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Score updates for non-t.v. games in the pick 'em contest: Pittsburgh 24, Syracuse 21 4th N.C. State 14, Georgia Tech 10 4th South Carolina 28, Arkansas 17 3rd Army 22, Air Force 21 Half Kansas 14, Colorado 10 Half Iowa State 10, Nebraska 7 2nd Indiana 19, Illinois 7 1st Interesting scores at the moment: Vanderbilt 17, Florida 7 2nd Baylor 10, Texas Tech 7 2nd

Lieber has been a solid starter but Radke is definently better. Only Johan Santana and Curt Schilling had better years than Radke in the A.L. this year. Just a couple of statistical comparrisons. Lieber debuted in '94, Radke '95. ERA+ (Radke/Lieber) 1994: Minors/117 1995: 89/69 1996: 115/110 1997: 121/96 1998: 109/105 1999: 135/119 2000: 118/97 2001: 115/111 2002: 94/109 2003: 103/injured 2004: 136/104 VORP (Radke/Lieber) 1994: Minors/7.0 1995: 15.8/-10.0 1996: 49.4/21.1 1997: 49.1/17.0 1998: 39.9/14.8 1999: 63.8/32.7 2000: 48.6/45.4 2001: 47.1/47.1 2002: 14.7/22.2 2003: 32.8/injured 2004: 60.1/27.3 Only 2002 has Lieber been definently better than Radke and they were about even in 2001. Also Radke is three years younger than Lieber and one of the most durable pitchers in baseball.

Baseball-Reference.com has Hernandez listed as turning 39 on October 11th. MLB.com has him four years younger.

Louisville edges Memphis in a thriller 56-49. There were ten lead changes and they combined for over 1200 yards. D'Angelo Williams rushed for 205 yards in the loss.

Week 10 Match-up Breakdowns #3 Washington State (bravesfan, 5-4) vs. #5 UCLA (phoenixrising, 5-4) - GAME OF THE WEEK Wazzu: Michigan State, Kansas State, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming UCLA: Ohio State, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas State, UNLV Tiebreak Answers: 47/65, 225/285 #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 6-3) vs. Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic, 6-3) UVA: North Texas, Michigan State, Syracuse, N.C. State, Illinois, Nebraska, Central Michigan, Arizona, Wyoming MD: UL-Lafayette, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Iowa Sate, Eastern Michigan, Washington, UNLV Tiebreak Answers: 44/51, 180/250 #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 5-4) vs. Bowling Green (iggymcfly, 7-2) Min: Kansas State, Nebraska, Idaho BG: Missouri, Iowa State, Arkansas State Tiebreak Answers: 48/52, 244/265 #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) SU: South Carolina Mia: Arkansas Tiebreak Answers: 51/53, 188/220 #7 Oregon (nogoodnick, 6-3) vs. USC (Cartman, 4-5) OR: North Texas, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Kansas State, Army, North Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Arkansas State USC: UL-Lafayette, Syracuse, Arkansas, Missouri, Air Force, Virginia Tech, Central Michigan, Idaho Tiebreak Answers: 50/56, 180/200 #8 West Virginia (Loaded Glove, 4-5) vs. Michigan (Mad Dog, 2-7) WV: Texas A&M, Missouri, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Purdue, Washington, Arkansas State Mich: Oklahoma, Kansas State, N.C. State, Illinois, Colorado, Iowa, Arizona, Idaho Tiebreak Answers: 50/54, 189/286 #9 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 7-2) vs. Tennessee (Kotzenjunge, 2-7) ND: Indiana, Nebraska, Virginia Tech, Central Michigan Ten: No point for UL/Memphis, Illinois, Iowa State, North Carolina, Eastern Michgian Tiebreak Answers: 47/30, 222/na #10 Stanford (Bored, 7-2) vs. Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis, 3-6) Stan: N.C. State, Iowa ASU: No point for UL/Memphis, Georgia Tech, Purdue Tiebreak Answers: 47/45, 206/na Hawaii (Will Scarlet, 3-6) vs. Florida State (2GOLD, 3-6) HI: Ohio State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, N.C. State, Fresno State, Virginia Tech, Arkansas State FSU: Michigan State, Syracuse, Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Rice, North Carolina, Idaho Tiebreak Answers: 51/52, 200/245 LSU (teke184, 7-2) vs. Penn State (therealworldschampion, 3-6) LSU: Kansas State, Army, Colorado, Iowa PS: Missouri, Air Force, Kansas, Purdue Tiebreak Answers: 45/38, 175/205 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion, 5-4) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 4-5) Aub: Texas A&M, Michigan State, Missouri, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Purdue, Arizona KS: Oklahoma, Ohio State, Kansas State, N.C. State, Illinois, Colorado, Virginia Tech, Iowa, Washington Tiebreak Answers: 66/87, 164/171 Oklahoma (Damaramu, 3-6) vs. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 4-5) OK: North Texas, Pittsburgh, Missouri, Air Force AL: UL-Lafayette, Syracuse, Kansas State, Army Tiebreak Answers: 42/49, 202/257 Texas (Flyboy, 4-5) vs. Georgia (A_MikeSC, 8-1) Tex: Michigan State, Syracuse, Illinois, Iowa, Central Michigan, Arizona, UNLV UGA: Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Indiana, Purdue, Eastern Michigan, Washington, Wyoming Tiebreak Answers: 48/47, 175/240 Rutgers (the pinjockey, 3-6) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 4-5) Rut: UL-Lafayette, Michigan State, Syracuse, Kansas State, N.C. State, Army, Illinois, Iowa State, Fresno State, Iowa, Washington, UNLV BC: North Texas, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Missouri, Georgia Tech, Air Force, Indiana, Nebraska, Rice, Purdue, Arizona, Wyoming Tiebreak Answers: 50/35, 200/217 Florida (Agent Bond34, 2-7) vs. Boise State (Vern Gagne/*dead team*, 3-6) UF: UL-Lafayette, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Missouri, Colorado, Arkansas State BS: North Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan State, Syracuse, Kansas State, Kansas, Idaho Tiebreak Answers: 68/48, 235/244

