bbaker@cadsys.UUCP (William Baker) (08/14/85)
I see that Playboy has picked the Seahawks to win the Super Bowl this year. As a Seahawk fan, I am saddened. The addled nitwit who makes Playboy's picks each year has been so far wrong the past few years that any prudent bettor would carefully bet the reverse of the Playboy picks. I don't bet and I don't read Playboy but I have noticed that they have been very far off the mark in the past. Is this the beginning of a new jinx, like the Heisman jinx? Bill Baker intelca!cadsys!bbaker
richr@iddic.UUCP (Rich Rodgers) (08/15/85)
> > I see that Playboy has picked the Seahawks to win the Super >Bowl this year. As a Seahawk fan, I am saddened. The addled >nitwit who makes Playboy's picks each year has been so far wrong > 1. The nitwit mentioned above (Anson Mount) has an affiliation with the Pacific NorthWest and appears to bias opinions because of this. For proof look at his predictions over the past 5 years on how well OSU (Go Beavs :-)) would do. (~6 wins versus predictions of ~26). It should not surprise anyone that the first time the Seahawks have a slim chance at winning the Super Bowl Anson Mount would choose them. 2. As a 49er fanatic (No, I am not a bandwagon jumper. I have suffered with the Niners 18 of my 23 years) I am enjoying what future historians will consider the Niner Dynasty. Nobody will even come close this year as the Niners will be 19-0. I am still convinced that the Niners would have gone undefeated last year if the stupid Seahawk game had not taken priority over the Niner-Steeler contest in the Portland area. One of the two Niner games the networks missed here. The 49ers simply cannot play their best if I don't get to see the game (-: 3. Did anybody else think it peculiar that the networks completely skipped the opening of NFL pre-season last weekend. Or did the swine at the Portland stations simply not broadcast them here. What gives?!? 4. Predictions: San Fransisco 49ers St. Louis Cardinals Green Bay Packers (Is the Pack Back?) (The Bears are sissies) Oakland (I can't say LA) Raiders New England Patriots Pittsburg Steelers Super Bowl: San Fransisco 44 Seattle 17 (My dad likes the Seahawks) (They do better as a wild card) College: #1 Anybody but BYU please. Florida State otherwise. Oregon State Beavers 4-0 then 6-5 (Don't laugh, it hurts) PAC-10: University of Washington (I hate them Dawgs) <<<<<<<< LETS PLAY BALL >>>>>>>>
pumphrey@ttidcb.UUCP (Larry Pumphrey) (08/15/85)
I don't know what you're talking about; Playboy's Anson Mount was one of the very few sportswriters who correctly picked San Francisco and Miami as meeting in the last Super Bowl. He also correctly picked the 'Niners to be champions. With this kind of track record I think his pick for this season's finalists (Chicago and Seattle) should be taken quite seriously. -Larry
woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) (08/20/85)
> I am enjoying what future historians will consider the Niner Dynasty.
DYNASTY?!?!? From a team that lost even a pre-season game to the
(giggle, choke, gasp!) Denver Donkeys?