NFL Picks-Week 1

Well I was going to do this every week and I just forgot to post it before the Saints/Vikings game, I would have picked the Saints for the record.


Cleveland-Tampa Bay
Miami-Buffalo
Cincinnati-New England
Indianapolis-Houston
Denver-Jacksonville
Atlanta-Pittsburgh
Oakland-Tennessee
Carolina-New York Giants
Detroit-Chicago
Arizona-St. Louis
Green Bay-Philadelphia
San Francisco-Seattle 
Dallas-Washington
Baltimore-New York Jets
San Diego-Kansas City

2010 Fall Schedule

Well as far as this blog is concerned, I will be doing like I did at the end of the season earlier in the year and reviewing shows throughout the season and making picks and posting analysis on them as well. This is more than likely the schedule of shows I will be following, at least for now.

Mondays
Monday Night Raw (Live with Mandy)
Dancing with The Stars (DVRing, watching on Tuesday afternoons)

Tuesdays
WWE NXT (DVRing, watching on Wednesdays, till it goes off the air)
Glee (watching with Mandy, maybe Claire and Mike)
Raising Hope (DVRing, hopefully get into it with no problems, probably get pushed to a cleaning day around the house)
Dancing with The Stars (DVRing, watching on Wednesday mornings)

Wednesdays
Hells Kicthen (watching with Mandy and more than likely UJ)

Thursdays
Big Bang Theory (watching with Mandy)
$#*! My Dad Says (watching or DVRing)
Outsourced (DVRing, hopefully get into, same as Raising Hope)
TNA Impact (DVRing, watch on Fridays)

Fridays
WWE Friday Night Smackdown (watching/DVRing)

I think that's a good array of shows this Fall season and I'm looking forward to it.

Finally...the wait is over

Back in July my New Jersey Devils signed forward Ilya Kovakchuk to a 17 year contract and it was a major landmark day in the history of the team. But then the NHL overruled the deal and then an arbitrator ruled on the side of the NHL and then we were all, the team, Kovi and the fans, back at square one.

Yesterday that all changed, the Devils FINALLY got their man at $100 million over 15 years. The contract is  going to end up being the last of it's kind because the NHL has now put in new rules for cap hits on long lengthy contracts in the future. (Something that I will NOT be going into because the CBA is WAY too confused for me to get into.)

Now with 6.7 cap hit on the team, which still isn't bad, Lou has to make a deal to shed some cap space. As of this morning the Devils are 3.8 million over the cap, they have until opening day to shed some space. I'm looking at the roster on CapGeek.com and think I know a way to shed some space.

The scenario I see that would work the best would be to trade Dainius Zubrus (3.4 hit) and Andy Greene (737,500) and get some future draft picks, even low ones. Then you just trust John MacLean because he know the farm system guys and bring some cheer AHL player to fill the void.

But alas, I'm not Lou, he's the mastermind behind pulling stuff like this off. We will see what happens.

NXT Shocker

Well, I spent the other day writing a post about the NXT Season 3 rookie divas.

The one Diva that intriged me was Aloisia, the 6'9" amazon that I was wondering would look like in the ring. Well as of last night, that won't be happening because Aloisia was fired from WWE and now they need to find a replacement Diva for season 3.

You know this is not exactly the start to an iffy season I expected at all, I hope they have a good replacement because the one wild card that was going to get iffy fans to check in with the show is now gone.

WWE, I hope you know what you're doing.

Big Brother-And then there was four...

The Final Four:

Lane (HOH-1x, POV-0)
Britney (HOH-1x, POV-3x)
Enzo (HOH-0, POV-1x)
Hayden (HOH-2x, POV-0)

Well this is a very intriguing Top 4. Honestly I think it can go either way this point. Here are my thoughts:

If Hayden wins HOH
Nominates: Britney & Lane

If Britney wins HOH
Nominates: Enzo & Hayden

If Enzo with HOH
Nominates: Britney & Hayden

That being said it's going to come down to the POV. But overall we go into the final week of competition on the show, this will get very interesting.


Evicted
Ragan
This man earned his right to be here. He finally woke up and played the game hard and even figured out The Brigade when no one else was able to figure it out. I think his vote will either goto Lane or Britney if they make it to the Final 2.

2010 MTV Video Music Awards Predictions

You know I almost forgot about this show until it was mentioned on the VH1 Top 20 last weekend. What I didn't realize was that the show was next Saturday already. So I figured since for the first time in a long while I've actually been watching ALOT of music videos, I can actually do a predictions post on this show. So let's get right into it...

