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Mike

4Quarters: 10/06/11

2011-12 NHL Predictions Sure to go Wrong -

First Quarter - Eastern Conference
Atlantic: 1. Philadelphia (3) 2. New York Rangers (5) 3. Pittsburgh (6) 4. New Jersey 5. New York Islanders
Northeast: 1. Boston (2) 2. Buffalo (7) 3. Montreal (8) 4. Toronto 5. Ottawa
Southeast: 1. Washington (1) 2. Tampa Bay (4) 3. Winnipeg 4. Carolina 5. Florida

Second Quarter - Western Conference
Central: 1. Chicago (2) 2. Detroit (4) 3. St. Louis (8) 4. Nashville 5. Columbus
Northwest: 1. Vancouver (1) 2. Minnesota (7) 3. Calgary 4. Colorado 5. Edmonton
Pacific: 1. San Jose (3) 2. Los Angelas (5) 3. Anaheim (6) 4. Phoenix 5. Dallas

Third Quarter - Playoffs
East 1st Round: WSH over MTL, BOS over BUF, NYR over TB, PIT overPHI
West 1st Round: VAN over STL, CHI over MIN, SJ over ANA, DET over LAK
East 2nd Round: BOS over NYR, PIT over WSH
West 2nd Round: VAN over DET, CHI over SJ
East Finals: Boston Bruins over Pittsburgh Penguins
West Finals: Chicago Blackhawks over Vancouver Canucks

Fourth Quarter - Stanley Cup Finals
Chicago Blackhawks over Boston Bruins

4Quarters: 09/29/11

2011 MLB Playoff Predictions Sure to go Wrong -

First Quarter - ALDS
Detroit Tigers (AL Central) over New York Yankees (AL East) in Four
Tampa Bay Rays (AL Wildcard) over Texas Rangers (AL West) in Five

Second Quarter - NLDS
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East) over St. Louis Cardinals (NL Wildcard) in Three
Milwaukee Brewers (NL Central) over Arizona Diamondbacks (NL West) in Five

Third Quarter - LCS
ALCS: Detroit Tigers over Tampa Bay Rays in Six
NLCS: Philadelphia Phillies over Milwaukee Brewers in Six

Fourth Quarter - 2011 World Series
Philadelphia Phillies (NL) over Detroit Tigers (AL)

Vmos Away!

4Quarters: 09/09/11

2011 NFL Predictions Sure to go Wrong

First Quarter - AFC
East: 1. New England Patriots 2. New York Jets 3. Miami Dolphins 4. Buffalo Bills
North: 1. Baltimore Ravens 2. Pittsburgh Steelers 3. Cleveland Brown 4. Cincinnati Bengals
South: 1. Houston Texans 2. Indianapolis Colts 3. Jacksonville Jaguars 4. Tennessee Titans
West: 1. San Diego Chargers 2. Kansas City Chiefs 3. Oakland Raiders 4. Denver Broncos

Second Quarter - NFC
East: 1. Philadelphia Eagles 2. New York Giants 3. Dallas Cowboys 4. Washington Redskins
North: 1. Green Bay Packers 2. Detroit Lions 3. Chicago Bears 4. Minnesota Vikings
South: 1. Atlanta Falcons 2. New Orleans Saints 3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4. Carolina Panthers
West: 1. Arizona Cardinals 2. St. Louis Rams 3. Seattle Seahawks 4. San Francisco 49ers

Third Quarter - Playoffs
Wildcard Weekend:
AFC - Ravens over Jets, Texans over Steelers
NFC - Saints over NY Giants, Eagles over Cardinals

Divisional:
AFC - Chargers over Ravens, Patriots over Texans
NFC - Falcons over Eagles, Packers over Saints

Conference Championships:
AFC - Chargers over Patriots
NFC - Falcons over Packers

Fourth Quarter - Super Bowl XLVI
San Diego Chargers (AFC) over Atlanta Falcons (NFC)

