Bull VS Bear

Had you asked me last year what I thought my headline would be for the 2008 Patriots preview, I would have said something to the effect of "O, How the Mighty Have Fallen". My projection was for around 10 wins: Unfortunately for Pats fans, this was a great team at the end of a great run. It's hard to swallow for some, but the fact of the matter is that this winning can't go on forever. So we all know how that prediction turned ... Read More

Some breaking news today - Bull VS Bear will team up with NewsRadio 910 WSBA again in 2008 to provide listeners in the York-Harrisburg-Lancaster area with the best technical sports analysis available to mankind. Broadcasts will begin on Tuesday, September 2nd at 8:20 AM. They can be heard live on WSBA 910 AM or streaming over the internet at www.wsba910.com. Each week Doug Walters (Lead Writer, BVSB) will join Jeffrey Schiffman (Sports Director, WSBA) to break down the previous week's games and talk ... Read More

Some interesting information from the Football Outsiders broke today, by way of ESPN: ...yards per carry — which indicates first-year success for lesser-known (third-round or lower, or undrafted) rookie running backs. If you want to be ahead of the pack on the next Ahmad Bradshaw or Pierre Thomas, YPC over the average seems to be a good way to go. So perhaps the pre-season really can tell us something about the regular season. I'll have my eye on this for sure. And since YPC ... Read More

Ah, finally, the speculation about which team Favre will play for in 2008 is over. Now for the next month we'll be overwhelmed by analysis of the situation, all the angles. For this site, however, the move doesn't change a single thing. I know you're thinking, "How can this idiot say that adding a future Hall of Fame quarterback isn't going to change anything?". Just remember that Bull VS Bear promotes technical analysis, and at this point we only look at team, division, ... Read More

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It's that time of year again - time to put my reputation on the line and provide you with the best (and only) real technical NFL analysis that your money can buy. This year I'll be starting at the top and working my way down, beginning with the defending World Champion New York Giants. Editor's Note: For information on all 32 NFL teams, as well as conference dominance trends and Super Bowl predictions, please check out the NFL 2008 PREDICTOPOTAMUS available only at ... Read More

Last week I finished running the Distribution/Concentration of Power (DCOP) numbers for 2007 and mentioned that while the 2007 New England Patriots were great, the Oakland Raiders had set the all-time record by holding 8.16% of league power in 1967. I fancy myself a bit of a football historian, and the 1967 Raiders weren't anywhere near the top of my mental list of best teams ever. As a matter of fact, I haven't seen that particular team on anyone's list of best ... Read More

I tidied up a spreadsheet today with High/Low/Close game data going back to 1993. When I was done I figured that I would take a look at how accurate WTM has been in the long term. I ran WTM numbers for each team over the past 240 games (less for expansion teams) and the results were better than I expected. Take, for example, the Atlanta Falcons. They've played 240 games since 1993 and have won 104 of them. Their WTM estimate over the ... Read More

We bloggers do love to talk about our sports...but how well do we play them? This contest is pretty self-explanatory: I want to know who the most athletic blogger in the world is. My assumption here is that a lot of bloggers are people with desk jobs who don't get a lot of exercise, but I hope I'm wrong. The rules are simple: 1. You must have a blog, that I can verify. 2. You must find a way to prove your athleticism...photos, videos, stat ... Read More

Somehow I completely forgot to run the final Distribution/Concentration of Power (DCOP) stats for 2007. I only had about eight weeks of data in the spreadsheet so today I finished the analysis up. It turns out that last year was a pretty historic season. The thing everyone will remember most about 2007 is obviously New England going 18-0 and then losing the Super Bowl to the underdog New York Giants. DCOP offers a perspective on the season that is very similar to most ... Read More

If I had to pick the 50 most interesting games of the upcoming NFL season, here is what I think they'd be (and why): WEEK AWAY HOME STORY 1 WAS NYG Super Bowl Champs Upset in Week One 1 JAC TEN Vince Young Can't Carry Titans Alone 1 MIN GB Favre-less Packers Lose to Peterson & Vikings 2 IND MIN Colts' O Versus Vikings' D 2 NE NYJ Patriots Lose First Season Game Since 2006 2 PHI DAL Early NFC East Front-Runner Emerges 3 JAC IND Early AFC South Front-Runner Emerges 3 PIT PHI Pittsburgh Wins PA Championship 3 DAL GB Green Bay Loses Front-Runner Status to ... Read More

Okay, I'm kidding. I think. As of today we're still waiting to hear whether or not Brett will scratch his "itch". I do want to share some thoughts with you about Green Bay and how they will fare with or without Favre. I don't usually delve into individual player discussion but I feel like I might have something to add to the discussion on this one. There are some really informative pieces out there about how Favre will net his team extra wins should ... Read More

We are oh-so-close to the MLB All Star Break, a time that brings back fond memories of my childhood. Growing up near Baltimore I was a big fan of the O's and of course Cal Ripken, Jr. and I'll never forget his final All Star Game. The halfway point of the season is a great time to recap what's happened already and also what I think will happen in the second half of the year. I'm ashamed to admit that I stopped recording ... Read More

One thing I like to do is complain about all the dirty, filthy, crappy, snotty web sites out there that claim to be sports blogs. Enjoy. Here's a really crappy sports site: Football Burrito. The About page has this to say: Football Burrito provides advice for your specific fantasy football team. Send an e-mail to xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com and it will be answered on the home page, or you can submit a comment anywhere on the website. You can also make predictions and publish ... Read More

My inspiration for today's post: yet another shot at Buzz Bissinger by the peanut gallery over at Deadspin. We all knew this was going to crop up again. Deadspin, the unrelenting leader of the sports entertainment blogosphere, has spent way too much time criticizing Bissinger after the epic Costas Now episode when Bissinger went ballistic on Will Leitch. Basically, their argument is that Bissinger is an old fogie stuck in the Nineties and that he has no idea what blogging is or why ... Read More