You Make the Call

Let's play a little game, where I detail two different NFL teams' performance from this past week.  And I include their previous Pre-Season Power Ranking and then their Week 1 Power Ranking and you tell me which team I am describing.   Here we go........

Team A

• Division  Rivalry Game

• National "Night" Game

• Team A obtained several turnovers in the first half but did not capitalize by scoring TDs

• However, Team A did begin scoring and by the middle of 3rd Quarter had a greater than 16 point lead.

• Team A lost their lead by their offense slowing down and their defense allowing multiple passing TD's until the lead was cut to less than a TD.  

• With ~ 1 minute left in the game, Team A's opponent had no time outs, kicked an on-side kick.  Team A recovered the onside kick to end the game by "kneeling" out.

TEAM A's Power Ranking Change          Pre-Week 1     Post Week 1      Differential
ESPN Power Rankings                                        18                     13                      +5
CNN Sports Illustrated                                        16                     10                      +6
CBS Sportsline                                                    14                     10                      +4
NFL (New York Offices)                                      15                     12                      +3
profootball talk/NBC (PFT)                             14                     14                      +0


Team B

• Division Rivalry Game

• National "Night" Game

• Team A obtained several turnovers in the first half but did not capitalize by scoring TDs

• However, Team A did begin scoring and by the middle of 3rd Quarter had a greater than 16 point lead.

• Team A lost their lead by their offense slowing down and their defense allowing multiple passing TD's until the lead was cut to less than a TD.  

• With ~ 1 minute left in the game, Team A's opponent had no time outs, kicked an on-side kick.  Team A recovered the onside kick to end the game by "kneeling" out.

TEAM B's Power Ranking Change          Pre-Week 1     Post Week 1      Differential
ESPN Power Rankings                                        25                     14                     +10
CNN Sports Illustrated                                        29                     15                     +14
CBS Sportsline                                                    25                     15                     +10
NFL (New York Offices)                                      26                     15                     +11
profootball talk/NBC (PFT)                             26                      5                      +21
So now armed with all of the information above to play our game......... 
I can also tell you that the two teams are:  The Dallas Cowboys and philadelphia eagles

Which Team is A and B???

So with both teams having almost exactly the same type of game, but with one team being from the Northeast and the other being from the media hating Dallas, TX........and all of the national polls originating from the Northeast media..............

You would be correct if you guessed TEAM A with the lesser jump in the polls is
the Dallas Cowboys = Team A

While the team with the largest jump, especially PFT, is
philadelphia eagles = Team B

And if this data doesn't continue to prove the Northeast biased sports media that runs all of sports and hates the Dallas Cowboys, then maybe further investigation into the game might help support this theory.

The Cowboys' opposition, which made a great comeback, was the NY Giants led by Eli Manning.  The Giants/Eli Manning are two time superbowl champions who are known for their come from behind victories (ask the Patriots).

While the eagles' opposition was the Washing Redskins led by a sophomore quarterback, RG3, with a knee so badly injured last year that he did not participate in training camp nor played in any pre-season games, so he was a little rusty when the game started.

When you add these two bits of information, it even further points to the northeast sports media bias.  The Cowboys played a much tougher opponent, yet the northeast team, eagles, get the accolades for a win while the Cowboys win is explained away by a "bad day" by the Giants.