Bored

Designated Hitter Just took the Top 14 in games started at DH. There were very few regular DH's this year. 1. Travis Hafner, Indians 2. David Ortiz, Red Sox 3. Erubiel Durazo, A's 4. Frank Thomas, White Sox 5. Mike Sweeney, Royals 6. Troy Glaus, Angels 7. Dmitri Young, Tigers 8. Edgar Martinez, Mariners 9. Ruben Sierra, Yankees 10. Josh Phelps, Blue Jays/Indians 11. Jose Offerman, Twins 12. Carl Everett, Expos/White Sox 13. Brad Fullmer, Rangers 14. Tim Salmon, Angels I will attempt to do pitchers, even middle relievers. I'll do 30 closers, 50 middle relievers, and then try to do 100 starters.

Texans - 24 pts. Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit Houston Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Seattle N.Y. Jets Washington Oakland Pittsburgh Minnesota St. Louis

I think this news kinda sucks. http://www.nypost.com/sports/31795.htm

Right Field 1. Bobby Abreu, Phillies 2. J.D. Drew, Braves 3. Lance Berkman, Astros 4. Vladimir Guerrero, Angels 5. Gary Sheffield, Yankees 6. Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners 7. Miguel Cabrera, Marlins 8. Brian Giles, Padres 9. Craig Wilson, Pirates 10. Larry Walker, Rockies/Cardinals 11. Sammy Sosa, Cubs 12. Kevin Mench, Rangers 13. Juan Rivera, Expos 14. Reggie Sanders, Cardinals 15. Jermaine Dye, A's 16. Jose Cruz Jr., Devil Rays 17. Michael Tucker, Giants 18. Brady Clark, Brewers 19. Bobby Higginson, Tigers 20. Jacque Jones, Twins 21. Ben Grieve, Brewers/Cubs 22. Jody Gerut, Indians 23. Danny Bautista, Diamondbacks 24. Richard Hidalgo, Astros/Mets 25. Juan Encarnacion, Dodgers/Marlins 26. Alexis Rios, Blue Jays 27. Austin Kearns, Reds 28. Gabe Kapler, Red Sox 29. Jay Gibbons, Orioles 30. Abraham Nunez, Marlins/Royals

4th and 4 at the Louisville 8. This could be the ball game. First down. Louisville is going to need a huge goal line stand to win now. Touchdown Miami with 49 seconds left. Louisville has all three timeouts.

Flipping through the new Sports Illustrated it said the Fiesta Bowl was "intrigued" by Utah and that they are open to taking the first non-BCS school to play in a BCS Bowl. Miami cuts the lead to 7.

Okay so much for Miami having arguably the best defense in the country. 31-14 Louisville. The Fiesta Bowl and Sugar Bowl officials are shitting their pants right now.

