Bored

Even though his track record has been spotty since, Tyrone Willingham leaving the school was the worst thing that ever happened to the program. Given the limitations they have due to their academic requirements he acutally did a very good job recruiting and they were always competitive under him. Today with Mark Bradford out for the season and Evan Moore now out for a month they started a walk on and a true freshman at wide receiver.

Someone forgot to tell the Angels that their season is over. Oh well. Hope they win tommorrow though as there needs to be a little payback for the last two years where the Angels celebrated in Oakland.

Okay finally saw highlights and it was indeed Tulsa 24, Navy 23.

Anyone have the correct Navy/Tulsa score? I'm seeing different results everywhere I look.

It's not on ABC, it's on Fox Sports Net.

Jimbo and Loaded Glove failed to submit picks. Jimbo told me he was still in the contest but who knows. I'll use Spicy McHaggis as replacement for Jimbo and Sex Machine Gun as replacement for Loaded Glove. Who You Need (or Needed) to Win #7 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 3-0) vs. Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 2-1) - GAME OF THE WEEK UVA: Mississippi, Alabama, Notre Dame, SMU GT: Wake Forest, Arkansas, Michigan Sate, Arkansas State Tiebreak: 55/52 #1 Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 3-0) vs. Texas A&M* PM (Secret Agent, 1-2) Tem: Navy A&M: Tulsa #2 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 3-0) vs. Connecticut* (SilverPhoenix, 1-2) UM: Bowling Green, Navy, Washington UC: Kent State, Tulsa, UCLA #3 Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 3-0) vs. Boise State (bravesfan, 0-3) HI: Purdue, Wake Forest, Arizona State, Arkansas, Wyoming BS: No point for Friday, Minnesota, Mississippi, California, Alabama, Air Force Tiebreak: 48/45 #4 Oregon State* PM (Princess Leena, 3-0) vs. Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 2-1) OS: California ND: Arizona Sate #5 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 3-0) vs. Miami of Ohio* (Hawk 34, 0-3) Cuse: Missisippi, California, UCLA, Air Force, Kansas, SMU MOH: Wake Forest, Arizona State, Washington, Wyoming, South Florida, Arkansas State Tiebreak: 50/51 #6 UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 3-0) vs. Florida State* PM (Kingofthe909, 0-3) UCLA: Tulsa, California, UCLA, Oklahoma State FSU: Navy, Arizona State, Washington, Houston Tiebreak: 41/48 #8 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 2-1) vs. Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 0-3) SC: Wake Forest, Wyoming, Kansas, SMU AL: Mississippi, Air Force, South Florida, Arkansas State Tiebreaks: 35/67, 105/114 #9 USC (Cartman, 2-1) vs. Oklahoma* (Vampiro69, 1-2) USC: Northwestern, Kent State, Mississippi, Michigan State OK: Nevada, Bowling Green, Wake Forest, Notre Dame Tiebreak: 50/57 #10 Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 2-1) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 1-2) MN: Northwestern, Purdue, Mississippi, California, Oklahoma State Stan: Nevada, Minnesota, Wake Forest, Arizona State, Houston Michigan (Jimbo/Spicy McHaggis, 2-1) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 1-2) MI: No point for Friday, Minnesota, Bowling Green, Wake Forest, California, Arkansas KS: Purdue, Kent State, Mississippi, Arizona State, Alabama JHawk wins if there is a tie. Arizona State* PM (Spicy McHaggis, 2-1) vs. Kansas State (Loaded Glove/Sex Machine Gun, 2-1) ASU: California, Arkansas, UCLA, Oklahoma State KS: No point for Friday, Arizona State, Alabama, Washington, Houston Spicy wins if there is a tie. Oregon* PM (nogoodnick, 3-0) vs. Tennessee (Sex Machine Gun, 2-1) OR: Purdue, Mississippi, California, UCLA, South Florida, SMU, Oklahoma State TN: No point for Friday, Minnesota, Wake Forest, Arizona State, Washington, Kansas, Arkansas State, Houston Tiebreaks: 48/68, 145/78 Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 1-2) vs. San Jose State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 0-3) RU: Northwestern, Wake Forest, Washington, Air Force, South Florida SJS: Nevada, Mississippi, UCLA, Wyoming, Kansas LSU* PM (teke184, 2-1) vs. San Diego State (The Last Samurai, 1-2) LSU: Bowling Green, Arizona State, Wyoming, SMU SDS: No point for Friday, Kent State, California, Air Force, Arkansas State Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 2-1) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 1-2) UF: Northwestern, Minnesota, Mississippi, Arkansas, UCLA, South Florida, Houston UK: Nevada, Purdue, Wake Forest, Alabama, Washington, Kansas, Oklahoma State Texas* (UTBroward, 1-2) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 1-2) UT: Minnesota, Penn State, Arkansas, Air Force, Kansas, Notre Dame, SMU, Oklahoma State UTEP: Purdue, Ohio State, Alabama, Wyoming, South Florida, Michigan State, Arkansas State, Houston Tiebreaks: 47/45, 101/96 Penn State* (therealworldschampion/Carnival, 0-3) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 0-3) PS: No point for Friday, Purdue, Mississippi, Navy, California, Arkansas, Washington, Air Force, Arkansas State OSU: Minnesota, Wake Forest, Tulsa, Arizona State, Alabama, UCLA, Wyoming, Houston Gert T wins if there is a tie. Buffalo* (Carnival, 0-3) vs. Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 1-2) Buff: Purude, Bowling Green, Mississippi, Arkansas, Air Force, Kansas, Oklahoma State Aub: Minnesota, Kent State, Wake Forest, Alabama, Wyoming, South Florida, Houston Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic/Agent of Oblivion, 2-1) vs. Florida International* (Vitamin X, 1-2) MD: No point for Friday, Wake Forest, Washington, Houston FIU: Mississippi, UCLA, Oklahoma State Vitamin X wins if there is a tie.

