Bored

Wow a bit of a shocker the writers actually, for the most part, got it right. Mariano Rivera finishing an overwhelming 3rd and Brad Radke receiving no 3rd place votes are the only quibbles

My picks N.C. State Memphis Fresno State Minnesota Penn State Wake Forest Texas A&M Georgia Tech Kansas State Troy Georgia Virginia Oregon Oregon State Purdue Kent State BYU Nevada Florida Tulane Tiebreak Answers: 60/152

Toledo beats Northern Illinois 31-17. I didn't even realize NIU was ranked in the Coaches poll. I was big on the MAC bandwagon last year but no team in that conference this year should be ranked. They have several solid teams but it's simply not as strong at the top as it was last year.

Yes the week already starts tonight with a pretty good MAC match-up. If you want to talk about Oklahoma/Texas A&M please do it in the OaO Oklahoma Football Thread. National television schedule. Just one ABC regional time slot this week. Hey a Sun Belt game on national television this Friday, I know I'm excited. TUESDAY Toledo at Miami of Ohio, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY South Florida at UAB, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY #15 Louisville at Memphis, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Marshall at Akron, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette, 10:00 PM/7:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Ohio State at Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN #20 Virginia Tech at North Carolina, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Kansas State at Missouri, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN Notre Dame at #8 Tennessee, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, CBS #2 Oklahoma at #22 Texas A&M, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ABC* Oregon at #4 California, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ABC* Minnesota at #5 Wisconsin, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ABC* Maryland at #14 Virginia, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ABC* Purdue at #21 Iowa, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ESPN Mississippi State at Alabama, 6:30/3:30 PM, ESPN2 Stanford at #18 Arizona State, 6:30/3:30 PM, FSN #19 Oklahoma State at #7 Texas, 7:00/4:00 PM, TBS Clemson at #10 Miami, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN Colorado State at #6 Utah, 9:45/6:45 PM, ESPN2 #1 USC at Oregon State, 10:00/7:00 PM, FSN

Ben Sheets gets just one third place vote and I'm guessing it was a Milwaukee writer.

I didn't even notice this until I was looking at the full Top 25. What's amazing is the reason why they are so high is the computers. Here's what the Top 10 is by just using the computer averages: 1. Oklahoma 2. USC 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6t. Boise State 6t. Arizona State 8. Utah 9. Wisconsin 10. Michigan Everyone complains about the voter polls, with good reason, but are BSU and ASU really better than only five teams in the entire country? The problem is the practice of throwing out the highest and lowest computer ranking. This ain't figure skating, if your going to have all these computer formuals they should all be counted.

How in the world did Daniel Cabrera receive more votes than Zach Greinke? Oh wait Cabrera went 12-8 and Greinke went 8-11 despite having an ERA more than a run worse and absolutely hideous strikeout to walk ratio. Baseball writers are clueless.

Even though the game will be Austin I'd bet good money that Texas loses to A&M.

Again as mentioned in the Week 9 thread I'm skipping over the Tuesday and Wednesday games. Yes the two Friday games are national t.v. games and not just games I threw on there. Now I did ligthen the number of low level games for Saturday I believe this week but that doesn't mean it's easier to make picks. Lots of tight mid level games in the major conferences this week. For Tennessee I'll wait another week before declaring them a dead team and allowing someone else to use their picks for them just like I did with Boise State. We'll see if Kotz is around to make picks. Week 10 Deadlines Thursday, November 4th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on UL/Memphis pick and tibreak #2 Friday, November 5th, 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST -Lose out on Marsh/Akron, ULL/NT, and tiebreak #1 Saturday, November 6th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Forfeit Week 10 Match-ups #3 Washington State* (bravesfan, 5-4) vs. #5 UCLA* (phoenixrising, 5-4) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 6-3) vs. Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 6-3) #2 Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 5-4) vs. Bowling Green* PM (iggymcfly, 7-2) #4 Ohio State* (Gert T, 5-4) vs. Michigan State (Dangerous A, 4-5) #6 Syracuse* (Canadian Chris, 7-2) vs. Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 3-6) #7 Oregon* (nogoodnick, 6-3) vs. USC* (Cartman, 4-5) #8 West Virginia* (Loaded Glove, 4-5) vs. Michigan* (Mad Dog, 2-7) #9 Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 7-2) vs. Tennessee* - late (Kotzenjunge, 2-7) #10 Stanford* (Bored, 7-2) vs. Arizona State* - late (Spicy McHaggis, 3-6) Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 3-6) vs. Florida State* (2GOLD, 3-6) LSU* PM (teke184, 7-2) vs. Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 3-6) Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 5-4) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 4-5) Oklahoma* (Damaramu, 3-6) vs. Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 4-5) Texas* (Flyboy, 4-5) vs. Georgia* (A_MikeSC, 8-1) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 3-6) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 4-5) Florida* (Agent Bond34, 2-7) vs. Boise State* PM (Vern Gagne/*dead team*, 3-6) Week 10 Games to pick from THURSDAY Louisville at Memphis FRIDAY Marshall at Akron North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette SATURDAY Oklahoma at Texas A&M Ohio State at Michigan State Pittsburgh at Syracuse Arkansas at South Carolina Kansas State at Missouri Georgia Tech at N.C. State Air Force at Army Indiana at Illinois Nebraska at Iowa State Fresno State at Rice Colorado at Kansas Virginia Tech at North Carolina Purdue at Iowa Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan Arizona at Washington Arkansas State at Idaho Wyoming at UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Marshall/Akron game? Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Memphis' Danny Wimprine have against Louisville?

