past week already.
So here they are, from back on Sept. 10:
NFC playoff [...]

January 6, 2011

Canadian Juniors let down a nation

by Dan Bilicki In: Ice Hockey

I seriously cannot get over Wednesday night’s world junior final game. How could you possibly expected a team as great as Canada’s failing to defeat a heavy underdog? How can you get over Russia’s starting goalie getting yanked, then his team wins? How can you get over blowing a 3-0 lead in the third period? [...]

January 5, 2011

Rooney Rule ridiculousness

by Dan Bilicki In: Football

Every year, the week after the NFL regular season ends, there is a ton of coaching movement with firings, hirings and even more firings. Just to keep the job market fair between the races, a rule was created that mandated every team looking to hire a new head coach had to interview at least one [...]

January 4, 2011

When making the playoffs goes wrong

by Dan Bilicki In: Football

I hate to drone on about how bad the fact that Seahawks made the playoffs is for the NFL, but I never thought that it could actually be bad for Seattle.
 
Thanks to their win on Sunday night, the Seahawks climbed from having the seventh overall pick in this spring’s NFL draft to likely picking 21st.
 
That [...]

January 3, 2011

Apocalypse Seattle

by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Picks

I always used to think that the NFL had the best playoffs system in pro sports. Now, after last night, I’m not so sure.
Because they were able to defeat the 7-8 Rams last night, the Seattle Seahawks clinched themselves not just the NFC West title, or a playoff game at home next, but the title [...]

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