Carolyn's Corner
Black Friday
is over. Cyber Monday has come and
gone. And now--’tis the season. The holiday season. So what is on your Wish List?
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That is a
lovely sentiment, conjuring up beautiful lights, snow softly falling,
and Santa
in his sleigh.
But for the football
diehard, it goes a little differently—something like this:
‘Tis the
season. The NFL season. So what is on your Wish List?
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Or how about a team “ugly” sweater? (Interesting how the much-maligned Christmas sweater of old has resurrected itself into a “must-have,” right? But that is another story…) This kind of Wish List ties in nicely also to the holiday season and retailers’ dreams.
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But it is
not much of a stretch to figure out that the true fan’s Wish List has
everything to do with his/her team and the Big Game. So let’s get down to business.
December is
probably the hardest month of the season.
Standings are solidifying—but not
really. Leaders are emerging—but not really. Dark
horses are making a surge—but not really.
Cellar-dwellers are looking toward
next season—but not really.
Standings are solidifying: Nate Silver, a quite successful prognosticator of AFC and NFC
champions as well as Super Bowl winners --among many, many other things-- says that there is an 80% chance the winner
of Super Bowl L will be one the following five teams: New England Patriots (28%), Carolina Panthers (20%), Arizona Cardinals (13%), Denver Broncos (10%), or Cincinnati Bengals (9%). Seems solid. But what about the Vikings or the Packers? They are sitting quietly at 8-3 and 8-4,
respectively. Silver gives them less than a 3% chance.
Leaders are emerging: Carolina is obvious, and so are the Patriots, in spite of
their first loss. However, Green Bay has
taken a turn south, and pundits still do not seem to believe in Cincinnati or Denver
one hundred percent. Moreover, a 6-5
team now that wins its remaining five games will end up 11-5 (7 as of today)—typically
a shoe-in record for the playoffs.
Dark horses are making a surge: Those might be the seven aforementioned teams that are 6-5 as of now: Steelers, Colts, Falcons, Chiefs, Seahawks,
Texans, and Jets. However, in true dark
horse fashion, they are up and down, in and out.
Cellar-dwellers are looking toward
next season: For fans of the teams with perennial
losing records, hope springs eternal and miracles can happen—the miracle of not
ending up in last place, to be clear.
And that could happen.
What is the
take-away? Pretty simple: Just like Christmas, we all have to wait to
see what is in our Super Stocking on Super Bowl Sunday. (I know, I know--cheap thrill below!)
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