I'm pretty sure that was the first time this year the two top scorers for the week played each other and it paid off for Canadian Chris. BCS Top 10 thru Week 10 1. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 2.33 (5/1/1) 2. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 4.67 (8/5/1) 3. Syracuse - Canadian Chris 5.00 (1/3/11) 4. Washington State - bravesfan 7.67 (8/5/10) 5. Ohio State - Gert T 8.00 (8/2/14) 6. UCLA - phoenixrising 9.00 (13/10/4) 7. Stanford - Bored 10.33 (1/3/27) 8. LSU - teke184 10.33 (1/7/23) 9. Oregon - nogoodnick 11.00 (8/7/18) 10. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 11.00 (19/9/5) Bowl Match-ups if the season ended today Massengill Douche Country Flower Bowl: Ohio State (At-large) vs. Oregon (At-large) Out Magazine Bowl: Washington State (Pac-8 #3 or Big MAC #3) vs. Alabama (Mid South #3 or Big Atlantic #3) KFC PETA Bowl: Stanford (Pac-8 #2) vs. Maryland (Big Atlantic #2) Lucky Strikes Cigarettes Tar Bowl: Bowling Green (Big MAC #2) vs. Auburn (Mid South #2) Traditional Bowl presented by Adam & Eve’s Anal Lube: UCLA (Pac-8 #1/BCS at-large) vs. Notre Dame (Big MAC #1/BCS at-large) Oxycotton Bowl: Syracuse (Big Atlantic #1/BCS at-large) vs. LSU (Mid South #1/BCS at-large) MILFHunter.com Bored Bowl: Virginia (BCS #1) vs. Minnesota (BCS #2)

Week 10 Final Scores #3 Washington State (bravesfan) 14, #5 UCLA 11 #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 14, Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 13 #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 13, Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 12 #4 Ohio State (Gert T) 12, Michigan State (Dangerous A) 0; Michigan State forfeits #6 Syracuse (Canadian Chris) 17, Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 16 USC (Cartman) 12, #7 Oregon (nogoodnick) 12; USC wins by tiebreak Michigan (Mad Dog) 14, #8 West Virginia (Loaded Glove) 8 Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) 10, #9 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 9 #10 Stanford (Bored) 13, Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 12 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 12, Florida State (2GOLD) 11 LSU (teke184) 14, Penn State (therealworldschampion) 12 Kent State (JHawk) 14, Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 8 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 11, Oklahoma (Damarmau) 11; Alabama wins by tiebreak Texas (Flyboy) 13, Georgia (A_MikeSC) 12 Rutgers (the pinjockey) 13, Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 13; Rutgers wins by tiebreak Boise State (Vern Gagne/*dead team*) 13, Florida (Agent Bond34) 10 Conference Standings (conference record, overall record) Pac-8 1. UCLA (4-1, 5-5) 2. Stanford (3-2, 8-2) 2. Washington State (3-2, 6-4) 4. Oregon (3-3, 6-4) 5. Boise State (2-2, 4-6) 6. USC (2-3, 5-5) 6. Hawaii (2-3, 4-6) 8. Arizona State (1-4, 3-7) Big MAC 1. Notre Dame (4-1, 7-3) 2. Bowling Green (3-1, 7-3) 2. Minnesota (3-1, 6-4) 2. Kent State (3-1, 5-5) 5. Michigan State (3-3, 4-6) 6. Ohio State (2-3, 6-4) 7. Penn State (1-3, 3-7) 8. Michigan (0-4, 3-7) Mid South 1. LSU (4-1, 8-2) 1. Auburn (4-1, 5-5) 3. Alabama (3-1, 5-5) 4. Georgia (4-2, 8-2) 5. Texas (3-2, 5-5) 6. Tennessee (1-4, 3-7) 6. Florida (1-4, 2-8) 8. Oklahoma (0-5, 3-7) Big Atlantic 1. Syracuse (4-1, 8-2) 2. Maryland (3-2, 6-4) 2. Boston College (3-2, 4-6) 2. Rutgers (3-2, 4-6) 5. Virginia (2-2, 7-3) 6. Miami (2-3, 3-7) 7. West Virginia (1-3, 4-6) 8. Florida State (1-4, 3-7) If anyone was wondering about tiebreakers when it comes to playing in the conference championship game this is how it will work. Obviously if it's a tie between two teams for second place the winner of their head-to-head match-up during the season will go to the conference championship. For three-way ties or even a four-way tie it will work like this: 1. Head-to-head results between the three (or four) teams 2. Overall records 3. BCS rankings

Wow wouldn't this be a bizarre circumstance for the biggest upset of the college football season. Beavers up 3-0 and driving.