Week 7 Match-up Breakdowns #6 Washington State (bravesfan, 4-2) vs. #10 Stanford (Bored, 6-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK Wazzu: Colorado State, Hawaii Stan: San Diego State, UTEP Tiebreak Answers: 47/64, 70/62 #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 4-2) vs. Florida State (2GOLD, 3-3) UVA: West Virginia, N.C. State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Hawaii FS: Connecticut, Maryland, Iowa, Purdue, UTEP Tiebreak Answers: 48/50, 86/68 #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 4-2) vs. Michigan State (Dangerous A, 2-4) Min: Boston College, UNLV, Maryland, Iowa, Wisconsin, Louisiana Tech, San Diego State, UCLA, Virginia MS: No points for first two games, Pittsburgh, New Mexico, N.C. State, Ohio State, Purdue, SMU, Colorado State, California, Florida State Tiebreak Answers: 39/64, 77/0 #3 Ohio State (Gert T, 4-2) vs. Bowling Green (iggymcfly, 4-2) OSU: No point for WV/UConn, Miami, UNLV, Maryland, Iowa BG: Louisville, New Mexico, N.C. State, Ohio State Tiebreak Answers: 60/70, 75/116 #4 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 5-1) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 2-4) ND: West Virginia, New Mexico, Maryland, USC, Louisiana Tech, Virginia, Hawaii Rut: Connecticut, UNLV, N.C. State, Arizona State, SMU, Florida State, UTEP Tiebreak Answers: 55/45, 91/80 #5 Syracuse (CanadianChris, 5-1) vs. Penn State (therealworldschampion, 2-4) SU: UAB, Navy, Ohio State, USC, UTEP PS: TCU, Notre Dame, Iowa, Arizona State, Hawaii Tiebreak Answers: 44/43, 80/68 #7 West Virginia (Loaded Glove, 3-3) vs. Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 2-4) WV: TCU, Wisconsin, Louisiana Tech, San Diego State, Virginia, Hawaii Mia: UAB, Purdue, SMU, Colorado State, Florida State, UTEP Tiebreak Answers: 29/45, 117/75 #8 Hawaii (Will Scarlet, 2-4) vs. UCLA (phoenixrising, 2-4) HI: Arizona State, Colorado State UCLA: USC, San Diego State Tiebreak Answers: 49/51, 100/75 #9 Oklahoma (Damaramu, 3-3) vs. Georgia (A_MikeSC, 5-1) OK: Ohio State UGA: Iowa Tiebreak Answers: 52/50, 124/115 Oregon (nogoodnick, 3-3) vs. Michigan (Mad Dog, 2-4) Ore: Notre Dame, Ohio State Mich: Navy, Iowa Tiebreak Answers: 48/45, 80/90 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 3-3) vs. Texas (Flyboy, 2-4) Ala: Temple, UNLV, Maryland, Ohio State, Colorado State, Florida State, UTEP Tex: Rutgers, New Mexico, N.C. State, Iowa, San Diego State, Virgnia, Hawaii Tiebreak Answers: 33/42, 63/88 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis, 2-4) vs. USC (Cartman, 2-4) ASU: Navy, Ohio State, San Diego State, Virginia, Tennessee USC: No point for WV/UConn, Notre Dame, Iowa, Colorado State, Florida State, Mississippi Tiebreak Answers: 44/46, 89/100 LSU (teke184, 4-2) vs. Tennessee (Kotzenjunge, 2-4) LSU: UAB, Navy, New Mexico Ten: TCU, Notre Dame, UNLV Tiebreak Answers: 61/42, 55/96 Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic, 5-1) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 2-4) MD: Connecticut, Navy, Rutgers, UNLV, Purdue, San Diego State, California, Virginia, UTEP BC: West Virginia, Notre Dame, Temple, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Colorado State, UCLA, Florida State, Hawaii Tiebreak Answers: 37/38, 67/126 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion, 3-3) vs. Florida (Agent Bond34, 2-4) Aub: Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, New Mexico, Maryland, Wisconsin, SMU, UTEP UF: Navy, Boston College, UNLV, N.C. State, Purdue, Louisiana Tech, Hawaii Tiebreak Answers: 41/65, 36/88 Kent State (JHawk, 1-5) vs. Boise State (Vern Gagne/*dead team*, 1-5) KS: UAB, N.C. State, Colorado State, California, Florida State, Hawaii BS: TCU, Maryland, San Diego State, UCLA, Virginia, UTEP Tiebreak Answers: 32/39, 115/77

What's the over/under on how many times we'll hear the term "BCS Buster" tonight? As long as Brock Berlin is his typical self then Louisville has a shot especially with how dominate their defense has looked. Expecting a very low scoring game as even as good as Louisville's offense has been they are facing arguably the best defense in the country tonight.

