Games and Their Athletes

Well, it's Thanksgiving here in the states, and besides a tryptophan coma that means only one thing to a lot of U.S. males: Football. In the spirit of the Holiday, Gamespot has an article examining the performance of box-art sports heroes for this year's games. From the article: "Did those cover studs turn into pine-warming duds this year, or are they meriting that cover appearance with more brilliant play on the field? It's time to separate the wheat from the chaff, the men from the boys, and the Eli Mannings from the Kellen Winslows. Who got bit by the Madden Curse? Who made the cover but hasn't seen a smidge of game time yet?" Seperate the who from the what now?

Timely

[GeckoX]

This was on snopes this morning:

http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/turkey.asp [snopes.com]

I don't care what they say though, I'm still blaming it on the turkey ;)

What Do You Expect?

[Ozymand E. Us]

The "SI Curse" or Madden Curse is nothing more than a product of statistical blindness, as follows: You only get on the cover if you're doing phenomenally, beyond what your stats would predict. So when you drop back down to normal levels of play, of course everybody says you're in a slump.

Well....

[Man In Black]

Instead of relying on Gamespot to know anything about hockey, lets just take a look at things ourselves:

NHL 2006 has Vincent Lecavalier on the cover... Vinny currently has 11 goals and 15 assists in 24 games, so he's averaging just over a point a game. He managed 66 points in 81 games in the 03-04 season, but it's difficult to compare this years NHL season to that one due to all the rule changes. His team has a somewhat mediocre 12-9-3 record at the moment, which isn't that great considering they're the def

NASCAR?

[RobDogAlpha]

What about Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon? Jeff had about his worst year ever and Jimmie blew a tire in the last race of the year, going for a championship, and ended up finishing 5th in the standings overall.

Re:NASCAR?

[RobDogAlpha]

Riiiiiight... Happy Thanksgiving to you too, "Anonymous Coward," and the fine, upstanding athletes that play the "sports" you enjoy.

sepArate

[cephyn]

i love how separate is spelled correct in the quote, and then misspelled in the post body. 8)