Group A: Google’s Fallible Prediction

March 13th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

Crystal Ball Over the course of the past few months, World Cup Blog has offered its infallible predictions for each of the World Cup groups. We are so confident of the infallibility of our selections that we are willing to match wits with the smartest kids on the block: Google. Google Fight is a site that allows you to enter any two terms and the Google gurus tell you who would win in a fight. Today we played out this battle with the Group A games to see how our predictions compare to Google’s. Will World Cup Blog reign supreme in this clash of Internet titans?

June 9: Germany vs. Costa Rica
Google winner: Germany
WCB winner: Germany

June 9: Poland vs. Ecuador
Google winner: Poland
WCB winner: Poland

June 14: Poland vs. Germany
Google winner: Germany
WCB winner: Germany

June 15: Ecuador vs. Costa Rica
Google winner: Costa Rica
WCB winner: Ecuador

June 20: Ecuador vs. Germany
Google winner: Germany
WCB winner: Tie

June 20: Poland vs. Costa Rica
Google winner: Poland
Our winner: Poland

Group winner
Google: Germany 9 pts
WCB: Germany 7pts

Group runner up
Google: Poland 6pts
WCB: Poland 6pts

Conclusion: Either we are as smart as Google or this group is so weak that Germany can’t help but win it.

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http://sports.candyham.com Os Davis

Both WCB and Google have Poland winning twice and going through? Y’all are geniuses.
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Cajun Nick

This is a very sensible group that will play out to expectations.

Costa Rica isn’t the best team in ConCaCaf, which isn’t exactly filled with good clubs.

Ecuador won’t like the German climate.

Poland will play it safe – meaning dull football.

The only problem for Germany will be looking over at Group B and getting a little distracted by anticipating a Germany v England match in the knock-out stages.

Germany – 1st
Poland – 2nd