Bored

I've been waiting forever for the damn Iowa State/Missouri game to end (my game hangs in the balance as Angel Grace Blue picks this week to make good picks) and now it goes to overtime, so for now here are the match-ups decided today: #2 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) def. Connecticut (DragonLordaKaiba) #10 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) def. Nebraska (CarnivalizComing) South Carolina (Cuban Linx) def. Texas A&M (Secret Agent) Penn State (therealworldschampion) def. Hawaii (Will Scarlet) Oregon (nogoodnick) def. Illinois (Matt Young/Spicy McHaggis)

USC is proving that the only team that can beat them is themselves. Another bad penalty. This team is in real trouble today.

I had to work a rare Saturday this morning so could only follow the early games online. Can anyone fill me in on these three games: Alabama/Mississppi, Minnesota/Wisconsin, Boston College/Wake Forest. How much did Alabama miss Prothro? How bad were the choke jobs of Minnesota and Wake Forest? Oh and what happened in the 4th quarter of Michigan State/Ohio State? Saw the Spartans led most of the way up until then. Looks like Rutgers will be a bowl team, 31-9 over Syracuse.

Texans - 17 pts Atlanta Carolina Tennessee Cleveland Pittsburgh Tampa Bay Minnesota N.Y. Giants Kansas City New England Buffalo San Diego Houston St. Louis

Still no picks by Matt Young and Kotzenjunge. If neither submits picks by tommorrow's deadline here would be the replacements: Illinois - Spicy McHaggis Tennessee - DragonLordKaiba

And after all this the A's rehire Ken Macha on a three-year deal. Ugh.

Link Two new names for the A's job: Jamie Quirk and..........LARRY BOWA!? I'm hoping the source on this is bullshit.

They're going to interview former World Series MVP's who beat the A's. Next will be Billy Hatcher. Anyways I have no idea. Really with any new manager it's impossible to know how good or bad they'll actually be. I'd prefer Ron Washington but I don't know if he'd be any good either.

Next list for middle relievers took the Top 60 in relief apperances. Did not include Win Shares for this list since the majority of middle relievers don't register a significant amount. Middle Relievers 1. Justin Duchscherer, A's 2. Scott Linebrink, Padres 3. Dan Wheeler, Astros 4. Al Reyes, Cardinals 5. Bob Howry, Indians 6. Scot Shields, Angels 7. Juan Rincon, Twins 8. Mike Timlin, Red Sox 9. Neal Cotts, White Sox 10. Hector Carrasco, Nationals 11. Scott Eyre, Giants 12. Tom Gordon, Yankees 13. Aaron Fultz, Phillies 14. Justin Speier, Blue Jays 15. Cliff Politte, White Sox 16. Roberto Hernandez, Mets 17. Chad Qualls, Astros 18. Ugueth Urbina, Tigers/Phillies 19. Luis Ayala, Nationals 20. Salomon Torres, Pirates 21. Todd Williams, Orioles 22. Jason Frasor, Blue Jays 23. Brendan Donnelly, Angels 24. Michael Wuertz, Cubs 25. Jesse Crain, Twins 26. Ryan Madson, Phillies 27. Gary Majewski, Nationals 28. Scott Schoeneweis, Blue Jays 29. Mike Myers, Red Sox 30. Duaner Sanchez, Dodgers 31. Andrew Sisco, Royals 32. Julian Tavarez, Cardinals 33. Jamie Walker, Tigers 34. Will Ohman, Cubs 35. Akinori Otsuka, Padres 36. Russ Springer, Astros 37. Kent Mercker, Reds 38. J.J. Putz, Mariners 39. Ron Villone, Mariners/Marlins 40. Vinnie Chulk, Blue Jays 41. Giovanni Carrara, Dodgers 42. Mike DeJean, Mets/Rockies 43. Brian Meadows, Pirates 44. Luis Vicaino, White Sox 45. LaTroy Hawkins, Cubs/Giants 46. Tanyon Sturtze, Yankees 47. John Grabow, Pirates 48. Rick White, Pirates 49. Brian Shouse, Rangers 50. Jorge Julio, Orioles 51. Damaso Marte, White Sox 52. Ray King, Cardinals 53. J.C. Romero, Twins 54. Alan Embree, Red Sox/Yankees 55. Ricardo Rincon, A's 56. Jason Christiansen, Giants/Angels 57. Steve Kline, Orioles 58. Lance Cormier, Diamondbacks 59. Jim Brower, Giants/Braves 60. Dan Kolb, Braves

