Bored

Ugly first half but what do you expect with two good defenses against Chris Rix and Brock Berlin. You still get the feeling Florida State will figure out some way to lose this.

Bowling Green ("Hail" bps21) Friday, September 10th Miami Oregon State Saturday, September 11th Wisconsin Northwestern Nebraska UCLA Kansas State Michigan Ohio State Washington State Virginia Texas A&M Georgia Oklahoma USC Georgia Tech Boston College Alabama Arkansas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 49 Still waiting to hear from Kingofthe909. No one seems to want to hang on to Georgia.

North Texas has been undefeated the last two years in conference play. This is Troy's first year in the conference and oddly enough the team they have a bye this year against is North Texas. I bet the conference kicking themselves now for that. Baylor should move to the Sun Belt. They'd have a shot at 3rd.

Troy actually had the biggest upset of last week, in a week where there pretty much were no upsets, by beating Marshall. If anything this means there will finally be a decent race in the Sun Belt Conference this year as North Texas has won it every year. Not that anyone cares.

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Spicy McHaggis picked 258 yards. Next closest was AlwaysPissedOff with 253 (haven't posted his picks yet since still no picks from his opponent) and myself with 261. Holding off on posting the results thread until I hopefully hear from the last two teams.

Guess everyone is watching the NFL game but Troy State is on the verge of the first big upset of the season as they just went up 24-14 on Missouri in the 4th.

Deadline #1 is in about five minutes, have not received picks from these teams: Washington State (bravesfan) Boise State (Rob E Dangerously) Georgia (Kingofthe909) Bowling Green ("Hail" bps21)

What's amazing is the Royals have those 24 runs on just five extra base hits, including only one homerun. They have 17 singles and drawn eight walks.

You picked Texas A&M as well.