Ohio State (Gert T) THURSDAY Louisville at Miami - Miami FRIDAY TCU at UAB - UAB Saturday Games Notre Dame at Navy - Notre Dame Boston College at Pittsburgh - Boston College Temple at Rutgers - Rutgers New Mexico at UNLV - UNLV N.C. State at Maryland - Maryland Ohio State at Iowa - Iowa Arizona State at USC - USC Arkansas at Auburn - Auburn Wisconsin at Purdue - Purdue Louisiana Tech at SMU - Louisiana Tech Colorado State at San Diego State - San Diego State UCLA at California - Cal Virginia at Florida State - Florida State Tennessee at Mississippi - Tennessee Hawaii at UTEP - UTEP Tiebreaker #1 60 points Tiebreaker #2 75 yards

Center Field 1. Jim Edmonds, Cardinals 2. Carlos Beltran, Royals/Astros 3. Johnny Damon, Red Sox 4. Aaron Rowand, White Sox 5. Mark Kotsay, A's 6. Jeromy Burnitz, Rockies 7. Juan Pierre, Marlins 8. Andruw Jones, Braves 9. Steve Finley, Diamondbacks/Dodgers 10. Randy Winn, Mariners 11. Bernie Williams, Yankees 12. Mike Cameron, Mets 13. Corey Patterson, Cubs 14. Ken Griffey Jr., Reds 15. Milton Bradley, Dodgers 16. Torii Hunter, Twins 17. Vernon Wells, Blue Jays 18. Garret Anderson, Angels 19. Coco Crisp, Indians 20. Marquis Grissom, Giants 21. Rocco Baldelli, Devil Rays 22. Scott Podsednik, Brewers 23. Jay Payton, Padres 24. David DeJesus, Royals 25. Tike Redman, Pirates 26. Endy Chavez, Expos 27. Alex Sanchez, Tigers 28. Laynce Nix, Rangers 29. Luis Matos, Orioles 30. Marlon Byrd, Phillies

Along with Cartman (USC), Gert T (Ohio State) and Dangerous A (Michigan State) have missed deadline #1. PM'd picks Minnesota/Boise State (Vern Gagne) WEDNESDAY West Virginia at Connecticut THURSDAY Louisville at Miami FRIDAY TCU at UAB SATURDAY Notre Dame at Navy Boston College at Pittsburgh Temple at Rutgers New Mexico at UNLV N.C. State at Maryland Ohio State at Iowa Arizona State at USC Arkansas at Auburn Wisconsin at Purdue Louisiana Tech at SMU Colorado State at San Diego State UCLA at California Virginia at Florida State Tennessee at Mississippi Hawaii at UTEP Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the TCU/UAB game?39 Tiebreaker #2: How many receiving yards will Louisville's J.R. Russell have against Miami? 77 Bowling Green (iggymcfly) WEDNESDAY West Virginia at Connecticut THURSDAY Louisville at Miami FRIDAY TCU at UAB SATURDAY Notre Dame at Navy Boston College at Pittsburgh Temple at Rutgers New Mexico at UNLV N.C. State at Maryland Ohio State at Iowa Arizona State at USC Arkansas at Auburn Wisconsin at Purdue Louisiana Tech at SMU Colorado State at San Diego State UCLA at California Virginia at Florida State Tennessee at Mississippi Hawaii at UTEP Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the TCU/UAB game? 70 Tiebreaker #2: How many receiving yards will Louisville's J.R. Russell have against Miami? 116 LSU (teke184) WEDNESDAY West Virginia at Connecticut THURSDAY Louisville at Miami FRIDAY TCU at UAB SATURDAY Notre Dame at Navy Boston College at Pittsburgh Temple at Rutgers New Mexico at UNLV N.C. State at Maryland Ohio State at Iowa Arizona State at USC Arkansas at Auburn Wisconsin at Purdue Louisiana Tech at SMU Colorado State at San Diego State UCLA at California Virginia at Florida State Tennessee at Mississippi Hawaii at UTEP Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the TCU/UAB game? 61 Tiebreaker #2: How many receiving yards will Louisville's J.R. Russell have against Miami? 55 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) West Virginia Miami TCU Notre Dame BC Temple UNLV Maryland Ohio State USC Auburn Purdue Louisiana Tech CSU California Florida State Tennessee UTEP TB #1: 33 TB #2: 63

