Posts from ‘December, 2009’

NFL Power Rankings: Week 17

Welcome to the Week 17 edition of the Cubicle GM NFL Power Rankings.  Every Tuesday since September, you have been treated to composite NFL Power Rankings from members of our team, as well as a bit of brief insight and analysis about each of the 32 teams.
This week, in honor of the final week of [...]

Now I Know How Natalie Imbruglia Feels

For all my wacky antics, I’m a guy who generally likes routines. Compartment-alizing my life helps keep things nice and tidy and that makes it all much more manageable. Take the Carolina Panthers, for example. So far, there’s been three major chapters in my life vis a vis the Cats. The honeymoon period from the [...]

NFL Power Rankings: Week 16

Welcome to the Week 16 edition of the Cubicle GM NFL Power Rankings.  Every Tuesday you can look forward to our composite rankings, as well as a bit of brief insight and analysis about each of the 32 teams.
The rankings are determined by taking the average of each of the contributors here at The Cube.  [...]

Oh Baseball How I’ve Missed You. You Too Red Sox

[Ring Ring, Ring Ring]
Baseball: Hello
Gideon: I’ve had some second thoughts, and realized I would like to write about you again, if that’s ok?
Baseball:  Well, I guess so.  I have just finished up three of the most trade and signing packed days of the year.  I’m sure you can find something in there.
Gideon: Yeah, that’s what [...]

NFL Power Rankings: Week 15

Welcome to the Week 15 edition of the Cubicle GM NFL Power Rankings.  Every Tuesday you can look forward to our composite rankings, as well as a bit of brief insight and analysis about each of the 32 teams.
The rankings are determined by taking the average of each of the contributors here at The Cube.  [...]

NFL Week 14 Status Update: Motivation

Smokey: Sensing my ennui setting in after reading last week’s column, Mickey knew drastic measures must be taken. It was clear I was spiraling into a pit of despair, despite the Panthers solid victory against the Bucs. In a move requiring both cunning and daring, he forwarded along some pithy, far-flung anti-Obama email he’d run [...]

Performance Review: NFL Playoff Predictions Gone Horribly Wrong

With Week 14 of the NFL season nearly in the books, the playoff picture is starting to take shape, with the exception of the AFC Wild Card race, which is just as muddled now as it was in Week 1.  Some teams have already clinched home field (Indianapolis), while other division races may come down [...]

A 96 Team NCAA Tournament? Say it Ain’t So

This is a topic held near and dear to our hearts here at Cubicle GM.  You see, not only is the NCAA Tournament one of, if not the most exciting sporting event around, it one of the few things that unites cubicle dwellers across the country.
Earlier this week, the NCAA met with broadcast companies on [...]

BCS Is So Boring

Lets get a few things out of the way:
1.  I finally found my CubicleGM password after losing it for two weeks.  Actually thats not true, just the rumor being spread across the Internets.  I have spent my non-working hours a.) Journeying through The Wire for the second time -  its far better the second time [...]

NFL Week 13 Status Update: The Home Stretch

Mickey: Tis the season of giving, thanking, and remembering, and I found myself thinking about that sentiment quite a lot this past Sunday during the Week 13 slate. The Panthers were putting the finishing touches on an ugly, Silver Foxian 16-6 win against a 1-win team with a rookie quarterback who flinched every time [...]