The A's didn't clinch tonight but it felt like they did. Obviously nothing will come close to that Dodgers/Padres game but this game had a little bit of everything: clutch homeruns, a gut wrenching ninth inning where the A's lost the lead, a classic Milton Bradley meltdown/ejection (baited by the umpire), and then the A's beating K-Rod in the 12th for the win. Just an incredible playoff atmosphere tonight, it felt like it was a one game lead for the A's instead of seven. Unfortunately I can't go to the weekend games but I can't see the Angels getting up for tommorrow's game.

bravesfan, Jimbo, Loaded Glove, Sex Machine Gun, and The Last Samurai are all late with their picks. I'll have to post the WYNtW later tonight or tommorrow.

Texans - 16 points Tampa Bay Minnesota Pittsburgh Green Bay Jacksonville Buffalo Tennessee Houston Cleveland Seattle San Francisco Arizona New England Atlanta

I just realized I might be seeing Barry Zito's final start at home in an A's uniform tonight depending how the playoffs shakeout.

PM'd Picks Florida State - Kingofthe909 FRIDAY Northwestern at Nevada SATURDAY Minnesota at Purdue Kent State at Bowling Green Wake Forest at Mississippi Tulsa at Navy Arizona State at California Penn State at Ohio State Alabama at Arkansas UCLA at Washington Air Force at Wyoming South Florida at Kansas Notre Dame at Michigan State Arkansas State at SMU Oklahoma State at Houston Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 48 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 125 Florida - Urban Warfare FRIDAY Northwestern SATURDAY Minnesota Bowling Green Mississippi Navy California Ohio State Arkansas UCLA Air Force South Florida Notre Dame SMU Houston Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 54 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 128 San Jose State - kkktookmybabyaway Nevada Minnesota Bowling Green Mississippi Tulsa California Ohio State Alabama UCLA Wyoming Kansas Notre Dame SMU Oklahoma State Tiebreak #1: 55 Tiebreak #2: 89 Arizona State - Spicy McHaggis FRIDAY Northwestern SATURDAY Minnesota Bowling Green Wake Forest Navy California Ohio State Arkansas UCLA Air Force Kansas Notre Dame Arkansas State Oklahoma State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 44 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 119 UCLA - phoenixrising FRIDAY Nevada SATURDAY Minnesota Bowling Green Mississippi Tulsa California Ohio State Alabama UCLA Wyoming South Florida Notre Dame SMU Oklahoma State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 41 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 120 Georgia Tech - iggymcfly FRIDAY Northwestern at Nevada SATURDAY Minnesota at Purdue Kent State at Bowling Green Wake Forest at Mississippi Tulsa at Navy Arizona State at California Penn State at Ohio State Alabama at Arkansas UCLA at Washington Air Force at Wyoming South Florida at Kansas Notre Dame at Michigan State Arkansas State at SMU Oklahoma State at Houston Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 52 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 107 LSU - teke184 FRIDAY Northwestern at Nevada SATURDAY Minnesota at Purdue Kent State at Bowling Green Wake Forest at Mississippi Tulsa at Navy Arizona State at California Penn State at Ohio State Alabama at Arkansas UCLA at Washington Air Force at Wyoming South Florida at Kansas Notre Dame at Michigan State Arkansas State at SMU Oklahoma State at Houston Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 61 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 85 Oregon - nogoodnick FRIDAY Nevada SATURDAY Purdue Bowling Green Mississippi Navy California Ohio State Alabama UCLA Air Force South Florida Notre Dame SMU Oklahoma State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 48 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 145 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff Nvada Minnesota Bowling Green Mississippi Navy California Ohio State Alabama UCLA Air Force South Florida Notre Dame Arkansas State Oklahoma State TB #1: 67 TB #2: 114 Texas A&M - Secret Agent FRIDAY Northwestern at Nevada SATURDAY Minnesota at Purdue Kent