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Fearless and perhaps quite useless predictions
Cold, Hard Football Facts for September 6, 2006

We certainly pride ourselves on our football analysis. But when it comes to predicting the future, even the greatest analysis can go awry. Note Super Bowl XL, for example. We predicted correctly virtually every aspect of the game. Seattle won the turnover battle and the yardage battle and the rushing battle and the quarterbacking battle. Oh yeah, there was one minor little error: Seattle lost the game.
 
Therefore, our usual bombast takes a backseat with our fearless and perhaps quite useless predictions. We've weighed all the evidence, but we are fully aware that things change and the ball can take funny bounces. 
 
With that said, our low expectations certainly paid off last year, when our preseason predictions bested those of virtually every major football outlet.
 
It simply goes to show that when you put your faith in Cold, Hard Football Facts, and not in trends, hype and storylines, you're going to be right more often than not. So, we're not afraid to put our ample asses on the line – much to the detriment of the line's health and well-being.
 
As always, we put a premium on Quality Stats and on those arguments for which there is factual evidence supporting the cause. We don't fall for hype when making our predictions. Instead, we fawn over the stunning beauty of Planet Pigskin's own Miss Universe, the Cold, Hard Football Facts.
 
So, here goes nothing. The CHFF trolls pridelessly present our 2006 fearless and perhaps quite useless predictions:
 
 
Barra
Byrne
F.C.
Carlson
Cocco
Comey
Doherty
Dudley 
Troup
Whalen
AFC East
NE
NE
NE
MIA
NE
MIA
NE
NE
NE
NE
AFC North
PIT
PIT
CIN
PIT
PIT
PIT
CIN
PIT
PIT
PIT
AFC South
IND
JAX
IND
IND
IND
IND
IND
IND
IND
IND
AFC West
DEN
DEN
DEN
DEN
DEN
DEN
DEN
SD
DEN
SD
AFC WC1
MIA
IND
PIT
NE
SD
NE
PIT
DEN
MIA
DEN
AFC WC2
JAX
MIA
MIA
CIN
CIN
BAL
MIA
MIA
SD
CIN
NFC East
PHI
WAS
DAL
DAL
NYG
PHI
NYG
DAL
DAL
NYG
NFC North
CHI
CHI
CHI
MIN
CHI
MIN
CHI
CHI
CHI
MIN
NFC South
CAR
CAR
TB
CAR
CAR
CAR
CAR
CAR
CAR
CAR
NFC West
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
NFC WC1
NYG
NO
CAR
TB
TB
WAS
ARI
ATL
PHI
TB
NFC WC2
NO
PHI
NYG
NYG
DAL
NO
ATL
PHI
WAS
DAL
AFC Champ
IND
(PIT)
DEN
(NE)
NE
(CIN)
NE
(DEN)
NE
(PIT)
IND
(NE)
NE
(CIN)
NE
(IND)
IND
(DEN)
NE
(IND)
NFC Champ
CAR
(SEA)
CHI
(CAR)
DAL
(CAR)
CAR
(SEA)
CAR
(NYG)
CAR
(SEA)
CAR
(SEA)
SEA
(DAL)
SEA
(CHI)
DAL
(CAR)
SB Champ
IND
(CAR)
DEN
(CHI)
NE
(DAL)
NE
(CAR)
CAR
(NE)
CAR
(IND)
NE
(CAR)
NE
(SEA)
IND
(SEA)
NE
(DAL)
 

The usual bombast of the Cold, Hard Football Facts takes a backseat when we present our NFL predictions. We realize that correctly forecasting all of the playoff teams is a rather futile endeavor, but our panel of trolls has nothing better to do. Here's what we see when we look into our football-shaped crystal ball.

East
South
North
West