Xfl Title Game
Sports are unpredictable, and that rings more and more true the more specific the prediction is. That is, apparently, unless you’re Maurice Jones-Drew.
Xfl Championship Game 2020
HOUSTON, TX – The XFL, the Harris County – Houston Sports Authority and the University of Houston today announced at a news conference that Houston, Texas, and TDECU Stadium on the U of H campus will host the league’s championship game on Sunday, April 26, 2020. The game will feature the league’s champions from the East and West divisions and be televised nationally by ESPN at 3:00 p.m. Michigan State went 0 for 9 from 3-point range, its first game without a 3 since Nov. 15, 2013 against Columbia, according to Sportradar. “We didn’t shoot the ball well,” forward Joey Hauser.
NFL Network asked its analysts to make one bold prediction ahead of Sunday’s conference championship games, and Jones-Drew decided to weigh in on the Packers-Buccaneers game. Specifically, the former running back boldly predicted that Green Bay cornerback Jaire Alexander would intercept Tom Brady twice during Sunday’s game.
The XFL announcedThursday the league's 2020 championship game will be played at the University of Houston's TDECU Stadium on April 26. 'Houston is a great all-around sports town with top-notch.
That was precisely what happened, as Alexander picked off Brady on consecutive drives in the fourth quarter.
Does anybody do bold predictions like @MJD? I think not. https://t.co/sHZE2xCQrIpic.twitter.com/HFQSfvtkuB
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 24, 2021
Calling an Alexander interception of Brady would have been bold enough, as that’s a pretty specific call. Adding in the second pick prediction and getting it right is just mind-boggling. That’s especially true when, as Jones-Drew noted, Alexander had only four career interceptions coming into the game.
Jones-Drew’s bold prediction aged a whole lot better than this take his NFL Network colleague gave last month.
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