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I don't remember what the story was there other than being happy with the result. That's part of the problem with bowl games is you never know if a team is really going to show up and give their best effort as the motivation to play can vary greatly.

For the 2000 Pac-10 race it went to overall record where both Washington and Oregon State were 11-1 while Oregon was 10-2 (lost to Wisconsin early in the season), then back to head-to-head where Washington won out by beating Oregon State. The 2004 Cal/Texas situation had been on my mind as well as this might be a little bit of karma for Mack Brown after that debacle. Of course I love Mack Brown because of it for keeping Cal out of the Rose Bowl. After the fact it ended being the right thing to do as Michigan and Texas played a classic while Cal got exposed in the Holiday Bowl against Texas Tech. But it was still a very slimy thing to do by Brown.

Hey look, the college basketball season start tomorrow! I know I just remembered just about two seconds ago. Personally I'm not looking forward to this season as Stanford is going to struggle just to make the NIT and meanwhile I have to deal with the Benedict Montgomery taking over Cal this year. But maybe your favorite team's outlook is brighter so feel free to make some preseason prognostications. There's two preseason tournaments of note starting this week, first Coaches vs. Cancer tournament tips off tomorrow. Here's the opening round match-ups: MONDAY Georgia Southern vs. Houston Presbyterian at #8 Duke, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU TUESDAY Arkansas-Monticello vs. Massachusetts California (PA) at Southern Illinois Miami of Ohio vs. Weber State Prairie View A&M at #4 UCLA, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPNU WEDNESDAY Northeastern vs. IUPUI Michigan Tech at Michigan, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Obviously the tournament field is set up to get a Duke/UCLA match-up in the finals but I suppose stranger things have happened. And the other tournament of note is the CBE Classic which will begin on Friday. Now the interesting thing about this tournament is they aren't even going to pretend that the opening two round games mean anything and are just going to play round robin where everyone will play two games. The four host schools are Syracuse, Florida, Kansas, and Washington and they have already "advanced" to the semi-finals. I know the opening round games in preseason tournaments are there just to be tune ups for the host schools but this is really lame. Full schedule is here.

It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyways, all picks must be sent by PM. Week 14 - Part 2 Deadline: Thursday, December 4th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST Week 14 - Part 2 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Louisville at Rutgers SATURDAY Pittsburgh at Connecticut C-USA Championship: East Carolina at Tulsa ACC Championship: Virginia Tech vs. Boston College (in Tampa) SEC Championship: Alabama vs. Florida (in Atlanta) Big XII Championship: Missouri vs. Oklahoma (in Kansas City) Arizona State at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the SEC Championship Game? Tiebreak #2: How many receiving yards will Missouri's Jeremy Maclin have against Oklahoma?

I'm not saying this would be the right way to do it and like I said when I posted the thread this week I like the Big XII's three-way tiebreak rules compared to the likes of the Pac-10 and MAC. But how about instead of declaring the highest ranked team the conference champ, rather you throw out the lowest ranked team (Texas Tech) and then go back to head-to-head. I think might be slightly more fair but there's a lot hindsight involved in that.

Again last week's rankings. See my post above, Oklahoma wins out by a slightly larger margin than expected.

I was wrong, they've been leaked. BCS Rankings 1. Alabama 2. Oklahoma 0.9351 3. Texas 0.9223 4. Florida 5. USC 6. Utah 7. Texas Tech 8. Penn State 9. Boise State 10. Ohio State 11. TCU 12. Ball State 13. Cincinnati 14. Oklahoma State 15. Georgia Tech 16. Georgia 17. Boston College 18. BYU 19. Oregon 20. Missouri 21. Michigan State 22. Northwestern 23. Pittsburgh 24. Florida State 25. Virginia Tech

Those are last week's rankings. I'm pretty sure the BCS will make sure they don't get leaked before Fox announces them as most weeks I can find them by now.

Texas takes a six point lead on Oklahoma in the Harris Poll Probably won't be enough but we'll find out in the next half hour.

I have a huge news with major bowl implications.... Hawaii has accepted an invite from the Hawaii Bowl. Truly a shocking development as I really thought they'd take Louisiana Tech.

