Bored

Posada finished 4th in the A.L. this year. Link Even though Win Shares are better than the basic metrics for defense it's not without its flaws and weird results as well. UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating) is probably the best stat for defense but it's not one that is made readily available by it's creator Michael Lichtman who works for the Cardinals.

Yup. A.L. C: Joe Mauer (Varitek, 10th) 1B: Mark Teixeira 2B: Orland Hudson 3B: Chone Figgins (Chavez, 2nd) SS: Juan Uribe (Jeter, 6th) OF: Aaron Rowand, Vernon Wells, Grady Sizemore (Suzuki, 9th; Hunter, 16th) N.L. C: Mike Matheny 1B: Derrek Lee 2B: Craig Counsell 3B: David Wright SS: Rafael Furcal OF: Carlos Beltran, Brady Clark, Willy Taveras

Speaking of the Patriots, taken from the DVDVR board here is an announcer parody of the Teddy Bruschi's return, funny as hell: http://eod.liquidviewer.com/wgr-od/wgr/200...ruschipbp-1.wma

See it's a shame because Jeter's best play ever is completely overlooked by the many overrated ones (the "dive" into the stands and the Jeremy Giambi play). The best play he ever made was against the A's in that infamous 2001 ALDS in Game 5 when literally did have to fall into the stands to make a catch. Anyways I almost feel bad for pointing out the Jeter selection after seeing Jason Varitek win it. Awful, awful selection.

So if the plan was Coach beating Austin, are they now going to have Coach beat Batista? Now that wouldn't be good for business.

1. USC 2. Texas 3. Virginia Tech 4. Alabama 5. UCLA 6. Miami 7. Penn State 8. LSU 9. Florida State 10. Ohio State 11. Georgia 12. Wisconsin 13. Oregon 14. Notre Dame 15. Texas Tech 16. Florida 17. West Virginia 18. TCU 19. Boston College 20. Auburn 21. Michigan 22. Colorado 23. California 24. Fresno State 25. Oklahoma

Once again this week tiebreak #1 will be for Thursday's game. This a really weak slate of games this week in college football, probably the weakest of the year. Because of that I had throw in more non-major conference games in there than usual. Just couldn't find many compelling major conference games this week. Black Widow (I miss Test) made it known last week that they wouldn't be around for a few weeks so they will be pre-assigned replacement picks. Angel Grace Blue will be used as replacements. Week 9 Deadlines Thursday, October 27th, 7:30/4:30 PM -Thursday game, tiebreak #1 Friday, October 28th, 8:00/5:00 PM -Friday game Saturday, October 29th, Noon/9:00 AM -Replacement picks, tiebreak #2 Week 9 Match-ups #2 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 5-3) vs. #7 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 5-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 6-2) vs. Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 4-4) #3 Florida* (Agent Bond34, 5-3) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 3-5) #4 Ohio State* (Gert T, 5-3) vs. Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 4-4) #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 6-2) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 2-6) #6 LSU* PM (teke184, 6-2) vs. Connecticut* (DragonLordKaiba, 4-4) #8 Texas A&M* (Secret Agent, 4-4) vs. Auburn* PM (Agent of Oblivion, 6-2) #9 Marland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 5-3) vs. Troy* (Angel Grace Blue, 1-7) #10 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 5-3) vs. Tennessee (Kotzenjunge, 3-5) USC* (Cartman, 4-4) vs. Washington State* PM (bravesfan, 3-5) Stanford* (Bored, 4-4) vs. UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 3-5) Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 4-4) vs. Northwestern* PM (Kingofthe909, 4-4) San Diego State* PM (Porter, 4-4) vs. Arizona State* (Spicy McHaggis, 4-4) Illinois (Matt Young, 5-3) vs. Buffalo* (Black Widow/Angel Grace Blue, 1-7) Oregon* (nogoodnick, 4-4) vs. Hawaii* PM (Will Scarlet, 3-5) Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 3-5) vs. Florida International (Vitamin X, 4-4) Oklahoma (Damaramu, 4-4) vs. Nebraska* (CarnivalizComing, 3-5) Week 9 Games to make picks for THURSDAY Boston College at Virginia Tech FRIDAY Colorado State at New Mexico SATURDAY Clemson at Georgia Tech Ohio State at Minnesota Oklahoma at Nebraska Cincinnati at Syracuse Missouri at Kansas Central Florida at East Carolina Air Force at BYU Georgia vs. Florida Michigan at Northwestern Mississippi State at Kentucky Marshall at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Boston College/Virginia Tech game? Tiebreak #2: How many yards rushing will Northwestern's Tyrell Sutton have against Michigan?

