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I wrote this song for Detroit Lions fans, but there’s nothing in it that’s particular to Detroit. You could change the subtitle and the logo and apply it to any sports team that is inept.

That was not the whole song, but the ending part didn’t really have any changes. What else can you do with this:
Are you out there?
Do you know me?
Can you help me?
Can you show me?

Where are you going?
Don’t leave me alone
How do I follow you
Into the end zone?

Here are the full lyrics, in case you have trouble with the image:

I can hear you, but I won’t
Some strive for greatness, while others don’t
There’s a thousand reasons I should go about my game
And ignore your whispers which I wish would go away
oh oh oh

Where are you going?
Don’t leave me alone
How do I follow you
Into the end zone?

Okay, okay, it is 2020 at this point, but the results are headlines as 2019 because they match with the 2019 predictions made in 2019 for the 2019 season. Also, the results are not all-haiku, just the predictions were. A more accurate title would be “Results for the All-Haiku Predictions made in 2019”.

Before the bowl games commenced for this past college football season, I made some predictions. Here, for your reading enjoyment, is the tally of those predictions. Note that the results are not in haiku form, in contrast to the predictions.
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It is time once again to update Some Blog Site readers on the results of my Some Fun Site project to create a more accurate football prediction method.
The 2019 NFL season is over, and here are the most accurate methods for predicting regular-season game results (wins-losses):

• MPW: 66%
• YPP: 65%
• ITP: 62%

No new prediction methods this year – and the second time that MPWHFA was not in the top 3 methods.

If you think you have a formula that can predict the winner of an NFL game better than 63.2% of the time, let me know and I’ll add it to the list.
(For the ideas behind the methods, please visit the Some Fun Site page.)

Based on the popularity existence of last year’s article predicting bowl games in haiku form, I present to you this year’s all-haiku bowl game predictions. Still America’s only all-haiku college football bowl game predictions.

These are listed in order of date (earliest first). Some picks are whom I think will win, and some picks are whom I want to win. I’ll leave it to you, the reader, to decide which is which.
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One of the things I like about hockey is that the goalies get to choose whatever graphics they want for their helmets. The rest of the uniform is fairly standard, so it’s fun to have something interesting.

What I’d like to see is that translate over to other sports.

Like baseball, for instance. Let the catchers have something other than monochrome. I realize baseball is a bit stodgier than hockey, so that may take a while.

In the meantime, maybe the NFL would let kickers paint their helmets.

Or maybe the NBA would let … nevermind. They probably don’t want anyone there to wear helmets. But they already embrace this spirit by letting the players customize their shoes.

What’s left as far as sports in America? They could let NASCAR drivers put whatever they want on their cars.

Sorry, I’m trying to stick to team sports. But no one else wears helmets for their sport. Only thing left is letting the soccer goalie wear a different shirt than the others.

In the last month or three, we had the announcement of the 2019 NFL schedule. Now that we know who will play whom and when, we can start predicting wins and losses.

I keep my predictions over at Some Fun Site. View results of previous football seasons.

2018 Summary

Last year, I predicted that

• Chicago Bears = 8-8
• Tennessee Titans = 8-8

How they actually did was

• Chicago Bears = 12-4
• Tennessee Titans = 9-7

The Titans prediction was close, but the Bears was not. So that’s not worth much.

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Okay, okay, it is 2019 at this point, but the results are headlines as 2018 because they match with the 2018 predictions made in 2018 for the 2018 season. Also, the results are not all-haiku, just the predictions were. A more accurate title would be “Results for the All-Haiku Predictions made in 2018”.

Before the bowl games commenced for this past college football season, I made some predictions. Here, for your reading enjoyment, is the tally of those predictions. Note that the results are not in haiku form, in contrast to the predictions.
(more…)