The Dallas Cowboys in 2009

Since I've been wrong with just about all my sports predictions of late (Memphis to win the NCAA basketball championship, the guarantee that the Mavs wouldn't play the Spurs in the first round of the NBA playoffs), I might as well take a look at the Dallas Cowboys 2009 schedule that was released earlier in the week. Right now I'm picking the Cowboys to go 10-6 (including a shocking loss to open the season at Tampa Bay), but they could easily go 8-8 (there are two games I'm picking the Cowboys to win that are really too close to call. Here's my game-by-game breakdown:

Sept. 13 at Tampa Bay (a loss, 0-1)

Sept. 20 New York Giants open Jonestown (a loss, 0-2)

Sept. 28 Carolina (a win, 1-2)

Oct. 4 at Denver (a win, 2-2)

Oct. 11 at Kansas City (a win, 3-2)

Oct. 25 Atlanta (a win, 4-2)

Nov. 1 Seattle (a win, 5-2)

Nov. 8 at Philadelphia (the five-game winning streak ends, 5-3)

Nov. 15 at Green Bay (a loss, 5-4)

Nov. 22 Washington (a win, 6-4)

Nov. 26 Oakland (a win, 7-4)

Dec. 6 at New York Giants (a loss, 7-5)

Dec. 13 San Diego( this is one of the two close ones, but I'm calling it a win, 8-5)

Dec. 19 at New Orleans (a loss, 8-6)

Dec. 29 at Washington (the second close one I'm calling in the Cowboys favor, 9-6)

Jan. 3 Philadelphia (a loss, 10-6)