Bored

With three timeouts left you go for it on 4th and 6th inside your own 30? Cue someone posting the Mike Gundy "I'm a Man" picture.

While trying to avoid a sack, Northwestern's back up quarterback Mike Kafka threw the pass out of bounds...backwards 20 yards. It should make some highlight reels.

That might been the longest half of football ever.

JHawk has vouched for Hawk 34 getting his picks to him prior to the deadline and forwarded the original picks to me. Hawk 34 did pick West Virginia for Thursday night so I've decided to give him credit for the game. SPORTSMANSHIP~. Now watch JHawk lose by tiebreak.

Texans - 25 points Baltimore Arizona Tampa Bay Washington Miami New England New Orleans N.Y. Jets Philadelphia Jacksonville N.Y. Giants San Francisco Houston Tennessee

Almost forgot to post teke's and Urban's picks. Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech Illinois Wake Forest Boston College Cincinnati Georgia Michigan State Virginia Tech Texas Iowa State Ohio State Arizona State USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? 74 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 412 LSU - teke184 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? 68 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 340

It's the list you've all been waiting for...the guys who aren't good enough be starting pitchers or closers!!!! I almost decided to skip doing middle relievers this year as I'm rarely satisfied with the final rankings and always change the guidelines that I use for who I include in the rankings. This year I opted for the top 60 in relief appearance, excluding those who will be on the closer list. I should probably do more than 60 as there's a few good ones that don't qualify (Grant Balfour and Brad Ziegler for example) but there's only so much time want to spend looking at stats for set up men. Middle Relievers 1. Matt Thornton, White Sox 23.3 VORP 2.11 ERC 2.75 FIP 48 PRC 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 CHW AL 5 3 74 0 0 0 12 1 67.3 48 20 20 5 19 77 2 3 268 2 0 2.67 4.57 171 0.995 2. Carlos Marmol, Cubs 3. Chad Qualls, Diamondbacks 4. Jesse Carlson, Blue Jays 5. Scott Downs, Blue Jays 6. J.P. Howell, Rays 7. Manny Delcarmen, Red Sox 8. Ramon Ramirez, Royals 9. Ryan Madson, Phillies 10. Hideki Okajima, Red Sox 11. Rafael Perez, Indians 12. Heath Bell, Padres 13. Russ Springer, Cardinals 14. Dennys Reyes, Twins 15. Damaso Marte, Pirates/Yankees 16. Dan Wheeler, Rays 17. Chad Durbin, Phillies 18. Doug Brocail, Astros 19. Jeremy Affeldt, Reds 20. Will Ohman, Braves 21. Brian Shouse, Brewers 22. Octavio Dotel, White Sox 23. John Grabow, Pirates 24. Joel Hanrahan, Nationals 25. Tony Pena, Diamondbacks 26. Joe Beimel, Dodgers 27. Chad Bradford, Orioles/Rays 28. Scot Shields, Angels 29. Joe Smith, Mets 30. Jeff Bennett, Braves 31. Eddie Guardado, Rangers/Twins 32. Javier Lopez, Red Sox 33. Matt Lindstrom, Marlins 34. J.C. Romero, Phillies 35. Saul Rivera, Nationals 36. Jesse Crain, Twins 37. Kyle McClellan, Cardinals 38. Trever Miller, Rays 39. Mike Lincoln, Reds 40. Tyler Walker, Giants 41. Manuel Corpas, Rockies 42. Duaner Sanchez, Mets 43. David Weathers, Reds 44. Rafael Betancourt, Indians 45. Blaine Boyer, Braves 46. Cla Meredith, Padres 47. Sean Green, Mariners 48. Bob Howry, Cubs 49. Scott Schoeneweis, Mets 50. Tyler Yates, Pirates 51. Pedro Feliciano, Mets 52. Alan Embree, A's 53. Jamey Wright, Rangers 54. Renyel Pinto, Rays 55. Luis Ayala, Nationals/Mets 56. Wesley Wright, Astros 57. Matt Guerrier, Twins 58. Aaron Heilman, Mets -1.1 VORP 5.45 ERC 4.66 FIP 24 PRC 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 29 NYM NL 3 8 78 0 0 0 23 3 76.0 75 48 44 10 46 80 9 2 356 8 0 5.21 4.21 81 1.592 59. Ron Villone, Cardinals 60. Jack Taschner, Giants