Damnit Stanford's bowl hopes go down the drain as ASU scores with nine seconds left to win the game. The hail mary at the end of the first half was just a killer. Stanford wasn't expected to do much but this season become a real dissapointment with all the promise early in the season but three tough losses that they could have won (Notre Dame, Oregon, and now tonight) have ended their hopes. They can still be bowl eligible by winning their final two games but that includes winning the Big Game against Cal and you can forget that. With UCLA being upset by Wazzu today there is a real chance the Pac-10 will only have four bowl eligible teams. The conference is just too damn even after you get past USC and Cal.

Updated with CMU/EMU going final: #3 Washington State (bravesfan) def. #5 UCLA (phoenixrising) #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) def. Bowling Green (iggymcfly) USC (Cartman) def. #7 Oregon (nogoodnick) by tiebreak Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) def. #9 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) One game left with one match-up to be decided.

Yes Tennesse is still pretty much a lock for the SEC title game with Kentucky and Vanderbilt all that is left on their schedule. All today's loss meant is they have to win the SEC title game to go to a BCS bowl as their chances for an at large bid went out the door today. Notre Dame all but locks up the Gator Bowl with today's win. It's really annoying when Fox Sports uses home announcers for national telecasts. Watching Stanford/Arizona State and all the announcers can do is lick ASU's nuts even though they are losing. Texas is getting their ass kicked by Oklahoma State right now, 28-7.

Purdue/Iowa and Arizona/Washington go final. Updated list of match-ups decided: Edit: Now with Oklahoma/Texas A&M going final. #4 Ohio State (Gert T) def. Michigan State (Dangerous A) by forfeit #6 Syracuse (Canadian Chris) def. Miami (Spaceman Spiff) Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) def. Oklahoma (Damaramu) by tiebreak LSU (teke184) def. Penn State (therealworldschampion) Hawaii (Will Scarlet) def. Florida State (2GOLD) Kent State (JHawk) def. Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) Michigan (Mad Dog) def. #8 West Virginia (Loaded Glove) #10 Stanford (Bored) def. Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) Texas (Flyboy) def. Georgia (A_MikeSC) Rutgers (the pinjockey) def. Boston College (HarleyQuinn); pinjockey holds tiebreak Boise State (Vern Gagne/*dead team*) def. Florida (Agent Bond34)

Oregon's Keith Allen drops a wide open pass to put the Ducks well in field goal range on 4th and 10 and Cal will escape with the win.

Cal misses a field goal with for minutes to go. Still up 28-27, the difference being an Oregon missed extra point.

Combination of bad match-ups in the WAC this week and that Fresno State has played like shit since their first two wins. Rice had also been undefeated at home so I figured it would at least be competitive.

Iowa State hangs on to beat Nebraska and as of right now the Cyclones control their own destiny to go the Big XII title game. Think about that. They have a chance to go to a BCS game or not go to a bowl game at all.

Indiana/Illionis and Nebraska/Iowa State have gone final. Fresno State is destroying Rice (okay bad pick for a WAC game by me) so I'll give them that game. So here is the updated list of match-ups decided: #4 Ohio State (Gert T) def. Michigan State (Dangerous A) by forfeit #6 Syracuse (Canadian Chris) def. Miami (Spaceman Spiff) Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) def. Oklahoma (Damaramu) by tiebreak LSU (teke184) def. Penn State (therealworldschampion); teke holds tiebreak Hawaii (Will Scarlet) def. Florida State (2GOLD) Kent State (JHawk) def. Auburn (Agent of Oblivion)

Don't look now Oregon goes up 27-14 on Cal in the 2nd. Kellen Clemens with four touchdown passes already. Cal answers and cuts it back to 27-21. Cincinnati is pummeling Southern Miss 31-10. Nebraska has cut Iowa State's lead to seven with five minutes to go.

Okay Air Force/Army and Colorado/Kansas are over so here is what match-ups are decided: #4 Ohio State (Gert T) def. Michigan State (Dangerous A) by forfeit #6 Syracuse (Canadian Chris) def. Miami (Spaceman Spiff) Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) def. Oklahoma (Damaramu) by tiebreak LSU (teke184) def. Penn State (therealworldschampion); teke holds tiebreak

I don't have the game in my area but Oklahoma/A&M has kicked off. Please keep all discussion of the game in this thread.

Please anything related to Oklahoma let's keep it in the other thread. Lots of bonus coverage on ESPN2 right now. First had Pittsburgh/Syracuse that is going to overtime and on right now is Arkansas/South Carolina. Hogs have taken a 32-28 lead with three minutes left.