Left Field 1. Barry Bonds, Giants 2. Manny Ramirez, Red Sox 3. Adam Dunn, Reds 4. Hideki Matsui, Yankees 5. Moises Alou, Cubs 6. Carlos Lee, White Sox 7. Lew Ford, Twins 8. Jose Guillen, Angels 9. Ryan Klesko, Padres 10. Jason Bay, Pirates 11. Eric Byrnes, A's 12. Carl Crawford, Devil Rays 13. Raul Ibanez, Mariners 14. Craig Biggio, Astros 15. Pat Burell, Phillies 16. Shannon Stewart, Twins 17. Luis Gonzalez, Diamondbacks 18. Matt Lawton, Indians 19. Craig Monroe, Tigers 20. Cliff Floyd, Mets 21. Jeff Conine, Marlins 22. Geoff Jenkins, Brewers 23. Jayson Werth, Dodgers 24. Terrmel Sledge, Expos 25. Rondell White, Tigers 26. Matt Holliday, Rockies 27. Charles Thomas, Braves 28. Larry Bigbie, Orioles 29. David Dellucci, Rangers 30. Reed Johnson, Blue Jays

Well Michigan does play Eastern Michigan in '05 and '07 and Central Michigan in '06.

National television schedule for this week. One ABC regional time slot but the Oklahoma/Texas game is nationally televised. SIX games between Top 25 teams this week with the top two teams in the polls involved in the two biggest games, although only 25% of the country will get to see Cal/USC. THURSDAY Houston at Southern Miss, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Clemson at #10 Virginia, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY UNLV at BYU, 10:00 PM/7:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #2 Oklahoma vs. #5 Texas, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC #13 Minnesota at #14 Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN (or ESPN Classic) Illinois at Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 - PREEMPTED Stanford at Notre Dame, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, NBC #17 Tennessee at #3 Georgia, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, CBS #7 California at #1 USC, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ABC* #15 Wisconsin at #18 Ohio State, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ABC* #22 Oklahoma State at Colorado, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ABC* Georgia Tech at #23 Maryland, 3:30 PM/12:30 PM, ABC* #9 Purdue at Penn State, 4:30 PM/1:30 PM, ESPN Arizona at UCLA, 6:30 PM/3:30 PM, FSN #8 Florida State at Syracuse, 7:00 PM/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Nebraska at Texas Tech, 7:00 PM/4:00 PM, TBS #24 LSU at #12 Florida, 7:45 PM/4:45 PM, ESPN Missouri at Baylor, 10:00 PM/7:00 PM, FSN

ESPN has deals with every conference except the Pac-10 and Big XII. ABC has deals with all conferences except the SEC.

My picks West Virginia Miami UAB Notre Dame Boston College Rutgers New Mexico N.C. State Ohio State USC Auburn Purdue Louisiana Tech San Diego State California Virginia Tennessee UTEP Tiebreaker #1: 64 Tiebreaker #2: 62

Shortstop 1. Miguel Tejada, Orioles 2. Carlos Guillen, Tigers 3. Michael Young, Rangers 4. Derek Jeter, Yankees 5. Jimmy Rollins, Phillies 6. Jack Wilson, Pirates 7. Khalil Greene, Padres 8. Rafael Furcal, Braves 9. Julio Lugo, Devil Rays 10. Omar Vizquel, Indians 11. Cesar Izturis, Dodgers 12. Nomar Garciaparra, Red Sox/Cubs 13. Edgar Renteria, Cardinals 14. Bobby Crosby, A's 15. Kazuo Matsui, Mets 16. Jose Valentin, White Sox 17. Barry Larkin, Reds 18. Deivi Cruz, Giants 19. Royce Clayton, Rockies 20. Cristian Guzman, Twins 21. Orlando Cabrera, Expos/Red Sox 22. Alex Gonzalez, Marlins 23. Adam Everett, Astros 24. David Eckstein, Angels 25. Angel Berroa, Royals 26. Craig Counsell, Brewers 27. Chris Gomez, Blue Jays 28. Alex Cintron, Diamondbacks 29. Rich Aurilia, Mariners/Padres 30. Alex S. Gonzalez, Cubs/Expos/Padres

Well I wanted to take into account counting numbers as part of it because playing the entire season has to count for something. I'd put him ahead of Lowell without the counting numbers.