You're wrong, he did play for the Reds...oh wait in 2000. When typing this list I had to re-look up about 20 of these guys to see what team they played for this year as I couldn't remember as so many middle relievers are non-descript. Not sure why I assumed Villone played for the Reds but he's also played for 12 different teams in his career. Another example that if you have a son, teach him to throw left handed and he'll have a good chance at having a long MLB career without doing anything relevant.

Urban Warfare and teke184 both picked West Virginia for tonight's game. Who You Should Root For #2 Nebraska (Mecca, 7-1) vs. #7 Ball State (Vampiro69, 5-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK NE: Illinois, Wake, Georgia, OSU BS: Wisconsin, Miami, LSU, Penn St Tiebreaks: 71/65, 398/364 #1 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 6-2) vs. Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 5-3) GT: West Virginia, Illinois, Michigan VA: Auburn, Wisconsin, Michigan St #3 Arizona (UZI Suicide, 6-2) vs. USC (Cartman, 1-7) AZ: West Virginia, Illinois, Cincinnati, Georgia, Michigan St USC: Auburn, Wisconsin, UConn, LSU, Michigan #4 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 5-3) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 2-6) NCS: West Virginia, Miami, Cincinnati, FSU, Iowa St BS: Auburn, Wake, UConn, VaTech, A&M #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 5-3) vs. Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 6-2) AL: West Virginia, Illinois, Georgia, Penn St TN: Auburn, Wisconsin, LSU, OSU Tiebreak: 67/62 #6 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 5-3) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 2-6) MOH: Wake, UNC, A&M, Penn St KS: Miami, BC, Iowa St, OSU #8 Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 5-3) vs. Syracuse (CanadianChris, 5-3) IN: Auburn, Texas Tech, Georgia, VaTech, A&M, Penn St SU: West Virginia, Kansas, LSU, FSU, Iowa St, OSU Tiebreak: 77/64 #9 Fresno State (Agent Bond34, 6-2) vs. Florida State (909, 2-6) Agent has a 1-0 lead. FS: Texas Tech, Illinois, UNC, Cincinnati, Michigan, OSU FSU: Kansas, Wisconsin, BC, UConn, Michigan St, Penn St #10 Florida (Urban Warfare, 5-3) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 5-3) Urban as a 1-0 lead. FL: Texas Tech, Wake, BC, Cincinnati, VaTech, Iowa St KY: Kansas, Miami, UNC, UConn, FSU, A&M Arizona State (still fly, 7-1) vs. UCLA (phoenixrising, 3-5) ASU: Wake, Michigan, OK State UCLA: Miami, Michigan St, Texas Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 5-3) vs. Michigan (MFer, 3-5) UM: Auburn, Wake, LSU, Michigan St, A&M MI: West Virginia, Miami, Georgia, Michigan, Iowa St Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 5-3) vs. Stanford (Bored, 3-5) BC: Auburn, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, Miami, Cincinnati, Georgia, Michigan, OSU, ASU SU: West Virginia, Kansas, Illinois, Wake, UConn, LSU, Michigan St, Penn State, Oregon Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 6-2) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 3-5) MN: Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Georgia, Michigan, VaTech, Iowa St, ASU SDS: Kansas, UConn, LSU, Michigan St, FSU, A&M, Oregon Ohio State (Gert T, 5-3) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 4-4) OSU: West Virginia, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, Wake, Georgia, Michigan St, FSU, OSU, ASU RU: Auburn, Kansas, Illinois, Miami, LSU, Michigan, VaTech, Penn St, Oregon South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 4-4) vs. Washington State (kkktookmybabyaway, 2-6) SC: West Virginia, Illinois, Miami, UNC, UConn, LSU, FSU, Iowa St, OSU WS: Auburn, Wisconsin, Wake, BC, Cincinnati, Georgia, VaTech, A&M, Penn St LSU (teke184, 4-4) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 1-7) teke has a 1-0 lead. LSU: Texas Tech, Illinois, BC, Cincinnati, LSU, Michigan St, A&M, Penn St, USC GA: Kansas, Wisconsin, UNC, UConn, Georgia, Michigan, Iowa St, OSU, Arizona Tiebreaks: 68/80, 340/300 Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-4) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 2-6) Navy: Illinois, BC, Cincinnati, OK State, A&M UTEP: Wisconsin, UNC, UConn, Texas, Iowa St Buffalo (Carnival, 4-4) vs. Texas (Broward83, 4-4) UB: Auburn, Illinois, UNC, Georgia, Michigan St TX: West Virginia, Wisconsin, BC, LSU, Michigan Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 2-6) vs. Illinois (The Rocket, 1-7) Tulsa: Kansas, Wake, UConn, LSU, Iowa St, OSU IL: Texas Tech, Miami, Cincinnati, Georgia, A&M, Penn St Tiebreak: 56/51 Notre Dame (KingPK, 3-5) vs. Washington (Smues, 2-6) ND: Wisconsin, BC, UConn, VaTech, Penn St, Oregon WA: Illinois, UNC, Cincinnati, FSU, OSU, ASU Tiebreaks: 57/77, 250/281

