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Washington - Smues South Florida Wisconsin Purdue Indiana Virginia West Virginia Auburn Texas A&M Notre Dame Florida Iowa Georgia Tech Oregon Texas Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Texas Tech game? 67 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia? 111 Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 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? 79 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia? 160

Buffalo - Carnival 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?75 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia?110 Nebraska - Mecca 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?76 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia? 110

And we already have a trade, Marlins trade Mike Jacobs to the Royals for reliever Leo Nunez. Also Ken Macha will be named as the new manager of the Brewers.

Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY South Florida SATURDAY Michigan State Michigan Central Michigan Virginia West Virginia Mississippi Colorad Pittsburgh The Florida Gators Illinois Georgia Tech California Texas Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Texas Tech game? 81 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia? 99 San Diego State - Next USC #55 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? 92 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia? 66 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 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? 75 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia 108

That was the most exciting three and a half inning game ever!

In case you didn't watch the Houston/Marshall game last night, and you probably didn't, you missed Houston wide receiver Patrick Edwards get Theismann'd by some band equipment.

Washington State - kkktookymybabyaway THURSDAY South Florida SATURDAY Michigan State Purdue Central Michigan Virginia West Virginia Auburn Texas A&M Pittsburgh Florida Iowa Georgia Tech Oregon Texas Tech Tiebreak #1: 78 Tiebreak #2: 111 LSU - teke184 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? 67 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Connecticut's Donald Brown have against West Virginia? 165

My Picks South Florida Michigan State Purdue Indiana Virginia West Virginia Auburn Texas A&M Notre Dame Florida Illinois Florida State Oregon Texas 67/166

List contains the top 30 in Saves. I know you will all be shocked that K-Rod isn't #1. Closer Rankings 1. Mariano Rivera, Yankees 17.3 Win Shares 34.0 VORP 10.3 WARP3 Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 2008 38 NYY AL 6 5 64 0 0 0 60 39 70.7 41 11 11 4 6 77 2 1 259 0 0 1.40 4.44 317 0.665 2. Joe Nathan, Twins 3. Jonathan Papelbon, Red Sox 4. Joakim Soria, Royals 5. Kerry Wood, Cubs 6. Brian Fuentes, Rockies 7. Brad Lidge, Phillies 8. Francisco Rodriguez, Angels 9. Bobby Jenks, White Sox 10. Takashi Saito, Dodgers 11. Jose Valverde, Astros 12. Billy Wagner, Mets 13. Jonathan Broxton, Dodgers 14. Matt Capps, Pirates 15. Huston Street, A's 16. Trevor Hoffman, Padres 17. Francisco Cordero, Reds 18. B.J. Ryan, Blue Jays 19. Kevin Gregg, Marlins 20. Jon Rauch, Nationals/Diamondbacks 21. Salomon Torres, Brewers 22. Brian Wilson, Giants 23. Ryan Franklin, Cardinals 24. Mike Gonzalez, Braves 25. J.J. Putz, Mariners 26. Brandon Lyon, Diamondbacks 27. George Sherrill, Orioles 5.0 Win Shares 5.8 VORP 3.4 WARP3 Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 2008 31 BAL AL 3 5 57 0 0 0 49 31 53.3 47 28 28 6 33 58 1 1 239 6 0 4.73 4.53 96 1.500 28. Troy Percival, Rays 29. Todd Jones, Tigers 30. C.J. Wilson, Rangers

I don't care about ERA for relievers because of the specialization of their use. Wood had a big edge on Lidge in WHIP and K/BB Ratio. I can see putting Lidge as a high as 5th but definitely not above Soria.

This is all assuming Coach Samurai will be back next year since again he still just the interim coach. Everyone loved his postgame rant but the Niners are going to have to show some signs of improvement by the end of the year if they are going to retain him. I don't think anyone could realistically look at O'Sullivan as a long term solution to their quarterback problems anyways.

Yup, it's official Now begin the "They didn't want to pre-empt House" conspiracy theories!

The infield is in terrible shape, they had to delay it. Bad thing about all this is the weather supposedly might be worse tomorrow so we could be looking at Wednesday to play the final three and a half+ innings.

Tyrone Willingham will "resign" at the end of the season.

