A Long Winter?

I always hate to be a pessimist, but I have a feeling that the sports world in Wisconsin will be going into hibernation very soon.

Right now, the Brewers are showing some signs of life, but I fear they are a little too late to really make a splash in the Wild Card race. Very nice to see the improvement though. Let's hope this will carry over to next season...especially at the ticket office.

With baseball season hitting the stretch run, this means that football is right around the corner. Unfortunately, the prognosticators are calling for sub-par seasons from both the Packers and the Badgers. I tend to agree with them. I think the Packers will have to ride their offense if they want to make the playoffs and I think the Wisconsin vs. Hawaii game in Hawaii will have bowl implications.

But...prognosticators have been known to be wrong before. Remember Craig James saying that the 1998 Wisconsin team was the worst team to ever play in the Rose Bowl. What did they do...turned around and beat UCLA, one of the best teams in the country that year.

As for the Bucks, I really think they are a wild card this year. If the team can mesh and if Andrew Bogut can produce as a rookie, they could make a strong push for the playoffs.

Let's hope for the best...if not we always have the Hot Stove League to look forward to.

For those who know me, you are probably realizing that I left out any talk of the Badger Basketball team. Don't fret, I will have lots to say about them in the coming weeks. They have to reload after the loss of 5 seniors, but I am always optimistic about the Bagder hoops team. We all know what happened the last time the Final Four was played in Indianapolis.