2015 Bold Predictions In Review

Back on January 5th, I made a bunch fun, stupid and even somewhat serious predictions as to what was going to take place over the span of 2015. Now that it's New Year's Eve, it is time for me to reflect on just how close I am to Nostradamus (not at all).

• I do not like the consensus Album of the Year (Hasn't happened for awhile).

The consensus Album of the Year is Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly. I really, really like that album even though it did not break my top 20 albums of the year. This prediction was INCORRECT

• One of the San Antonio Spurs retires.

No Spurs retired because they were eliminated in the first round in a seven-game series. This prediction was INCORRECT

• Season two of True Detective majorly disappoints all those who appointed it the show of 2014.

A complete change in genre upset most of the True Detective fan-base and despite a great performance from Colin Farrell, I cannot believe I wasted any time trying to decipher where the storyline was headed or that Vince Vaughn really agreed to play THAT character. This prediction was CORRECT 

• Santigold plays at Coachella and I miss it

Despite breaking a bunch of records in terms of sales, Coachella did not feature Santigold as I was about 8 months premature on Santi season. This prediction was INCORRECT

• Lauryn Hill FINALLY drops an album out of thin air.

Hill ended up singing six songs on the soundtrack for the 2015 documentary of Nina Simone but, it was not original material unfortunately and that was the main intention of my prediction. This prediction was INCORRECT

• Other new albums: Machine Gun Kelly, Big Sean, Kanye West, Rihanna, Florence + The Machine (at least, Florence Welch will release something), Santigold, Adele, Ellie Goulding, Chance The Rapper, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Ronson, Grimes, Beach House, Bruno Mars, Major Lazer and Solange.

CORRECT, CORRECT, INCORRECT, INCORRECT, CORRECT, INCORRECT, CORRECT, CORRECT, INCORRECT? (Does Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment = Chance solo album? No), CORRECT, CORRECT, CORRECT, CORRECT X2, INCORRECT, CORRECT, INCORRECT

• Barack Obama does something controversial, every politician always does. 

Like the free space on a Bingo card, I'm sure this prediction was CORRECT

• Adrian Peterson signs with the Dallas Cowboys.

The Vikings didn't even cut him because they are cowards. This prediction was INCORRECT

• Gas prices will continue to drop to the point where people can drive around for leisure again.

This prediction was amazingly CORRECT for a little while.

• Another country music star goes full-on pop (AKA: The T-Swift method).

I'm not into the country music "scene" so, I can't say this with 100% certainty but, this prediction seems like it was INCORRECT

• Kwabs and Raury are your breakout singers of the year.

Kwabs's hype faded but, Raury was pretty big for a minute. This award would probably be better off in the hands of Leon Bridges. This prediction, after much internal debate, was INCORRECT

• Ferguson, Missouri gets somewhat better and we all walk away smarter.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are running for president & winning. We aren't smarter. INCORRECT

• Listening devices are discovered in our cheese products and Rob Lowe is the first to tweet about it.

Wow, talk about BOLD PREDICTIONS. This prediction was INCORRECT

• Rajon Rondo has an embarrassingly gif-able moment during the NBA Playoffs.

The key to this bold prediction is the phrase "gif-able". Rondo was embarrassing and got benched by the Dallas Mavericks (he was a Celtic at the time of my prediction) but, there were no embarrassing gifs of note so, this prediction was INCORRECT

• Iggy Azaelea wins a grammy or seven.

Azalea was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards and won 0. This prediction was INCORRECT

• Ted 2 gets terrible reviews.

It was pretty much a solid Family Guy episode. This prediction was CORRECT

• Some copycat of the phrase "MILF" is the "bae" of 2015.

"Netflix and chill" & "Dabbing". This prediction was #INCORRECT

• One Thronedashian disses another Thronedashian.

Two of them (Whichever ones Scott & Kourtney are) separated and there aren't many better ways to diss someone than by divorcing them. This prediction was CORRECT

• The Cowboys win the Super Bowl, turning enough people off from football that it's actually a problem.

At this point, I was just spouting all-out nonsense. This prediction was INCORRECT

• Roger Goodell's boos are 50,000 times worse than Packer booing at the first NFL Draft in Chicago.

The booing was worse but 50,000 times worse? Not really. This prediction was INCORRECT

• My friend Jake Raflik wins the lottery.

This prediction was INCORRECT

• Bill Simmons leaves ESPN.

It wasn't THAT bold but, it's nice to pick up easy W's to save face. This prediction was CORRECT

• I don't take my Christmas decorations down until sometime late in April (Why not?).

Took them down about 2 weeks into January. This prediction was INCORRECT

• It snows in September because Wisconsin can't have any extensive Autumns anymore.

The snow held off until December, impressively enough. This prediction was INCORRECT

• Comeback fantasy football player of the year? Me.

*Maniacal laugh* CORRECT

• None of these predictions come true (There, now I'm guaranteed to get ONE right).

Shouldn't have even taken the chance. This'll kill my prediction percentage! INCORRECT

End Result: 17/40 (42.5%)