Posted by
m0t0r1zed on Friday, October 03, 2008 1:15:06 AM
just read Krauthammer's column. heh.
OK, let's do football analogy. Obama's using an effective ground game and running out the clock, and maybe throwing a few short, high percentage passes. The refs (media) are partial to Obama, and the calls have all gone his way. This simple blueprint worked against Hillary (although just barely - after she made a furious comeback in the second half). Hillary had hoped to take the game into overtime, and perhaps even into the Convention, but it was not to be, and Obama took a knee to seal the win and become the representative of the Democratic Football Conference.
In the Republican Football Conference, McCain and Giuliani both came out of the Moderate Eastern Division, and Romney and Huckabee came out of the Conservative Mountain and Southern Divisions. McCain had an easy victory over Giuliani, who never showed up until it was already over. Romney and Huckabee showed no love for each other and fought a bruising battle which Huckabee came out of as the weakened survivor. This set up a surprisingly easy win for McCain to gain the Conference title.
In the big match, Obama controlled the game early with superior field position, but neither side could gain any momentum. The first big play of the game occurred when McCain threw a stunning TD strike to the rookie, Palin, and briefly took the lead, but the refs called it back on a questionable penalty. The drive then stalled with a couple false starts and other calls against the inexperienced Palin, so they had to settle for a long FG which just grazed the uprights, but made it through.
The economic crisis suddenly put McCain on the defensive, and Obama methodically drove down the field and put up more points to widen his lead. McCain tried another deep bomb by streaking to Washington, but it got intercepted in the end zone with excellent coverage by Obama's safeties.
With time running out, and McCain down by more than one score, McCain might need to try some exotic blitzes or D-line stunts to force a turnover and regain possession. Obama will counter by using the quick, precision passing of his Left Coast offense to avoid the sack, or just hand the ball off to Biden for a few yards up the middle to grind more time off the clock. If McCain does regain possession of the ball, Obama just needs to go into a prevent and not let McCain get a big play to secure a Democratic victory.
My Score Prediction: Obama 278, McCain 260 - with McCain scoring late to make it look closer than it really was.
I predicted that Obama would win this game, but McCain has been more competitive than I expected. McCain could still win, but he's running out of time. After back-to-back Bush titles, an Obama win would represent a solid shift in power towards the Democratic Football Conference, but also a weakening of the last Democratic repeat titleholders, the Clintons.