Bored

Wow that was a horseshit roughing the kicker call. Huge break for Penn State.

Washington State snapped their opponents run of 172 unanswered points by taking a 7-0 lead on Arizona. And hey they are still tied late in the first quarter.

Illinois loses to Western Michigan 23-17. A year after making the Rose Bowl they are in jeopardy of failing to become bowl eligible as their last two games are home against Ohio State and then at Northwestern.

I guess the Tennessee players aren't all inspired to have Fulmer leave on a high note as they are down 13-0 at halftime to Wyoming.

Texans - 20 points Atlanta Tennessee Jacksonville Baltimore Miami Green Bay Buffalo St. Louis Carolina Pittsburgh San Diego N.Y. Giants Arizona

My point was if you stuck this year's Utah team, with their current resume, into the 2007 scenario of having no other unbeatens and only one BCS conference team with fewer than two loses, they likely make into the MNC game, not if you stuck this year's Utah team and had them play last year's schedule. Wasn't really arguing if Utah deserved to play in the MNC game this year anyways as they need way too many things to go their way for them to have a legit argument. But I do think it's ridiculous to compare Utah's resume to Hawaii's last year. Hawaii played the weakest schedule in the country last season while Utah, as I already pointed out, has played a middle of the road schedule. In fact their schedule is right on par with Penn State's (currently 61st overall).

Coming into this week Utah strength of schedule was #66 in the country and when taking into account future opponents, which would have included TCU, it bumps them to #59 overall so basically they will have played an average overall schedule. By comparison Boise State is currently ranked #87 in SOS and when including future opponents they rank only #104 overall. There is the nightmare scenario out there where USC finishes #2 and Utah finishes #3 which would obviously create the conflict of having a one loss team make the MNC game over an undefeated team who beat the only team that beat USC (other side of that coin would be of course that USC played the Beavers in Corvallis while Utah played them at home). But a lot would have to happen for that to play out and I seriously doubt it will. If you stuck this year's Utah team into 2007, I think they would have made the MNC game over the glut of two loss teams last year.

I don't think there's any chance they make a real push for Holliday and I think its just media speculation trying to find a trade partner due to the A's having an assload of pitching prospects. The fact that Holliday wants to play for a team that's in the postseason on a regular basis, I don't think he'd be in a real rush to sign an extension with a team that just went through a rebuilding year. In turn it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for the A's to suddenly give up a good chunk of the prospect surplus they built up over the past year for a one year rental when there aren't going to be a serious contender.

Game over, 13-10 Utah. After a bye next week, they play San Diego State (another bye week) and then their rivalry game against BYU which again most of the country will not be able to see.

Touchdown Utah with 47 seconds left!

And they miss another field goal. Just 2:48 to go though.

Color me shocked by the news that according to Robothal, the A's are going to make a big push for Rafael Furcal. Could Bobby Crosby's reign of terror finally be over!?

TCU shanks a short field goal, still 10-6.

With some of these jobs opening up I've been waiting for Jim Harbaugh's name to get attached to one of these positions. Then I see this today: http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_10900864 Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! They better give him whatever he wants. Forget the strides the program has made on the field, Rivals.com currently ranks Stanford's 2009 recruiting class #18 overall, and Scout.com has them ranked #13. If he bolts at the end of the season, expect a lot those recruits to do the same and it'll be back to square one for the program.