Not me, the cut off line is 10 miles north of me. I'm a Florida State fan but I didn't want to see them this week. So the one week I don't WANT to see em is the week I see them. That bloody well figures. What happened to that thing where ABC would show one game and ESPN would be showing the other big game? That worked pretty damn well. The "reverse mirror" arrangement was set up last season as part of the Big Ten's new t.v. deal as the 3:30/12:30 PM Big Ten game must always be nationally televised, which is why if you don't get their game on ABC it will be ESPN/ESPN2. For the Big XII and Pac-10, FSN is still the primary cable outlet for those conferences so ESPN is not allowed to usd one of their games as a "reverse mirror" so that is why the Oklahoma State/Texas game can only be seen on ABC. Expect several horse racing references by the announcers during the Texas Tech/Kansas game which will be the lead in to the Breeder's Cup. I guess the only question will be if any player during that game breaks their leg, will they shoot him to keep up theme?

Minnesota - Vern Gagne 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?62 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 398 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff West Virginia Texas Tech Illinois Miami North Carolina Cincinatti Georgia Michigan State Florida State Texas Texas A&M Penn State Oregon USC TB #1:67 TB #2: 338 Buffalo - Carnival 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?63 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 310 N.C. State - AboveAverage484 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? 70 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 394

So much for that. Hawk 34, 909, and Danville Wrestling are all late as well. I'll have the remaining PM'd picks and WYSRF up in a little while.

Nebraska - Mecca 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?71 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas?398 Washington - Smues Auburn Texas Tech Illinois Wake Forest North Carolina Cincinnati LSU Michigan State Florida State Texas Texas A&M Ohio State Arizona State USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? 77 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 281

Washington State - kkktookmybabyaway Auburn SATURDAY Kansas Wisconsin Wake Forest Boston College Cincinnati Georgia Michigan State Virginia Tech Texas Texas A&M Penn State Oregon USC Tiebreak #1:63 Tiebreak #2: 244 Indiana - Tzar Lysergic THURSDAY Auburn SATURDAY Texas Tech at Wisconsin Wake Forest at North Carolina Cincinnati Georgia Michigan State Virginia Tech at Texas Texas A&M Penn State Oregon USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? 77 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 443

As promised, here's the ESABCPN coverage map. GamePlan pays for itself this week for me.

