2016-2017 NFL Season Predictions

The 2016-2017 NFL season is starting soon and here are my predictions for this upcoming season.

AFC East

Patriots: 12-4
Jets: 9-7
Bills: 7-9
Dolphins: 6-10

AFC North

Ravens: 10-6
Bengals: 10-6
Steelers: 9-7
Browns: 2-14

AFC South

Jaguars: 11-5
Colts: 9-7
Texans: 8-8
Titans: 4-12

AFC West

Raiders: 10-6
Chiefs: 9-7
Broncos: 6-10
Chargers: 4-12


NFC East

Giants: 10-6
Eagles: 7-9
Redskins: 6-10
Cowboys: 4-12

NFC North

Packers: 13-3
Bears: 7-9
Lions: 7-9
Vikings: 5-11

NFC South

Panthers: 12-4
Bucs: 9-7
Falcons: 7-9
Saints: 6-10

NFC West

Cardinals: 14-2
Seahawks: 12-4
Rams: 5-11
49ers: 1-15


AFC Seeds

1. Patriots
2. Jaguars
3. Raiders
4. Ravens
5. Bengals
6. Colts

NFC Seeds

1. Cardinals
2. Packers
3. Panthers
4. Giants
5. Seahawks
6. Bucs


Wild Card Weekend

Colts 27 Raiders 24

Ravens 21 Bengals 10

Panthers 35 Bucs 17

Seahawks 27 Giants 3

Divisional Round

Colts 24 Jaguars 20

Ravens 45 Patriots 42

Seahawks 21 Cardinals 17

Packers 34 Panthers 21

Conference Championships

Ravens 30 Colts 14

Packers 42 Seahawks 30

Super Bowl Sunday

Ravens 21 Packers 17

Super Bowl Champions: Ravens

MVP: Aaron Rodgers-Packers

OPOY-Aaron Rodgers Packers

DPOY-Tyrann Mathieu-Cardinals

OROY-Breshad Perriman-Ravens

DROY-Vernon Hargreaves-Bucs

Coach of the Year-Ben McAdoo-Giants

NFL Man of the Year-Eli Manning-Giants

Comeback Player of the Year-Andrew Luck-Colts

2016-2017 PGA Tour Season Preview and Predictions

The 2015-2016 PGA Tour Season is winding down and it's about time to review my predictions from last year and make some new ones for this year

Successes from last years predictions

I was able to pick correctly 2 correct winners for the tournaments. I had Brandt Snedeker winning the Farmers Insurance Open and Jason Day winning the WGC Match Play

I correctly was able to pick 13 winners this year even though I did not pick the correct tournament Danny Lee, Jimmy Walker, Tony Finau, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Jason Dufner, Hideki Matsuyama, Kevin Kisner, Charlie Hoffman, Ryan Moore.

Even though they do not have the Comeback Player of the Year Award and I was unaware of that I correctly predicted KJ Choi to have a bounceback year even though he hasn't won a tournament.

Failures from last year

I had Steven Bowditch winning a tournament. You can basically pencil Steven Bowditch in for last or close to it every tournament he plays in

I had Tiger Woods winning two tournaments including at Augusta. Tiger hasn't played all year

I had Oliver Schneiderjans winning a tournament, he did not have PGA Tour Status this year

I had Tim Clark winning a tournament this year he finished this year 205th in the Fedex Cup

I had Eddie Pepperell winning The Open, he was not even close to qualifying for The Open.


So here are my predictions for every tournament this season

Safeway Open: Jamie Lovemark

CIMB Classic: John Senden

Sanderson Farms Championship: Wesley Bryan

WGC HSBC Champions:  Bubba Watson

Shriner's Hospital For Children's Open: Bud Cauley

OHL Classic at Mayakoba: Tony Finau

The RSM Classic: Luke Donald

World Cup of Golf: Thailand Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat

Hero World Challenge: Jason Day

Franklin Templeton Shootout: Zach Johnson and Patrick Rodgers

Tournament of Champions: Jimmy Walker

Sony Open in Hawaii: Patrick Reed

CareerBuilder Challenge: Charlie Hoffman

Farmers Insurance Open: Ryan Palmer

Waste Management Phoenix Open: Russell Knox

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am: Matt Kuchar

Genesis Open: Adam Scott

The Honda Classic: Russell Henley

WGC: Mexico Championship: Hideki Matsuyama

Valspar Championship: Dustin Johnson

Arnold Palmer Invitational: Jordan Spieth

WGC Match Play: Rory McIlroy

Puerto Rico Open: Oliver Schneiderjans

Shell Houston Open: Bill Haas

Masters Tournament: Bubba Watson

RBC Heritage: Matt Jones

Valero Texas Open: Jimmy Walker

Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Justin Rose

Wells Fargo Championship: Jim Furyk

The Players Championship: Danny Lee

AT&T Byron Nelson: Richy Werenski

Dean And DeLuca Invitational: Jordan Spieth

The Memorial Tournament: David Lingmerth

Fedex St. Jude Classic: Tiger Woods

U.S. Open: Louis Oosthuizen

Travelers Championship: Steve Stricker

Quicken Loans National: Dustin Johnson

The Greenbrier Classic: Daniel Berger

John Deere Classic: Jordan Spieth

Barbasol Championship: Seung Yul Noh

The Open Championship: Charl Schwartzel

RBC Canadian Open: Jon Rahm

Barracuda Championship: JJ Spaun

WGC Bridgestone Invitational: Sergio Garcia

PGA Championship: Matthew Fitzpatrick

Wyndham Championship: Scott Brown

Northern Trust Open: Scott Piercy

Deutsche Bank Championship: Rory McIlroy

BMW Championship: Jason Day

Tour Championship: Jason Day

Fedex Cup Champion: Jason Day

Presidents Cup Rosters

USA

1. Jordan Spieth
2. Dustin Johnson
3. Bubba Watson
4. Jimmy Walker
5. Patrick Reed
6. Zach Johnson
7. Phil Mickelson
8. Matt Kuchar
9. Tiger Woods
10. Rickie Fowler
11. Scott Piercy
12. Jim Furyk


International

1. Jason Day
2. Adam Scott
3. Louis Oosthuizen
4. Charl Schwartzel
5. Branden Grace
6. Hideki Matsuyama
7. Danny Lee
8. Byeong Hun An
9. Emiliano Grillo
10. Thongchai Jaidee
11. Kiradech Aphibarnrat
12. Vijay Singh

Prediction Winner USA 16-14

The Ideal Olympics

So with the Olympics ending today I thought it would be a good idea to come up with a list of sports that should be added to future Olympics

Baseball/Softball

While baseball and softball are America's pastime they also have great appeal over many countries across the world. The issue is that the Olympics usually fall in August which is in the middle of the MLB season so MLB players may not be able to participate. It may be a good idea for MLB to do what hockey does and have a break in the MLB season every Olympic year for the athletes to participate.

Match Play Golf

While this years Olympic golf has not been able to get the most high profile stars to participate and has had to settle for lesser known stars such as Espen Kofstad and Rodolfo Cazaubon instead, it should still be a great event. I think it would be even better to grow the game to do a match play competition as well, as match play is a great format that would attract a lot of fans.

1000m IM

Swimming is always a great sport to watch, and the quick races are always high drama and intensity. However, these swimmers are great athletes and I think a race like a 1000 IM would be a great test of athletes endurance and be very entertaining to watch

Ultramarathon

The long distance running events are always great to watch, however the fact that the runners are just running around on a track can get a little bit boring and can cause dizziness and headaches for some viewers, that's why I feel an event like the Ultramarathon which is a race that is longer than a marathon would be a great


Poker and Billiards

These two games I think would be great to add to the Olympics because they both require a lot of skill and precision and have some popularity around the world.

Racing

While there is biking in the Olympics I think a good addition would be some kind of car race, not necessarily Nascar as building a track would be an unnecessary expense but some kind of race around the countryside with all the best racers in the world, would definitely draw a huge fanbase

Football

While one kind of football is already in the Olympics, I believe another one deserves to be in it as well. The NFL wants to expand to London in the very near future and soon after that it will probably want teams all over Europe and all over the rest of the world. Many of these people have never seen nor understand the American version of football, so if it is added to the Olympics then these people may finally get a chance to see the sport and maybe grow to like it, and that could draw more talent from all around the world.