Yup. Dangerous A is late as well. I'm not expecting Kotzenjunge to show up.

http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0%2C...13098%2C00.html Johnson is nothing special and is no longer the great defensive catcher he once was but as a one year fill-in he'd be fine for the A's. Dumping Rhodes in the process would make this a pretty good deal.

PM'd picks Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 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? 52 Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Memphis' Danny Wimprine have against Louisville? 265 LSU (teke184) 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? 45 Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Memphis' Danny Wimprine have against Louisville? 175 Minnesota/Boise State (Vern Gagne) 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?48 Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Memphis' Danny Wimprine have against Louisville? 244 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) Louisville Marshall Louisiana-Lafeyette Oklahoma Michigan State Syracuse South Carolina Kansas State North Carolina State Army Illinois Nebraska Colorado Virginia Tech Purdue Central Michigan Arizona Arkansas State UNLV TB #1: 49 TB #2: 257

Texas - 20 points Arizona Dallas Kansas City N.Y. Jets Carolina Philadelphia Washington Chicago San Diego Seattle Houston New England Baltimore Indianapolis

My Picks Louisville Marshall Louisiana-Lafayette Oklahoma Michigan State Syracuse South Carolina Missouri N.C. State Air Force Indiana Iowa State Fresno State Kansas Virginia Tech Iowa Eastern Michigan Arizona Idaho Wyoming Tiebreak Answers: 47/206

So last night on Election Night we had a game in Ohio between a red team and a blue team that was close and decided in the final minutes but was eventually won by the red team. See a MAC football game decided the election! Anyways tonight South Florida ended up crushing UAB after scoring 35 unanswered points, including 28 in the 4th, to erase a 20-10 deficit. I know you call care.

This year the league averages for OBP was .336 in the A.L. and .329 in the N.L.

What do you mean no one is watching Toledo/Miami of Ohio? Can't possibly be anything else on t.v....

Okay teke although we'll wait until next week as I wanna be fair to Lando (Tennessee's opponent this week) since I did allow Boise to forfeit twice before I declared them dead.

So are the baseball writers going to just put Jeter in the Hall of Fame already next year? I think he's almost underrated by non-Yankee fans at this point but good lord the baseball writers hard on for him will never end. Good to see Chavez won. A-Rod did a great job but Chavez is still a notch better defensively.

I ommitted Tennessee/Notre Dame because almost no one is going to pick Notre Dame in Knoxville. Hey I seemed right on by not putting Tennesse/South Carolina as that game didn't end up being much of a contest. Remember I'm no longer going by the national television schedule.

Report today is the A's won't be re-signing Damian Miller. He's apparantly asking for a three-year deal and in that case I wouldn't keep him either. I doubt a catcher his age will have many teams offering three years so I wouldn't rule him still coming back to Oakland. Hopefully by 2006 John Baker will be ready and by 2007 either Kurt Suzuki or Landon Powell could take over so they only really need a one-year stop gap this season.

I'm going to solve this right now for Dama... You have your own thread now. Everyone feel free to talk about other Heisman candidates in here.

