Your Favorite Holiday Food Bracket

I love Holiday Foods, and the Tourney got me thinking about brackets...

So who wins the HOLIDAY FOOD BRACKET?

All seedings are final. Go ahead and tell me, how for you, this thing plays out...

Beagle Bracket

So here's the bracket. Not a lot of upsets here, but I have a few which I like, such as K-state. I'm kindof surprised that Long Beach state didn't get in, but UCSB did. UCSB wasn't as good as long beach this year, IMO.

Anyways, it's good to post again. I'll get going here with more during the baseball season.

Dear beagle view, can tampa beat cliff lee in a game 5 vs texas?

Yes. Thy laid a 6 spot on him earlier in the year. But they way they played at home In games 1-2 I wouldn't bet on it

Thanks for the question Paul

Wowtheraysarebad

Can you believe it? The rays have shit the bed. I'm betting the mortgage on Texas in game 3... Not because I think they're that much better, but because the Rays couldn't get a hot in batting practice right now. Sheesh. Missed opportunities galore.

Ps the injured twins should be going down here shortly as well

Quick pick divisional series winners

Per my earlier post about the importance of streaks:
Rays run all over rangers, take series 3-1
Yankees sweep struggling and injured Twins

Giants over braves 3-2
Phillies 3-1 over Reds, with dominant wins (4+ runs)

Thoughts?

Going Streaking...

One of my biggest beliefs is that streaks are AS IMPORTANT in baseball as any other stat. I don't really care what a pitcher's era is if they run into a team that's won 5-6 in a row or more. Any team can get hot at any time, and even though it's not "fair" to the teams on the playoff bubble, it happens every year. Teams with nothing to play for knock off the Playoff hopefuls. 2 examples this year:

The Cubs are 16 games back in their division and just took 2-3 from San Diego, and may take 3/4. They are 3/5 over their last 5, but more importantly they held the Pads to 5 runs over 3 games, including a shutout. Effectively this took any chance of the Padres making the playoffs away.

Toronto has won 6/7 and took 2/3 from the Yankees

P.S.
In 2004, the Red Sox came back from 0-3 to the Yankees in the ALCS, and ended up winning 7 Straight, THROUGH the World series. Similar story in 2007.

Anyways, All this to say I think teams going in Hot/Cold to the playoffs DOES MATTER. With that, my predictions:

Minnesota loses in the first round to the Rays (Minnesota lost 5 of their last 6)

Texas beats the Yankees, (Yankees are 8-12 over their last 20, including getting swept by Texas over a 3 game set)

Giants beat Atlanta if they play (Giants have won 4 straight)

Phillies beat Cincinatti (Phillies are a ridiculous 16-4 over their last 20)

So There you have it, my predictions.

Rays, Texas, Giants and Phillies in the Championship Series'

Thoughts?

NFL Week 1 review... Actually this is more about Hot Wings

There were a few things that I want to touch on following the first week of football

I'm going to get the obvious ones out of the way first:
Calvin Johnson scored a touchdown, and I don't care if "the rule" was applied correctly or not. It's a bs rule. You're going to tell me that a running back can dive down the sidelines, touch the Pylon with the ball and that's a touchdown? And Calvin Johnson's isn't?

The Bills still suck. They almost covered the +3 spread Vegas put on them... until they snapped the ball out of the endzone for a safety with like a minute left. The Greatest thing in Buffalo, NY is still the wings.

Speaking of, are Wings and Football a better match than Hotdogs and Baseball?

Are Hot Wings and Football a better duo than Hot Dogs and Baseball? Yes, Wings are WAY MORE bomb during a game No way, Dogs and Baseball are CLASSIC! view results

Speaking Honestly, I love Wings and Football. I think with all of football's stoppages, it lends itself to the fan having time to select a new wing, dunk it in ranch, and look back towards the tv. 4 downs, 4 wings. This is why Superbowl parties are centered around food... You've got time to eat every time the punting unit comes on the field, followed by the defensive unit.

Baseball on the other hand is 220 pitches (if it's a fast game), and you down't have a lot of time to look away. May 2, 2006 I took one pitch off at an Angels game to grab a cheeto, and missed Eric Chavez's HR landing 2 EMPTY ROWS in front of me. Some Cholo ran over and grabbed the ball. I haven't eaten a cheeto since. Box Score= HERE

Hotdogs can be eaten with one hand, and eyes up. They don't require as much discipline as a Wing.

Here's a list of things you can do while eating a Dog (but not wings): You can drive, play wii (if it's a non-nunchuk game), give the Dodgers the finger, Curl weights, talk on the phone, hail a taxi, write a post it note, beat it, delete emails etc.

A dog is a convenience food, LOWER common denominator. You don't need any heat tolerance, time or beer to wash it down. Wings are a gentlemen's food, gentlemen who would go out into the street and have an old fashioned duel with their colt .45's

Ah, the Colts. They Lost their 5th game this season (4 straight preseason games). That's what Manning gets for not playing Preseason. They also gave up 230 Yards to the Arian, Arian Foster. I think they, like the Chargers, still go on sick runs and each win their divisions. You can't tell me that QB isn't the most deciding factor in football. I mean, I don't think the Colts even have running backs, they just throw people out there in the RB position, and they go out for passes too.

Here's a short list of Who's Overrated this season

Vikings
Jets
Eagles
Steelers
Seahawks (now)

What's the problem with each of these teams? QB. I think Favre regresses to his Jets-year play, Mark Sanchez won't throw a pass more than 10 yards downfield. Kevin Kolb/Michael Vick haven't proven anything (and their rushing game is immature as well). Big Ben doesn't have Santanio Holmes to throw to, and Hines Ward will get more coverage. Pete Carroll, seems nice, but his team is old old old. The Niners made them look good... but I'm thinking Julius Jones isn't good enough to carry a team which may have an injured QB sometime soon.

Thoughts?