I don’t have a lot to say this week, except that I was right about Houston teams breaking your heart.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Carolina
San Francisco
Archive for the ‘Loser’ Category
Your loser update: week 3.
Sunday, September 26th, 2010Belated Friday loser update.
Saturday, September 25th, 2010Pittsburgh has blown their shot at losing 110 games. Currently; 53-100, .346 winning percentage, projected 56.052 wins.
Houston’s at 74-80, .481 winning percentage, projected 77.922 wins.
Baltimore: 61-92, .399 winning percentage, projected 64.638 wins.
Coming on strong is Seattle: 58-95, .379 winning percentage, projected 61.398 wins.
Your loser update: week 2.
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010The worst thing about this past weekend is that someone had to win the Philadelphia – Detroit and St. Louis – Oakland games. If there was ever a time for a surgical meteor strike or two, this was it.
The best thing about this past weekend is that the Manning Bowl is, mercifully, over.
During my intermittent watching of the games this weekend, I heard someone claim that the Cowboys were favorites to go to the Super Bowl this season. Of course, this year’s Super Bowl is in the Jerry Dome. Now, the idea that the Cowboys were Super Bowl favorites this year was news to me…
The more I think about it, though (and I try not to think about it for very long, because Houston teams will always find a way to break your heart), wouldn’t it be wonderfully fitting if a team from Texas did play in the Super Bowl this year…and it wasn’t the Cowboys?
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Buffalo
Cleveland
Dallas
Minnesota
Detroit
Carolina
San Francisco
St. Louis
Friday loser update.
Friday, September 17th, 2010The magic number for Pittsburgh is 12. That is, 48-98, .329 winning percentage, 53.298 projected wins, 12 losses needed out of 16 games to reach 110.
Baltimore is 58-88, .397 winning percentage, 64.314 projected wins.
The magic number for Houston is 11. That is, 70-76, .479 winning percentage, 77.598 projected wins, 11 wins out of 16 remaining games needed to reach 81-81.
IOU.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010This post is to acknowledge and memorialize, in public, the fact that I owe Lawrence $5.
Edited to add: Paid in full.
(Previously.)
Your loser update: week 1.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010We’re back, baby! Like the black plague!
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Jets
Buffalo (Good to see the Bills right where I expect them to be.)
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Indianapolis (Hey, wasn’t there someone who said something like “Until this team can beat the Colts, the Texans are nobodies.” Yes, yes there was. My 8-8 prediction for Houston is looking pessimistic.)
San Diego
Denver
Oakland (One of my picks for a possible 0-16 this year.)
Philadelphia
Dallas
Minnesota
Detroit (I’d gloat over the Lions losing, except I’m kind of inclined to think they got shafted on that last play.)
Atlanta
Carolina
San Francisco
St. Louis (Also one of my 0-16 picks.)
Friday loser update.
Friday, September 10th, 2010The end of the baseball season and the start of real sports both slouch ever closer, like something that slouches a lot. Our first NFL loser update for the season should post early Tuesday.
In the meantime:
Pittsburgh: 47-92, .338 winning percentage, 54.756 projected wins.
Baltimore: 53-87, .379 winning percentage, 61.398 projected wins.
Houston: 67-73, .479 winning percentage, 77.598 projected wins.
Friday loser update.
Friday, September 3rd, 2010We’re a little less than a week away from the start of the football season, and about eleven days from the start of the NFL loser update, for those of you playing along at home. In the meantime…
Pittsburgh’s at 44-89, .331 winning percentage, 53.622 projected wins. That’s about 108 losses; we can consider the 110 loss goal still in play.
Baltimore’s at 49-85, .366 winning percentage, 59.292 projected wins.
And the Astros have moved into third (3rd!) place in the division, with a 62-71 record, .466 winning percentage, and 75.492 projected wins.
Friday loser update.
Friday, August 27th, 2010Pittsburgh’s at 43-84, .339, 54.918 projected wins. So call it 107 losses, but I’m holding out hope for 110.
Baltimore is at 45-83, .352 winning percentage, 57.024 projected wins.
And the Astros are at 58-69, .457 winning percentage, 74.034 projected wins.
Friday loser update.
Friday, August 20th, 2010Pittsburgh continues the downward spiral: 40-81, .331 winning percentage, 53.622 projected wins. Not 110 losses yet, but if trends continue (note that they were 39-75 a week ago, and are on a three game losing streak) that goal is in sight.
Balmer’s 43-79, .352 winning percentage, 57.024 projected wins.
And Houston’s at 53-67, .442 winning percentage, 71.604 projected wins. They may come closer to a .500 finish that I expected at the start of the season.
Friday loser update.
Friday, August 13th, 2010I will be darned. Baltimore no longer has the worst record in baseball. (40-75, .348 winning percentage, projected 56.376 wins.)
That honor just barely belongs to Pittsburgh. (39-75, .342 winning percentage, projected 55.404 wins.)
And Houston is still holding on to fourth place in the division. (48-67, .425 winning percentage, projected 68.85 wins.)
Friday loser update.
Friday, August 6th, 2010It has been a while since I’ve done one of these, what with travel and all, but I did warn you I was laying off the Astros updates….
Anyway, Houston’s actually passed the Cubs to move into 4th place in the division. At .439, that works out to 71.118 projected wins.
Baltimore’s at 35-73, for a .324 winning percentage, and 52.488 projected wins.
Pittsburgh’s at 38-70, for a .352 winning percentage, and 57.024 projected wins.
All-Star loser update.
Monday, July 12th, 2010At the All-Star break:
Houston still holding on to 5th place, with a .404 winning percentage. At this pace, they’re projected to win 65.448 games.
Baltimore is still at the bottom, 29-59, .330 winning percentage. At this pace, they’re projected to win 53.46 games.
And Pittsburgh is 30-58, only slightly better than Balmer. At a .341 winning percentage, the projection is 55.242 wins.
Quotes of the day.
Friday, July 9th, 2010It would be possible for me to care less about LeBron James in general, and last night’s fiasco in particular. But I would have to work really, really hard at caring less than I do now.
However, some of the quotes in Richard Deitsch’s SI article made me giggle:
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Random notes: July 2, 2010.
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Department of “The Jokes, They Just Write Themselves”:
Today’s NYT has a followup article on the Ronell Wilson case, going into more detail on the legal issues. Basically, the death penalty sentence was overturned because prosecutors hammered that Wilson had not pled guilty, had refused to testify, but was claiming remorse. Several people in the article are quoted as wondering how the prosecution could have made “such a simple procedural mistake”. But I’m actually a little bit sympathetic to the prosecution: before the prosecution made their statements, Wilson was allowed to read a “statement of remorse” to the jury, without being cross-examined by the prosecution.
Loser update: Astros still hanging on to fifth place. Baltimore at 24-54, for a .308 (God’s caliber) winning percentage, projected to win 49.896 games over the 162 game season. Put another way, roughly 112 losses. Remember, though: we’re closing out the first half of the season. Things can change for the better (worse?) during the second half.