Yes you did. I'm going to post my picks now and all pm'd picks except AlwaysPissedOff's since his opponent hasn't made his picks yet. I will have up any remaining pm'd picks up hopefully before tommorrow night's kick off. Eight teams left to submit picks. Stanford (Bored) Missouri Miami Boise State Wisconsin Arizona State Nebraska UCLA Kansas State Michigan Ohio State Washington State Virginia Texas A&M Georgia Oklahoma USC Clemson Penn State Alabama Texas Tiebreaker Answers: 37/261 Boston College (HarleyQuinn) Thursday, September 9th Missouri at Troy State Friday, September 10th Florida State at Miami - See Week 1 Oregon State at Boise State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at Wisconsin Arizona State at Northwestern Southern Miss at Nebraska UCLA at Illinois Fresno State at Kansas State Michigan at Notre Dame Marshall at Ohio State Colorado at Washington State North Carolina at Virginia Wyoming at Texas A&M Georgia at South Carolina Houston at Oklahoma Colorado State at USC Georgia Tech at Clemson Penn State at Boston College Mississippi at Alabama Texas at Arkansas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? - See Week 1 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 391 Florida (Agent Bond34) Thursday, September 9th Missouri at Troy State - Missouri Friday, September 10th Florida State at Miami - Miami Oregon State at Boise State - Oregon State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at Wisconsin - Wisconsin Arizona State at Northwestern - Arizona State Southern Miss at Nebraska - Nebraska UCLA at Illinois - Illinois Fresno State at Kansas State - Kansas State Michigan at Notre Dame - Michigan Marshall at Ohio State - Ohio State Colorado at Washington State - Colorado North Carolina at Virginia - Virginia Wyoming at Texas A&M - Texas A&M Georgia at South Carolina - Georgia Houston at Oklahoma - Oklahoma Colorado State at USC - USC Georgia Tech at Clemson - Clemson Penn State at Boston College - Penn State Mississippi at Alabama - Alabama Texas at Arkansas - Texas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 24 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? Passing 250 Rushing 110 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) Thursday, September 9th Missouri Friday, September 10th Miami Oregon State Saturday, September 11th Wisconsin Northwestern Southern Miss UCLA Kansas State Michigan Ohio State Washington State Virginia Texas A&M Georgia Oklahoma USC Georgia Tech Boston College Alabama Texas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? Whatever I said last week. Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 350 Oregon (nogoodnick) Thursday, September 9th Missouri Friday, September 10th Florida State Oregon State Saturday, September 11th Wisconsin Arizona State Nebraska UCLA Fresno State Michigan Ohio State Washington State Virginia Texas A&M Georgia Oklahoma USC Clemson Penn State Mississippi Texas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 55 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 350 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) Thursday, September 9th Missouri at Troy State Friday, September 10th Florida State at Miami Oregon State at Boise State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at Wisconsin Arizona State at Northwestern Southern Miss at Nebraska UCLA at Illinois Fresno State at Kansas State Michigan at Notre Dame Marshall at Ohio State Colorado at Washington State North Carolina at Virginia Wyoming at Texas A&M Georgia at South Carolina Houston at Oklahoma Colorado State at USC Georgia Tech at Clemson Penn State at Boston College Mississippi at Alabama Texas at Arkansas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 45 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 258 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) Thursday, September 9th Missouri at Troy State Friday, September 10th Florida State at Miami Oregon State at Boise State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at Wisconsin Arizona State at Northwestern Southern Miss at Nebraska UCLA at Illinois Fresno State at Kansas State Michigan at Notre Dame Marshall at Ohio State Colorado at Washington State North Carolina at Virginia Wyoming at Texas A&M Georgia at South Carolina Houston at Oklahoma Colorado State at USC Georgia Tech at Clemson Penn State at Boston College Mississippi at Alabama Texas at Arkansas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? same total I used in Week 1 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 270 Texas (Flyboy) Here ya go: Thursday, September 9th Missouri at Troy State Friday, September 10th Florida State at Miami Oregon State at Boise State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at Wisconsin Arizona State at Northwestern Southern Miss at Nebraska UCLA at Illinois Fresno State at Kansas State Michigan at Notre Dame Marshall at Ohio State Colorado at Washington State North Carolina at Virginia Wyoming at Texas A&M Georgia at South Carolina Houston at Oklahoma Colorado State at USC Georgia Tech at Clemson Penn State at Boston College Mississippi at Alabama Texas at Arkansas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 47 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 365 Penn State (therealworldschampion) Missouri Miami Boise State Wisconsin Arizona State Nebraska UCLA Kansas State Michigan Ohio State Colorado Virginia Texas A&M Georgia Oklahoma USC Clemson Penn State Alabama Texas Tiebreaker #1: 43 total points in FSU/Miami game Tiebreaker #2: Brad Smith will have 374 total yards LSU (teke184) Thursday, September 9th <B>Missouri</B> at Troy State Friday, September 10th Florida State at <B>Miami</B> <B>Oregon State</B> at Boise State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at <B>Wisconsin</B> <B>Arizona State</B> at Northwestern Southern Miss at <B>Nebraska</b> <B>UCLA</B> at Illinois Fresno State at <B>Kansas State</B> <B>Michigan</B> at Notre Dame Marshall at <B>Ohio State</B> Colorado at <B>Washington State</B> North Carolina at <B>Virginia</B> Wyoming at <B>Texas A&M</B> <B>Georgia</B> at South Carolina Houston at <B>Oklahoma</B> Colorado State at <B>USC</B> <B>Georgia Tech</B> at Clemson Penn State at <B>Boston College</B> Mississippi at <B>Alabama</B> <B>Texas</B> at Arkansas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 45 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 275 UCLA (phoenixrising) Thursday, September 9th Missouri at Troy State Friday, September 10th Florida State at Miami Oregon State at Boise State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at Wisconsin Arizona State at Northwestern Southern Miss at Nebraska UCLA at Illinois Fresno State at Kansas State Michigan at Notre Dame Marshall at Ohio State Colorado at Washington State North Carolina at Virginia Wyoming at Texas A&M Georgia at South Carolina Houston at Oklahoma Colorado State at USC Georgia Tech at Clemson Penn State at Boston College Mississippi at Alabama Texas at Arkansas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 48 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 325 Ohio Stae (Gert T) Thursday, September 9th Missouri at Troy State - Missouri Friday, September 10th Florida State at Miami - Miami Oregon State at Boise State - Oregon State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at Wisconsin - Wisconsin Arizona State at Northwestern - Arizona State Southern Miss at Nebraska - Nebraska UCLA at Illinois - UCLA Fresno State at Kansas State - Kansas State Michigan at Notre Dame - Michigan Marshall at Ohio State - Ohio State Colorado at Washington State - Washington State North Carolina at Virginia - Virginia Wyoming at Texas A&M - Texas A&M Georgia at South Carolina - Georgia Houston at Oklahoma - Oklahoma Colorado State at USC - USC Georgia Tech at Clemson - Georgia Tech Penn State at Boston College - Boston College Mississippi at Alabama - Alabama Texas at Arkansas - Texas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 50 points Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 340 yards Minnesota (Vern Gagne) Thursday, September 9th Missouri at Troy State Friday, September 10th Florida State at Miami Oregon State at Boise State Saturday, September 11th UNLV at Wisconsin Arizona State at Northwestern Southern Miss at Nebraska UCLA at Illinois Fresno State at Kansas State Michigan at Notre Dame Marshall at Ohio State Colorado at Washington State North Carolina at Virginia Wyoming at Texas A&M Georgia at South Carolina Houston at Oklahoma Colorado State at USC Georgia Tech at Clemson Penn State at Boston College Mississippi at Alabama Texas at Arkansas Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 49 Tiebreaker #2: How many total yards (passing & rushing) will Missouri's Brad Smith have against Troy State? 410