For the third straight week, Texas is in the spotlight as they continue through the Big XII gauntlet. This time around it's T Boone Pickens State University coming to Austin and it's just about the biggest game in school history for the Cowboys. Note the game is in the ESABCPN regional slot so I'll be sure to post the coverage map when it's available. Weep for those who will be stuck with UCLA/Cal and don't have GamePlan. In the ESABCPN primetime game Penn State will try to end our national nightmare and prevent Ohio State from once again entering the MNC game picture. Will JoePa be on the sidelines for this game, and if he is, will he live through the night? In other action, dare we ever forget about the ESS EEE SEE as LSU hosts Georgia as the Bulldogs are still very much alive for the MNC if enough things go there way. And Texas Tech will finally hit the meat of their schedule as they take on Kansas. Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Ohio at Temple, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY Auburn at West Virginia, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY #12 Boise State at San Jose State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #8 Texas Tech at #23 Kansas, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Illinois at Wisconsin, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #4 Oklahoma at Kansas State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN Baylor at Nebraska, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Versus #7 Georgia at #13 LSU, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Michigan State at Michigan, 3:30/12:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2 Virginia Tech at #25 Florida State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2* #6 Oklahoma State at #1 Texas, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* UCLA at California, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Dartmouth at Columbia, 4:00/1:00 PM, Versus Colorado at #15 Missouri, 6:30/3:30 PM, FSN #2 Alabama at Tennessee, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #3 Penn State at #9 Ohio State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC Notre Dame at Washington, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 #5 USC at Arizona, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN SUNDAY UCF at #19 Tulsa, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY Jacksonville State at Tennessee-Martin, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU New Mexico at Air Force, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS SATURDAY #24 Minnesota at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Classic Wake Forest at Miami, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU #22 Northwestern at Indiana, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN Boston College at North Carolina, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Cincinnati at Connecticut, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Central Michigan at Toledo, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Kentucky at #10 Florida, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Lehigh at Holy Cross, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, FCS Atlantic UNLV at #21 BYU, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. Southern Illinois at Missouri State, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, FCS Pacific Texas State at Stephen F Austin, 3:00 PM/Noon, FCS Central Fresno State at Utah State, 3:00 PM/Noon, GP SMU at Navy, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS Virginia at #18 Georgia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU #16 South Florida at Louisville, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Bowling Green at Northern Illinois, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP New Mexico State at Idaho, 5:00/2:00 PM, GP Wyoming at #14 TCU, 6:00 PM/3:00 PM, Mtn. Weber State at Northern Arizona 6:00/3:00 PM, FCS Pacific Middle Tennessee at Mississippi State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Texas A&M at Iowa State, 7:00/4:00 PM, FCS Central Mississippi at Arkansas, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Florida Atlantic at UL Monroe, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Southern Miss at Memphis, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS Colorado State at San Diego State, 9:30/6:30 PM, Mtn. Nevada at Hawaii, 11:59/8:59 PM, GP All Other Division I-A Games SATURDAY Eastern Michigan at #20 Ball State Louisiana Tech at Army, ESPN360 Duke at Vanderbilt Rice at Tulane N.C. State at Maryland, ESPN360 Rutgers at #17 Pittsburgh, ESPN360 Kent State at Miami of Ohio Troy at North Texas Oregon at Arizona State

I don't believe what I just saw.

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

Week 9 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday October 23rd, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Saturday, October 25th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak Week 9 Match-Ups #2 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 7-1) vs. #7 Ball State* (Vampiro69, 5-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 6-2) vs. Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 5-3) #3 Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 6-2) vs. USC* (Cartman, 1-7) #4 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 5-3) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 2-6) #5 Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 5-3) vs. Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 6-2) #6 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 5-3) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 2-6) #8 Indiana* PM (Tzar Lysergic, 5-3) vs. Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 5-3) #9 Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 6-2) vs. Florida State (909, 2-6) #10 Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 5-3) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 5-3) Arizona State* (still fly, 7-1) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 3-5) Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 5-3) vs. Michigan* (MFer, 3-5) Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 5-3) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 3-5) Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 6-2) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 3-5) Ohio State (Gert T, 5-3) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 4-4) South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 4-4) vs. Washington State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 2-6) LSU* PM (teke184, 4-4) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 1-7) Navy* (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-4) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 2-6) Buffalo (Carnival, 4-4) vs. Texas* (Broward83, 4-4) Tulsa* (Will Scarlet, 2-6) vs. Illinois* (The Rocket, 1-7) Notre Dame* (KingPK, 3-5) vs. Washington* PM (Smues, 2-6) Week 9 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Auburn at West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech at Kansas Illinois at Wisconsin Wake Forest at Miami Boston College at North Carolina Cincinnati at Connecticut Georgia at LSU Michigan State at Michigan Virginia Tech at Florida State Oklahoma State at Texas Texas A&M at Iowa State Penn State at Ohio State Oregon at Arizona State USC at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas?