Continuing to try to make things tougher this week. Week 9 Deadlines Thursday, October 28th, 7:45 PM EST/4:45 PM PST -Lose out on VaTech/GaTECH game, tiebreak #2 Friday, October 29th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Lose out on HI/BS game, tiebreak #1 Saturday, October 30th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Fofeit Week 9 Match-ups #1 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 6-2) vs. #9 Oregon* (nogoodnick, 5-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK #2 Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 4-4) vs. Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 5-3) #3 Washington State* PM (bravesfan, 4-4) vs. USC* (Cartman, 4-4) #4 Ohio State* (Gert T, 5-3) vs. Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 2-6) #5 West Virginia* (Loaded Glove, 4-4) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 2-6) #6 Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 7-1) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 3-5) #7 UCLA* (phoenixrising, 4-4) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 7-1) #8 Syracuse* PM (Canadian Chris, 6-2) vs. Oklahoma* (Damaramu, 3-5) #10 Hawaii* PM (Will Scarlet, 3-5) vs. Boise State* PM (Vern Gagne/*dead team*, 2-6) LSU* PM (teke184, 6-2) vs. Texas* (Flyboy, 4-4) Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 4-4) vs. Arizona State* - late (Spicy McHaggis, 2-6) Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 5-3) vs. Florida State* (2GOLD, 3-5) Florida* (Agent Bond34, 2-6) vs. Georgia* (A_MikeSC, 7-1) Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 3-5) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 3-5) Michigan* (Mad Dog, 2-6) vs. Michigan State* (Dangerous A, 3-5) Tennessee (Kotzenjunge, 2-6) vs. Bowling Green* (iggymcfly, 6-2) Week 9 Games to pick from THURSDAY Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech FRIDAY Hawaii at Boise State SATURDAY Oklahoma at Oklahoma State N.C. State at Clemson Purdue at Northwestern Missouri at Nebraska Western Michigan at Central Michigan Connecticut at Syracuse Kansas at Iowa State Kentucky at Mississippi State New Mexico at Colorado State Army at East Carolina TCU at Cincinnati Utah State at Middle Tennessee State Air Force at Wyoming Rice at Tulsa Florida vs. Georgia Ohio at Kent State Texas Tech at Kansas State Oregon State at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Hawaii/Boise State game? Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia Tech's P.J. Daniels have against Virginia Tech?

National television schedule. ABC has the annoying three time slot doubleheader this week. West coast gest the late Wazzu/USC game and the rest of the country is split between the two early games. I'm trying to figure out how ABC ended up with Oregon/Washington instead of ASU/Cal. THURSDAY #22 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Hawaii at #13 Boise State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #2 Oklahoma at #19 Oklahoma State, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* Penn State at Ohio State, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* #21 Purdue at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN N.C. State at Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Missouri at Nebraska, Noon/9:00 AM, FSN Florida vs. #9 Georgia, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #5 Florida State at Maryland, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #10 Texas at Colorado, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Michigan State at #12 Michigan, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Washington at Oregon, 3:30/12:30 PM ABC* Stanford at UCLA, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN #1 USC at Washington State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ABC* #3 Miami at North Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Texas Tech at Kansas State, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN #4 Auburn at Mississippi, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #15 Arizona State at #8 California, 10:00/7:00 PM, TBS

Damn maybe I should just leave it up to my emergency picks every week.

Iggy it's way too late in the contest for that and even then neither of your strength of schedules would be that good and neither of you would crack the Top 2. Just drop it already.

BCS Top 10 thru Week 9 1. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 3.67 (7/2/2) 2. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 5.00 (10/4/1) 3. Washington State - bravesfan 7.00 (10/5/6) 4. Ohio State - Gert T 7.67 (10/1/12) 5. UCLA - phoenixrising 7.67 (10/9/4) 6. Syracuse - Canadian Chris 8.67 (2/7/17) 7. Oregon - nogoodnick 9.67 (7/5/17) 8. West Virginia - Loaded Glove 10.33 (15/7/9) 9. Notre Dame - Lando Griffin 10.67 (2/9/21) 10. Stanford - Bored 11.00 (2/3/28) Bowl Match-ups if the season ended today Massengill Douche Country Flower Bowl: Washington State (At-large) vs. Ohio State (At-large) Out Magazine Bowl: Stanford (Pac-8 #3 or Big MAC #3) vs. Auburn (Mid South #3 or Big Atlantic #3) KFC PETA Bowl: Oregon (Pac-8 #2) vs. Maryland (Big Atlantic #2) Lucky Strikes Cigarettes Tar Bowl: Notre Dame (Big MAC #2) vs. LSU (Mid South #2) Traditional Bowl presented by Adam & Eve’s Anal Lube: UCLA (Pac-8 #1/BCS at-large) vs. Bowling Green (Big MAC #1/BCS at-large) Oxycotton Bowl: Syracuse (Big Atlantic #1/BCS at-large) vs. Georgia (Mid South #1/BCS at-large) MILFHunter.com Bored Bowl: Virginia (BCS #1) vs. Minnesota (BCS #2)

Florida State and Miami are upset but here is your Upset of the Day: Baylor 35, Texas A&M 34 OT

And North Carolina wins it on a last second field goal, 31-28. As usual there is always a huge upset or two of these undefeated teams and we always end up with no more than two unbeatens from the major conferences. Baylor has taken Texas A&M to overtime.