DragonLordKaiba, Damaramu, Secret Agent, Matt Young, and Kotzenjunge are all late. Who You Need to Win #1 Florida* (Agent Bond34, 5-1) vs. #3 LSU* PM (teke184, 4-2) - GAME OF THE WEEK FL: Ohio, Purdue, Iowa State, East Carolina, Florida LSU: Central Michigan, Northwestern, Missouri, SMU, LSU #5 Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 5-1) vs. #8 Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-2) GT: N.C. State, Purdue, East Carolina, Michigan, USC, Louisville, Houston, Baylor MD: Clemson, Northwestern, SMU, Penn State, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Memphis, Nebraska Tiebreak: 61/48 #2 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 4-2) vs. Connecticut (DragonLordKaiba, 3-3) UM: Northwestern, Missouri, Houston UC: No point for Thursday, Purdue, Iowa State, Memphis Tiebreak: 61/48 #4 Oklahoma (Damaramu, 4-2) vs. Auburn* PM (Agent of Oblivion, 5-1) OU: No point for Thursday, East Carolina, Penn State, Florida, Memphis Aub: SMU, Michigan, LSU, Houston Tiebreak: 54/56 #6 USC* (Cartman, 3-3) vs. Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 4-2) USC: UTEP, Minnesota, Central Michigan, Purdue, Missouri, LSU, Houston Notre Dame: Tulane, Wisconsin, Ohio, Northwestern, Iowa State, Florida, Memphis #7 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 4-2) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 1-5) SU: N.C. State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Michigan, Houston, Baylor Rut: Clemson, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Penn State, Memphis, Nebraska Tiebreak: 54/55 #9 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 3-3) vs. Arizona State* (Spicy McHaggis, 3-3) UVA: N.C. State, Ohio State, Central Michigan, Purdue, SMU, Michigan, Houston ASU: Clemson, Michigan State, Ohio, Northwestern, East Carolina, Penn State, Memphis #10 Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 4-2) vs. Nebraska* (CarnivalizComing, 2-4) AL: Wisconsin, Central Michigan, Northwestern, East Carolina NB: Minnesota, Ohio, Purdue, SMU Tiebreak: 50/55 Texas A&M (Secret Agent, 3-3) vs. South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 3-3) A&M: No point for Thursday, Minnesota, Purdue, East Carolina, Baylor SC: Wisconsin, Northwestern, SMU, Nebraska Tiebreak: 57/63 Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 3-3) vs. Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 2-4) PS: Clemson, Wisconsin, Memphis HI: N.C. State, Minnesota, Houston Stanford* (Bored, 3-3) vs. Troy* (Angel Grace Blue, 0-6) Stan: Minnesota, Central Michigan, Purdue, Iowa State, Louisville, Houston Troy: Wisconsin, Ohio, Northwestern, Missouri, West Virginia, Memphis Tiebreak: 53/73 Ohio State* (Gert T, 3-3) vs. Florida International* (Vitamin X, 3-3) OSU: N.C. State, Wisconsin, Central Michigan, East Carolina, Michigan, USC, LSU, West Virginia, Memphis FIU: Clemson, Minnesota, Ohio, SMU, Penn State, Notre Dame, Florida, Louisville, Memphis Illinois (Matt Young/Spicy McHaggis, 4-2) vs. Oregon* (nogoodnick, 2-4) IL: No point for Thur/Fri, Michigan State, Ohio, Northwestern, Iowa State OR: Ohio State, Central Michigan, Purdue, Missouri UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 2-4) vs. Washington State* (bravesfan, 3-3) UCLA: Northwestern, SMU, Michigan, LSU Wazzu: Purdue, East Carolina, Penn State, Florida Tiebreak: 65/49 Northwestern* (Kingofthe909, 3-3) vs. Buffalo* (Black Widow, 1-5) NW: Clemson, Wisconsin, Ohio, LSU, Louisville, Memphis Buff: N.C. State, Minnesota, Central Michigan, Florida, West Virginia, Houston Tiebreak: 55/56 San Diego State* PM (Porter, 3-3) vs. Tennessee (Kotzenjunge, 2-4) SDS: Ohio, Purdue, Iowa State, East Carolina, Penn State, Memphis TN: No point for Thur/Fri, Central Michigan, Northwestern, Missouri, SMU, Michigan, Houston San Diego State wins if there is a tie Kent State* (JHawk, 2-4) vs. Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 2-4) KS: Clemson, Tulane, Wisconsin, Northwestern, SMU, Penn State, Notre Dame, Florida, Houston, Nebraska MN: N.C. State, UTEP, Minnesota, Purdue, East Carolina, Michigan, USC, LSU, Memphis, Baylor Tiebreak: 51/54