40 Yard Dash

The 40 yard dash is always one of the most exciting things to watch at the NFL Combine and I think it would be a great Olympic sport. No other sport would require you to start off sprinting your absolute fastest right away in order to win, and I think that would be great for the Olympics.

Trivia Question

What do Cesar Izturis, Roy Halladay, Cecil Fielder, Felix Hernandez, Jesse Barfield, Shawn Green, and Joc Pederson all have in common?

Cesar Izturis Jr. Update

After more than two weeks as an international free agent, Cesar Daniel Izturis (son of Cesar Izturis) has officially signed with the Mariners. The Izturis dynasty will continue.

An Update on Cesar Izturis's Academy

Every July 2 the new league year starts for signing international free agents, as Cesar Izturis has started his academy fairly recently, this is the first year he has had players sign with teams here is the list of his players who have signed. Terms of the contracts have not been released for any of the Venezuelan players for safety of the players and their families. 

Catcher Oscar Alvarez has signed with the Dodgers

Shortstop Hugo Cardona has signed with the Blue Jays

Andres Cordero has signed with the Diamondbacks

Catcher Axel Andueza has signed with the Diamondbacks

Infielder Richard Porteles has signed with the Diamondbacks

Jose Sulbaran has signed with the Diamondbacks 

Outfielder Jose Arocha has signed with the Diamondbacks

Shortstop Cesar Daniel Izturis has signed with the Mariners for 550K

World Cup of Golf

The little known World Cup of Golf is coming up this year, and they are switching back to the team format for the first time in a few years. The format for the World Cup is that they have 28 teams with the highest golfers from 28 different countries, and those players would select a player in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Rankings, if there are no golfers in the top 100 then the next highest golfer that is between 101-500 in the OWGR would be chosen. However if there are no golfers in the top 500 in the OWGR then the golfer gets to choose his teammate. To me this seems like a very confusing process, so I am coming up with a new format of choosing teams for the World Cup of Golf. In this format there is a 64 team tournament, with the 4 highest players from each country in the tournament. The teams will be chosen by going through the OWGR and I will add 4 golfers to each team until I get to 64. The seeds for the tournament will be chosen based on the lowest combined number of their world golf ranking.