State at Bowling Green Wake Forest at Mississippi Tulsa at Navy Arizona State at California Penn State at Ohio State Alabama at Arkansas UCLA at Washington Air Force at Wyoming South Florida at Kansas Notre Dame at Michigan State Arkansas State at SMU Oklahoma State at Houston Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 61 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 119 Oregon State - Princess Leena FRIDAY Nevada SATURDAY Minnesota Bowling Green Mississippi Navy California Ohio State Alabama UCLA Air Force Kansas Notre Dame SMU Oklahoma State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 38. Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 100. Temple - Ortonsault FRIDAY Nevada SATURDAY Minnesota Bowling Green Wake Forest Navy California Ohio State Alabama UCLA Air Force Kansas Notre Dame SMU Oklahoma State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 44 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 131

With all the MVP talk for the potential "non-steroid" single season homerun record holder Ryan Howard, even though he wouldn't really deserve it, I figured it'd be good to redo for the year of the homerun chase, 1998. Mark McGwire would beat out Sammy Sosa for the homerun record that year but it was Sosa who that took home the MVP in a landslide. Sosa won the MVP over McGwire for one simple reason, the Cubs won the Wild Card and the Cubs making the playoffs is always a big deal. The Cardinals weren't a bad team but at 83 wins were never in the hunt for a postseason birth thus McGwire was never given much of a chance for the award despite his 70 homeruns. Sosa took 30 of the 32 first place votes and not surprisingly the only two first place votes for McGwire were from the St. Louis writers. Although their homerun totals were close when it came to OBP and SLG, it wasn't much of a contest. McGwire's slugging was 105 points higher (.742 to .637) and his on base was 93 points higher (.470 to .377). Now one who argues the case for a player on a playoff team against a player on a non-playoff team is often that the player on the playoff team had more pressure on him to come up with more hits in key situations. Even though McGwire wasn't in a pennant chase he faced more pressure all year than any player in baseball in 1998, even more than Sosa. Obviously there was no one else who was given any consideration for MVP. Moises Alou was the consensus 3rd place choice while Greg Vaughn, Craig Biggio, Andres Galarraga, and Trevor Hoffman were the only other players to receive over 100 voting points. Despite having his usual great year Barry Bonds only finished 8th. Actual Results 1) Sammy Sosa 2) Mark McGwire 3) Moises Alou 4) Greg Vaughn 5) Craig Biggio 6) Andres Galarraga 7) Trevor Hoffman 8) Barry Bonds 9t) Chipper Jones 9t) Jeff Kent 11) Vinny Castilla 12) John Olerud 13) Valdimir Guerrero 14) Mike Piazza 15) Tony Gwynn 16) Kevin Brown 17) Larry Walker 18) Rod Beck 19) Jeromy Burnitz 20) Scott Rolen 21t) Dante Bichette 21t) Tom Glavine 21t) Randy Johnson 24t) Javy Lopez 24t) Mickey Morandini #10 .324/.371/.589, 135 RC, 152 OPS+, .311 EQA, 59.1 VORP, 29 Win Shares #9 .272/.363/.597, 123 RC, 158 OPS+, .317 EQA, 61.4 VORP, 30 Win Shares #8 .313/.404/.547, 134 RC, 146 OPS+, .317 EQA, 69.1 VORP, 29 Win Shares #7 .312/.399/.582, 135 RC, 157 OPS+, .325 EQA, 69.2 VORP, 29 Win Shares #6 .328/.390/.570, 127 RC, 152 OPS+, .321 EQA, 73.9 VORP, 33 Win Shares #5 .308/.377/.647, 157 RC, 160 OPS+, .320 EQA, 68.3 VORP, 35 Win Shares #4 .354/.447/.551, 138 RC, 163 OPS+, .340 EQA, 70.4 VORP, 34 Win Shares #3 .325/.403/.503, 125 RC, 139 OPS+, .315 EQA, 80.5 VORP, 35 Win Shares #2 .303/.438/.609, 146 RC, 177 OPS+, .344 EQA, 83.8 VORP, 34 Win Shares #1 .299/.470/.752, 179 RC, 217 OPS+, .379 EQA, 104.3 VORP, 41 Win Shares The Moises Alou card makes me giggle. See if someone had just told Barry back in 1998 that he had a better year than Sammy maybe he wouldn't have taken steroids. But as for the result, McGwire should have won in a landslie as he completely blows away the competition. Too bad now he's apparantly worse than Hitler for deceiving the nation or something.