Week 14 Scoreboard Update #3 Nebraska (Mecca) tied with #6 Ball State (Vampiro69) 8-8 Boston College (HarleyQuinn) leads #1 N.C. State (AboveAverage484) 8-7 #2 Arizona (UZI Suicide) tied with Notre Dame (KingPK) 8-8 Syracuse (CandianChris) tied with San Diego State (Das Wunderkind) 7-7 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) leads Florida (Urban Warfare) 7-6 Final seven games and the tiebreak questions will be posted tomorrow.

Oregon has put Oregon State away (58 points!? Didn't see that coming). This probably knocks the Beavers all the way down to the Sun Bowl as I'd assume the Holiday Bowl takes Oregon now. Of course USC still does need to beat UCLA but if they don't it'd be a much bigger upset than 2006 as that was against a decent Bruins team.

Halfway through the 3rd quarter, Notre Dame still does not have a first down and has 17 yards of total offense. They should have some pride and not even accept a bowl invite.

Going back to the Boise State/Ball State bowl proposal, there's a much more plausible scenario out there where they meet in the Motor City Bowl. If Oregon State does not comeback to win tonight and we assume USC beats UCLA next week, Ohio State is then going to get the last remaining at large BCS bid which means the Big Ten will not have an eligible team to send to the Motor City Bowl. The WAC has enough eligible teams to fulfill their four bowl tie ins which would then free up Boise State to take the at large invite from the Motor City Bowl. That would also make it real neutral site game rather than the glorified home game that would be the Humanitarian Bowl.

Mecca did not submit his picks to me until 2:14 PM EST/11:14 AM PST today so that was after the West Virginia/Pitt kickoff but before LSU/Arkansas. If Vampiro, UZI, or AboveAverage have a major objection to allowing his picks for LSU/Arkansas and UCLA/ASU to count today please let me know, otherwise I will count them. Ball State - Vampiro69 FRIDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh LSU at Arkansas UCLA at Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Georgia South Carolina at Clemson Miami at N.C. State Florida at Florida State Maryland at Boston College Houston at Rice Kentucky at Tennessee Oregon at Oregon State Vanderbilt at Wake Forest Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Nebraska - Mecca LSU at Arkansas UCLA at Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Georgia South Carolina at Clemson Miami at N.C. State Florida at Florida State Maryland at Boston College Houston at Rice Kentucky at Tennessee Oregon at Oregon State Vanderbilt at Wake Forest Oklahoma at Oklahoma State

Notre Dame - KingPK FRIDAY West Virginia LSU Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia South Carolina N.C. State Florida Boston College Rice Tennessee Oregon State Wake Forest Oklahoma Arizona - UZI Suicide FRIDAY West Virginia LSU Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia Clemson Miami Florida Boston College Houston Tennessee Oregon Wake Forest Oklahoma San Diego State - Anti Hero FRIDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh LSU at Arkansas UCLA at Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Georgia South Carolina at Clemson Miami at N.C. State Florida at Florida State Maryland at Boston College Houston at Rice Kentucky at Tennessee Oregon at Oregon State Vanderbilt at Wake Forest Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Syracuse - CanadianChris FRIDAY West Virginia LSU Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia South Carolina Miami Florida Boston College Rice Tennessee Oregon State Wake Forest Oklahoma Boston College - HarleyQuinn FRIDAY Pittsburgh LSU Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia South Carolina Miami Florida Boston College Houston Tennessee Oregon Wake Forest Oklahoma N.C. State - AboveAverage484 FRIDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh LSU at Arkansas UCLA at Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Georgia South Carolina at Clemson Miami at N.C. State Florida at Florida State Maryland at Boston College Houston at Rice Kentucky at Tennessee Oregon at Oregon State Vanderbilt at Wake Forest Oklahoma at Oklahoma State

Florida - Urban Warfare FRIDAY West Virginia LSU Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia South Carolina Miami Florida Boston College Houston Tennessee Oregon State Wake Forest Oklahoma Kentucky - Danville Wrestling FRIDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh LSU at Arkansas UCLA at Arizona State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Georgia South Carolina at Clemson Miami at N.C. State Florida at Florida State Maryland at Boston College Houston at Rice Kentucky at Tennessee Oregon at Oregon State Vanderbilt at Wake Forest Oklahoma at Oklahoma State

Texans - 22 points Tennessee Seattle Arizona San Francisco Baltimore Indianapolis Carolina N.Y. Jets Miami Tampa Bay N.Y. Giants Atlanta Pittsburgh Kansas City Chicago Jacksonville