4Quarters: 09/02/11

First Quarter - Pac12
North:
1. Oregon
2. Stanford
3. Washington
4. Oregon State
5. California
6. Washington State

South:
1. Utah
2. Arizona State
3. Southern Cal
4. Arizona
5. UCLA
6. Colorado

Pac12 Title Game: Oregon over Utah

Second Quarter - B1G
Leaders:
1. Wisconsin
2. Illinois
3. Penn State
4. Ohio State
5. Indiana
6. Purdue

Legends:
1. Nebraska
2. Michigan State
3. Northwestern
4. Iowa
5. Michigan
6. Minnesota

B1G Title Game: Nebraska over Wisconsin

Third Quarter - SEC
East:
1. South Carolina
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. Kentucky
6. Vanderbilt

West:
1. LSU
2. Alabama
3. Arkansas
4. Mississippi State
5. Auburn
6. Mississippi

SEC Title Game: South Carolina over LSU

Fourth Quarter - BcS Bowls

BcS Title Game (New Orleans): Oregon (Pac12) over South Carolina (SEC)
Rose Bowl: Nebraska (B1G) vs Boise State (MWC)
Orange Bowl: South Florida (BigEast) vs Wisconsin (B1G)
Fiesta Bowl: Texas A&M (BigXII) vs Stanford (Pac12)
Sugar Bowl: LSU (SEC) vs Florida State (ACC)

Vmos Away!

4Quarters: 08/30/11

First Quarter - Big East
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Pittsburgh
4. Cincinnati
5. Rutgers
6. Louisville
7. Syracuse
8. Connecticut

Second Quarter - ACC
Atlantic:
1. Florida State
2. Boston College
3. Maryland
4. North Carolina State
5. Clemson
6. Wake Forest

Coastal:
1. Virginia Tech
2. Georgia Tech
3. North Carolina
4. Miami (FL)
5. Virginia
6. Duke

ACC Title Game: Florida State over Virginia Tech

Third Quarter: Mountain West
1. Boise State
2. Air Force
3. TCU
4. San Diego State
5. Wyoming
6. Colorado State
7. UNLV
8. New Mexico

Fourth Quarter: BigXII
1. Texas A&M
2. Oklahoma
3. Oklahoma State
4. Missouri
5. Texa$
6. Kansas State
7. Texas Tech
8. Baylor
9. Iowa State
10. Kansas

4Quarters: 08/26/11

The first of my college football predictions that come in 4's.

First Quarter - Sun Belt
1. Troy
2. Florida International
3. Middle Tennessee State
4. Louisiana Monroe
5. North Texas
6. Arkansas State
7. Florida Atlantic
8. Western Kentucky
9. Louisiana-Lafayette

Second Quarter - MAC
East:
1. Ohio
2. Temple
3. Kent State
4. Miami (OH)
5. Bowling Green
6. Buffalo
7. Akron

West:
1. Northern Illinois
2. Toledo
3. Western Michigan
4. Central Michigan
5. Eastern Michigan
6. Ball State

MAC Title Game: Northern Illinois over Ohio

Third Quarter - WAC
1. Fresno State
2. Nevada
3. Hawai'i
4. Idaho
5. Louisiana Tech
6. Utah State
7. San Jose State
8. New Mexico State

Fourth Quarter - CUSA
East:
1. Central Florida
2. Southern Miss
3. UAB
4. East Carolina
5. Memphis
6. Marshall

West:
1. SMU
2. Houston
3. Tulsa
4. Tulane
5. Rice
6. UTEP

CUSA Title Game: SMU over UCF

Vmos Away!

4Quarters: 08/20/2011

First Quarter - NFL Preseason
Sure the NFL preseason is different than most with most of the summer workouts being wiped out by the labor dispute. The games are a way to get reps and such but I don't care for them so I'll let them exist but the NFL starts when the games really count. No matter if Todd Haley whines about the Ravens are running up the score on him.

