posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 8:44 AM by mike.hlas

Let's See Your Prophecies

It's one thing to say you saw something coming, or to make one correct prediction. How can you do answering 10 questions about the shape of things to come in 2008?

Please answer any or all of the following challenges, and leave your name if you want credit should you turn out to be the second coming of Hlastradamus.

Your responses are automatically dated, so you won't get much credit for being a visionary if your predictions are made on Dec. 30. The sooner you make your forecasts, the more homage you'll be paid if you do well.

1. Name the participants in the Super Bowl, the winner, and the final score.

2. Who will win the Daytona 500?

3. What will Iowa's record be in Big Ten men's basketball (18 games) and Iowa State's in the Big 12 (16 games)?

4. Will Tiger Woods win the Masters? If you answer yes, by how many strokes? If you answer no, how many strokes will he be from the winner?

5. Name the matchup in the NBA Finals, and pick the winner and number of games the Finals last.

6. Which nation will claim the most medals at the Summer Olympics?

7. Forecast the regular-season won-lost football records for Iowa and Iowa State, knowing that both play 12 games.

8. How many points will Iowa score in its football season-opener against Maine?

9. Who will be the No. 1 team in the BCS standings on the first Sunday of December when the national-title game pairing is set?

10. Who will be elected President of the United States, and with how many electoral votes? It takes 270 to win.

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# re: Let's See Your Prophecies

Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:56 AM by Dale
1. New England 34, Green Bay 17

2. Jimmie Johnson

3. Iowa 6-12, Iowa State 6-10

4. No, 6 strokes (Furyk wins for extra credit)

5. Boston in six games over San Antonio

6. United States

7. Iowa 7-5, Iowa State 5-7

8. 42

9. Southern California

10. Obama, 333

# re: Let's See Your Prophecies

Tuesday, January 01, 2008 11:42 AM by BJK
1. Colts 37 vs Redskins 17
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Iowa 5-13, ISU 6-10
4. No, 2
5. Boston, in five vs San Antonio
6. USA
7. Iowa 7-5, ISU 8-4
8. 35
9. Arizona State
10. Mitt 300
By the way, I agree about your assesment of the areas top 40, in my opinion Sage Rosenfels belongs in there.

# re: Let's See Your Prophecies

Tuesday, January 01, 2008 7:06 PM by Jim Davidson
1. New England 31, Colts 35
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Iowa 8-10 Iowa State 8-8
4. Yes 5 strokes
5. Boston in seven vs San Antonio
6. China
7. Iowa 8-4, Iowa State 6-6
8. 38
9. Florida
10. John McCain 274

# re: Let's See Your Prophecies

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:35 AM by IC Charger Fan
Nice...someone is predicting an 18 game schedule for the Hawks and another has both NE and the Colts playing in the SB.

1. San Diego 31 - Dallas 10
2. A NASCAR Driver
3. Iowa (4-14), Iowa State (9-7)
4. No (5)
5. Celtics/Suns - Suns will win in 6
6. China
7. Iowa (9-3), Iowa State (6-6)
8. 27
9. Oklahoma
10.Obama (274)

# re: Let's See Your Prophecies

Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:31 AM by CarrahHawk
1. New England seems like too trendy a pick and they haven't been dominant recently, but they (obviously) find a way to win. Pats 27, Cowboys 24.

2. NOT Dale Earnhardt Jr., i.e. the most overrated driver ever. I'll go with Tony Stewart.

3. Iowa: 4-14, with Lickliter breaking the Big Ten record for palm-to-forehead contact.
Iowa State: 8-8. They're currently 10-5, but their biggest non-conference win was against Purdue, they lost to Drake by 35, and their star player is the new version of Julius Michalik. I say .500 at best.

4. Tiger will win by 3 strokes, followed by a Zach Johnson-esque baby-kissing moment after the 72nd hole. (Only more awkward, since Tiger is foreign to the concept of 'compassion on a golf course').

5. Boston vs. Phoenix, Boston in 5. Even Doc Rivers can't screw this up....Can he?

6. China (Sorry, uber-patriots).

7. Iowa 8-4, if they can remember how to beat teams like Central Michigan.
Iowa State 4-8, Arnaud gets a rude awakening to Big 12 defenses.

8. Not as many as people will think, unless the Hawkeyes can find a new running back. I say 35 with a defensive TD.

9. The Sooners, who will lose the title game.

10. Barack Obama, about 284.