The ACC Has TWO Teams In BCS Bowls?

Please explain this to me, because I'm at a loss to understand how this makes any kind of logical sense within its presumed context:

Team A: Ranked 5th prior to its conference championship game, gets shellacked by 28 to a team ranked 20th, all while playing in a very mediocre conference.

Team B: Ranked 13th prior to its conference championship game, loses a squeaker by 3 to a team ranked 15th, all while playing in a better conference.

Game 3 Live Blog

So I've decided to do this again, except for a sport not quite as fast-paced as football - yep, I'm live-blogging Game 3 of the World Series. Enjoy.

World Series Preview

So it's all come down to this. For all the talk during the offseason, preseason and regular season about the Phillies and Red Sox, we're left with the Rangers and the Cardinals playing each other for the World Championship. Whoever wins, we're likely going to see quite a bit of offense in this series. Outside of C.J. Wilson and my boy Chris Carpenter, neither team has a shutdown pitcher - though both have solid staffs, and Tony La Russa has looked like a genius managing his bullpen. That said, here's my preview/prediction:

My Theory Was Right! Or At Least Not Wrong!

Incredibly, after overcoming not only my February tweet that they would be missing the playoffs because of Adam Wainwright's Tommy John surgery, not only being out 10 1/2 games at the end of August, but also me picking against them in BOTH the NLDS and NLCS, the St. Louis Cardinals are going to the World Series. And in a surprise to no one, least of all myself, my theory again held in Game 6, which the Cards won 12-6 - although, in the interest of full disclosure, I once again blew the pick (Brew Crew in 7). Sunday night's stats are below.

STL: 9-24 (.375), 7 runs, 8 RBIs (plus 1 that Yadier Molina brought around on a fielder's choice error)
MIL: 7-26 (.269), 6 runs, 5 RBIs

5-5

Another day, another instance of my NLCS theory not being proven wrong. The Cardinals won Game 5, 7-1, and here are the rest-of-lineup stats:

STL: 5-22 (.227), 6 runs, 2 RBIs (Jaime Garcia also brought in 2 on a 2-out error by Jerry Hairston Jr.)
MIL: 8-25 (.320), 1 run, 1 RBI

So again, it's something of a wash - while the rest of the Brewers hit better, they had nowhere near the run production of the rest of the Cardinals. And again, I can at least say that my theory hasn't been proven wrong.

The Eags are on a bye this week. Maybe that will give Gene some time to think - and then promptly realize he has to fire Spaz.

And The Streak Goes On

Nothing much tonight, just your daily "Sean's NLCS Theory" update. As I'm writing this, the Cardinals are up 5-1 in the 7th inning of Game 5. As a recap, the Brewers won Game 4, 4-2. The stats:

MIL - 7-28 (.250), 3 runs, 3 RBIs
STL - 4-28, (.143), 1 run, 1 RBI

Needless to say, through 4 games, my theory's looking pretty good.

But Sean, Isn't Your Theory Obvious?

Thinking about things while Nelson Cruz renders my ALCS MVP prediction utterly moot, and the Tigers fight for their season...

For the 3rd game in a row, my NLCS theory has been *tentatively* proven correct. In the Cardinals' 4-3 Game 3 victory, these were the lineup stats minus Murderers' Row and the 1-2 Punch, respectively.

STL: 7-22 (.318), 2 runs, 2 RBIs (although Yadier Molina technically drove in a run on a double play)
MIL: 5-24 (.208), 3 runs, 3 RBIs

So actually, maybe it's better to say that in this case - because it was more or less even, with a better average and more hits for the Cards, but more production from the Brew Crew - my theory continues to not be proven wrong.