tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post6330458481952850136..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Happy New Year!It's the End of the Worst. Sports Year. Ever.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-22700098720915766722008-01-01T15:20:00.000-05:002008-01-01T15:20:00.000-05:00Calling Florida the first school to hold both the ...Calling Florida the first school to hold both the football and basketball championships is somewhat speculative. In 1951 Kentucky won the national championship in basketball, and beat the No. 1 team in the country in football. The computer polls placed UK no. 1, but there wasn't a poll after the bowl games that year.<BR/><BR/>Wait and see what USC does today in the Rose Bowl. As for Florida, I think they should beat Michigan before they start talking about next year. It's not the Florida football fans that are insufferable, it's the basketball fans.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993598287430314432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-2829140434643362092008-01-01T08:24:00.000-05:002008-01-01T08:24:00.000-05:00Gee, I guess that January 8 and April 2 of 2007 we...Gee, I guess that January 8 and April 2 of 2007 were very good days for the Gator Nation. Yes, I'm one of those insufferable Gator fans (and proud of it!). On the other hand, I live in South Florida, and the less said about 2007 for the Dolphins, Marlins, Heat, Panthers, the better!<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year, all!birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089995293849314248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-41636693442040322672008-01-01T04:18:00.000-05:002008-01-01T04:18:00.000-05:00Not to be Oregon-centric, but... :- Blazers lost. ...Not to be Oregon-centric, but... :<BR/><BR/>- Blazers lost. Great run, but if you look at the schedule, most of that run was at home, and most of it was against teams that don't scare anybody. I think they are in for a season miles ahead of expectations after Oden went down, but that 8 seed is still going to be quite a stretch, I think.<BR/><BR/>- Oregon hung 56 on South Florida in the Sun Bowl. wtf? How sure are we that Dennis Dixon really didn't play? I don't think anybody saw that score coming.Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11361493501818705947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-27707989909283805012007-12-31T23:26:00.000-05:002007-12-31T23:26:00.000-05:00I agree with you that it was a shitty sports year....I agree with you that it was a shitty sports year. As a Colorado sports fan waking up to terrible news on new years day and all my teams sucking, except the Rockies. But I will never forget the Rockies run, haven't had that much fun since the Avalanche stanley cup run in 2001, the Rockies were definetly the highlite of my '07.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476929093358287999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-86088092521780783062007-12-31T21:59:00.000-05:002007-12-31T21:59:00.000-05:00It may have been a bad year for American sports fa...It may have been a bad year for American sports fans, but people up in Canada could say it wasn't a bad year at all. Ottawa Senators made it back to the Stanley Cup Final (first since 1915 - & third Canadian team in a row to reach the finals), Canada won its third Gold in a row at the World Juniors (going for fourth in the tournament right now), people caught Sid the Kid fever, a small city in the middle of nowhere hosted an excellent Canada Winter Games (Whitehorse, Yukon), Toronto Blue Jays had a promising season looking towards 2008, Toronto Raptors are playing solid basketball once again, Vancouver is gaining momentum towards the 2010 Olympics, Toronto may be hosting NFL games in a year or two, and probably one of the prouder moments for a lot of Canadians is watching the Saskatchewan Roughriders host a home playoff game in the CFl for the first time since 1989 and then go on to win the Grey Cup against their rivals the Winnipeg Bluebombers (think Green Bay vs Chicago in a Superbowl - David vs Goliath as far as population goes). <BR/><BR/>It wasn't a bad year at all for us up north.James Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354247713166847262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-62248637117488693252007-12-31T20:17:00.000-05:002007-12-31T20:17:00.000-05:00Yeah, it should be noted Gator fans under the age ...Yeah, it should be noted Gator fans under the age of 30 are insufferable. I was in Atlanta for the Final Four and most older Gator fans had suffered through too many shitty seasons which humbled them enough to appreciate how spectacular their teams are. Most older fans were very humble and respectful. I wish I could say the same for the author of this blog.