Bored

Blessing in disguise for the Yankees here. They absolutely have to get younger and having a 41-year old, overweight pitcher with a bad back, who always is saying stupid shit wouldn't have helped them. Almost certain Wells will spend half the year on the DL.

Five games today. Music City Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Auburn (already started) Sun Bowl: Minnesota vs. Oregon Liberty Bowl: Utah vs. Southern Miss Independence Bowl: Missouri vs. Arkansas San Francisco Bowl: Boston College vs. Colorado State Start times are on the first post of the thread.

Today’s Games Music City Bowl: Auburn (17) vs. Wisconsin (6), worth 9 points Sun Bowl: Oregon (13) vs. Minnesota (10), worth 14 points Liberty Bowl: Southern Miss (18) vs. Utah (5), worth 16 points Independence Bowl: Arkansas (17) vs. Missouri (6), worth 13 points San Francisco Bowl: Colorado State (14) vs. Boston College (9), worth 7 points Pick Breakdown 2GOLD: Auburn, Oregon, Utah, Arkansas, Colorado State bravesfan: Auburn, Oregon, Southern Miss, Missouri, Colorado State phoenixrising: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Missouri, Boston College Kotzenjunge: Auburn, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Boston College Bored: Auburn, Oregon, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Colorado State Rob E Dangerously: Auburn, Oregon, Utah, Arkansas, Colorado State teke184: Auburn, Oregon, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Colorado State Edwin MacPhitso: Auburn, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Boston College Lando Griffin: Auburn, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Colorado State MarvinisaLunatic: Wisconsin, Oregon, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Colorado State Vern Gagne: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Colorado State bps “The Truth” 21: Auburn, Oregon, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Boston College JHawk: Wisconsin, Oregon, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Boston College Cuban Linx: Auburn, Oregon, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Colorado State The Mighty Damaramu: Auburn, Oregon, Southern Miss, Missouri, Boston College the pinjockey: Auburn, Minnesota, Utah, Missouri, Colorado State cartman: Auburn, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Missouri, Boston College Choken One: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Missouri, Colorado State razazteca: Auburn, Oregon, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Boston College Agent Bond34: Auburn, Minnesota, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Colorado State CanadianChris: Wisconsin, Oregon, Utah, Arkansas, Colorado State HarleyQuinn: Auburn, Oregon, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Boston College Gatornibs: Auburn, Minnesota, Utah, Arkansas, Colorado State

Standings thru 13 of 28 bowl games. Points possible to this point: 138 Points possible remaining: 268 1. 2GOLD 100 2. bravesfan 98 3. phoenixrising 95 4. Kotzenjunge 92 5. Bored 87 6. Rob E Dangerously 86 7. teke184 83 Edwin MacPhitso 83 9. Lando Griffin 77 10. MarvinisaLunatic 76 11. Vern Gagne 75 12. bps "The Truth" 21 74 13. JHawk 68 Cuban Linx 68 15. The Mighty Damaramu 64 16. the pinjockey 63 17. cartman 57 18. Choken One 56 19. razazteca 54 20. Agent Bond34 50 21. CanadianChris 47 22. HarleyQuinn 45 23. Gatornibs 42

And you picked UCLA...ouch. You also have to two "upset" picks tommorrow. Would this be a bad time to say I'm fucking Stacy Keibler? Edit: Realizes that would make me Test...nevermind. Hey UCLA scored things are looking up for you.

Standings thru 12 of 28 bowl games. Points possible to this point: 135 Points possible remaining: 271 1. 2GOLD 97 2. phoenixrising 95 bravesfan 95 4. Kotzenjunge 89 5. Bored 84 6. Rob E Dangerously 83 teke184 83 8. Edwin MacPhitso 80 9. Vern Gagne 75 10. bps "The Truth" 21 74 Lando Griffin 74 12. MarvinisaLunatic 73 13. JHawk 68 Cuban Linx 68 15. The Mighty Damaramu 64 16. the pinjockey 63 17. razazteca 54 cartman 54 19. Choken One 53 20. Agent Bond34 47 21. HarleyQuinn 45 22. CanadianChris 44 23. Gatornibs 42

Oh well...but hey PAC-10 REPRESENT MOTHER FUCKER!! Undefeated so far...*tunes over to ESPN2 and sees UCLA getting their ass kicked*...hey at least I picked Fresno State. I'm a winner no matter what tonight.

