As we near the end of 2008, it feels like a lot of things have gone topsy turvy in the sports world. The Patriots are no Super Bowl lock, LT is no longer the best (or maybe even 10th best) running back in the game, The Rays (THE FREAKIN RAYS!!!) made the World Series and Tiger Woods wasn't golfer of the year.
But here's some things you could set your clock by, because they happen every year, and this year was no different:
1) The Yankees will always spend a gazillion dollars on free agents. This year it's Sabathia, Texiera, and Burnett so far. And unlike past years, this spending might actually matter.
2) Someone will pick the Lions to win 10 games (See: Kitna, Jon) and they will suck instead. Only this year they are bad in an epic way. They haven't won a game in Green Bay in something like 7 years. So maybe 0-16 is rock bottom? There's only one way to spell a continued history of losing. And that's O-r-v-l-o-s-k-y. I wonder if they could do 0-16 two years in a row?
3) Someone will pick the Cardinals to make the playoffs (they've been a hot NFC West Champ pick since a few years ago in SI) and they will suck instead. This year they actually did good...but now the true suck is showing through as the playoffs come. Too bad, so sad.
4) Jimmie Johnson will win another Nascar Championship. No one will care.
5) Boston will remain the best sports town in America. So it goes.
6) Justin Timberlake will make hilarious videos. Like this. And this.
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
