"Mark My Words!"
Last Updated: 02/05/03

The following is a list of words which were "requested" to be marked for the Detroit Lions in alt.sports.football.pro.detroit-lions.  Please email me any additions or corrections here.

 

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06/17 CaptnJaq1 A Mooch thriller upset in San Francisco. <20030617200523.09979.00000693
@mb-m26.aol.com>		 FALSE. The Lions did not win in San Fran.  A nice effort, but a loss none the less.
06/17 CaptnJaq1 Thanksgiving win over the Packers. <20030617200523.09979.00000693
@mb-m26.aol.com>		 TRUE. Lions win 22-14.
06/17 CaptnJaq1 8-8 final record. <20030617200523.09979.00000693
@mb-m26.aol.com>		 FALSE. 5-11
06/17 Yep [The Lions will go] 8-8 [this year]. <RLOdnT_VjbYFV3KjXTWJgQ
@comcast.com>		 FALSE. 5-11
06/17 bo [The Lions will go] 11 - 5 [this year]. <bcnqcj$1e5$00$1@news.t-online.com> FALSE. After a 1-6 start, even winning out the rest of the year would only give the Lions a 10-6 record.
02/24 Grey Matters Barry Sanders will never play in a regular NFL game again. N/A  TRUE.
02/06 Damn Yankee I really don't see how the Lions can win more than 5 or 6 games [in the 2002 season]. <3E42CA62.D5D6260B
@Yankee.com>		 TRUE. The Lions only won 3.
02/05 Robert Solari Mooch will take the Lions to the Super Bowl! <4sl0a.22923$rq4.1722803
@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>		 ?
02/05 Shawn [Parcells] won't do squat in Dallas. <bpd0a.3843565$6N5.503345
@post-03.news.easynews.com>		 FALSE. In his first year he got the 'Boys to the playoffs.  Granted, that isn't a terribly difficult thing to do, but it is squat.
01/28 All The News Mariucci will be the next Lions head coach. <b169nm$v5hud$1@ID-63378.news.dfncis.de> TRUE. Okay, I admit it wasn't that risky of a prediction, still I was right! :)
01/13 Grey Matters [The Lions] won't trade down unless the trade involves an active roster player.  Nobody is going to offer them enough high draft picks to shake loose the #2 --Millen may try, but just like last year's #3 pick, nobody will want it badly enough to offer much." N/A TRUE. While there was last minute speculation that a trade might happen, it didn't.  The Lions used the #2 overall pick to select Charles Rogers.

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11/19 Damn Yankee [Mike McMahon] may start if the regular starting QB goes down with injury...but a bonafide true regular 1st string NFL starter???  NO WAY! <3DD991E2.3E41B1F5@Yankee.com> ?
10/20 sport radio 1130 [Westbrook] ought to be good for at least 2 Defensive holding/ pass interference calls if he plays all 4 quarters [against the Lions]. Of course, he might be cut by then also. <19021-3DB36456-30@storefull-2271.public.lawson.webtv.net> UNANSWERABLE. Westbrook had no playing time at all.  He was, however, still on the Packers roster for the game.
10/16 WalkinDude Harrington will turn out to be a better QB than not only David Carr, but anyone taken in next year's [2003] draft.  <lqrqqugcve38848gi6he9jc
meaq1dsn94q@4ax.com		 ?
10/11 Bruce D. This team won't win 4 games this year. Probably not even 3. <ioudquk084e49293viej
qrf6jijk90v39c@4ax.com>		 TRUE. The Lions only managed three wins.
10/01 Damn Yankee [The Saints will] be their typical 7-9 (+/- 1 game) self at the end of the season <3D994789.57085934@Yankee.com> FALSE. But not by much.  The Saints finished 9 and 7, two games better than DY predicted.  They did, however, not turn out to be the Super Bowl caliber team that everyone imagined they were going to be back when they played the Lions.
09/03 Dave (hol99) Lions will beat the 'Phins!! <_lYc9.41614$Ic7.3120002
@news2.west.cox.net>		 FALSE. The Lions lost by a good deal.
08/17 Dave (hol99) Mornhinweg isn't going anywhere after this season. Maybe after next season, but not this one. <S2x79.45601$eb.3176899
@news2.west.cox.net>		 FALSE. Dispite a Dec. 31 public announcement that 'Weg would be back, he ended up getting fired Jan 27th, 2003.
06/22 DamnYankee You will see [Batch] improve as a QB and be one of the better QBs in this league. <3D14EF51.96753D0@Yankee.com> ?
04/29 Tom O'Brien The lions will suck yet again(6 wins at best), yet sell out every home game. <3CCCEB4C.C645E52A@ameritech.net TRUE. (I think)  I believe that all the Lions games did sell out.
04/26 Zman Josh Thornhill  will make the team or practice squad as an undrafted free agent. N/A TRUE. Thornhill was signed to the practice squad.
04/25 Tru Blu Jammer makes defensive rookie of the year. <20020425105336.09489.00006097
@mb-fz.aol.com>		 FALSE.
04/20 WalkinDude Joey Harrington will be a better pro QB than David Carr. <jl63cugfjk6mhqgtlmh7gtr
6lhp192n2np@4ax.com>		 ?
03/19 DamnYankee There's no way in hell they'll win 1/2 their games next year (2002). <3C97F1A7.CF7A56FD@Yankee.com> TRUE. They only won three.
01/14 Grey Matters Batch does NOT get exposed in the Expansion Draft. <3C43174F.5259@ya-who.com> FALSE. Batch WAS exposed in the Ex-Draft.  He was not, however, taken.
01/07 C Burton1 Marty Mornhinweg will be the man who takes the Lions to the Superbowl. <20020107000707.12056.00000168
@mb-co.aol.com>		 FALSE. 'Weg was fired by the Lions on January 27th, 2003.