PM'd Picks LSU - teke184 THURSDAY Clemson at N.C. State FRIDAY UTEP at Tulane SATURDAY Wisconsin at Minnesota Michigan State at Ohio State Ohio at Central Michigan Northwestern at Purdue Iowa State at Missouri East Carolina at SMU Penn State at Michigan USC at Nore Dame Florida at LSU Louisville at West Virginia Memphis at Houston Nebraska at Baylor Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the UTEP/Tulane game? 44 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Clemson's Charlie Whitehurst have against N.C. State? 215 San Diego State - Porter THURSDAY Clemson at N.C. State FRIDAY UTEP at Tulane SATURDAY Wisconsin at Minnesota Michigan State at Ohio State Ohio at Central Michigan Northwestern at Purdue Iowa State at Missouri East Carolina at SMU Penn State at Michigan USC at Nore Dame Florida at LSU Louisville at West Virginia Memphis at Houston Nebraska at Baylor Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the UTEP/Tulane game? 55 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Clemson's Charlie Whitehurst have against N.C. State? 255 Auburn - Agent of Oblivion THURSDAY at N.C. State FRIDAY UTEP SATURDAY at Minnesota at Ohio State Ohio at Purdue Iowa State at SMU at Michigan USC at LSU Louisville at Houston Nebraska Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the UTEP/Tulane game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Clemson's Charlie Whitehurst have against N.C. State? 268 UCLA - phoenixrising THURSDAY N.C. State FRIDAY UTEP SATURDAY Minnesota Ohio State Central Michigan Northwestern Missouri SMU Michigan USC LSU Louisville Houston Nebraska Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the UTEP/Tulane game? 65 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Clemson's Charlie Whitehurst have against N.C. State? 225 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff NC State UTEP Wisconsin Ohio State Central Michigan Northwestern Iowa State East Carolina Michigan USC LSU Louisville Memphis Nebraska TB #1: 50 TB #2: 229

My Picks Clemson UTEP Minnesota Ohio State Central Michigan Purdue Iowa State East Carolina Michigan USC LSU Louisville Houston Nebraska Tiebreaks: 53/203