ACC Bowl Tie-ins: BCS/Orange, Chick-Fil-A, Gator, Champs Sports, Music City, Meineke Car Care, Emerald, Humanitarian, EagleBank Locks: Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia Tech Bowl Eligible: Wake Forest Bubble Teams: Clemson, N.C. State, Virginia We finally had a team be eliminated for bowl consideration this week, that being Duke. N.C. State stayed alive with a stunning blowout win over North Carolina and they finish with a home game against Miami on Saturday. I misspoke last week I said the winner of the Clemson/Virginia game would become bowl eligible. Clemson actually needed two wins since they've played two I-AA teams this year and you can only count one of those games towards bowl eligibility. Their last game will be at home against South Carolina. Wake Forest could be in trouble if they don't beat Vanderbilt this week to pick up win #7 and if there ends up being more eligible teams than bids for this conference, they likely will have to go hunting for an at large bid which could be tough with a 6-6 record. Notre Dame Bowl Tie-ins: Cotton, Gator, Sun Wow, don't think anyone anticipated them losing to Syracuse. This puts the USC game as almost a must win for the Irish or they could be staying home for bowl season. You can forget about the Gator Bowl if they finish 6-6 but the Sun Bowl would still be possible. Remember they are considered a Big East team when it comes to bowl selections and the rule is bowls must invite 7+ win teams over 6 win teams if there are not enough available slots in a conference. The Big East has six bids and currently four teams with 7+ wins. If Rutgers and South Florida pickup win #7 that would fill of the Big East slots and Notre Dame would have no where to go except hope for an at large bid although the same 7+ win rule applies for at large bids as well. Big East Bowl Tie-ins: BCS, Gator/Sun, Meineke Car Care, International, Papajohns.com, St. Petersburg Locks: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, West Virginia Bowl Eligible: Rutgers, South Florida Bubble Teams: Louisville So with Notre Dame's bowl hopes in doubt, the Big East might get to keep all six of their bids. Very big game for USF against UConn tonight to get that all important win #7 because the following week they are at West Virginia. Louisville's season will be on the line in two weeks at Rutgers. Big Ten Bowl Tie-ins: BCS/Rose (two bids?), Capital One, Outback, Alamo, Champs Sports, Insight, Motor City Locks: Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin I was a bit presumptuous last week in stating that if Ohio State won they were on their way to a BCS bowl and the reason is because of what is happening in the Pac-10. Oregon State is one win away from getting the Rose Bowl bid which would put USC into the at large pool and the Fiesta Bowl would likely jump all over them. That would send Ohio State off to the Capital One Bowl. It then remains to be seen if the Motor City Bowl will be an open bid or not. Big XII Bowl Tie-ins: BCS/Fiesta (two bids), Cotton, Holiday, Gator/Sun, Alamo, Insight, Independence, Texas Locks: Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech Bubble Teams: Colorado There are no changes in this conference. Again Colorado must beat Nebraska on Friday to keep their season going or then the Independence Bowl becomes an open bid. Conference USA Bowl Tie-ins: Liberty, GMAC, Texas, Armed Forces, New Orleans, St. Petersburg Locks: East Carolina, Houston, Rice, Tulsa Bubble Teams: Memphis, Southern Miss, UTEP Marshall was eliminated yesterday with a loss to Rice. Of the three bubble teams, UTEP has the longest odds as they finish the season at East Carolina. Memphis and Southern Miss play conference bottom feeders Tulane and SMU respectively. MAC Bowl Tie-ins: Motor City, GMAC, International Locks: Ball State Bowl Eligible: Buffalo, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan Bubble Teams: Akron, Bowling Green I can now safely call Ball State a lock after they beat CMU on Wednesday thus eliminating any chance that they will have to rely on an at large bid. CMU and WMU may have to sweat a little because Buffalo will be attractive to the International Bowl. Mountain West Bowl Tie-ins: BCS, Las Vegas, Poinsettia, Armed Forces, New Mexico Locks: Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, TCU, Utah Utah is on their way to the BCS now so the conference will get five bids. I was probably the only one watching UNLV last night blow their chance at their first bowl bid in eight years as they were stunned by lowly San Diego State and their season is now over. UNLV's loss ends up being Colorado State's gain as they became bowl eligible with a win over Wyoming. Pac-10 Bowl Tie-ins: BCS/Rose (two bids?), Holiday, Sun, Emerald, Las Vegas, Hawaii, Poinsettia Locks: Arizona, California, Oregon, Oregon State, USC Bubble Teams: Arizona State, UCLA As covered in the Big Ten section, Oregon State is a win away from going to the Rose Bowl and likely giving the conference two BCS bids assuming that USC beats Notre Dame and UCLA. Stanford broke my heart yesterday with a listless performance against Cal and has been eliminated. The conference now will have no more than six eligible teams at the most with the ASU/UCLA elimination game this week. The winner of that game will still need another win the following week in their rivalry game to become bowl eligible. Poinsettia Bowl is now a WAC bid. SEC Bowl Tie-ins: BCS/Sugar (two bids), Capital One, Cotton, Outback, Chick-Fil-A, Music City, Liberty, Independence, Papajohns.com Locks: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Vanderbilt Bubble Teams: Auburn Arkansas was eliminated yesterday with a loss to Mississippi State. Auburn will have to shock the world against Alabama this week to become bowl eligible or the Independence Bowl becomes an open bid. Sun Belt Bowl Tie-in: New Orleans, PapaJohns.com? Locks: Troy Bowl Eligible: None Bubble Teams: Arkansas State, FIU, Florida Atlantic, UL Lafayette, Middle Tennessee Troy crushed ULL yesterday but they haven't officially won the conference yet. I think that Arkansas State can still win the conference by tiebreak if they win this week against a horrific North Texas team and then upset Troy in two weeks. But even if that scenario plays out, Troy is a lock for a bowl bid because the PapaJohns.com would then become a Sun Belt bid since the SEC will not fill it and the conference had a contingency bid. I'm still not 100% sure if the Sun Belt needs a 7+ win team to be pick up that bid officially though so if the Arkansas State scenario doesn't play out, there wouldn't be another 7+ win team in the conference. WAC Bowl Tie-ins: Humanitarian, Hawaii, New Mexico, Poinsettia Locks: Boise State Bowl Eligible: Fresno State, Hawaii, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, San Jose State Boise State can still get a BCS at large invite but you can forget about them getting invited over Ohio State and now possibly USC. The conference did officially pickup the Poinsettia Bowl with Stanford's elimination in the Pac-10. The rest of the conference is still a mess but I think it's safe to assume at 6-6 that San Jose State will definitely not be getting a bid.