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12/04 DamnYankee We'll be lucky to get anywhere near the red zone next game [at Tampa Bay]. <3C0CAE6E.EC457A7D@Yankee.com> FALSE.  The Lions scored in the TB game.
11/05 kilamofo Charlie Batch will be NOWHERE near Detroit next season. <AlyF7.1628$Fe5.26020@ord-read.news.verio.net> TRUE. Okay, yes I know that Batch will play a preseaon game in Detroit.  But the point of the quote was that Batch won't be a Lion next year.
11/01 SkippyPB Gibson will be tutored by Larry Allen, become his heir apparent, take his spot when Larry retires and become a perennial Pro-Bowler. <5EF809A597B0CEDB.
D8D841ECF974E38A.
CB1BF973D00365BA@lp.airnews.net>		 FALSE.  As of Sept. 18th, 2002 Gibson was cut by the Cowboys.  It seems quite unlikely that he will turn into anything resembling a Pro-Bowler.
10/24 WalkinDude The Lions will be a top 10 defense next year. He [Tobin] turned Indy's sh** D into a monster in one year, he can do it here. <mkvbtt4m4kklii9qcehabhhmfdscl4i5t8
@4ax.com>		 FALSE.  While Lions defense may or may not be in the top 10 next year, the prediction specifically refered to Tobin's defense.
10/15 WalkinDude When Minnesota visits Detroit next, the Lions will beat them by more than two touchdowns <rsrlst8jv5p1d5kqetvdeq6eakr1nnbeco
@4ax.com>		 FALSE.  Although Detroit did win, it wasn't by two TDs.
10/09 Thomas Mike McMahon will get a start this season. He'll connect for two TD passes, and he will appear to be the QB of the future. <3BC35A2B.7299223F@umich.edu> TRUE.  McMahon did get a start (although prematurely due to an injury to Batch) and does appear to be a QB of the future.
10/05 agnOstos The lions will be 7-9 and will score 288 points and allow 448 points. N/A FALSE.  With a 2-14 record, the Lion's didn't get anywhere NEAR 7-9.
10/05 Damn Yankee The Lions will be lucky to win 3 or 4 games this year. <3BBD3722.50DAC735@Yankee.com> TRUE. The Lions only won 2 games.
10/02 ddhardin (In referance to the Rams-Lions game) The Lions Will be lucky to cross the fifty and score. <3BBA6596.D0B56B1E
@worldnet.att.net>		 TRUE. The Lions did cross the 50 yard line, but they didn't perform well at all and did not score.
10/?? Brien The Lions will really put it together this Monday.  I can feel an upset coming that will shock the world.  Detmer will stun and silence all the naysayers.  You will see a different attitude Monday.  N/A FALSE. The Lions performed horribly in the Monday Night game against the Rams.

 

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