Third Base 1. Adrian Beltre, Dodgers 2. Scott Rolen, Cardinals 3. Melvin Mora, Orioles 4. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees 5. Aramis Ramirez, Cubs 6. Mike Lowell, Marlins 7. Eric Chavez, A's 8. Hank Blalock, Rangers 9. Aubrey Huff, Devil Rays 10. Chipper Jones, Braves 11. Casey Blake, Indians 12. David Bell, Phillies 13. Chone Figgins, Angels 14. Vinny Castilla, Rockies 15. Corey Koskie, Twins 16. Edgardo Alfonzo, Giants 17. David Wright, Mets 18. Bill Mueller, Red Sox 19. Sean Burroughs, Padres 20. Ty Wigginton, Mets/Pirates 21. Joe Randa, Royals 22. Chad Tracy, Diamondbacks 23. Tony Batista, Expos 24. Morgan Ensberg, Astros 25. Eric Munson, Tigers 26. Joe Crede, White Sox 27. Eric Hinske, Blue Jays 28. Wes Helms, Brewers 29. Scott Speizio, Mariners 30. Mark DeRosa, Braves

I took the top 30 players in games started at each position and Morneau just missed the cut. He probably would have come in at about #21. Second Base 1. Mark Loretta, Padres 2. Jeff Kent, Astros 3. Ray Durham, Giants 4. Mark Bellhorn, Red Sox 5. Marcus Giles, Braves 6. Juan Uribe, White Sox 7. Ron Belliard, Indians 8. D'Angelo Jiminez, Reds 9. Alfonso Soriano, Rangers 10. Luis Castillo, Marlins 11. Placido Polanco, Phillies 12. Tony Womack, Cardinals 13. Jose Vidro, Expos 14. Todd Walker, Cubs 15. Orlando Hudson, Blue Jays 16. Brian Roberts, Orioles 17. Adam Kennedy, Angels 18. Omar Ifante, Tigers 19. Alex Cora, Dodgers 20. Miguel Cairo, Yankees 21. Bret Boone, Mariners 22. Marco Scutaro, A's 23. Aaron Miles, Rockies 24. Luis Rivas, Twins 25. Willie Harris, White Sox 26. Scott Hairston, Diamondbacks 27. Tony Graffanino, Royals 28. Jose Castillo, Pirates 29. Rey Sanchez, Devil Rays 30. Enrique Wilson, Yankees

Posada tied for 11th in DP rate with Vladimir Guerrero. See even the likely MVP grounds into a lot of double plays. I'll take any catcher who has a .400 OBP and slugs close to .500 and that was considered an off year by some people. I'm wondering if Al is feeling well though...he's defending Brad Ausmus! I can see the Buck argument since he played so little but no one can be ranked lower than Chad Moeller. I was surprised Lieberthal did come out that high as I had been under the impression he was having an awful year. Did he finish strong? First Base 1. Albert Pujols, Cardinals 2. Todd Helton, Rockies 3. Sean Casey, Reds 4. Mark Teixeira, Rangers 5. Jim Thome, Phillies 6. Paul Konerko, White Sox 7. Phil Nevin, Padres 8. J.T. Snow, Giants 9. Lyle Overbay, Brewers 10. Derrek Lee, Cubs 11. Brad Wilkerson, Expos 12. Carlos Delgado, Blue Jays 13. Jeff Bagwell, Astros 14. Kevin Millar, Red Sox 15. Ben Broussard, Indians 16. Shawn Green, Dodgers 17. Scott Hatteberg, A's 18. Tino Martinez, Devil Rays 19. Shea Hillenbrand, Diamondbacks 20. Hee Seop Choi, Marlins/Dodgers 21. Rafael Palmeiro, Orioles 22. Julio Franco, Braves 23. Carlos Pena, Tigers 24. Mike Piazza, Mets 25. Darin Erstad, Angels 26. Adam LaRoche, Braves 27. Ken Harvey, Royals 28. John Olerud, Mariners/Yankees 29. Nick Johnson, Expos 30. Doug Mientkiewicz, Twins/Red Sox