909 is late with his picks. Who You Should Root For #4 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 7-3) vs. #8 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 7-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK NCS: Nebraska, Wake VA: Kansas, Virginia Tiebreaks: 70/72, 140/132 #6 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 7-3) vs. #10 LSU (teke184, 6-4) AL: TCU, UNC, OK State LSU: Utah, Georgia Tech, Texas Tech #1 Arizona (UZI Suicide, 8-2) vs. Washington State (kkktookmybabyaway, 3-7) AZ: TCU, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Wake, N.C. State, Notre Dame WS: Utah, UNC, LSU, Virginia, Duke, BC Tiebreak: 71/84 #2 Nebraska (Mecca, 8-2) vs. Illinois (The Rocket, 2-8) NE: TCU, UNC, Kansas, Alabama, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, Notre Dame IL: Utah, Georgia Tech, Nebraska, LSU, WVU, OK State, BC #3 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 7-3) vs. Buffalo (Carnival, 5-5) MOH: Alabama, Duke, Cincinnati, Texas Tech UB: LSU, N.C. State, West Virginia, OK State Tiebreak: 58/59 #5 Georgia Tech (iggmcfly, 7-3) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 2-8) GT: VaTech, TCU, Georgia Tech, Nebraska, Virginia, Duke, BC BS: Maryland, Utah, UNC, Kansas, Wake, NC State, Notre Dame #7 Ball State (Vampiro69, 7-3) vs. Stanford (Bored, 4-6) BS: Virginia, Notre Dame SU: Wake, BC Tiebreaks: 72/68, 103/139 #9 Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 7-3) vs. Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-6) TN: VaTech, TCU, Ohio St, UNC, Nebraska, LSU, Wake, Texas Tech Navy: Maryland, Utah, Northwestern, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Virginia, OK State Tiebreaks: 60/58, 87/87 Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 6-4) vs. Ohio State (Gert T, 6-4) IN: Georgia Tech, Kansas, NC State, Cal, Notre Dame OSU: UNC, Nebraska, Duke, USC, BC Arizona State (still fly, 7-3) vs. Washington (Smues, 2-8) ASU: VaTech, TCU, UNC, Colorado, LSU, Virginia, N.C. State, WVU, OK State, Notre Dame WA: Maryland, Utah, Georgia Tech, ISU, Alabama, Wake, Duke, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, BC Tiebreaks: 65/67, 84/77 Syracuse (CanadianChris, 6-4) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 4-6) SU: UNC, Wake, BC RU: Georgia Tech, Virginia, Notre Dame Fresno State (Agent Bond34, 6-4) vs. Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 5-5) FS: Maryland, UNC, Notre Dame UM: VaTech, Georgia Tech, BC Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 6-4) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 2-8) KY: Maryland, TCU, UNC, Colorado, Kansas, Alabama, Penn St, NC State GA: VaTech, Utah, Georgia Tech, ISU, Nebraska, LSU, Iowa, Duke Tiebreak: 75/134 Michigan (MFer, 5-5) vs. Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 6-4) No differing picks. Tiebreak: 73/76 South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 5-5) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 5-5) SC: VaTech, LSU, Duke, BC SDS: Maryland, Alabama, NC State, Notre Dame Tiebreak: 70/89 Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 6-4) vs. Notre Dame (KingPK, 5-5) BC: Maryland, TCU, Georgia Tech, Wake, Cincinnati ND: VaTech, Utah, UNC, Virginia, West Virginia Florida (Urban Warfare, 5-5) vs. UCLA (phoenixrising, 4-6) FL: TCU UCLA: Utah Texas (Broward83, 4-6) vs. USC (Cartman, 2-8) TX: TCU, LSU, Virginia, NC State, OK STate USC: Utah, Alabama, Wake, Duke, Texas Tech Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 3-7) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 3-7) Tulsa: VaTech, TCU, Kansas, Duke, OK State KS: Maryland, Utah, Nebraska, NC State, Texas Tech Florida State (909, 3-7) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 3-7) FSU: No points for Thursday, Wake, Duke UTEP: VaTech, Utah, Virginia, NC State Tiebreak: 84/71