It's another Biggest Game of the Century of the Decade of the Year of the Month of the of the Week of the Day on Saturday...and I'm of course talking about the Apple Cup! Washington! Washington State! Someone must win! Or do they? I'm predicting a ten overtime, missed field goal fest that ends in a tie due to lack of interest to continue the game between everyone involved. Oh ya and there's Texas Tech/Oklahoma but really, who gives a shit? Also there's the Holy War between BYU and Utah with major BCS implications which you can all see on the Mtn. Network! Okay maybe two of you can see the game while the rest of us follow one of those online game trackers. Network/Basic Cable Schedule WEDNESDAY #17 Ball State at Central Michigan, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY #23 Miami at Georgia Tech, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Fresno State at San Jose State, 9:30/6:30 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Michigan at #10 Ohio State, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC West Virginia at Louisville, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Indiana at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Yale at Harvard, Noon/9:00 AM, Versus Syracuse at Notre Dame 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, NBC Washington at Washington State, 3:00 PM/Noon, FSN Mississippi at #18 LSU, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #15 Michigan State at #8 Penn State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN Boston College at Wake Forest, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Stanford at California, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Air Force at #16 TCU, 3:30/12:30 PM, Versus #9 Boise State at Nevada, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN2 #21 Oregon State at Arizona, 7:00/4:00 PM, Versus #20 Pittsburgh at #19 Cincinnati, 7:15/4:15 PM, ESPN2 Florida State at #25 Maryland, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #2 Texas Tech at #5 Oklahoma, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC SUNDAY Connecticut at South Florida, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY Grambling vs. Texas Southern, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPNU SATURDAY N.C. State at #22 North Carolina, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Clemson at Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Army at Rutgers, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Lehigh at Lafayette, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, FCS Atlantic Citadel at #4 Florida, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, GP Colorado State at Wyoming, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN Classic Youngstown State at Western Illinois, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, FCS Central Jackson State at Alcorn State, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, ESPNU Florida Atlantic at Arkansas State, 3:00 PM/Noon, GP Illinois at Northwestern, 3:30/12:30 PM, BTN* Cal-Poly at Wisconsin, 3:30/12:30 PM, BTN* Marshall at Rice, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS Iowa State at Kansas State, 3:30/12:30 PM, FCS Central Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP Duke at Virginia Tech, 5:30/2:30 PM, ESPNU #14 BYU at #7 Utah, 6:00/3:00 PM, Mtn. Iowa at Minnesota, 7:00/4:00 PM, BTN McNeese State at Central Arkansas, 7:00/4:00 PM, FCS Central UNLV at San Diego State, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS Idaho at Hawaii, 11:00/8:00 PM, GP All Other Division I-A Games TUESDAY Northern Illinois at Kent State FRIDAY Buffalo at Bowling Green Miami of Ohio at Toledo SATURDAY Eastern Michigan at Temple UCF at Memphis Arkansas at Mississippi State Tulane at Tulsa Akron at Ohio UTEP at Houston North Texas at Middle Tennessee East Carolina at UAB UL Monroe at FIU UL Lafayette at Troy

