Some Wild Card thoughts while waiting for another foot of snow to fall...
-First Wild Card thought is that three of the four games this weekend were not sold out 72 hours before kickoff. Unbelievably, one of them is Green Bay, where tickets are willed from one generation to the next. If a rabid fan base like Green Bay can't sell out a playoff game, is it a comment on the state of the NFL? In Indianapolis, Meijer bought the last 12,000 tickets and gave them to military families. One important note: life threatening wind chills are expected starting tomorrow, and Central Indiana is due a huge snowstorm.
-Related note, lower level. I am see large numbers of empty seats at any Bowl Game you care to watch. I found it interesting last night that Sun Life Stadium had empty seats for the Clemson-Ohio State Orange Bowl matchup. Maybe a sign of too many bowl games? I bet a quarterfinal game in a playoff would be sold out...
-I expect most of the home teams to take advantage of the that status this weekend. I think Philadelphia may be in the most trouble. While New Orleans doesn't do a lot of outdoor practicing, this is an experienced team with a motivated quarterback. We'll see if they freeze out.
-Some good college basketball today on CBS: Indiana-Ohio State, followed by Duke-Notre Dame. Notre Dame makes it's ACC debut against a pretty good opponent. Think about how highly ranked teams have fared in South Bend in the past: not very well. I will point out that Notre Dame has had two of their best players transfer after the first semester. Mike Brey's program appears to be in disarray at the moment. We'll see how they circle the wagons.
-My compliments to the PGA Tour for running their seventh event of the year in Maui this week. Wish I was there...
So...am I off base?
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