I decided to create a seperate thread for tommorrow's game as obviously there will be a lot of posts for it. We'll have the TWiCFB thread focus on the rest of the games on Saturday. Let the bickering begin!

Week 6 Deadlines Thursday, October 7th, 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST -Lose out on Houston/Southern Miss pick, Clemson/Virginia pick, tiebreak #2. Friday, October 8th, 10:00 PM EST/7:00 PM PST -Lose out on UNLV/BYU pick, tiebreak #1. Saturday, October 9th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Forfeit Week 6 Match-ups #3 Washington State* (bravesfan, 4-1) vs. #9 Oregon* (nogoodnick, 2-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK #7 Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 5-0) vs. #10 Stanford* (Bored, 5-0) #1 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 3-2) vs. Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 2-3) #2 Ohio State* PM (Gert T, 4-1) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 1-4) #4 Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 3-2) vs. Michigan* (Mad Dog, 2-3) #5 Syracuse* (Canadian Chris, 4-1) vs. Florida State* (2GOLD, 3-2) #6 Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 2-3) vs. Bowling Green* (iggymcfly, 3-2) #8 Oklahoma* (Damaramu, 3-2) vs. Texas* (Flyboy, 1-4) Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 3-2) vs. Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-1) West Virginia* (Loaded Glove, 3-2) vs. Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 2-3) Arizona State* (Spicy McHaggis, 2-3) vs. Boise State* PM (Vern Gagne/*dead team*, 0-5) USC* (Cartman, 2-3) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 1-4) LSU* PM (teke184, 3-2) vs. Florida* (Agent Bond34, 2-3) Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 2-3) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 1-4) Michigan State* (Dangerous A, 1-4) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 1-4) Tennessee* (Kotzenjunge, 2-3) vs. Georgia* (A_MikeSC, 4-1) Week 6 games to make picks for THURSDAY Houston at Southern Miss Clemson at Virginia FRIDAY UNLV at BYU SATURDAY Oklahoma vs. Texas Minnesota at Michigan Illinois at Michigan State Stanford at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Maryland Wisconsin at Ohio State Oklahoma State at Colorado California at USC Tennessee at Georgia Arizona at UCLA Purdue at Penn State Florida State at Syracuse Nebraska at Texas Tech LSU at Florida Missouri at Baylor Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the UNLV/BYU game? Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Virginia's Marques Hagans have against Clemson?

At this point I'm not going to change it and again not enough people wanted change to justify changing the formula in the middle of the season. Besides what matters in the end is who is #1 and #2. Both Edwin and Vern have been among the best at picking games and they are tied for the toughest "schedules." BTW the using 50/25/25 formula would give little difference in the results: 1. Virginia 2. Minnesota 3. Ohio State 4. Notre Dame 5. Syracuse 6. Stanford 7. Washington State 8. West Virginia 9. Oklahoma 10. Oregon Teke's 50/30/20 suggestion would have also produced the exact same rankings. Hey it is weird having a 2-4 team ranked in the Top 10 but Will has picked well and faced tough competition. But if he he doesn't start winning some of the games he's not going to get to the Top 2. My guess is to play for the championship you have to go at least 9-4 and I don't see too many people putting up 10-3 or 11-2 records since we're already down to five teams with one loss or less.