Ugh, this is just a massacre. The Red Sox just simply own the A's since Game 3 of last year. No way to get around it. If the A's hang on in the West I now actively hope the Red Sox win the East so the A's don't get them in the ALDS. Still in first place ya know.

I really hope Hudson getting beat up his last start and his bad first inning here isn't a sign that his oblique injury is bugging him again. Mulder has been pitching like shit the last month (still no one seems to a explanation as to what is wrong with him) so the last thing they need is Hudson to start struggling.

Hey did you know it's ESPN's 25th Anniversary this year? Yes I know they don't tell us enough. Anyways they are jumping on the cable t.v. list bandwagon where the results are never pretty. Over the next 100 days (or less than 100 days since it already started) they are counting down their "100 Most Memorable Moments of the Past 25 Years." Here is the list so far. 100: Twins win epic Game 7 duel with Braves 99: Dr. J hits impossible reverse layup in '80 Finals . 98: Jack Buck's tribute to America 97: Fridge breaks through in primetime 96: One strike away, Hendu saves Sox, denies Angels 95: Clemens flings shattered bat at Piazza 94: Derek and dad finish Olympic 400 together

*sigh* I'm starting to think the A's are incapable of getting any sort of revenge against teams that bounce them in the playoffs. I guess that goes well with the incapable of winning Game 5 thing.

#1: ESPN debuts Okay just kidding. #1: USA upsets vaunted Soviets in 1980 Olympics

#2: Buckner's error completes stunning Sox collapse

Boston got nothin' on Oakland and Philly for liquored up fans. Unfortunently the bigger the game, the bigger the crowd, so the bigger number of idiots in the stands.

Playoff frustration boiled over and that they let them tailgate for about three hours before the game.