It's Thanksgiving Week so that means a ton of preseason tournaments. The big one is the Maui Invitational which begins tomorrow and features three Top 10 teams in North Carolina, Texas, and Notre Dame. The CBE Classic also finally gets to the actual tournament phase of the, um, tournament after the bogus round robin play where the results didn't matter. After that there is the Preseason NIT semis and finals on Wednesday and Friday. On Thanksgiving Day there are the two Disney tournaments that will run all day on ESPN2 with the Old Spice Classic in Orlando (Michigan State, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Georgetown) and the 76 Classic in Anaheim (Arizona State and Wake Forest). Full T.V. Schedule for Week of 11/24 - 11/30 ESPN & FSN Schedule MONDAY Maui First Round: St. Joseph's vs. #6 Texas, 3:00 PM/Noon, ESPN2 Maui First Round: Indiana vs. #8 Notre Dame, 5:30/2:30 PM, ESPN2 Paradise Jam Third Place: #22t Miami vs San Diego, 6:00/3:00 PM, FSN CBE Semifinal: Syracuse vs. #17 Florida, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 Paradise Jam Finals: #2 Connecticut vs. #25 Wisconsin, 8:30/5:30 PM, FSN CBE Semifinal: Washington vs. #22t Kansas, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN2 Maui First Round: Oregon vs. Alabama, 11:59/8:59 PM, ESPN2 TUESDAY Maui Loser's Bracket Game, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN2 Maui Semifinal #1, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Maui Semifinal #2, 9:30/6:30 PM, ESPN CBE Finals, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY Maui Fifth Place Game, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 Maui Third Place Game, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN2 NIT Semifinal: Boston College vs. #10 Purdue, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 NIT Semifinal: UAB vs. #12 Oklahoma, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 Maui Finals, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN THURSDAY Old Spice First Round: #12 Tennessee vs. Siena, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Old Spice First Round: Wichita State vs. #21 Georgetown, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 76 First Round: #19 Wake Forest vs. Cal State Fullerton, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN2 Old Spice First Round: Maryland vs. #5 Michigan State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Old Spice First Round: Oklahoma State vs. #9 Gonzaga, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 76 First Round: Providence vs. Baylor, 11:30/8:30 PM, ESPN2 FRIDAY Old Spice Semifinal #1, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN NIT Consolation Game, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, ESPN2 Duquense at #7 Duke, 3:00 PM/Noon, ESPN NIT Finals, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN2 Old Spice Semifinal #2, 5:30/2:30 PM, ESPN 76 Semifinal, 12:30 AM/9:30 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Las Vegas Finals: West Virginia/Iowa vs. Kentucky/Kansas State, 10:30/7:30 PM, ESPN2 Colorado at Stanford, 10:30/7:30 PM, FSN SUNDAY Old Spice Third Place Game, 5:30/2:30 PM, ESPN2 UNC-Asheville at #1 North Carolina, 6:30/3:30 PM, FSN Old Spice Finals, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 76 Finals, 10:30/7:30 PM, ESPN2

BCS Rankings 1. Alabama 2. Texas 0.9209 3. Oklahoma 0.9125 4. Florida 5. USC 6. Utah 7. Texas Tech 8. Penn State 9. Boise State 10. Ohio State 11. Georgia 12. Oklahoma State 13. Missouri 14. TCU 15. Ball State 16. Cincinnati 17. Oregon State 18. BYU 19. Michigan State 20. Florida State 21. Boston College 22. Georgia Tech 23. Oregon 24. Northwestern 25. Pittsburgh