<BR/><BR/>I disagree that 2008 will be more of the same:<BR/><BR/>-Pats WON'T win the Super Bowl. It too much bad karma for them the whole season. I think the intangibles will bite them in the ass come playoff time.<BR/><BR/>-Red Sox won't win another World Series soon. They won't be the dominant force like the Yankees were in the 90s. There's just too much competition in baseball (Tigers, anyone?)<BR/><BR/>-Spurs could rattle off another championship, but I think there's more competition this year than last. Besides, it's the NBA, who cares?<BR/><BR/>-There is no way Florida is going to be #1 beginning of the season next year. USC, LSU, OSU and Oklahoma will seem like better teams for voters next year than Florida for the preseason polls. I'm guessing we'll have another crazy season like this year, though.Magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840053284734218815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-50711192930931534782007-12-31T17:32:00.000-05:002007-12-31T17:32:00.000-05:00I agree with much of what you wrote about this bei...I agree with much of what you wrote about this being a horrible sports year, but this was perhaps the BEST year for college football. Never before, in recent memory, could you not predict what would happen each week.Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942919537983304976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-7820413549317879222007-12-31T15:54:00.000-05:002007-12-31T15:54:00.000-05:00"Baseball had the Mitchell Report"? This was a go..."Baseball had the Mitchell Report"? This was a good article, but not a single mention of Barry Bonds? Sure, no one ever thinks about him anymore, but for my money he is THE story of the year.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822839285669075962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-56956267124751470072007-12-31T15:36:00.000-05:002007-12-31T15:36:00.000-05:00the faith you have in the Celtics is like the fait...the faith you have in the Celtics is like the faith people are suddenly putting into the Chargers. <BR/><BR/>Those teams are still coached by Doc Rivers and Norv Turner.David Kippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873631867494898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-11134652374210599712007-12-31T14:33:00.000-05:002007-12-31T14:33:00.000-05:00my 2008 predictions are the pats not winning the t...my 2008 predictions are <BR/>the pats not winning the title, <BR/><BR/>suns over detroit in 6 in the nba<BR/><BR/>Boston wins back to back, it kills me to say it.<BR/><BR/>Florida not winning a damn thing .<BR/><BR/>The cure for cancer( might as well since I'm dreaming)Mike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09688445089567542744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-41411809764451109882007-12-31T14:16:00.000-05:002007-12-31T14:16:00.000-05:00Uh, how about the Blazers' unexpected 13 game winn...Uh, how about the Blazers' unexpected 13 game winning streak?aikeharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129519727639271961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-52618490044992394462007-12-31T11:59:00.000-05:002007-12-31T11:59:00.000-05:00My earlier post should read 40 out of 44 on the tw...My earlier post should read 40 out of 44 on the two deep...damn keyboards...kway34https://www.blogger.com/profile/14882068040215255090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-14335666178567740422007-12-31T11:47:00.000-05:002007-12-31T11:47:00.000-05:00Actually, you're the only insufferable Florida Gat...Actually, you're the only insufferable Florida Gators fan I know of... Gatorfan < insufferable Masshole.sigszillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986746435159785667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-50987523780083475232007-12-31T11:28:00.000-05:002007-12-31T11:28:00.000-05:00This is a good article Dan. I have to say that mos...This is a good article Dan. I have to say that most of it is likely to come true except for the part about UF being the wire to wire No. 1. <BR/><BR/>OSU could return their entire team, a BCS championship bowl team. KU return 20 out of 22 starters on a BCS bowl team. USC is always loaded. UF won't return that many players and there is no way that Tebow has this type of season again. Oh year. UF isn't in a BCS bowl this year.pv845https://www.blogger.com/profile/05318367429970619320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-72804946727000136092007-12-31T11:01:00.000-05:002007-12-31T11:01:00.000-05:00You know Ohio State COULD be returning like 440 ou...You know Ohio State COULD be returning like 440 out of 44 from their two-deep roster as the defending national champions right?kway34https://www.blogger.com/profile/14882068040215255090noreply@blogger.com