There was a virtual tie for the #10 spot this week (same record, same correct pick %, same "strength of schedule") but Marvin gets the nod over Cuban due to being higher ranked last week. Both were very fortunate to win this week. Currently only four points seperating the top 9 in correct pick %. 19 out of the 34 teams are 5-4 or 4-5. This thing is just wide open going into the final four weeks of the regular season. Also there was a tie for the #1 spot overall but because one has a better record than the other, we have a new #1 for the 3rd straight week... Bored Championship Series Top 10 thru Week 9 1. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 3.4 2. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 3.4 3. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 4.6 4. LSU - teke184 5.45 5. Texas A&M - Secret Agent 5.5 6. Syracuse - CanadianChris 5.9 7. Ohio State - Gert T 7.75 8. Florida - Agent Bond34 7.85 9. Penn State - therealworldschampion 9.1 10. Maryland - MarvinisaLunatic 10.4

Week 9 Final Scores #7 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 8, #2 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 5 Penn State (therealworldschampion) 8, #1 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 8; Penn State wins by tiebreak Kent State (JHawk) 12, #3 Florida (Agent Bond34) 6 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 8, #4 Ohio State (Gert T) 7 #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 10, Rutgers (the pinjockey) 9 #6 LSU (teke184) 8, Connecticut (DragonLordKaib) 8; LSU wins by tiebreak #8 Texas A&M (Secret Agent) 8, Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 7 #9 Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 6, Troy (Angel Grace Blue) 3 #10 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 6, Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) 6; South Carolina wins by tiebreak Washington State (bravesfan) 7, USC (Cartman) 6 UCLA (phoenixrising) 8, Stanford (Bored) 6 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 7, Northwestern (Kingofthe909) 5 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 6, San Diego State (Porter) 5 Illinois (Matt Young) 9, Buffalo (Black Widow/Angel Grace Blue) 3 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 8, Oregon (nogoodnick) 7 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 7, Florida International (Vitamin X) 5 Nebraska (CarnivalizComing) 8, Oklahoma (Damaramu) 7 Conference Standings Pac-8 1. Hawaii (3-0, 4-5) 2. UCLA (2-1, 4-5) 3. Arizona State (2-2, 5-4) 3. Stanford (2-2, 4-5) 3. Oregon (2-2, 4-5) 6. Washington State (2-3, 4-5) 7. San Diego State (1-2, 4-5) 8. USC (1-3, 4-5) Big MAC 1. Illinois (3-0, 6-3) 2. Minnesota (4-1, 5-4) 3. Notre Dame (3-3, 5-4) 3. Penn State (2-2, 5-4) 3. Kent State (2-2, 4-5) 6. Ohio State (1-3, 5-4) 6. Northwestern (1-3, 4-5) 6. Buffalo (1-3, 1-8) Mid South 1. Alabama (5-0, 7-2) 2. LSU (4-1, 7-2) 3. Auburn (2-2, 6-3) 3. South Carolina (3-3, 6-3) 5. Florida (2-3, 5-4) 5. Texas A&M (2-3, 5-4) 5. Nebraska (2-3, 4-5) 8. Tennessee (2-4, 3-6) 9. Oklahoma (1-4, 4-5) Big Atlantic 1. Georgia Tech (4-1, 6-3) 2. Virginia (3-1, 4-5) 3. Syracuse (4-2, 6-3) 4. Maryland (3-2, 6-3) 4. Miami (3-2, 5-4) 6. FIU (2-3, 4-5) 6. Connecticut (2-3, 4-5) 8. Rutgers (1-4, 2-7) 9. Troy (0-4, 1-8)

That was quite the spectacular choke job by Stanford. I could hardly be dissapointed as I didn't think they'd win but damn would it have killed them to blow the game at 17-3 instead of 24-3? Oh well a team who loses UC Davis probably shouldn't be sniffing a bowl game. And it appears Tennessee's season is officially a disaster.

Moneyball came out when DePodesta was still their assistant GM. As to why he left...he got offered the Dodgers' GM job so of course he was going to take a higher position since obviously Beane ain't going ahywhere.

