As we continue our march toward the Franchise Player deadline (This Sunday at Noon EST) I am running through last year’s TBFL prediction posts…Every couple of years…Playground Legends owner Danny Miller emerges from the shadows like a forgotten spectre…then rises up to lay down a surprise rant of Smack Talk toward his fellow owners…how long these rants will last until Danny disappears silently back into the ether…no one ever knows…
No one had heard from him since September of 2012…But last year the Legends owner suddenly appeared in a message board post on July 10…On August 19 he started a series of posts “From the Podium”…and although we were promised a full season of commentary…he disappeared just a month later with a final post on September 22 never to be heard from again…It is that 1st prediction post (preserved HERE) that we will review today…
…it has been sometime since my last press release…
*HIT* 705 Days, 16 Hours, 59 Minutes, and 27 seconds…to be exact…
Can I get an AMEN?
Sure…AMEN
Will there be predictions? Why the hell not??
My first prediction for the BAT-tleship round is that I will defeat the defending champs in each, yes I said it, EACH matchup we have against each other this season.
*MISS* This fell through in Week 6 with a 156-108 loss to Thrashers…although The Legends would get their revenge with a 128-69 victory in Week 12…There was no Playoff Matchup…but Thrashers did make it to the Fantasy Bowl while the Legends made a Wildcard 0-1 Playoffs exit loss to the Warriors…
Now onto the Hurricanes…seeing the word champion in the phrase “Paper champion” is as close as you are going to get this year so I will let you have that.
*HIT* Hurricanes were so rattled by this verbal assault that they ran off an 8 game losing streak to finish dead last in the standings…
Husslers…Hmmm…When I see and read your name all I can think about is that song from Ice Tea. New Jack Hustler… Allow me to quote from that song as it seems somewhat appropriate for prediction number three.
“Move like a king when I roll, hops,
You try to flex, bang, another nigga drops.”
…Ummm…uh….Was that even a prediction?…After running off 4 Wins to start the season…Legends lost to Husslers 96-82 in Week 5…the start of a 5 game losing spiral…so… *MISS*…I think…yeah…definitely a *MISS*…if for no other reason than listing ICE-T’s name wrong…
Armed and Dangerous as previously mentioned I am excited to participate in my first ever T&A night…By the way my prediction toward you can be summed up fairly easily.
“My prediction? PAIN!” Clubber Lang – Rocky III.
Most good articles really should have to have a Rocky reference.
*MISS* No…no they shouldn’t…
BTW, in case you missed it, my “PAIN!” predication is number four.
…[Commish stares blankly]…[Commish starts to type…but stops again]…[Commish starts to mouth something…but does not speak]…um…okay…so Using this Lego representation of the Universal Pain Index…
…a “predication” of “4” is ‘Moderate’ or ‘Distressing’ “like an average toothache, the initial pain from a bee sting, or minor trauma to part of the body, such as stubbing your toe real hard.” …So…*HIT*??…It was a low bar to reach…but that is probably the amount of pain AND felt after their 10 point loss at T&A Night in Week 11…
When I do make good on this prediction there will be a tea bag waiting for you!
We await to see if and when any tea bags appear this year…
For those of you not called out other than being referred to as MF(s) your time is coming. Boy is it coming. I assure you that there is enough to go around for everyone.
*HIT* Time is never ending…so there should be plenty of it for all of us…at least 705 Days, 16 Hours, 59 Minutes, and 27 seconds worth…
To be sure that will happen I will most definitely, unlike Moreno, go ONE… MORE… YARD… (spanning several more articles).
*HIT* by definition…4 articles were posted…
Actual football predictions (and to round out to an even 10 for this article – If I counted correctly)
…Yeah…I already can’t count them myself…
DeMarco Murray will stay healthy all season.
*HIT* Murray remained healthy and started 16 games for the 1st time in his career…
DeMarco Murray will be a top 5 back in this league this year.
*HIT* Murray was #1 in Attempts (373), #1 in Rushing Yardage (1,745), #1(t) in Touchdowns (12), and #2 in Fantasy Points (323)…
Tampa Bay will win 8 games this season.
*MISS* The Bucs did not win 8 games in the last 2 seasons combined (2-14, 4-12)…they have not won 8 games in a season since 2010…in fact they have only won 8 games in 1 season 12 times in their 39 year history (30.8%)…
Knowshon will take Lamar Miller’s job by week 3.
*MISS* Miller started all 16 games for the Fins…finishing as Running Back #9 (189 points)…
Knowshon will find another way to disappoint me (somehow somewhere).
*HIT* Moreno only appeared in 3 games for the Fins before being lost to Injured Reserve…
Let’s try this one again. I will win 10 games this season.
*MISS* As previously discussed HERE winning 10 Games in a season is a rare feat…Runs N Throses were the only team to do it in 2014…and they beat the odds further by actually winning the Fantasy Bowl…
8-6 by my count…57.1% From the Podium…