1 Seed   Combined OWGR 12

USA

2. Dustin Johnson
3. Jordan Spieth
5. Bubba Watson
7. Rickie Fowler

2 Seed      Combined OWGR 74

England

9. Danny Willett
11. Justin Rose
24. Chris Wood
30. Paul Casey

3 Seed  Combined OWGR 111

South Africa

10. Branden Grace
14. Louis Oosthuizen
22. Charl Schwartzel
65. Jaco Van Zyl

4 Seed Combined OWGR 129

Australia

1. Jason Day
8. Adam Scott
44. Marc Leishman
76 Scott Hend

5 Sweden  Combined OWGR 229

6. Henrik Stenson
47. David Lingmerth
77. Rikard Karlberg
99. Alexander Noren

6 Seed   Combined OWGR 231

South Korea

31. Byeong Hun An
42. K.T. Kim
73. Jeunghun Wang
85. Soomin Lee

7 Seed   Combined OWGR 295

Japan

17. Hideki Matsuyama
84. Hideto Tanihara
91. Yuta Ikeda
103. Shingo Katayama

8. Seed Combined OWGR 349

Spain

12. Sergio Garcia
28. Rafael Cabrera-Bello
145. Pablo Larrazabal
164. Alejandro Canizares


9. Seed   Combined OWGR 387

Thailand

37. Thongchai Jaidee
51. Kiradech Aphibarnrat
142. Prayad Marksaeng
157. Thanyakorn Khrongpha

10.  Seed   Combined OWGR 444

France

75. Victor Dubuisson
110. Gregory Bourdy
125. Julian Quesne
134. Alexander Levy

11 Seed   Combined OWGR 555

Denmark

49. Soren Kjeldsen
64. Thorbjorn Olesen
132. Lucas Bjerregaard
310. Thomas Bjorn

12. Seed     Combined OWGR 567

Scotland

27. Russell Knox
158. Richie Ramsay
171. Marc Warren
211. Martin Laird

13. Seed   Combined OWGR 597

Germany

52. Martin Kaymer
141. Alex Cejka
196. Maximilian Kieffer
208. Marcel Siem


14. Seed  Combined OWGR 693

China

131. Wu Ashun
140. Li Haotong
203. Dou Ze Cheng
219 WC Liang

15. Seed  Combined OWGR 695

Canada

124. David Hearn
144. Graham DeLaet
178. Adam Hadwin
249. Brad Fritsch

16.Seed   Combined OWGR 774

New Zealand

48. Danny Lee
190. Ryan Fox
207. Michael Hendry
329. Josh Geary

17.  Seed    Combined OWGR 819

Ireland

26. Shane Lowry
152. Padraig Harrington
291. Seamus Power
350. Paul Dunne

18. Seed    Combined OWGR 905

Argentina

43. Emiliano Grillo
69. Fabian Gomez
379. Angel Cabrera
414. Estanislao Goya


19. Seed   Combined OWGR 1018

India

62. Anirban Lahiri
198. S.S.P. Chawrasia
377. Chiragh Kumar
381. Rahil Gangjee

20. Seed    Combined OWGR 1311

Finland

256. Mikko Ilonen
289. Roope Kakko
314. Mikko Korhonen
452. Oliver Lindell

21. Seed   Combined OWGR 1334

Northern Ireland

4. Rory McIlroy
78. Graeme McDowell
549. Michael Hoey
703. Darren Clarke

22. Seed   Combined OWGR 1369

Belgium

66 Thomas Pieters
166. Nicolas Colsaerts
539. Christopher Mivis
598. Thomas Detry

23. Seed   Combined OWGR 1431

Italy

55. Francesco Molinari
318. Nino Bertasio
472. Renato Paratore
586. Matteo Delpodio


24. Seed   Combined OWGR 1438

Philippines

138. Miguel Tabuena
313. Angelo Que
490. Juvic Pagunsan
497. Antonio Lascuna


25. Seed    Combined OWGR 1511

Netherlands

63. Joost Luiten
444. Jurrian Van der Vaart
500. Daan Huizing
504. Darius Van Driel

26. Seed   Combined OWGR 1642

Wales

74. Jamie Donaldson
101. Bradley Dredge
720. Oliver Farr
747. Stuart Manley


27. Seed   Combined OWGR  1718

Mexico

330. Rodolfo Cazaubon JNR
436. Sebastian Vasquez
465. Carlos Ortiz
487. Abraham Ancer

28. Seed   Combined OWGR 1774

Malaysia

227. Danny Chia
317. Gavin Green
403. Nicholas Chia
827. Arie Ahmad Irawan

29. Seed Combined OWGR 1809

Taiwan

323. C.T. Pan
335. Wen Tang Lin
566 Wei Chih Lu
585. Chien Yao Hung

30. Seed Combined OWGR 2406

Colombia

306. Camilo Villegas
423. Juan Sebastian Munoz
772. Diego Velasquez
954. Ricardo Celia

31. Seed  Combined OWGR 2599

Brazil

267. Adilson da Silva
551. Lucas Lee
638. Alexandre Rocha
1143. Rafael Becker


32.  Seed Combined OWGR 2661

Chile

265. Felipe Aguilar
680. Nicolas Geyger
796. Mark Tullo
920. Guillermo Pereira

33. Seed  Combined OWGR 2680

Portugal

126. Ricardo Gouveia
390. Jose Filipe Lima
766. Ricardo Santos
1398. Tiago Cruz

34. Seed Combined OWGR 2699

Austria

50. Bernd Wiesberger
707. Manuel Trappel
929. Benjamin Rusch
1013. Robin Goger

35. Seed Combined OWGR 2809

Norway

491. Espen Kofstad
647. Eirik Tage Johansen
739. Kristian Krogh Johannessen
932. Christian Aronsen

36. Seed Combined OWGR 2898

Zimbabwe

319. Brendon de Jonge
393. Scott Vincent
492. Mark Williams
1694. Mark Cairns

37. Seed Combined OWGR 3764

Venezuela

237. Jhonnatan Vegas
816. Wolmer Murillo
875. Felipe Velasquez
1836. Santiago Gohiri

38. Seed Combined OWGR 3930

Sri Lanka
651. Mithun Perera
1066. N. Thangaraja
1088 Johnson Poh
1125. Quincy Quek