Well we kind of did that the first year but that caused some complaints from the new people who signed because I didn't allow them to be eligible to win the contest since obviously I prefer the winner be in the contest the whole year. The replacement idea I thought worked pretty well last year so I'm going to stick with it and since there was no one else besides kkk who volunteered to fill in if necessary I don't think soliciting new people will work.

I'm going to the A's/Angels game tommorrow night. Unfortunately it's not going to be the clinching game but looks like they'll be celebrating this weekend. Hopefully they can be a little more composed than the Yankees.

therealworldschampion has dropped out of the contest and MarvinisaLunatic I guess has left the board. I'll treat them both as late picks this week so no point for Friday and then can't win by tiebreak. After that I will assign someone to their teams for the rest of the year. For this week I'll use Vitamin X (duh they play each other) Agent of Oblivion as replacement for Marvin and Carnival as replacement for rwc.

My Picks Nevada Minnesota Bowling Green Wake Forest Tulsa Arizona State Ohio State Alabama UCLA Wyoming Kansas Notre Dame SMU Houston Tiebreaks: 45/108

I think people focus too much one when a bowl game is played when it comes the stature of the game. People don't think of the Holiday Bowl as a major bowl, when it really is, because it's played on December 28th but it has one of the larger payouts for a non-BCS bowl and in fact is a higher payout than the Gator Bowl. The Sun Bowl has the same payout as the Gator, believe it or not. Here's how the non-BCS bowls rank by payout. 1. Capital One $5.312 million 2. Cotton $3 million 3. Outback $2.85 million 4. Peach (fuck Chick-Fil-A) $2.35 million 5. Holiday $2 million 6t. Gator, Sun $1.6 million 8. Alamo $1.55 million 9. Liberty $1.35 million 10. Independence $1.2 million Every other bowl is between $750k and $900k. The Bay Area will never care about college sports, ever. When Stanford went the Final Four and then the Rose Bowl it barely made a blip on the radar here.

