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BVOF Updates

I am sorry that we didn't update too much on this week But that will change. For the weekly blog, I will put a schedule in the message board under Weekly blogs tonight so you will know who will have to blog this week.

Now for the TD tournment, Nickb23 and Gu3 must have their TD completed ASAP. Send me or Dyhard the link of the TD. We would like to have a new champion by next weekend.

Now for the blogging tournment, the blogs are due by Monday at 11:59 Eastern time. ( This applies to Ny Fan, Detroit Steel, Nickb23, and BucMaster for the first round.)

Can History Repeat Itself?

Once upon a time, a faded veteran quarterback was traded away to another franchise because a younger hot-shot QB was wasting away on the bench. Well, actually that has happened a few times in N.F.L. history, but my story is the story of Joe Montana, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Kansas City Chiefs. Montana, the legendary 49er quarterback who brought Super Bowls to San Francisco, was blocking the progress of Steve Young and was dealt to the Chiefs where upon arrival in 1993 he teamed up with Marcus Allen to lead the Chiefs to the A.F.C. championship. It was awkward to see Montana wearing that Chief jersey but if history is indeed meant to repeat itself, it will be awkward to see Brett Favre wear it as well.

BVOF Second Blogging Tournment

So, now we have five people in this blogging tourment. Dyhard, Nickb23, NY Fan, BucMaster, and Detroit Steel. Here how the Bracket is going to work. Dyhard will have the first round bye because he won the last blogging tournment.

Here are the matches and seeds were picked out of the hat.

2. Nickb23 vs.5. BucMaster

3. Detroit Steel vs. 4. NY Fan

The blog can be anything you want. For the voters, send me a fanmail who gets your vote. You are not allowed to vote for yourself. Also for the bloggers in this tournment, type the person that you are facing in the comment section because it will make it easier for the people to vote.

The David Beckham Effect

A man on a mission

Approxamitley 1 year ago, David Beckham left one of the greatest clubs in the world in Real Madrid to come to MLS and play for the Los Angeles Galaxy. In Europe, everybody was wondering, "What the hell is he doing?"

The man was 32 and was playing his best football (yeah, I'm gonna say football), in quite a while, helping Real Madrid to the Spanish league (La Liga) title. He was also starring for the English national team in their bid to qualify for Euro 2008, which would ultimatley fail.

What Really Wins Championships? (MLB Edition)

We've all heard the old addage that defense wins championships.  It's mostly a football saying, but similar cliches abound in all major sports.  Often, fans hold these assertions to be true with really paying attention to the evidence, or lack thereof.

But what if we took a look at the numbers?  Would such bold pronouncements withstand exposure to the facts?  Our old buddy Ram touched on the subject in this NMI blog, but since we're waist-deep in baseball during these hot July days, I thought I'd take a look at the World Series.

What do the champs of MLB have in common?  In other words, what wins the World Series?

Now I admit that this is only a crude analysis and is far from exhaustive.  But even a glance can be instructive when you're looking in the right direction.  With compliments to baseball-reference.com, let's explore some facts.

I looked at every World Series winning team since the 1994 strike-shortened season to try to determine common threads.  Why did these teams win while others fell short?  I also limited my analysis to regular season numbers to make sure I was comparing the champs with all of their competition.

Warning: Clearly, the playoffs are a different animal, and there may be numerous factors that affect a team's playoff perfomance or make it different from what the same team achieved during the regular season.  Just as clearly, there are exceptions to every rule...so take all of this with a grain of salt.

That said, I started with offense.