The Glass Eye: NFL Stretch Run
December 20, 2012 at 6:49 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Week 15 finally started to clear up what had been a VERY muddled NFL playoff picture, and also gave us some clarity about certain players and coaches who may be looking for new jobs in 2013. Let’s look at the non-playoff news first; then we’ll break down the postseason situation. I never had much faith in Mark Sanchez, and have said so in this space for two years. I also never thought Tim Tebow...
Read More...The Glass Eye: NHL Self-Destruction
November 28, 2012 at 6:12 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
The NHL Lockout is now 74 days old…and unfortunately, I see no resolution in sight. All games have been canceled through December 14, and the All-Star Game has been scrapped as well (though I count that as a positive development). What’s going on here? Greed, pure and simple – and as I see it, mainly on the owners’ side. I’ve been involved in several negotiations in the past few years, and...
Read More...The Glass Eye: Giving Thanks in 2012
November 21, 2012 at 6:11 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Thanksgiving is upon us, and with it my annual column dedicated to giving thanks – mainly for things in the sports world, but also for a few other items I’ll get to at the end. We spend most of the year complaining about everything from poor scouting to crazy labor stoppages to bad officials’ calls (and then, of course, we complain about replacement refs more than anything!)…but I think it’s...
Read More...The Glass Eye: The NFL at Mid-Season
November 7, 2012 at 6:23 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Every NFL team has now played at least half their schedule, and as usual there are more questions than answers around the league. At this point I’m fairly certain Houston and Atlanta are very strong Super Bowl contenders, and the ‘dregs’ of the league are fairly obvious – but there’s a large ‘middle class’ that really could go either way. The 2008 Cardinals, 2010 Packers and 2011...
Read More...The Glass Eye: World Series Review
October 31, 2012 at 5:46 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Well that sure ended quickly – the Giants pounded Justin Verlander in Game 1 and never looked back in a convincing 4-0 series sweep. I said last week that nothing would surprise me in a short series, but I have to confess that this series surprised me in several ways. Let’s look at what happened in the Series, and ponder the future of both teams as well. While most of my predictions for the...
Read More...The Glass Eye: World Series Preview
October 24, 2012 at 6:16 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
It had to end sometime. St. Louis’ magical winning streak in must-win games was beyond impressive (7-0 dating back to the final game of the 2011 season), but baseball teams cannot sustain such streaks for long – the game is too variable, too competitive for that. I was, therefore, not that surprised when the Cardinals lost Game 7 Monday night – I was, however, VERY surprised that the game was...
Read More...The Glass Eye: October Baseball!
October 17, 2012 at 6:07 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
I ALWAYS love October baseball – the stakes are higher, the pressure is intense, and heroes (and goats) are made. Even though we are less than halfway through the playoff season, there have already been some amazing stories – let’s look back at the Division Series, and look ahead to the remainder of the League Championship Series. St. Louis is either the luckiest team in MLB history, the most...
Read More...The Glass Eye: October Bullet Points
October 10, 2012 at 6:10 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
October and April are my two favorite months when it comes to watching sports – April has the Masters, the beginning of baseball season, the end of March Madness, and of course the NHL playoffs. October has baseball playoffs, the NFL in full swing, important college football games, and (usually) the beginning of the NHL season. Let’s look at each topic briefly this week – unfortunately the timing...
Read More...The Glass Eye: 20 Years of Failure
October 3, 2012 at 5:43 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
On August 1, the Pittsburgh Pirates were 60-44. They were only three games behind the Reds for the division lead, and had a comfortable 4-game lead over the Cardinals for the second wildcard berth. They were a .500 road team but had the majors’ best home record at 33-16, and while they had only outscored their opponents by 36 runs it seemed likely that they would contend to the end of the season,...
Read More...The Glass Eye: The NFL’s Officiating Debacle
September 26, 2012 at 6:18 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
The situation in the NFL has been building toward this, but Monday night, replacement NFL referees finally did what so many had feared – they directly affected the outcome of a game. Let’s take a look at how the NFL got to this point, what the issues are in this referee lockout, and where the league should go from here. I think the first thing to understand is that the NFL caused this – this...
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