My Picks West Virginia Kansas Illinois Wake Forest Boston College Connecticut LSU Michigan State Florida State Texas Iowa State Penn State Oregon USC 67/394

Are any of the Phillies' fans here going to any Series games?

The ref tackle thread reminded me of this from last year. Which was predated by this.

Have you ever seen Stephen Garcia? Just one look at the guy's face and you'd want to hit him too! And somebody had the same thought as 2GOLD.

T Boone Pickens State University killed the chance of having a #1 vs. #2 match-up in Austin this week. The Longhorns win over Oklahoma last week was just week one of four weeks of hell for them as even if they knock off Mizzou they still have TBPSU and Texas Tech to deal with the following two weeks. The way Penn State is looking, this week's Ohio State/Michigan State game could end up only being for the right to play in the Capital One Bowl. On the other hand if the Spartans win you can circle their season finale at Happy Valley on the calendar to possibly determine the Big Ten title which would be a nice change of pace from the usual Ohio State/Michigan game determining conference bragging rights. In other Top 25 match-ups, Kansas travels to Oklahoma and I'm guessing the Jayhawks wished the Sooners had beaten Texas in a chance to catch them in a letdown game but that goes out the window now. And Vanderbilt could have had the always coveted ESS EEE SEE on SEE BEE ESS game this week but they got Croom'd on Saturday and their tilt against Georgia has been sent off to Raycom's Three Daves. Before all of that though there is an important game Thursday night as BYU plays at TCU in what is for the Cougars both their only real test and the only real chance to get the attention of the voters, if they can win in dominating fashion, before their finale on November 22nd against Utah. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY Florida State at N.C. State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN #9 BYU at TCU, 8:00/5:00 PM, Versus FRIDAY Hawaii at #15 Boise State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Purdue at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #7 Texas Tech at Texas A&M, Noon/9:00 AM, FSN Nebraska at Iowa State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Versus Mississippi at #2 Alabama, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #12 Ohio State at #20 Michigan State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2* #18 North Carolina at Virginia, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2* #16 Kansas at #4 Oklahoma, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #6 USC at Washington State, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN Michigan at #3 Penn State, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN Oregon State at Washington, 7:00/4:00 PM, Versus #11 Missouri at #1 Texas, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC #13 LSU at South Carolina, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN #17 Virginia Tech at Boston College, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule SATURDAY Connecticut at Rutgers, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Wisconsin at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN #21 Wake Forest at Maryland, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Syracuse at #19 South Florida, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Western Michigan at Central Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Miami of Ohio at Bowling Green, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Lehigh at Harvard, Noon/9:00 AM, FCS Atlantic #22 Vanderbilt at #10 Georgia, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Colorado State at #14 Utah, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. McNeese State at Sam Houston State, 3:00 PM/Noon, FCS Atlantic Miami at Duke, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU #23 Pittsburgh at Navy, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS Middle Tennessee at Louisville, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Army at Buffalo, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Stanford at UCLA, 4:00/1:00 PM, FCS Pacific Toledo at Northern Illinois, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP Utah State at Nevada, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP North Dakota State at Northern Iowa, 5:00/2:00 PM, FCS Central San Diego State at New Mexico, 6:00/3:00 PM, Mtn. Arkansas at Kentucky, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Mississippi State at Tennessee, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Idaho at Louisiana Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP FIU at Troy, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Indiana at Illinois, 8:00/5:00 PM, BTN UTEP at Tulsa, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS San Jose State at New Mexico State, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP #25 California at Arizona, 10:00/7:00 PM, FCS Pacific Air Force at UNLV, 10:00/7:00 PM, Mtn. All Other Div. I-A Games SATURDAY Memphis at East Carolina Akron at Eastern Michigan Baylor at #8 Oklahoma State Southern Miss at Rice Marshall at UAB Kansas State at Colorado Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky Arkansas State at UL Lafayette North Texas at UL Monroe Houston at SMU

The AP poll is not part of the BCS and is irrelevant in determining the MNC game. They're #6 in the Harris, #7 in the Coaches', and #12 based on the computer averages.