Second Quarter - Fox Sports
The best thing the network did in years was hire Gus Johnson and put college football guys on the college games they'll be doing on Fox/FX. However the fact that their number one play-by-play man Joe Buck continues to work with a voice ailment just makes the network literally sound awful.

Third Quarter - ESPN Baseball Sections
Tomorrow night ESPN Sunday Night Baseball will have Cardinals-Cubs for the second time what I believe to be four weeks. I understand the need for ratings by having teams that draw well but I'd suggest having teams that are hardly on would have the same effect. How about showing the struggling teams earlier in the year on Monday/Wednesday/Sunday night baseball instead of the same seven teams throughout the season. I'm not just saying this as a Royals fan but the fact MLB Network does and they produce the better product.

Fourth Quarter - Omaha Stormchasers
I admit that the new name/stadium has gotten me repumped about the Kansas City Royals triple A affiliate Omaha Stormchasers. I've been out to beautiful Warner Park seven times for games (in addition to stopping by for merchandise at the Storm Front a couple times) and saw them in Salt Lake City last weekend. Having future stars of the organization and journeymen on the team has led to a fun summer of following. The team should make the playoffs which I'll try to get out and follow.

vmos away!

The Return of 4Quarters

As a new season of college football and the NFL are close to begginning and being out of work I felt its important to resume the blog. Also I've rebranded this blog from thedrUNKenLoper to 4Quarters with Mike Vamosi. As some of you may or may not remember I hosted a radio show in college with this name and wrote a column in the Antelope with this name. I felt it was a novel idea to bring it back once again where I pick four sports topics and give my opinions on it. Hope you enjoy it, in addition that it takes me places.

First Quarter: Royal Expectations
- I feel that losing 100 games is an embarrassment even if your not going to contend you might as well be the grand loser (you can have it this year Houston). Playing well the last two month with the young talent should KC make the supposive jump most Royals fans have been waiting for in 2012 or realistically 2013. During the teams last road trip through Boston and Cleveland the Royals went 4-3 which is encouraging no doubt given how bad they've been away from the K. 70 or more wins is what I hope this team can get and build momentum for next season.

Second Quarter: 2012 All-Star Game Logo
- July 10, 2012 Kauffman Stadium will host their first All Stat Game in 39 years (Royals Stadium at the time in 1973, NL won 7-1). I like that the logo reflected KC's logo with a crown but would have liked to have the script be the cursive that the Royals use for everything and not the script that MLB decided on. Again not a horrible logo but throw in some fountains but at least use a script Royals fans are familar with.

Third Quarter: NBA Lockout
- To those who like the National Basketball Association it maybe awhile for the league to resume play. This shouldn't be a surprise because the players and owners are much further apart than they were in the NFL. The league really needs to figure about competive balance like the other leagues have seen not one benefical to just the Boston, LA Lakers of the league sure the bigger markets such as Chicago, New York, Dallas etc but the mid to small markets need to have hope also.

Fourth Quarter: Philadelphia Heat-gles?
- At the start of the week a certain four letter network asked the question of are the Philadelphia Eagles the Miami Heat of the NFL? Nothing more than a slow news week says I because a football roster isn't like a basketball roster and an addition of two or three players puts you in position for the title. Also the competition is different and it seems that the other teams in the league don't like the press Philadelphia is already getting before the start of the season.

Well the rebranding is done and hopefully I'll produce a couple entries per week.

Thanks and as always

Vmos Away!