Video of the Year
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance
Florence & The Machine-Dog Days Are Over
30 Seconds to Mars-Kings and Queens
Lady Gaga & Beyonce-Telephone
Eminem-Not Afraid-My Pick
B.o.B. & Hayley Williams-Airplanes

Best Direction in a Video
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys-Empire State of Mind (Hype Williams)
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance (Francis Lawrence)
Eminem-Not Afraid (Rich Lee)-My Pick
Pink-Funhouse (Dave Meyers)
30 Seconds to Mars-Kings and Queens (Bartholomew Cubbins) 

Best Female Video
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance-My Pick
KeSha-Tik Tok
Katy Perry (with Snoop Dogg)-California Gurls
Beyonce & Lady Gaga-Video Phone (Extended Remix)
Taylor Swift-Fifteen


Best Male Video
Eminem-Not Afraid
Usher & Will.I.Am-OMG
B.o.B. (& Hayley Williams)-Airplanes-My Pick
Drake-Find Your Love
Jason Derulo-In My Head

Best New Artist
Ke$ha-Tik Tok-My Pick
Jason Derulo-In My Head
Justin Bieber (with Ludacris)-Baby
Nicki Minaji (with Sean Garrett)-Massive Attack
Broken Bells-The Ghost Inside

Best Colladoration
B.o.B. & Hayley Williams-Airplanes-My Pick
Beyonce & Lady Gaga-Video Phone (Extended Remix)
3OH!3 & Kesha-My First Kiss
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys-Empire State of Mind

Best Hip Hop Video
B.o.B. & Hayley Williams-Airplanes
Eminem-Not Afraid-My Pick
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem-Forever
Jay-Z & Swizz Beats-On To The Next One
Kid Cudi, MGMT & Ratatat-The Pursuit of Happiness

Best Pop Video
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance
Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg-California Gurls-My Pick
Ke$ha-Tik Tok
Beyonce & Lady Gaga-Video Phone (Extended Remix)
B.o.B. & Bruno Mars-Nothing on You

Best Rock Video
30 Seconds to Mars-Kings and Queens
Muse-Uprising-My Pick
Florence & the Machine-Dog Days Are Over
MGMT-Flash Delirium

Best Dance Music Video
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance
Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull-I Like It
Cascada-Evacuate The Dancefloor-My Pick
David Guetta & Akon-Sexy Chick
Usher & Will.I.Am-OMG

Best Cinematography
Eminem-Not Afraid
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys-Empire State of Mind-My Pick
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance
Mumford and Sons-Little Lion Man
Florence & The Machine-Dog Days Are Over

Best Choreography
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance-My Pick
Lady Gaga & Beyonce-Telephone
Beyonce & Lady Gaga-Video Phone (Extended Remix)
Usher & Will.I.Am-OMG
Janelle Monae & Big Boi-Tightrope 

Best Art Direction
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance
Florence & The Machine-Dogs Days Are Over
Eminem-Not Afraid-My Pick
30 Seconds To Mars-Kings and Queens
Beyonce & Lady Gaga-Video Phone (Extended Remix)

Best Editing
Lady Gaga-Bad Romance (Jarrett Fijal)
Eminem-Not Afraid (Ken Mowe)
Rihanna-Rude Boy (Clark Eddy)
Pink-Funhouse (Chris Davis)
Mike Snow-Animal (Frank Macias)

2010 CMA Award Predictions

Yesterday the nominees for the 2010 CMA Awards were announced so I figured I would make my picks early like I did for the Emmys.

Entertainer of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band-My Pick

Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert-My Pick
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Brad Paisley-My Pick
Blake Shelton
George Straight
Keith Urban

New Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jerrod Niemann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band-My Pick

Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum-My Pick
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Joey & Roey
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland-My Pick

Single of the Year
Easton Corbin-A Little More Country Than That 
Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins-Hillbilly Bone-My Pick
Lady Antebellum-Need You Now
Miranda Lambert-The House That Built Me
Miranda Lambert-White Liar

Album of the Year
Lady Antebellum-Need You Now
Carrie Underwood-Play On-My Pick
Miranda Lambert-Revolution
George Strait-Twang
Dierks Bentley-Up On The Ridge

Song of the Year
Easton Corbin-A Little More Country Than That
Lady Antebellum-Need You Now
Miranda Lambert-The House That Built Me
Zac Brown Band-Toes
Miranda Lambert-White Liar-My Pick

Musical Event of the Year
Dierks Bentley/Miranda Lambert/Jamey Johnson-Bad Angel
Zac Brown Band/Kid Rock-Can't You See
Blake Shelton/Trace Adkins-Hillbilly Bone-My Pick
Kenny Chesney/Dave Matthews-I'm Alive
Alan Jackson/Lee Ann Womack-Till The End 

Music Video of the Year
Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins-Hillbilly Bone
Lady Antebellum-Need You Now
Miranda Lambert-The House That Built Me
Brad Paisley-Water-My Pick
Miranda Lambert-White Liar