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

This week I spent five minutes working on the poll instead of the usual ten. 1. Texas 2. Alabama 3. Penn State 4. Oklahoma State 5. Oklahoma 6. Georgia 7. Florida 8. Utah 9. USC 10. Ohio State 11. LSU 12. TCU 13. Pittsburgh 14. Boise State 15. Texas Tech 16. Missouri 17. Georgia Tech 18. Boston College 19. Minnesota 20. South Florida 21. Northwestern 22. BYU 23. Florida State 24. Ball State 25. Tulsa

kkktookmybabyaway will be filling for Washington State the rest of the year and again Obi Chris Kenobi will stay on as Georgia. Week 8 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, October 16th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Saturday, October 18th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak. Week 8 Match-ups #1 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 7-0) vs. #5 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 5-2) - GAME OF THE WEEK #2 Ball State* PM (Vampiro69, 5-2) vs. Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 5-2) #3 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 5-2) vs. Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 4-3) #4 Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 5-2) vs. Texas* (Broward83, 3-4) #6 Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 5-2) vs. Notre Dame* (KingPK, 3-4) #7 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 5-2) vs. Georgia* (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-7) #8 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 4-3) vs. Florida State (909, 2-5) #9 Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 6-1) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 4-3) #10 Arizona State* (still fly, 7-0) vs. Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 3-4) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 4-3) vs. Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 5-2) Indiana* (Tzar Lysergic, 4-3) vs. Illinois* (The Rocket, 1-6) LSU* (teke184, 4-3) vs. South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 3-4) Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 4-3) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 2-5) Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-3) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 4-3) Syracuse* PM (CanadianChris, 4-3) vs. Michigan* (MFer, 3-4) San Diego State* (Next USC #55, 3-4) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 4-3) Stanford* (Bored, 2-5) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 3-4) UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 2-5) vs. Tulsa* (Will Scarlet, 1-6) Washington* PM (Smues, 2-5) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 1-6) Washington State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 2-5) vs. USC* (Cartman, 0-7) Week 8 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY BYU at TCU SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Clemson Purdue at Northwestern Wisconsin at Iowa Wake Forest at Maryland Vanderbilt at Georgia Ohio State at Michigan State Kansas at Oklahoma Pittsburgh at Navy Stanford at UCLA Kansas State at Colorado Missouri at Texas LSU at South Carolina Virginia Tech at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Missouri/Texas game? Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan State's Javon Ringer have against Ohio State?

Bad week to be in the Top 10 as they go a combined 1-7 vs. non-Top 10 players. Now sometimes when this happens it actually doesn't lead to much change in the rankings as you'd expect but that is not the case this week as we have probably our biggest shake up of the year. For once beating #1 actually results in someone jumping to #1 as iggymcfly edged out Mecca for the top spot as those two now have a small cushion from the rest of the Top 10. The big winners besides iggy this week were UZI Suicide, by way of attrition, and AboveAverage484, who had his second straight big week. The biggest losers ended up being Vampiro69, who dropped five spots, and Edwin MacPhisto who couldn't even get a "vote" after handing Obi Chris Kenobi his first ever win. Going to get very interesting these next few weeks as we have a huge glut of players sitting at 5-3. And hey there's no more unbeaten (or winless) teams left. Saved me $50 again!!!! Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 8 1. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 2.85 2. Nebraska - Mecca 3.0 3. Arizona - UZI Suicide 5.55 4. N.C. State - AboveAverage484 5.85 5. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 7.2 6. Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 7.35 7. Ball State - Vampiro69 7.8 8. Indiana - Tzar Lysergic 8.4 9. Fresno State - Agent Bond34 9.45 10. Florida - Urban Warfare 9.9 Other Receiving Votes: Arizona State (still fly), Boston College (HarleyQuinn), Miami (Spaceman Spiff), Syracuse (CanadianChris)