An amazing seven Top 25 match-ups this week and it would have been eight if Clemson hadn't lost. Michigan State/Pittsburgh was originally supposed to be a ABC regional game but it's been moved to ESPN2 with BYU/Boston College and not sure what is going to be the primary game the national audience gets. Tech/TCU will be the first game ever on OLN. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY Maryland at #5 West Virginia, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Kansas at Toledo, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Iowa State at #16 Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN BYU at #23 Boston College, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2* Michigan State at Pittsburgh, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2* Marshall at Kansas State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN #6 LSU at #3 Auburn, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #11 Michigan at #2 Notre Dame, 3:30/12:30 PM, NBC #17 Miami at #12 Louisville, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #15 Oklahoma at #18 Oregon, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #24 Texas Tech at #20 TCU, 5:30/2:30 PM, OLN #8 Texas at Rice, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPN2 #22 Arizona State at Colorado, 7:00/4:00 PM, TBS Clemson at #9 Florida State, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #7 Florida at #13 Tennessee, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBS #19 Nebraska at #4 USC, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC Texas A&M vs. Army, 9:15/6:15 PM, ESPN2 Other Cable/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY Tennessee Tech at Middle Tennesse, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU SATURDAY Syracuse at Illinois, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Cincinnati at #1 Ohio State, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Duke at #14 Virginia Tech, Noon/9:00 AM, LFS/GP Arkansas at Vanderbilt, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LFS/GP South Florida at Central Florida 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, CSTV Youngstown State at #25 Penn State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU San Diego State at Wisconsin, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Furman at North Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Nicholls State at Louisiana Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Wofford at South Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP UL Monroe at Alabama, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP All Other D-IA Games SATURDAY Wake Forest at Connecticut, ESPN360 UAB at #10 Georgia Akron at Central Michigan Ball State at Purdue, ESPN360 Troy at Georgia Tech Eastern Michigan at Northwestern Temple at Minnesota Kent State at Miami of Ohio Western Michigan at Virginia, ESPN360 Boise State at Wyoming Southern Illinois at Indiana Idaho State at Idaho Baylor vs. Washington State McNeese State at UL Lafayette Mississippi at Kentucky Bowling Green at Florida International Portland State at #21 California Fresno State at Washington Memphis at East Carolina Florida Atlantic at Oklahoma State North Texas at Tulsa Grambling at Houston Tulane at Mississippi State N.C. State at Southern Miss Buffalo at Northern Illinois Texas Southern at New Mexico State Missouri at New Mexico Utah at Utah State Sam Houston State at SMU Colorado State at Nevada Stephen F Austin at Arizona Navy at Stanford UNLV at Hawaii

I just saw the highlights, unreal. ESPN has to put that game on ESPN Classic as an Instant Classic by the end of this week. First time in 42 years that a team has hit four consecutive homeruns.

I put up the wrong dates on the title so I had al fix it but some how he managed to cut Cal off the subtitle now, not that I have a problem with cutting Cal out. I really wish we could edit our own titles.

2000. Great, the Yankees are going to win the World Series.

Game of the Day: Oregon 34, Oklahoma 33. YEAAAAAAAAH! DOING IT FOR THE CONFERENCE!!! Anyways this was interesting as between the first two Oregon possessions and their last two possessions, the Sooners dominated this game by the score of 33-10. The talk of Dennis Dixon looking like Vince Young is funny just because it shows the media's lack of imagination. Hey look he's black and wear's #10...next Vince Young! This was definently the wildest finish of the year so far and as much as the refs screwed the Sooners on this their defense had a role in blowing this in the end. Good defenses don't blow a 13 point lead with under three minutes left in the game. In the end I think it's still tough to gague how good either one of these teams are. The WTF Score of the Day: Southern Illinois 35, Indiana 28. Okay I'm stretching it here as beating the Hoosiers isn't really an accomplishment. The "I always preferred the Bounty Bowl" Game of the Day: Clemson 27, Florida State 20. This was a wild game that was overlooked due to Clemson's loss to Boston College last week. It featured FSU blocking an extra point and returning it for two points and then blocking a field goal and returning it for a touchdown. This game is also another sign that FSU just isn't the program they once were as it used to be impossible for ACC teams to leave Doak Campell with a win. The "What do you mean Brady Quinn isn't Jesus Christ?" Game of the Day: Michigan 47, Notre Dame 21. Not that my Pick 'Em contest is a proper gague of what the country thought of Michigan's chances but only one person out of 40 picked them to win. Quinn's Hesiman chances are gone but those stomping on the Irish's grave shouldn't get too excited just yet. If you look at their schedule they could still very well end up being 10-1 going into Southern Cal which means they'll be back in the national title picture come the end of November. "New Orelans doesn't care about black coaches" Game of the Day: Tulane 32, Mississippi State 29. Hey I agree it took way too long for a black head coach to be hired in the SEC but the Sylvester Croom era needs to come to an end. Before a 22 point 4th quarter just make this a game, the Bulldogs had scored a total of seven points through the first 11 quarters of the season. Whack Pac Wrap Up Washington State 17, Baylor 15. Did a Wazzu/Baylor match-up really have enough demand to play it in Seattle? Anyways the Cougars may have a shot at a bowl game this year. California 42, Portland State 16. Ooooo I'm so impressed. Washington 21, Fresno State 20. Now here was an under the radar upset that received zero notice yesterday. Huskies blocked a Fresno extra point to tie the game with under five minutes to go. Arizona State 21, Colorado 3. Gee you think they are having problems learning Dan Hawkins system in Boulder? USC 28, Nebraska 10. This was a weird game because either people are getting on USC for not scoring more or for Nebraska for not making it closer. Really for me this game went about as expected beyond the Huskers suddenly deciding not to throw the ball. Arizona 28, Stephen F Austin 10. Well if anything for the Wildcats the win over BYU is looking pretty good now as the Cougars crushed a decent Tulsa team in week 2 and then this week took BC to overtime on the road. Navy 37, Stanford 9. They lost Mark Bradford for the season last week and now Evan Moore is hurt again. This is by far the worst BCS team not named Duke. Did I mention I hate football?

