My colleague John was underwhelmed by the science underpinning my Euro 2008 prediction: Germany (least TVs per household in Europe) to win, following no UK teams even qualifying (UK has most TVs per household in Europe). But it's August...
Obviously at Euro 2008 Germany fell at the final hurdle, but that still doesn't undermine confidence in my couch potato theory of UK sport.
With the Olympics fast approaching my next trivial prediction is... the majority of the UK's medals will come in couch potato sports - ie those that are done either sitting down (rowing, cycling, sailing, equestrianism), standing very, very still (archery) or even, best of all, lying down (some types of shooting).
Actually, I think I could be onto something here.
With the nation's youth addicted to Nintendo Wii, Lord Coe and his cronies should start lobbying hard to help increase the medal haul in 2012. If BMX can become an Olympic sport, the Wii should have no trouble.
Tags: Nintendo Wii, Olympics, Lord Coe