NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Oakland
Kansas City
New York Football Giants
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
Archive for the ‘Loser’ Category
Your loser update: week 2, 2014.
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014Your loser update: week 1, 2014.
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014Like Ebola or toenail fungus, we have returned for another year of the loser update.
Are there any teams that we think have a chance of going 0-16 this year? We haven’t given this a lot of thought, but off the top of our heads, maybe Oakland or Jacksonville?
In the meantime, NFL teams that actually still have a chance to go 0-16:
New England
Cleveland
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
San Diego
Oakland
Kansas City
New York Football Giants
Washington
Dallas
Chicago
Green Bay
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
St. Louis
Your loser update: July 14, 2014.
Monday, July 14th, 2014Red Klotz has passed away.
He’s more famous, perhaps, as a coach, having lost “tens of thousands of games” while coaching such teams as the Boston Shamrocks, New Jersey Reds, New York Nationals, International Elite, Global Select, World All-Stars…and, perhaps most famous of all, the Washington Generals.
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Since we’re at the All-Star break, it seems like a good time to do a baseball loser update. Unfortunately, it really isn’t a good year for losers.
Surprisingly, Houston isn’t at the bottom of the list. Heck, they’re not even at the bottom of their division. The Astros are 40-56, with a .417 winning percentage; a mark they share with Arizona. Colorado is 40-55, .421, and my Cubs are 40-54, .426.
At rock bottom are your Texas Rangers, at 38-57, for a .400 winning percentage. I’m not saying any of these records are “good”, but compared to where the Astros were at the break last year (33-61, .351), this looks like a ray of sunshine.
Your loser update: week 10, 2013.
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
None.
I can almost, but not quite, understand Miami losing to Tampa Bay. Surely the Incognito situation was a distraction. But still, Tampa Bay stinks.
As far as Jacksonville beating Tennessee, that’s just baffling.
Anyway, thus ends the loser update for the 2013 season. See you again in 2014, assuming we’re all still here.
Your loser update: week 9, 2013.
Monday, November 4th, 2013NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Jacksonville (bye week)
Tampa Bay
(What the heck, Seattle?)
Your loser update: week 8, 2013.
Sunday, October 27th, 2013NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
Your loser update: week 7, 2013.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
Your loser update: week 6, 2013.
Sunday, October 13th, 2013Your loser update: week 5, 2013.
Sunday, October 6th, 2013NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Pittsburgh (bye week)
Jacksonville
NY Giants
Tampa Bay (bye week)
And Cleveland is 3-0 after the trade from hell?
WE’RE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS HERE, PEOPLE!
Your loser update: week 4, 2013.
Sunday, September 29th, 2013NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
NY Giants
Tampa Bay
And Cleveland has won two games in a row, which foils my plan to offer them Matt Schaub for next year’s first round draft pick.
In other news, the Astros played their last game of the season this afternoon, took the Yankees to 14 innings…and lost, 5-1. Houston finishes at 51-111, with a .315 winning percentage and having lost the last 15 games in a row.
Memos from the Sports Desk.
Sunday, September 29th, 2013It is kind of early for a Sunday morning – I haven’t had breakfast yet, or even coffee – but I wanted to get these up before I wandered out in the rain (Yes! Actual rain!) in search of both.
Lane Kiffin out as USC football coach. USC lost 62-41 to Arizona State yesterday; if other reports are to be believed, Kiffin was fired before the plane even got back to LA.
Kiffin was 28-15 overall. So far this year, the team is 3-2 and 0-2 in conference.
And the Astros have hit the 110 loss mark with one game left in the season. Right now, the team is at .317. .300 is sort of the bar for Wikipedia’s “List of worst Major League Baseball season records”, so the 2013 Astros won’t make that list. But I do still find this achievement refreshing.
Your Houston Astros, ladies and gentlemen.
Saturday, September 28th, 2013But wait, it gets better!
Comcast SportsNet Houston, the cable network that carries the Astros games – the cable network that recorded a 0.0 Nielsen rating for last Sunday’s Astros game – is in a nasty dispute with various affiliates and with the Astros. According to the HouChron, CSN hasn’t paid rights fees to the Astros for the past five months three months. (Edited to add 9/29: I swear the article said “five months” when I read it Saturday morning, but everyone says “three months” now. I’m not sure if the HouChron got it wrong and corrected it, or if I misread the article originally.) The affiliates are unhappy because they believe “structural issues” are keeping CSN from expanding.
And thus, the Comcast/NBC Universal affiliates have filed an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition against CSN, apparently in an attempt to address these “structural issues”.
It just hasn’t been a good year for the Astros. Good thing I didn’t bet on them to win the World Series.
You spin me right round baby right round…
Thursday, September 26th, 2013The Astros have broken their team record, and are now at 108 losses.
The team is off tonight, and starts their final series against the Yankees on Friday. Remember, the Astros have to win 2 out of 3 in order to avoid 110 losses.
And by the way, the Yankees won’t be playing in the post-season. I note this here just because it will make this guy unhappy.
And as the sun sinks slowly in the AL West…
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013…the Astros have tied the franchise record of 107 losses.
There are four games left, so the team has to go .500 to avoid the magic 110 loss mark. The Astros play at the Rangers tonight, then play the Yankees at home for the final three games. Cool Standings is projecting 109.5 losses; I’m thinking the Astros should at least break their loss record, and 110 losses is definitely in play.
Random notes: September 24, 2013.
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013Paul Bergrin is going to spend the rest of his life in prison with no possibility of parole. Unless his conviction is overturned, or his sentence is reduced on appeal. (Previously on WCD.)
According to the HouChron and Nielsen, nobody in the Houston area watched the Astros game against Cleveland on Sunday. (Of course, that game was on opposite the Texans game, the Astros are getting closer to 110 losses this season, and there’s some margin for error in Nielsen’s calculations.)
While I was digging out the Bergrin posts, I stumbled across this old post about Hot Wheels, Legos, and imaginative play. The discussion of Legos, and their emphasis on pre-packaged sets tied to pop culture events, reminded me of something I saw over the weekend: LEGO Lone Ranger sets
