SU prides itself on going with its gut feel.  As we near completion of the Steelers – Dolphins game, we now see that the home team will have won all 3 of the first three playoff games this weekend.  SU’s theory, based on absolutely no research (SU research staff is allowed to have weekends and evenings off in the spirit of work/life balance), is that it’s rare to have all 4 home teams win on the first weekend of the NFL playoffs.

As a result, SU is feeling more confident about the Giants’ win today over Green Bay.  I would note that several long-time SU subscribers have also weighed in predicting a Giants win (see T. Potter, M. Hertz, A. Grossman) so there are definitely positive vibes floating around.  Stay tuned.

Most of you likely missed it, but yesterday SU fave Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray in the finals of the ATP event in Qatar in a 3-set, 3-hour match.  High quality tennis early in the season.  These two guys are head and shoulders above the rest of the field right now and they will likely be facing off in multiple finals this year.  It’s good stuff and SU says you join me and the 6 other people watching on the Tennis Channel to check it out.

SU wanted to respond to active SU commenter, S. Goldman, and his recent comments on the Baseball Hall of Fame voting.  It seems that now that Bud Selig is likely to get voted into the HOF, many sports writers feel it’s appropriate to vote in the PED users who have had the numbers but not the votes due to their transgressions (to quote Clyde Frazier).  Guys like Sosa, Clemens, Bonds, McGuire are likely to start getting closer to have the votes.  In the past, I have been against them being admitted but I must say that I have softened on that point.  The whole sport was cheating and we may as well put them in.  I still would not vote for Clemens or Bonds as I feel they went to great lengths to lie and cover up but the others can go if they are deemed worthy.

Finally, I know most of you are loyal Knick fans and will go down with the ship this year.  Carmelo Anthony has now said he is playing with a chronically sore shoulder (this is what 30 shots a night will do to you) which will not help unless he decides to take some time off (at which point I am back in).  But SU says check out the Nets where Michigan grad, Caris LaVert, is getting more minutes and is very entertaining to watch. Once Jeremy Lin returns, I will be spending much more time with the Nets.  They play hard every night, lose often but I like following the young guys and players that pass.