Week 9 Results #7 Ball State 11, #2 Nebraska 9 Virginia 9, #1 Georgia Tech 8 #3 Arizona 11, USC 10 #4 N.C. State 9, Boise State 8 #5 Alabama 12, Tennessee 10 #6 Miami of Ohio 11, Kent State 9 #8 Indiana 10, Syracuse 8 Florida State 10, #9 Fresno State 9 Kentucky 9, #10 Florida 6 UCLA 10, Arizona State 7 Michigan 10, Miami 9 Stanford 8, Boston College 7 San Diego State 8, Minnesota 5 Ohio State 9, Rutgers 6 South Carolina 9, Washington State 8 LSU 9, Georgia 7 UTEP 11, Navy 8 Buffalo 12, Texas 11 Illinois 9, Tulsa 5 Notre Dame 9, Washington 7

I'm sick as hell so I'm just going to post the rankings and call it a night. Mecca loses but regains the top spot anyways. 1. Nebraska - Mecca 3.25 2. Arizona - UZI Suicide 3.4 3. N.C. State - AboveAverage484 3.7 4. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 4.1 5. Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 4.2 6. Ball State - Vampiro69 4.45 7. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 4.65 8. Indiana - Tzar Lysergic 5.85 9. Fresno State - Agent Bond34 8.1 10. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 8.2 Other Receiving Votes: Arizona State, Kentucky, Ohio State, Tennessee

No match-ups hinge on the USC/Arizona game so I'm going to just post the conference standings now. Conference Standings Big Eight 1. Minnesota (4-1, 6-3) 2. Indiana (3-1, 6-3) 2. San Diego State (3-1, 4-5) 4. Syracuse (3-2, 5-4) 5. Ohio State (2-2, 6-3) 6. Illinois (1-3, 2-7) 7. Michigan (0-3, 4-5) 7. Rutgers (0-3, 4-5) Big MAC 1. Nebraska (3-1, 7-2) 1. Buffalo (3-1, 5-4) 3. Ball State (2-2, 6-3) 3. Miami of Ohio (2-2, 6-3) 3. Texas (2-2, 4-5) 3. Tulsa (2-2, 2-7) 7. UTEP (1-2, 3-6) 7. Kent State (1-3, 2-7) Pac-8 1. Arizona (4-1, 7-2) 2. Arizona State (3-1, 7-2) 2. UCLA (3-1, 4-5) 4. Notre Dame (3-3, 4-5) 5. Washington (1-2, 2-7) 6. USC (1-3, 1-8) 7. Stanford (1-4, 4-5) Washington State* (1-2, 2-7) Southeastern Seven 1. Florida (4-1, 5-4) 2. Kentucky (3-1, 6-3) 2. South Carolina (3-1, 5-4) 4. Alabama (2-2, 6-3) 4. LSU (2-2, 5-4) 4. Navy (2-2, 4-5) 7. Tennessee (1-3, 6-3) Georgia* (0-5, 1-8) Western Atlantic 1. Virgina (3-1, 6-3) 1. Boston College (3-1, 5-4) 3. Miami (2-1, 5-4) 4. Fresno State (2-2, 6-3) 4. Georgia Tech (2-2, 6-3) 4. N.C. State (2-2, 6-3) 7. Boise State (1-3, 2-7) 8. Florida State (1-4, 3-6)

Penn State has ended our long national nightmare! Also they now just need to avoid pulling a West Virginia to go undefeated.

Maybe I am missing something, but I don't get this acronym. He's off by a letter, it's WLOCP for World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Also known as this:

Louisville beats South Florida 24-20. Now 55-34. Before this game Rutgers had scored a total of 79 points against I-A competition all year!

Virginia, who looked like the one of the worst teams in the country a month into the season, is about to move into sole possession of first place (unless VaTech can comeback) of the ACC Coastal division. The ACC is by far and away the most fascinating clusterfuck of a conference to ever be assembled. Edit: Should have figured Edwin would beat me to it.