2014 World Cup Predictions From The Big Lead
By Ty Duffy
The 2014 World Cup is here. Here are the predictions from the TBL staff. Feel free to add yours below and to click repeatedly from multiple devices to see those of others.
Duffy
Group A – Brazil, Mexico
Group B – Spain, Netherlands
Group C – Colombia, Ivory Coast
Group D – England, Italy
Group E – France, Switzerland
Group F – Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group G – Germany, Portugal
Group H – Belgium, Russia
Glasspiegel
Group A – Brazil, Mexico
Group B – Spain, Chile
Group C – Ivory Coast, Colombia
Group D – Italy, England
Group E – France, Honduras
Group F – Argentina, Nigeria
Group G – Germany, USA
Group H – Russia, Belgium
Shamburger
Group A – Brazil, Mexico
Group B – Spain, Netherlands
Group C – Columbia, Ivory Coast
Group D – England, Italy
Group E – France, Switzerland
Group F – Argentina, Nigeria
Group G – Germany, Portugal
Group H – Belgium, Russia
McIntyre
Group A – Brazil, Cameroon
Group B – Spain, Netherlands
Group C – Ivory Coast, Japan
Group D – Italy, England
Group E – France, Switzerland
Group F – Argentina, Iran
Group G – Germany, USA
Group H – Belgium, Korea Republic
Douglas
Group A – Brazil, Mexico
Group B – Spain, Netherlands
Group C – Columbia, Greece
Group D – Uruguay, Italy
Group E – Switzerland, France
Group F – Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Group G – Portugal, U-S-A!
Group H – Belgium, Algeria
Lisk
Group A – Brazil, Mexico
Group B – Spain, Chile
Group C – Ivory Coast, Colombia
Group D – England, Uruguay
Group E – Ecuador, France
Group F – Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Group G – Germany, Portugal
Group H – Belgium, Russia
Cardillo
Group A – Brazil, Mexico
Group B – Spain, Chile
Group C – Colombia, Japan
Group D – Italy, England
Group E – France, Switzerland
Group F – Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group G – Portugal, Germany
Group H – Belgium, Russia
Duffy
Brazil over Netherlands
Italy over Colombia
Spain over Mexico
England over Ivory Coast
France over Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany over Russia
Argentina over Switzerland
Portugal over Belgium
Glasspiegel
Brazil over Chile
England over Ivory Coast
France over Nigeria
Germany over Belgium
Spain over Mexico
Italy over Colombia
Argentina over Honduras
USA over Russia
Shamburger
Brazil over Netherlands
England over Ivory Coast
Switzerland over Nigeria
Germany over Russia
Spain over Mexico
Italy over Columbia
Argentina over France
Portugal over Belgium
McIntyre
Brazil over Netherlands
England over Ivory Coast
Spain over Cameroon
Italy over Japan
France over Iran
Germany over Korea Republic
Argentina over Switzerland
USA over Belgium
Douglas
Brazil over Netherlands
Italy over Colombia
Switzerland over Bosnia-Herzegovina
Portugal over Belgium
Spain over Mexico
Greece over Uruguay
Argentina over France
U!-S!-A! over Algeria
Lisk
Brazil over Chile
Uruguay over Ivory Coast
Bosnia over Ecuador
Germany over Russia
Spain over Mexico
England over Colombia
Argentina over France
Belgium over Portugal
Cardillo
Brazil over Chile
England over Colombia
Spain over Mexico
Italy over Japan
France over Bosnia and Herzegovina
Portugal over Russia
Argentina over Switzerland
Germany over Belgium
Duffy
Brazil over Italy
France over Germany
Spain over England
Argentina over Portugal
Glasspiegel
Brazil over Ivory Coast
Germany over France
Spain over Italy
Argentina over USA
Shamburger
Brazil over England
Germany over Switzerland
Portugal over Argentina
Spain over Italy
McIntyre
Brazil over England
Spain over Italy
Germany over France
Argentina over United States
Douglas
Brazil over Italy
Portugal over Switzerland
Spain over Greece
U!! S!! A!! over Argentina
Lisk Brazil over Uruguay Germany over Bosnia Spain over England Argentina over Belgium
Cardillo
Brazil over England
France over Portugal
Spain over Italy
Argentina over Germany
Duffy
France over Brazil
Argentina over Spain
Glasspiegel
Brazil over Germany
Argentina over Spain
Shamburger
Brazil over Germany
Spain over Portugal
McIntyre
Brazil over Germany
Argentina over Spain
Douglas
Brazil over Portugal
U!!!-S!!!-A!!! over Spain
Lisk
Brazil over Germany
Spain over Argentina
Cardillo
Brazil over France
Argentina over Italy
Duffy: Argentina over France
Glasspiegel: Argentina over Brazil
Shamburger: Brazil over Spain
McIntyre: Brazil over Argentina
Douglas: U!!!!-S!!!!-A!!!! over Brazil
Lisk: Brazil over Spain
Cardillo: Argentina over Brazil
Duffy: Lionel Messi
Glasspiegel: Lionel Messi
Shamburger: Neymar
McIntyre: Neymar
Douglas: Dempsey
Lisk: Neymar
Cardillo: Messi
Duffy: Gonzalo Higuain
Glasspiegel: Lionel Messi
Shamburger: Sergio Ramos
McIntyre: Lionel Messi
Douglas: Fred
Lisk: Hulk
Cardillo: Sergio Agüero
Duffy: France
Glasspiegel: USA
Shamburger: I don’t think any of my picks are surprising.
McIntyre: USA
Douglas: USA if they win. Probably.
Lisk: Bosnia
Cardillo: England
Duffy: Germany
Glasspiegel: Netherlands
Shamburger: Uruguay
McIntyre: Uruguay
Douglas: Brazil if they lose to USA.
Lisk: Netherlands
Cardillo: Germany
Glasspiegel: Get sold out to the tabloids by a prostitute
Shamburger: Who?
McIntyre: As usual, embarrass the sport in some way shape or form.
Douglas: Get even richer as they continue to vote on future World Cup locations.
Lisk: Visit favelas and spread goodwill among the masses. Just kidding.
Cardillo: Provide even more awkward GIFs than Karl Pilkington did trying to dance like it’s Carnival in Rio.
Duffy: Mike Cardillo
Glasspiegel: Shamburger
Shamburger: Shamburger
McIntyre: Me. Oh, you didn’t ask which staffer will push soccer on his children so much his wife will get upset?
Douglas: Douglas (or Shamdillo)
Cardillo: I don’t like this category.
Lisk: Shamburger, who was really excited when we told him he got to cover 180 hours of football this summer, only to later learn it did not involve the S-E-C