On to pitchers, starting with closers. Seven factors used for closers: Component ERA, K/BB Ratio, WHIP, VORP, Field Independent Pitching, Runs Saved Above Average, and Win Shares. The top 30 pitchers in saves are on the list. Saves are NOT taken into account to rank them. Closers 1. Mariano Rivera, Yankees 2. Billy Wagner, Phillies 3. Todd Jones, Marlins 4. Joe Nathan, Twins 5. Huston Street, A's 6. Kyle Farnsworth, Tigers/Braves 7. Derrick Turnbow, Brewers 8. B.J. Ryan, Orioles 9. Brad Lidge, Astros 10. Chad Cordero, Nationals 11. Francisco Rodriguez, Angels 12. Trevor Hoffman, Padres 13. Dustin Hermanson, White Sox 14. Brian Fuentes, Rockies 15. Jason Isringhausen, Cardinals 16. Eddie Guardado, Mariners 17. Chris Reitsma, Braves 18. Francisco Cordero, Rangers 19. Bob Wickman, Indians 20. Ryan Dempster, Cubs 21. Mike MacDougal, Royals 22. Danys Baez, Devil Rays 23. David Weathers, Reds 24. Miguel Batista, Blue Jays 25. Tyler Walker, Giants 26. Armando Benitez, Giants 27. Yhency Brazoban, Dodgers 28. Braden Looper, Mets 29. Jose Mesa, Pirates 30. Keith Foulke, Red Sox

Next list is a hybrid list of basically a bunch of players who didn't fit into the other lists. David Ortiz and Travis Hafner were the only two true everday DH's this year so a DH only list didn't really work. The list is the Top 30 players in plate appereance who are not on the other lists. Designated Hitter & "Utility" 1. David Ortiz, Red Sox (DH) 2. Travis Hafner, Indians (DH) 3. Tony Clark, Diamondbacks (1B) 4. Mike Sweeney, Royals (DH/1B) 5. Raul Ibanez, Mariners (DH/LF) 6. Bill Hall, Brewers (SS/3B/2B) 7. David Dellucci, Rangers (DH/LF) 8. Jonny Gomes, Devil Rays (DH/RF) 9. Chone Figgins, Angels (3B/CF/2B) 10. Matt Stairs, Royals (1B/DH) 11. Shea Hillenbrand, Blue Jays (1B/3B/DH) 12. Rich Aurilia, Reds (2B/SS) 13. Jose Cruz Jr., Diamondbacks/Red Sox/Dodgers (CF/RF) 14. Dmitri Young, Tigers (DH/1B) 15. Jeff Conine, Marlins (1B/LF/RF) 16. Lew Ford, Twins (CF/DH) 17. Carl Everett, White Sox (DH) 18. Ryan Freel, Reds (2B/UT) 19. So Taguchi, Cardinals (RF/CF/LF) 20. Rob Mackowiak, Pirates (3B/CF) 21. Jay Payton, Red Sox/A's (LF/CF) 22. Bobby Kielty, A's (LF/RF) 23. Jayson Werth, Dodgers (LF/RF/CF) 24. Aaron Hill, Blue Jays (3B/DH) 25. Luis A Gonzalez, Rockies (2B/UT) 26. Jerry Hairston Jr., Cubs (CF/2B) 27. Scott Hatteberg, A's (DH/1B) 28. Oscar Robles, Dodgers (SS/3B) 29. Nick Punto, Twins (2B/SS) 30. Omar Infante, Tigers (2B/SS)

The first BCS rankings come out next Monday but I have the unofficial rankings from CollegeBCS.com, which are as close to official as you can get right now. All but one computer ranking is making their ratings public at the moment. Here's the current Top 15 overall: 1. USC .9616 2. Texas .8852 3. Virginia Tech .8838 4. Florida State .8776 5. Georgia .8695 6. Alabama .7874 7. Penn State .7492 8. Miami .7480 9. LSU .6099 10. Florida .5643 11. UCLA .5533 12. Texas Tech .5496 13. Notre Dame .4641 14. Boston College .4029 15. Oregon .3466 As you see Texas has a very slim margin over Virginia Tech as the Hokies hold the edge in the computers. Also interesting to see Notre Dame much lower than their poll ratings as they are only #24 overall according to the computers. Now here's the Top 10 in each computer rating except the one that isn't available yet, the Wolfe Ratings. You are going to notice a very interesting trend. Anderson-Hester 1. Florida State 2. Penn State 3. USC 4. Georgia 5. Alabama 6. Virginia Tech 7. Texas 8. UCLA 9. Miami 10. Texas Tech Billingsley 1. USC 2. Georgia 3. Virginia Tech 4. Texas 5. Florida State 6. Penn State 7. Wisconsin 8. Miami 9. Texas Tech 10. LSU Colley 1. Penn State 2. Florida State 3. Alabama 4. Georgia 5. Virginia Tech 6. USC 7. Oregon 8. Texas 9. Minnesota 10. UCLA Massey 1. Penn State 2. Alabama 3. Florida State 4. Georgia 5. USC 6. Virginia Tech 7. Miami 8. Texas 9. Florida 10. Oregon Sagarin 1. Penn State 2. Florida State 3. USC 4. Georgia 5. Alabama 6. Virginia Tech 7. Miami 8. Texas 9. Oregon 10. Florida As you see Penn State is dominating the comptuer ratings right now. As a Rose Bowl purist I love it as I'm still clinging to that small hope of a Pac-10/Big Ten title game but that will probably raise a few eyebrows.