Washington State - kkktookmybabyaway THURSDAY Virginia Tech Utah SATURDAY Ohio State North Carolina Colorado Kansas LSU Penn State Virginia Duke West Virginia Texas Tech USC Boston College Tiebreak #1: 84? Tiebreak #2: 80? Indiana - Tzar Lysergic THURSDAY at Virginia Tech TCU SATURDAY Ohio State Georgia Tech at Colorado Kansas Alabama Penn State at Wake Forest N.C. State at West Virginia at Texas Tech California Notre Dame Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 100 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 48 Minnesota - Vern Gagne THURSDAY Maryland at Virginia Tech TCU at Utah SATURDAY Ohio State at Northwestern Georgia Tech at North Carolina Iowa State at Colorado Kansas at Nebraska Alabama at LSU Penn State at Iowa Virginia at Wake Forest N.C. State at Duke Cincinnati at West Virginia Oklahoma State at Texas Tech California at USC Notre Dame at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 76 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 78 Georgia Tech - iggymcfly THURSDAY Maryland at Virginia Tech TCU at Utah SATURDAY Ohio State at Northwestern Georgia Tech at North Carolina Iowa State at Colorado Kansas at Nebraska Alabama at LSU Penn State at Iowa Virginia at Wake Forest N.C. State at Duke Cincinnati at West Virginia Oklahoma State at Texas Tech California at USC Notre Dame at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 69 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 166 LSU - teke184 Week 11 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Maryland at Virginia Tech TCU at Utah SATURDAY Ohio State at Northwestern Georgia Tech at North Carolina Iowa State at Colorado Kansas at Nebraska Alabama at LSU Penn State at Iowa Virginia at Wake Forest N.C. State at Duke Cincinnati at West Virginia Oklahoma State at Texas Tech California at USC Notre Dame at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 68 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 121 Nebraska - Mecca THURSDAY Maryland at Virginia Tech TCU at Utah SATURDAY Ohio State at Northwestern Georgia Tech at North Carolina Iowa State at Colorado Kansas at Nebraska Alabama at LSU Penn State at Iowa Virginia at Wake Forest N.C. State at Duke Cincinnati at West Virginia Oklahoma State at Texas Tech California at USC Notre Dame at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game?71 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State?78 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff Virginia Tech TCU Ohio State North Carolina Colorado Kansas Alabama Penn State Wake Forest Duke West Virginia Oklahoma State USC Boston College TB #1: 63 TB #2: 79 N.C. State - AboveAverage484 THURSDAY Maryland at Virginia Tech TCU at Utah SATURDAY Ohio State at Northwestern Georgia Tech at North Carolina Iowa State at Colorado Kansas at Nebraska Alabama at LSU Penn State at Iowa Virginia at Wake Forest N.C. State at Duke Cincinnati at West Virginia Oklahoma State at Texas Tech California at USC Notre Dame at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 70 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 140

Washington - Smues THURSDAY Maryland Utah SATURDAY Ohio State Georgia Tech Iowa State Kansas Alabama Penn State Wake Forest Duke Cincinnati Texas Tech USC Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 67 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 77 San Diego State - Next USC #55 THURSDAY Maryland at Virginia Tech TCU at Utah SATURDAY Ohio State at Northwestern Georgia Tech at North Carolina Iowa State at Colorado Kansas at Nebraska Alabama at LSU Penn State at Iowa Virginia at Wake Forest N.C. State at Duke Cincinnati at West Virginia Oklahoma State at Texas Tech California at USC Notre Dame at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 89 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 45 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY Maryland at Virginia Tech TCU at Utah SATURDAY Ohio State at Northwestern Georgia Tech at North Carolina Iowa State at Colorado Kansas at Nebraska Alabama at LSU Penn State at Iowa Virginia at Wake Forest N.C. State at Duke Cincinnati at West Virginia Oklahoma State at Texas Tech California at USC Notre Dame at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 58 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 122 Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY Virginia Tech TCU SATURDAY Ohio State North Carolina Colorado Kansas Alabama Penn State Wake Forest Duke West Virginia Texas Tech USC Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game? 68 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State? 101 Buffalo - Carnival THURSDAY Maryland at Virginia Tech TCU at Utah SATURDAY Ohio State at Northwestern Georgia Tech at North Carolina Iowa State at Colorado Kansas at Nebraska Alabama at LSU Penn State at Iowa Virginia at Wake Forest N.C. State at Duke Cincinnati at West Virginia Oklahoma State at Texas Tech California at USC Notre Dame at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game?59 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Iowa's Shonn Greene have against Penn State?134

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They've been doing this for a about month now and I've been meaning to actually sit through one of these games when Lou Holtz is announcing as I'm sure it all has him very confused.