If you haven't already be sure to check the Week 12 thread where I cover the conference championship game tiebreaks, sorta, and the bowl picture. There are some of you at 5-7 and 4-8 who still might be able to get into your conference championship game which means you still have a shot at going to a bowl game. For those of you who really do have nothing to play for (including me) I want to you thank you for participating all year. Remember if you submit picks for this final regular season game you are reserved a spot in next year's contest. Week 13 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, November 20th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Saturday, November 22nd, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak. Week 13 Match-ups #10 Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 8-4) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 8-4) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 N.C. State* PM (AboveAverage484, 9-3) vs. Miami* PM (Spaceman Spiff, 6-6) #2 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 10-2) vs. Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 4-8) #3 Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 9-3) vs. Arizona State* (still fly, 7-5) #4 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 8-4) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 4-8) #5 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 8-4) vs. Georgia* (Obi Chris Kenobi, 3-9) #6 Ball State (Vamprio69, 8-4) vs. Texas* (Broward83, 4-8) #7 Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 8-4) vs. South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 6-6) #8 Syracuse (CanadianChris, 8-4) vs. Notre Dame* (KingPK, 7-5) #9 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 8-4) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 6-6) Indiana* (Agent of Oblivion, 7-5) vs. San Diego State* PM (Anti Hero, 5-7) LSU* PM (teke184, 7-5) vs. Navy* (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-8) Ohio State* (Gert T, 7-5) vs. Michigan (MFer, 6-6) Florida (Urban Warfare, 6-6) vs. Florida State* (909, 4-8) Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 7-5) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 5-7) Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 6-6) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 4-8) Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 5-7) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 4-8) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 4-8) vs. Illinois* (The Rocket, 3-9) UCLA* (phoenixrising, 5-7) vs. USC* (Cartman, 4-8) Washington* PM (Smues, 4-8) vs. Washington State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 4-8) Week 13 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Miami at Georgia Tech SATURDAY Indiana at Purdue Clemson at Virginia Arkansas at Mississippi State Michigan State at Penn State Boston College at Wake Forest Stanford at California Illinois at Northwestern BYU at Utah Oregon State at Arizona Iowa at Minnesota Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Florida State at Maryland Texas Tech at Oklahoma Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas Tech/Oklahoma game? Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Oregon State's Jacquizz Rodgers have against Arizona?

Yes they would be required to take Oregon State. Given USC's slim chance of getting into the MNC I wouldn't be surprised if players would rather go the at large route and get into the Fiesta or Sugar Bowl. I'm sure the seniors are getting tired of the Rose Bowl.

The conference championship amazingly were headache free to figure out. We had two ties, first in the Big Eight with a three-way tie. Vern Gagne was the odd man out as he lost to both CanadianChris and Porter head-to-head. The other tie was in the Pac-8 where KingPK wins out over Cartman by winning their head-to-head match-up back in Week 4. Conference Championships Big Eight: Syracuse vs. San Diego State Big MAC: Nebraska vs. Ball State Pac-8: Arizona vs. Notre Dame Southeastern Seven: Kentucky vs. Florida Western Atlantic: N.C. State vs. Boston College Now we have an interesting situation as both Porter and Urban Warfare qualify for their conference championships but have not become bowl eligible as of yet. That leads us into the bowl picture. We have now 20 eligible teams so yes I will be adding a 10th bowl game, but again not an 11th because I'm a dick and it's going to create some extra drama over the next two weeks. There are 16 teams that have locked up a bowl bid out of the 20 eligible teams. This includes still fly who only has seven wins but is a lock because there are only three eligible teams in the Pac-8 and every conference is designated three bids. So there are four of you who's bowl hopes will ride on what happens to Porter and Urban over the next two weeks. Win and they get an automatic bowl bid, thus knocking one or two of you out. HarleyQuinn is one of the four eligible players who is not a lock but obviously he has control over his own destiny by having an opportunity to win his conference championship. On the other hand, Agent of Oblivion, Cuban Linx, and Agent Bond34 do not. FEEL THE DRAMA! I will be posting a poll in the conference championship thread for the name of the 10th bowl game. Anyone is free to PM me a suggestion for a bowl name. Locked up Bids Arizona Arizona State Ball State Georgia Tech Kentucky LSU Miami of Ohio Minnesota N.C. State Nebraska Notre Dame Ohio State Syracuse Tennessee Virginia On the Bubble Boston College Florida Fresno State Indiana San Diego State South Carolina