I'll type out the rest of the schedule later. Network/Cable TV Schedule TUESDAY Troy at North Texas, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY Miami of Ohio at Northern Illinois, 7:30/4:30 PM ESPN2 THURSDAY N.C. State at #24 Georgia Tech, 7:30/4:30 PM ESPN FRIDAY Syracuse at Connecticut, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #13 Wisconsin at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Marshall at #3 Virginia Tech, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Kansas at Kansas State, Noon/9:00 AM, FSN Oklahoma vs #2 Texas, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ABC* Minnesota at #21 Michigan, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ABC* Virginia at #18 Boston College, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ABC* #5 Georgia at #8 Tennessee, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Arizona at #1 USC, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN #15 Texas Tech at #25 Nebraska, 4:00/1:00 PM, TBS Iowa at Purdue, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN #12 LSU at Vanderbilt, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Texas A&M at Colorado, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN #10 California at #16 UCLA, 7:30/4:30 PM, TBS #6 Ohio State at #19 Penn State, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN Oregon at #20 Arizona State, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN Other Cable/PPV Games SATURDAY Wake Forest at #4 Florida State, Noon/9:00 AM, JP* Illinois at Indiana, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Mississippi State at #14 Florida, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, JP* Central Michigan at Army, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN Classic Air Force at Navy, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, College Sports TV San Diego State at UNLV, 3:00 PM/Noon, GamePlan Duke at #7 Miami, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU North Carolina at #23 Louisville, 4:30/1:30 PM, GamePlan Utah at Colorado State, 6:30/3:30 PM, GamePlan Hawaii at Louisiana Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, GamePlan BYU at New Mexico, 8:00/5:00 PM, GamePlan Tulsa at Southern Miss, 8:00/5:00 PM, College Sports TV Portland State at Oregon State, 8:00/5:00 PM, GamePlan Fresno State at New Mexcio State, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPNU All Other D-IA Games THURSDAY Florida Atlantic at Louisiana-Lafayette SATURDAY West Virginia at Rutgers Maryland at Temple Kentucky at South Carolina Akron at Buffalo Baylor at Iowa State The Citadel at Mississippi Missouri at Oklahoma State Cincinnati at Pittsburgh TCU at Wyoming Idaho at Nevada Stanford at Washington State Rice at East Carolina Ohio at Bowling Green Memphis at Central Florida Houston at Tulane SMU at UAB Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas Eastern Michigan at Toledo Ball State at Western Michigan San Jose State at Utah State

Well I'm going from the perspective of an A's fan who FOX televised once this year on Saturday's and then would always have their game blacked out because of FOX's exclusive Saturday day game rights.

The current contract runs through next year. Whatever network is doing baseball in 2007 needs to completely revamp the Saturday coverage. They need to have a real pregame show (with some hosts with actual personalities) and go to a doubleheader format with everyone getting a local game and the featured east coast or west coast game. Actually make Saturday baseball an event rather than after thought that just pisses you off when your local team is blacked out because it wasn't on Fox's schedule that day.