39. Seed   OWGR 4026

Bangladesh

303. Siddikur Rahman
971. Md. Shakhawat Sohel
1238. MD Zamal Hossain Mollah
1514. Md Matin

40. Seed Combined OWGR 4132

Singapore

462. Mardan Marmat
822. Chih Bing Lam
1012. Deng Shan Koh
1836. James Leow

41. Seed Combined OWGR 4547

Switzerland

771. Joel Girrbach
1208. Nicolas Thommen
1269. Julien Clement
1299. Raphael de Sousa

42. Seed Combined OWGR 5397

Indonesia

835. George Gandranata
1434. Danny Masrin
1539. Rory Hie
1589. William Sjaichudin

43. Seed Combined OWGR 5627

Fiji

119. Vijay Singh
1836. Anasa Seruvatu
1836. Bill Suguturaga
1836. Tomasi Tuivana

44. Seed  Combined OWGR 5918

Czech Republic

845. Stanislav Matus
1401. Filip Mruzek
1836. Petr Janik
1836. Martin Max Tauchert

45. Seed Combined OWGR 6487

Uruguay

1062 Juan Alvarez
1753. Juan Lizarralde
1836. Martin Alvarez
1836. Guillermo Ferrari

46. Seed Combined OWGR 6487

Vietnam

979. Michael Tran
1836. Duy Dong
1836. Van Doan
1836. A Lau

47. Seed Combined OWGR 6555

Guatemala

1130. Jose Toledo
1753. Pablo Acuna
1836. Roberto Lowenthal
1836. Rodrigo Rodas

48. Seed Combined OWGR 6638

Zambia

1130. Madalitso Muthiya
1836. Charles Chibale
1836. Patrick Mwendapole
1836. Moses Chewe

49. Seed  Combined OWGR 6739

Morocco

1231. Younes El Hasani
1836. Badr Satori
1836. Mehdi Toudaoui
1836. Yassine Touhami

50. Seed Combined OWGR 7174

Slovenia

1666. Tim Gornik
1836. Grega Gregorincic
1836 Mark Trnovec
1836 Aljaz Brumen

51. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Poland

1836. Marcel Hejger
1836. Filip Kowalski
1836. Bartosz Myszka
1836. Ian Ashenden

52. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Myanmar

1836. Hlaing Min Htet
1836. Kyaw Thet Oo
1836. Hein Si Thu
1836. Aung Winn

53. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Peru

1836. Andres Baertl
1836. Niceforo Quispe
1836. Wolfgang Pedal
1836. Luis Felipe Del Solar

54. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Kenya

1836. Kenneth Bollo
1836. John Kariuki
1836. Albert Orende
1836 Ooko Obura

55. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Papua New Guinea

1836 Wari Ai
1836 Morgan Anato
1836 Sammy Bob
1836. Cain Bruce

56. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Tunisia

1836 Sami Hajri
1836 Elyes Barhoumi
1836 Nizar Barhoumi
1836 Rabeh Bedoui

57. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Turkey

1836. Kemal Ari
1836 Leon Acikalin
1836. Ramazan Duman
1836. Deha Senay

58 Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Russia

1836. Alexander Osipov
1836 Ilya Kurochkin
1836 Samuel Pereltsveyg
1836. Iskandar Tursunov

59 Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Slovakia

1836. Anze Leskovar
1836 Tomas Jusko
1836 Petr Valasek
1836 Michal Brezovsky

60. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Ecuador

1836. Walberto Haro
1836. Esteban Missura
1836 Andres Arango
1836 Hector Bolagay

61. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

1836 Nurlan Makulbekov
1836. Ku Kang Byung
1836. Daulet Tuleubayev
1836. Nurtai Saldarov

62. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Namibia

1836. Roux Jeffery
1836 Graeme Fransman
1836. Nuan Huysamen
1836 Joe Nawanga

63. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Uganda

1836. Vincent Byamukama
1836. Ronald O'Tile
1836 Denis Anguyo
1836 Philip Kasozi

64. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Honduras

1836 Francisco Torres de Los Santos
1836. Geoffrey Maldonado
1836 Eduardo Alvarez
1836 Henry Kattan