Wow Bill Plaschke gets his way? What a joke. Hey maybe DePo can comeback to the A's to assist Beane for a year.

iggy they started doing this a couple of years ago and it is indeed very annoying. It's nothing more than a ploy to get more people to order GamePlan, which beyond getting all the ABC regional games is fairly useless with the large number of games that get televised every week. I am just tickled that because of the weak slate of games this week, UCLA/Stanford is considered one of the bigger games and that some think Stanford could pull off the upset. Cardinal have no running game at all so they can't take advantage of UCLA's biggest weakness so I doubt they will win. I just have to think they didn't try at all to lose that UC Davis game because it seemed impossible this team would have an outside shot at a bowl game at that point. How do you lead Arizona State 45-7 at one point but lose to UC Davis? It makes no sense. That loss is even worse for their bowl hopes, and I was unaware of this until about a week ago, but the NCAA changed the rules when it comes to wins against I-AA teams. It used to be you could only count one win over a I-AA team every four years for bowl eligibility. Now starting this year you can count every win over a I-AA team. This is incredibly stupid as it just encourages schools to schedule I-AA teams as warm ups for their conference schedule. It's even worse when they go to 12 game schedules full time next year when 6-6 teams can be eligible so you can have a losing record against I-A teams yet still go to a bowl game. In any event Stanford really screwed the pooch with that loss as they would be 5-1 right now and have five chances to be come bowl eligible but they have to win at least two of a murderous final five games (UCLA, at USC, at Oregon State, Cal, Notre Dame).

Vitamin X has not submitted picks yet, if they don't by tommorrow's deadline their replacement picks will be by phoenixrising.

Texans - 20 pts Dallas Detroit Houston Cincinnati Jacksonville Carolina Tennessee N.Y. Giants San Diego New Orleans Denver Tampa Bay New England Pittsburgh

Texas is #1, they jumped USC in almost every computer poll. 1. Texas 2. USC 3. Virginia Tech 4. Georgia 5. Alabama 6. UCLA 7. Miami 8. LSU 9. Penn State 10. Florida State 11. Oregon 12. Wisconsin 13. Ohio State 14. Boston College 15. Notre Dame 16. Texas Tech 17. West Virginia 18. TCU 19. Florida 20. Minnesota 21. Northwestern 22. Auburn 23. California 24. Colorado 25. Michigan

Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Duke 2. Connecticut 3. Texas 4. Villanova 5. Michigan State 6. Oklahoma 7. Gonzaga 8. Louisville 9. Arizona 10. Kentucky 11. Boston College 12. Memphis 13. STANFORD~ 14. Alabama 15. West Virginia 16. Syracuse 17. Illinois 18t. UCLA 18t. Wake Forest 20. Iowa 21. Maryland 22. Indiana 23. Iowa State 24. George Washington 25. Nevada 26. N.C. State 27. Ohio State 28. Washington 29. Kansas 30. Wisconsin 31. Texas Tech 32. LSU 33. Michigan 34t. Charlotte 34t. Oklahoma State 36. North Carolina 37. Old Dominion 38. Georgetown 39t. Florida 39t. Northern Iowa 41. Miami 42t. Western Kentucky 42t. Vanderbilt 44t. UNLV 44t. Utah State 44t. California 44t. Ohio 44t. Oral Roberts 49t. Temple 49t. Texas A&M 49t. Bucknell