The Cardinals really should steamroll everyone on the way to the title but doesn't always workout that way. They are head and shoulders above everyone else and I'd think it'd be a major dissapointment for them if they don't win it all. LaRussa ufortunently has past experience in that department though.

Joe Morgan: *shika* *shika* *shika* Ohhhhh yesss SMARTBALL!

He's talking about Kansas' coach Mark Mangino:

Alex Smith's first start: 9 for 23, 74 yards, 4 interceptions. Um ya he wasn't ready.

Harris Poll 1. USC 2. Texas 3. Virginia Tech 4. Georgia 5. Florida State 6. Alabama 7. Miami 8. Notre Dame 9. Penn State 10. LSU 11. UCLA 12. Florida 13. Texas Tech 14. Boston College 15. Michigan State 16. California 17. Ohio State 18. Auburn 19. Louisville 20. Oregon 21. Tennessee 22. Minnesota 23. Wisconsin 24. Colorado 25. West Virginia Dropped Out: Arizona State, Michigan, Georgia Tech, Nebraska 26. Arizona State 27. TCU 28. Nebraska 29. Georgia Tech 30. Fresno State 31. Michigan 32. Virginia 33. Northwestern 34. Maryland 35. Iowa State 36. South Florida 37. Texas A&M 38t. Baylor 38t. Connecticut 38t. Kansas State 38t. Toledo

I've switched up the tiebreaks this week as tiebreak #1 will be for the Thursday game. Week 6 Deadlines Thursday, October 6th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Thursday game, tiebreaks Friday, October 7th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Friday game Saturday, October 8th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks Week 6 Match-ups #3 Texas A&M (Secret Agent, 3-2) vs. #8 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 3-2) - GAME OF THE WEEK #7 LSU* PM (teke184, 3-2) vs. #9 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 3-2) #1 Florida* (Agent Bond34, 4-1) vs. Nebraska* (CarinvalizComing, 2-3) #2 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 3-2) vs. Florida International* (Vitamin X, 3-2) #4 Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 4-1) vs. Troy* (Angel Grace Blue, 0-5) #5 Oklahoma* (Damaramu, 3-2) vs. Tennessee* (Kotzenjunge, 2-3) #6 Syracuse* PM (CanadianChris, 3-2) vs. Connecticut (DragonLordaKaiba, 3-2) #10 Ohio State8* (Gert T, 3-2) vs. Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 2-3) Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 3-2) vs. Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 2-3) USC* (Cartman, 2-3) vs. Illinois* (Matt Young, 4-1) Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 3-2) vs. Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 2-3) Northwestern* PM (Kingofthe909, 3-2) vs. Auburn* PM (Agent of Oblivion, 4-1) Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 2-3) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 1-4) Stanford* (Bored, 2-3) vs. Washington State* (bravesfan, 3-2) UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 1-4) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 2-3) Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis, 2-3) vs. Oregon (nogoodnick, 2-3) San Diego State* PM (Porter, 2-3) vs. Buffalo* (Black Widow, 1-4) Week 6 Games to make picks for THURSDAY N.C. State at Georgia Tech FRIDAY Syracuse at Connecticut SATURDAY Illinois at Indiana Minnesota at Michigan Oklahoma vs. Texas Air Force at Navy Missouri at Oklahoma State TCU at Wyoming Georgia at Tennessee Texas Tech at Nebraska North Carolina at Louisville Iowa at Purdue Utah at Colorado State Texas A&M at Colorado California at UCLA Ohio State at Penn State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the N.C. State/Georgia Tech game? Tiebreak: #2: How many rushing yards will Syracuse's Damien Rhodes have against Connecticut?

Arizona State has quickly gone from a team that you could say if they get a couple of breaks their way against LSU and USC they are a national title contender to helllllllooooo Las Vegas Bowl in a real hurry as they are about to lose to Oregon. The conference has been jumbled after today. Figured ASU and Cal were definently better than UCLA and Oregon.