NCAA Softball Super Regionals

NCAA Softball Best-of-Three Super Regionals:

1 Arizona State Sun Devels (Pac10) v 16 Texas A&M Aggies (BigXII)
8 Arizona Wildcats (Pac10) v 9 Oklahoma Sooners (BigXII)

4 Florida Gators (SEC) v 13 Oregon Ducks (Pac10)
5 Missouri Tigers (BigXII) v 12 Washington Huskies (Pac10)

6 Georgia Bulldogs (SEC) v 11 Baylor Bears (BigXII)
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (BigXII) v Houston Cougars (CUSA)

2 Alabama Crimson Tide (SEC) v 15 Stanford Cardinal (Pac10)
7 California Golden Bears (Pac10) v Kentucky Wildcats (SEC)

Conference Breakdown: 6 Pac10, 5 BigXII, 4 SEC and 1 CUSA

My 2011 Omaha 8

College Baseball started last weekend so its time to give you my Omaha 8 a.k.a the 2011 College World Series field. I'm using numbers but fear not this is in no perticular order.

1. TCU (MWC)
2. UCLA (Pac10)
3. Florida (SEC)
4. Cal St. Fullerton (BigWest)
5. Oklahoma (BigXII)
6. Texa$ (BigXII)
7. Oregon (Pac10)
8. Virginia (ACC)

And my CWS Championship Series: UCLA over TCU

The others: Stanford (Pac10), Arizona State (Pac10), Florida State (ACC), Clemson (ACC), LSU (SEC), UConn (BigEast), Texas A&M (BigXII), Miami (FL) (ACC), South Carolina (SEC), Vanderbilt (SEC)

Unlucky #7 for the Chiefs Kingdom

Let me start off by saying I'm a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan so the thoughts expressed in this blog are probably shared by other KC fans. The date is Jan. 16, 1994 against the Houston Oilers at the AstroDome. Joe Montana led the Chiefs to a 28-20 victory over the Oilers little would anyone know that was the last time Kansas City would win in the NFL playoffs.

Jan. 23, 1994 AFC Title Game L at Buffalo Bills 30-13, head coach Marty Schottenheimer
Dec. 31, 1994 AFC Wildcard L at Miami Dolphins 27-17, head coach Marty Schottenheimer
Jan. 7, 1996 AFC Divisional L vs Indianapolis Colts 10-7, head coach Marty Schottenheimer
Jan. 4, 1998 AFC Divisional L vs Denver Broncos 14-10, head coach Marty Schottenheimer
Jan. 11, 2004 AFC Divisional L vs Indianapolis Colts 38-31, head coach Dick Vermeil
Jan. 6, 2007 AFC Wildcard L at Indianapolis Colts 23-8, head coach Herm Edwards
Jan. 9, 2007 AFC Wildcard L vs Baltimore Ravens 30-7, head coach Todd Haley

Frustrating enough is the fact is KC is 31-1 at home during the regular season combining the '95, '97, '03 and 2010 seasons at Arrowhead. But after today the home playoff game record is 0-4. Better days are likely ahead but after today its simply just more heart break for the fans of the red and gold. Yes, seven straight playoff losses is a unwelcomed NFL record that is all the Chiefs.

Vmos Away!

One Game Doesn't Define a Season

Yesterday the Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Oakland Raiders to end the regular season in large part to a lousy fourth quarter. Following this it seemed everyone on the internet and TV said KC was done. Yes the Chiefs lost and are 7-1 at home at the new Arrowhead, but its just one week even if the third seed was on the line. Before you crown the Ravens as the winner just remember those picking against KC probably just remember week one when they were on MNF the only time the country saw them which isn't many probably because it was the second game that Monday.

Vmos Away!

Return to the Playoffs

Sunday, January 9 the Kansas City Chiefs will host the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs at the new Arrowhead Stadium. It will be the first time since the 2007 the team has been in the playoffs when they lost to the Colts. Against the Colts in 2004 was the last time KC hosted a playoff game. The Chiefs will be trying to win a playoff game for the first time since the 1994 season when they defeated the Houston Oilers at the Astrodome behind Joe Montana. That same season was the last time KC won a home playoff game vs the Pittsburgh Steelers. More through out the week on this but just to wet the whistle.

Vmos Away!