Kotzenjunge, Matt Young, Vitamin X, and Damaramu are all late. Who You Need to Win #2 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 5-3) vs. #7 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 5-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK UM: Clemson, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Tulane SU: Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Nebraska, Cincinnati, Marshall #1 Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 6-2) vs. Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 4-4) GT: New Mexico, Nebraska, Florida, Kentucky PS: Colorado State, Oklahoma, Georgia, Mississippi State Tiebreak: 55/51 #3 Florida* (Agent Bond34, 5-3) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 3-5) UF: Nebraska, Missouri, East Carolina, Air Force, Georgia, Northwestern KS: Oklahoma, Kansas, Central Florida, BYU, Florida, Michigan Tiebreak: 63/47 #4 Ohio State* (Gert T, 5-3) vs. Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 4-4) OSU: Georgia Tech, East Carolina, Mississippi State MN: Clemson, Central Florida, Kentucky #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 6-2) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 2-6) AL: Okahoma, East Carolina, Michigan, Kentucky, Tulane RU: Nebraska, Central Florida, Northwestern, Mississippi State, Marshall #6 LSU* PM (teke184, 6-2) vs. Connecticut* (DragonLordKaiba, 4-4) LSU: Colorado State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Cincinnati, Central Florida, Florida, Mississippi State, Tulane UC: New Mexico, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Syracuse, East Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Marshall Tiebreak: 58/60 #8 Texas A&M* (Secret Agent, 4-4) vs. Auburn* PM (Agent of Oblivion, 6-2) A&M: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Central Florida, Georgia, Kentucky Aub: Colorado State, Nebraska, East Carolina, Florida, Mississippi State #9 Marland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 5-3) vs. Troy* (Angel Grace Blue, 1-7) MD: Oklahoma, BYU, Michigan Troy: Nebraska, Air Force, Northwestern #10 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 5-3) vs. Tennessee (Kotzenjunge, 3-5) SC: New Mexico, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, East Carolina, Northwestern, Kentucky, Marshall TN: No point for Thursday, Colorado State, Clemson, Cincinnati, Central Florida, Michigan, Mississippi State, Tulane South Carolina wins if there is a tie USC* (Cartman, 4-4) vs. Washington State* PM (bravesfan, 3-5) USC: Boston College, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, East Carolina, Northwestern, Kentucky, Marshall Wazzu: Virginia Tech, Clemson, Cincinnati, Central Florida, Michigan, Mississippi State, Tulane Stanford* (Bored, 4-4) vs. UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 3-5) Stan: Nebraska, East Carolina, Kentucky, Tulane UCLA: Oklahoma, Central Florida, Mississippi State, Marshall Tiebreak: 44/38 Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 4-4) vs. Northwestern* PM (Kingofthe909, 4-4) ND: Virginia Tech, Colorado State, Clemson, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Florida, Northwestern, Kentucky NW: Boston College, New Mexico, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Central Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi State Tiebreak: 55/34 San Diego State* PM (Porter, 4-4) vs. Arizona State* (Spicy McHaggis, 4-4) SDS: Colorado State, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Nebraska, Missouri, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi State, Tulane ASU: New Mexico, Clemson, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Kansas, Florida, Northwestern, Kentucky, Marshall Illinois (Matt Young, 5-3) vs. Buffalo* (Black Widow/Angel Grace Blue, 1-7) IL: No point for Thursday, Oklahoma, Central Florida, BYU, Florida, Michigan, Kentucky, Marshall Buff: Nebraska, East Carolina, Air Force, Georgia, Northwestern, Mississippi State, Tulane Buffalo wins if there is a tie. Oregon* (nogoodnick, 4-4) vs. Hawaii* PM (Will Scarlet, 3-5) OR: Colorado State, Nebraska, East Carolina HI: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Central Florida Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 3-5) vs. Florida International (Vitamin X, 4-4) UVA: Ohio State, Syracuse, Missouri, Central Florida, Michigan, Kentucky, Tulane FIU: No point for Thursday/Friday, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Kansas, East Carolina, Northwestern, Mississippi State, Marshall Virginia wins if there is a tie. Oklahoma (Damaramu, 4-4) vs. Nebraska* (CarnivalizComing, 3-5) OU: No point for Thursday, Nebraska, Florida, Missisppi State, Marshall NB: Oklahoma, Georgia, Kentucky, Tulane

