Iggy's Raven's Report - 8 May 2008

Commentary | Schedule | Relevant Football Links | Predictions

Commentary

Personal Thoughts:
Ravens news: All eyes are on Flacco, but look for Troy Smith to start the season. Harbaugh has decided and isn't saying. He claims it is an open competition for QB, but its not. Boller is done. He has the experience, but not the skill to cut it. Troy Smith will leverage his year on the sidelines, plus his two starts last year to win the opening day job. Flacco will look impressive in the camps, but he will look like the rookie that he is. If Smith isn't cutting it and winning games, expect a change in late October to Flacco.

Orioles news: Orioles are at the end of a nasty stretch of games that features 17 of 20 games on the road. So far, pitching has kept us in the games, and the hitting has kept us from winning them. The 2 extra innings games losses to Oakland would indicate a failure on pitching, but a closer analysis would prove that they shouldn't have gone OT. Early in the season, we were winning games late on clutch hitting, but that benefit has dried up, leaving us on 5th places doorstep.

Mariners news: Mariners (1-6) were off last week. Next up is another Home and Home series, this time against the Carolina Speed, currently sitting at (4-4) in the Eastern Conference, East Division. The first leg of the series will be here, in Baltimore, on Saturday, May 10 at 7 PM.

Crystal Palace Baltimore F.C. news: Crystal Palace Baltimore creating a winning streak by defeating defending champions Richmond 2-0.

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Schedule

2008 Preseason
Date	Opponent		Time	Result
Thursday, August 7	@New England Patriots		7:30 PM
Saturday, August 16	Minnesota Vikings		7:30 PM
Saturday, August 23	@Saint Louis Rams		8:00 PM
Thursday, August 28	Atlanta Falcons		7:30 PM
2008 Regular Season
Date	Opponent	Record	Time	Result
Sunday, September 7	Cincinnati Bengals	13-11 Overall 8-4 Home	1:00 PM
Sunday, September 14	@Houston Texans	2-0 Overall 1-0 Away	4:15 PM
Sunday, September 21	Cleveland Browns	11-7 Overall 6-3 Home	4:15 PM
Monday, September 29	@Pittsburgh Steelers	10-15 Overall 4-8 Away	8:30 PM
Sunday, October 5	Tennessee Titans	9-8 Overall 5-5 Home	1:00 PM
Sunday, October 12	@Indianapolis Colts	2-6 Overall 0-3 Away	1:00 PM
Sunday, October 19	@Miami Dolphins	2-5 Overall 0-4 Away	1:00 PM
Sunday, October 26	Oakland Raiders	4-1 Overall 3-0 Home	1:00 PM
Sunday, November 2	@Cleveland Browns	11-7 Overall 5-4 Away	1:00 PM
Sunday, November 16	@New York Giants	3-0 Overall 1-0 Away	1:00 PM*
Sunday, November 23	Philadelphia Eagles	0-1-1 Overall 0-0-1 Home	1:00 PM*
Sunday, November 30	@Cincinnati Bengals	13-11 Overall 5-7 Away	1:00 PM*
Sunday, December 7	Washington Redskins	2-1 Overall 0-0 Home	1:00 PM*
Sunday, December 14	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-15 Overall 6-7 Home	1:00 PM*
Saturday, December 20	@Dallas Cowboys	2-0 Overall 0-0 Away	8:15 PM
Sunday, December 28	Jacksonville Jaguars	6-9 Overall 4-4 Home	1:00 PM*

Relevant Football Links

Iggy's Predictions

NHL
- Philly defeated Montreal in 5 games. The Flyers picked a could time to get hot!
- Penguins looked good against the Rangers. Penguins are now 8-1 this postseason!
- Detroit over Colorado in 4 games. Can anyone stop the Wings?
- Dallas over San Jose in 6 games. One again, I had the right game count, but wrong victor!
- Philly over the Penguins in 6 Games. Go with the underdog hot team over the favored hot team!
- Detroit over Dallas in 6 Games. Should be a good matchup!
NBA
- Bullets flop in the first round to Cleveland in 6 games. Like I said. We always flop against Cleveland.
- Boston over Atlanta in 7 games. That pesky sub-500 Hawk team game the Celtics fits. They should do better against Cleveland.
- Detroit over Philly in 6 games. I hit this one right on.
- Orlando over Toronto in 5 games. I was a game off on this one.
- Lakers over Denver in 4 games. I should have gone with the 4 game sweep.
- New Orleans over Dallas in 5 games. New Orleans made this look easy.
- Spurs over Phoenis in 5 games. I went out on a limb and was really wrong on this one.
- Utah over Houston in 6 games. Another bullseye.
- Boston over Cleveland in 6 games. Boston should do better against Cleveland... but then again, they shouldn't have had problems against Atlanta!
- Detroit over Orlando in 6 games. Magic is all gone.
- Lakers over Utah in 6 games. Lakers will win the championship, but Utah might be there toughest challenger on the way.
- New Orleans over San Antonio in 6 games. I like the Spurs, but the Hornets are on a roll!

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