Finally every team's picks are filled. A couple things to get out of the way first: Tiebreaker change: A few posters were confused by the tiebreakers and I've decided to change it for Week 2. I will drop the tiebreaker picks and just go with the two tiebreaker questions as for the most part people did a good job of varying their answers. If there is ever a situation where both teams have the same answer for both tiebreaker questions the match-up will go to "overtime". This will involve picking the total points for the first game of the following week, typically the ESPN Thursday night game. BCS tweak: Because we won't be selecting from the same number of games every week I will now into account each team's percentage of correct picks made and their opponents perecentage of correct picks made rather than total correct picks made. This just seems the only fair way to do it. Now on to the match-ups and pick breakdowns to see who you should be rooting for this week. Obviously at the end of the week I'll post the results, standings, and the first regular season BCS Top 10 in this thread. Feel free to talk as much as shit as you want about your opponent. Week 1 (8/28 – 9/6) #5 Florida (Agent Bond34) vs. #6 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) – GAME OF THE WEEK Differing Picks Fla: Texas A&M, Washington UV: Utah, Fresno State Tiebreaker Answers: 285/320 #1 Florida State (2GOLD) vs. Miami (Spaceman Spiff) Differing picks FSU: Utah, Mississippi State, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Fresno State, Nevada Mia: Texas A&M, Tulane, Colorado, BYU, Washington, Louisiana Tech Tiebreaker Answers: 326/275 #2 Kent State (JHawk) vs. Ohio State (Gert T) Differing Picks KS: Rutgers, Wake Forest, Oregon State, Fresno State, Nevada OSU: Michigan State, Clemson, LSU, Washington, Louisiana Tech Tiebreaker Answers: 177/285 #3 Tennessee (Kotzenjunge/Moist Party Girl) vs. Syracuse (Canadian Chris) Differing Picks Ten: Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Tulane, Colorado State, Louisiana Tech SU: Utah, UCLA, Mississippi State, Colorado, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 320/339 #4 Stanford (Bored) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn) Differing Picks Stan: Utah, TCU, California, Mississippi State, Colorado State, Purdue, Washington, Louisiana Tech BC: Texas A&M, Northwestern, Air Force, Tulane, Colorado, Syracuse, Fresno State, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 273/284 #7 Boise State (Rob E Dangerously) vs. Oregon (nogoodnick) Differing Picks BS: TCU, Air Force, Tulane, Toledo, Syracuse, Washington, Louisiana Tech Ore: No points for USC/Va Tech, Northwestern, California, Mississippi State, Minnesota, Purdue, Fresno State, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 235/0 #8 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) vs. Washington State (bravesfan) Differing Picks Min: Utah, New Mexico, UCLA, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Louisiana Tech Wazzu: Texas A&M, Washington State, Oklahoma State, Colorado, BYU, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 256/275 #9 LSU (teke184) vs. Michigan (Mad Dog) Differing Picks LSU: Utah, Tulane, Colorado State, Toledo Mich: Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Colorado, Minnesota Tiebreaker Answers: 325/312 #10 UCLA (phoenixrising) vs. Penn State (therealsworldchampion) Differing Picks UCLA: UCLA, Wake Forest, Colorado, Washington, Nevada PS: Oklahoma State, Clemson, Colorado State, Fresno State, Louisiana Tech Tiebreaker Answers: 255/310 Michigan State (Dangerous A) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey) Differing Picks MS: No point for USC/Va Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Clemson, Mississippi State, Colorado, BYU, Syracuse, Louisville, Louisiana Tech Rut: Utah, UCLA, Wake Forest, Tulane, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Purdue, Kentucky, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 0/365 Bowling Green (“Hail” bps21) vs. Oklahoma (Damaramu) Differing Picks BG: Texas A&M, Northwestern, Michigan State, Colorado State, Toledo, Notre Dame, Louisiana Tech OK: Utah, TCU, Rutgers, Colorado, Minnesota, BYU, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 289/275 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) vs. Texas (Flyboy) Differing Picks Aub: Washington State, Oklahoma State, Washington, Louisiana Tech Tex: New Mexico, UCLA, Fresno State, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 310/359 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) vs. Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) Differing Picks ND: USC, Oklahoma State, Clemson, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Purdue, Louisiana Tech MD: Virginia Tech, UCLA, Wake Forest, Colorado, BYU, Syracuse, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 355/238 USC (Cartman) vs. West Virginia (Loaded Glove) Differing Picks USC: Texas A&M, New Mexico, Colorado, Washington WV: Utah, Washington State, Colorado State, Fresno State Tiebreaker Answers: 389/225 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) vs. Georgia (Kingofthe909) Differing Picks ASU: UCLA, Wake Forest, LSU, Mississippi State, Colorado State, Washington UGA: No points for USC/Va Tech, Oklahoma State, Clemson, Oregon State, Tulane, Colorado, Fresno State Tiebreaker Answers: 267/0 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) vs. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) Differing Picks HI: Toledo, Nevada AL: Minnesota, Louisiana Tech Tiebreaker Answers: 250/281

WOW, that was a terrible call. Clear trap by Manny Ramirez. Uh oh Kotsay is going to pull a Kevin Brown.

Ken Macha really seems to want the A's to lose this game by leaving The Avatar in well over 100 pitches. Edit: Hey good job Macha getting him out after giving the Red Sox the lead! Fucking moron.

I absolutely hate being the one to correct people on that play but Posada's glove grazed the back of That Fat Fuck's calf just before he touched home. Insanely close play that in real time I think nine times out of ten the umpire probably would call the runner safe but, unfortunently for the A's, the ump made the right call.

Flipped over to the ESPN 25th Anniversary show to see if I'd get lucky and catch a cool, nostalgic highlight package. Instead I flip over as they play a rap song about Chris Berman and Berman giving a shout out to the rapper who did it after the segment ends.

#3: Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit HR wins World Series game