PM Picks San Diego State - Porter THURSDAY Boston College at Virginia Tech FRIDAY Colorado State at New Mexico SATURDAY Clemson at Georgia Tech Ohio State at Minnesota Oklahoma at Nebraska Cincinnati at Syracuse Missouri at Kansas Central Florida at East Carolina Air Force at BYU Georgia vs. Florida Middle Tennessee State at Florida International Michigan at Northwestern Mississippi State at Kentucky Marshall at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Boston College/Virginia Tech game? 46 Tiebreak #2: How many yards rushing will Northwestern's Tyrell Sutton have against Michigan? 113 Northwestern - Kingofthe909 THURSDAY Boston College at Virginia Tech FRIDAY Colorado State at New Mexico SATURDAY Clemson at Georgia Tech Ohio State at Minnesota Oklahoma at Nebraska Cincinnati at Syracuse Missouri at Kansas Central Florida at East Carolina Air Force at BYU Georgia vs. Florida Middle Tennessee State at Florida International Michigan at Northwestern Mississippi State at Kentucky Marshall at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Boston College/Virginia Tech game? 34 Tiebreak #2: How many yards rushing will Northwestern's Tyrell Sutton have against Michigan? 100 Auburn - Agent of Oblivion THURSDAY at Virginia Tech FRIDAY Colorado State SATURDAY at Georgia Tech Ohio State at Nebraska at Syracuse Missouri at East Carolina at BYU Florida Middle Tennessee State Michigan Mississippi State Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Boston College/Virginia Tech game? 78 Tiebreak #2: How many yards rushing will Northwestern's Tyrell Sutton have against Michigan? 89 UCLA - phoenixrising THURSDAY Virginia Tech FRIDAY New Mexico SATURDAY Georgia Tech Ohio State Oklahoma Syracuse Missouri Central Florida BYU Florida Middle Tennessee State Northwestern Mississippi State Marshall Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Boston College/Virginia Tech game? 38 Tiebreak #2: How many yards rushing will Northwestern's Tyrell Sutton have against Michigan? 125 Hawaii - Will Scarlet THURSDAY Virginia Tech FRIDAY New Mexico SATURDAY Georgia Tech Ohio State Oklahoma Syracuse Missouri Central Florida BYU Florida Middle Tennessee State Michigan Mississippi State Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Boston College/Virginia Tech game? 43 Tiebreak #2: How many yards rushing will Northwestern's Tyrell Sutton have against Michigan? 70 LSU - teke184 THURSDAY Boston College at Virginia Tech FRIDAY Colorado State at New Mexico SATURDAY Clemson at Georgia Tech Ohio State at Minnesota Oklahoma at Nebraska Cincinnati at Syracuse Missouri at Kansas Central Florida at East Carolina Air Force at BYU Georgia vs. Florida Middle Tennessee State at Florida International Michigan at Northwestern Mississippi State at Kentucky Marshall at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Boston College/Virginia Tech game? 58 Tiebreak #2: How many yards rushing will Northwestern's Tyrell Sutton have against Michigan? 149 Washington State - bravesfan THURSDAY Virginia Tech FRIDAY New Mexico SATURDAY Clemson Ohio State Nebraska Cincinnati (fuck!) Missouri Central Florida BYU Florida Michigan Mississippi State Tulane TB: 44/100 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff Virginia Tech Colorado State Georgia Tech Ohio State Oklahoma Cincinnati Missouri East Carolina BYU Florida Michigan Kentucky Tulane TB #1: 49 TB #2: 143

Aww how soon everyone forgets the station-to-station World Champs of last year.

Wild Card not winning the World Series good: Good. Joe Morgan likely popping a boner over "smartball" winning the World Series: So very bad.

My Picks Virginia Tech New Mexico Georgia Tech Ohio State Nebraska Syracuse Missouri East Carolina BYU Florida Northwestern Kentucky Tulane Tiebreaks: 44/138

Middle Tennessee State/Florida International has been postponed. I know that will just ruin all your weeks.

Oh snap.

Okay here's the full schedule. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY #14 Boston College at #3 Virginia Tech, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Colorado State at New Mexico, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #13 Ohio State at #20 Minnesota, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* Oklahoma at Nebraska, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* #12 Wisconsin at Illinois, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN North Carolina at #7 Miami, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #16 Texas Tech at Baylor, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN #4 Georgia vs. #19 Florida, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Washington State at #2 USC, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Purdue at #9 Penn State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Maryland at #10 Florida State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Iowa State at Texas A&M, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Clemson at Georgia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN #6 UCLA at Stanford, 6:30/3:30, FSN Fresno State at Hawaii, 7:00/4:00, ABC* #25 Michigan at #21 Northwestern, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN #1 Texas at Oklahoma State, 7:00/4:00 PM, TBS South Carolina at Tennessee, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN2 Other Cable/PPV Games SATURDAY Southern Miss at N.C. State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Wake Forest at Duke, Noon/9:00 AM, JP* Indiana at Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, GamePlan Cincinnati at Syracuse, Noon/9:00 AM, GamePlan Mississippi at #22 Auburn, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, JP* #18 TCU at San Diego State, 3:00 PM/Noon, GamePlan Air Force at BYU, 3:00 PM/Noon, GamePlan Utah State at #5 Alabama, 4:00/1:00 PM, GamePlan UTEP at Rice, 6:00/3:00 PM, CSTV Marshall at Tulane, 7:00/4:00 PM, CSTV North Texas at #8 LSU, 8:00/5:00 PM, GamePlan All Other Division I-A Games SATURDAY Colorado at Kansas State Miami of Ohio at Temple Missouri at Kansas Ohio at Buffalo Central Florida at East Carolina Toledo at Central Michigan Kent State at Western Michigan Nevada at Boise State Navy at Rutgers Akron at Bowling Green Arizona at Oregon State Ball State at Northern Illinois Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette Washington at Arizona State Mississippi State at Kentucky San Jose State at Louisiana Tech Idaho at New Mexico State