I wonder if this is the first time ever one team has played in the biggest game of the week, according to the rankings, in four consecutive weeks? Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Houston at Marshall, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN THURSDAY #23 South Florida at Cincinnati, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Wofford at Appalachian State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Wisconsin at #21 Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Northwestern at #17 Minnesota, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Brown at Penn, Noon/9:00 AM, Versus Kansas State at Kansas, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN Pittsburgh at Notre Dame, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, NBC #6 Florida vs. #8 Georgia, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Iowa at Illinois, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN #15 Florida State at Georgia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Iowa State at #9 Oklahoma State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #24 Oregon at California, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Washington at #5 USC, 6:30/3:30 PM, FSN Tennessee at South Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #1 Texas at #7 Texas Tech, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC Nebraska at #4 Oklahoma, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Arizona State at Oregon State, 10:00/7:00 PM, FSN SUNDAY East Carolina at UCF, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule TUESDAY Buffalo at Ohio, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU FRIDAY Wagner at Sacred Heart, 7:00/4:00 PM, FCS Atlantic SATURDAY Air Force at Army, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Michigan at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Central Michigan at Indiana, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Miami at Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP West Virginia at #25 Connecticut, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Auburn at Mississippi, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP San Diego State at Wyoming, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. #18 Tulsa at Arkansas, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, GP Arkansas State at #2 Alabama, 3:00 PM/Noon, GP Hawaii at Utah State, 3:00 PM/Noon, GP Stephen F Austin at Sam Houston State, 3:00 PM/Noon, FCS Central Clemson at Boston College, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Temple at Navy, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS North Texas at Western Kentucky, 4:30/1:30 PM, GP #20 BYU at Colorado State, 6:00/3:00 PM, Mtn. Louisville at Syracuse, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU #11 Boise State at New Mexico State, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP #13 TCU at UNLV, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS Tulane at #19 LSU, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP #10 Utah at New Mexico, 9:00/6:00 PM, Mtn. All Other Division I-A Games SATURDAY Kent State at Bowling Green Colorado at Texas A&M Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan Kentucky at Mississippi State Fresno State at Louisiana Tech #14 Missouri at Baylor Duke at Wake Forest, ESPN360 Washington State at Stanford San Jose State at Idaho FIU at UL Lafayette Troy at UL Monroe UAB at Southern Miss Rice at UTEP

Week 10 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, October 30th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Friday, November 1st, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak. Week 10 Match-ups #3 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 6-3) vs. #8 Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 6-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 7-2) vs. Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 5-4) #2 Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 7-2) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 6-3) #4 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 6-3) vs. Navy* (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-5) #5 Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 6-3) vs. Arizona State* (still fly, 7-2) #6 Ball State* (Vampiro69, 6-3) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 3-6) #7 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 6-3) vs. Florida State* (909, 3-6) #9 Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 6-3) vs. LSU* PM (teke184, 5-4) #10 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 6-3) vs. Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 5-4) Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 6-3) vs. Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 5-4) Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 6-3) vs. South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 5-4) Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 6-3) vs. Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 2-7) Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 5-4) vs. Georgia* (Obi Chris Kenobi, 1-8) Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 5-4) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 2-7) Michigan* (MFer, 4-5) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 4-5) Stanford* (Bored, 4-5) vs. Washington State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 2-7) San Diego State* PM (Next USC #55, 4-5) vs. Illinois* (The Rocket, 2-7) Texas* (Broward83, 4-5) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 2-7) UCLA* (phoenixrising, 4-5) vs. Notre Dame* (KingPK, 4-5) Washington* PM (Smues, 2-7) vs. USC (Cartman, 1-8) Week 10 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY South Florida at Cincinnati SATURDAY Wisconsin at Michigan State Michigan at Purdue Central Michigan at Indiana Miami at Virginia West Virginia at Connecticut Auburn at Mississippi Colorado at Texas A&M Pittsburgh at Notre Dame Florida vs. Georgia (in Jacksonville) Iowa at Illinois Florida State at Georgia Tech Oregon at California Texas at Texas Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Texas Tech game? Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia?

BCS Rankings 1. Alabama 2. Texas Tech .9372 3. Penn State .9286 4. Texas 5. Florida 6. Oklahoma 7. USC 8. Utah 9. Oklahoma State 10. Boise State 11. Ohio State 12. TCU 13. Georgia 14. Missouri 15. BYU 16. LSU 17. Ball State 18. Michigan State 19. North Carolina 20. Georgia Tech 21. California 22. Florida State 23. Maryland 24. Northwestern 25. West Virginia

Raiders Offense 77 Total Yards 10 Net Passing Yards 3 First Downs 14:45 Time of Possession LOLZ