Magic Numbers Mets: 4 Yankees: 11 A's: 15 Cardinals: 16 Tigers: 18 Dodgers: 19 ESPN/Fox Games to Poison Our Youth WEDNESDAY A's (Dan Haren) at Twins (Francisco Liriano), 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN Rangers (Kevin Millwood) at Tigers (Justin Verlander), 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN THURSDAY Phillies (Jamie Moyer) at Braves (Chuck James), 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 FRIDAY Red Sox at Yankees, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN SATURDAY Red Sox at Yankees, 1:00 PM EST, Fox Phillies at Astros, 1:00 PM EST/Noon CST, Fox White Sox at A's, 3:00 PM CST/1:00 PM PST, Fox SUNDAY Red Sox at Yankees, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN

News of interest not just for me but potentially for the playoffs, Rich Harden is scheduled start Thursday against Cleveland. This may have Francisco Liriano written all over it and I'd prefer they bring him back as a reliever. Trying to rush Harden back as a starter especially when the division is almost wrapped up seems kinda pointless. The rotation is solid without him and he could provide a lethal option out of the pen in the playoffs.

Deadline #1 - Friday, September 15th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Lose out on Friday game Deadline #2 - Saturday, September 16th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak Week 3 Match-ups #7 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 2-0) vs. #9 Syracuse* PM (CanadianChris, 2-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 2-0) vs. Florida State* (Kingofthe909, 0-2) #2 Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 2-0) vs. Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 2-0) #3 UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 2-0) vs. Florida International* (Vitamin X, 1-1) #4 Oregon* (nogoodnick, 2-0) vs. Oklahoma* (Vampiro69, 1-1) #5 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff 2-0) vs. Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 0-2) #6 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 2-0) vs. Michigan (Jimbo, 1-1) #8 Oregon State* PM (Princess Leena, 2-0) vs. Buffalo* (Carnival, 0-2) #10 Stanford* (Bored, 1-1) vs. Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 2-0) Connecticut* (SilverPhoenix, 1-1) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 0-2) Texas* (UTBroward, 1-1) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 0-2) Arizona State* PM (Spicy McHaggis, 1-1) vs. Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 0-2) USC* (Cartman, 1-1) vs. San Diego State* PM (The Last Samurai, 1-1) Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 1-1) vs. LSU* (teke184, 1-1) Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 1-1) vs. San Jose State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 0-2) Tennessee* (Sex Machine Gun, 2-0) vs. Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 1-1) Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 2-0) vs. Kansas State (Loaded Glove, 1-1) Ohio State* (Gert T, 0-2) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 0-2) Miami of Ohio* (Hawk 34, 0-2) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 0-2) Texas A&M* PM (Secret Agent, 0-2) vs. Boise State* (bravesfan, 0-2) Week 3 Games to Make Picks For FRIDAY Kansas at Toledo SATURDAY Syracuse at Illinois Michigan State at Pittsburgh Michigan at Notre Dame Miami at Louisville Oklahoma at Oregon LSU at Auburn Texas Tech at TCU Mississippi at Kentucky Memphis at East Carolina Clemson at Florida State Nebraska at USC Florida at Tennessee Colorado State at Nevada Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma/Oregon game? Tiebreak #2: How many receiving yards will USC's Dwayne Jarrett have against Nebraska?