As usual its impossible for the Holiday Bowl to not come down to the final minutes. Shit get this game on January 1st already.

"Hey Washington State is blitzing us every play...I know I'll put in our non-mobile quarterback who holds on to the ball too long on every pass."

Anybody else hear some great quotes about Raw from people outside of TSM? From the Raw Workrate Report on the DVDVR message board, here's a gem by Phil Schneider about the Jericho/Trish segment:

Jay's dad, Franklin Sherman, was one of the funniest character's ever. I suck when it comes to quoting lines from t.v. shows or movies but his character never failed to make me laugh and stole every scene.

Is this typical of Texas or what? Mack Brown has to be the worst coach ever when it comes to gameplanning against a quality opponent. I would have gone with the upset pick if I hadn't lost all faith in Wazzu after they choked against Washington in the final game of the season to maybe cost them a shot at a BCS bid. It is the Holiday Bowl though so history says Texas will make a game out of this.

Standings thru 11 of 28 bowl games. Points possible to this point: 111 Points possible remaining: 295 1. phoenixrising 95 bravesfan 95 3. Kotzenjunge 89 4. Bored 84 5. Rob E Dangerously 83 teke184 83 7. Edwin MacPhitso 80 8. Vern Gagne 75 9. bps "The Truth" 21 74 Lando Griffin 74 11. MarvinisaLunatic 73 2GOLD 73 13. JHawk 68 Cuban Linx 68 15. The Mighty Damaramu 64 16. the pinjockey 63 17. razazteca 54 cartman 54 19. Choken One 53 20. Agent Bond34 47 21. HarleyQuinn 45 22. CanadianChris 44 23. Gatornibs 42

Three games today. Houston Bowl: Navy vs. Texas Tech Holiday Bowl: Washington State vs. Texas Silicon Valley Bowl: UCLA vs. Fresno State Start times are on the first post of the topic.

Today's Games Houston Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Navy, worth 5 points Pick Breakdown Texas Tech (18) - phoneixrising, bravesfan, Kotzenjunge, Bored, Rob E Dangerously, teke184, Edwin MacPhitso, Vern Gagne, bps "The Truth" 21, Lando Griffin, 2GOLD, Cuban Linx, The Mighty Damaramu, razazteca, cartman, Choken One, Agent Bond34, HarleyQuinn Navy (5) - MarvinisaLunatic, JHawk, the pinjockey, CanadianChris, Gatornibs Holiday Bowl: Texas vs. Washington State, worth 24 points Pick Breakdown Texas (22) - phoneixrising, bravesfan, Kotzenjunge, Bored, Rob E Dangerously, teke184, Edwin MacPhitso, MarvinisaLuantic, Vern Gagne, bps "The Truth" 21, Lando Griffin, JHawk, the pinjockey, Cuban Linx, The Mighty Damaramu, razazteca, cartman, Choken One, CanadianChris, Agent Bond34, Gatornibs, HarleyQuinn Washington State (1) - 2GOLD Silicon Valley Bowl: Fresno State vs. UCLA, worth 3 points Pick Breakdown Fresno State (12) - bravesfan, Kotzenjunge, Bored, Rob E Dangerously, Edwin MacPhitso, MarvinisaLuantic, Lando Griffin, 2GOLD, cartman, Choken One, CanadianChris, Agent Bond34 UCLA (11) - phoenixrising, teke184, Vern Gagne, bps "The Truth" 21, JHawk, the pinjockey, Cuban Linx, The Mighty Damaramu, razazteca, Gatornibs, Harley Quinn Yes there are three games today but because of low number of points in two of them and the incredibly one sided picks in the Holiday Bowl means not a whole is at stake today. Of course a lot of is at at stake for 2GOLD being the only person to pick Washington State. They could jump into the Top 3 or the Bottom 3 depending on the result of that game. I don't think all is loss though as even though Texas is definently the better team, they are Texas (can't ever trust them in a big game) and it is the Holiday Bowl (last five games decided by 7 points or less) so Wazzu could end pulling off the upset. I'd say Navy beating Texas Tech would be a much bigger upset than Wazzu over Texas. The Silicon Valley Bowl ironically enough may end up having the most effect on the standings, even though its only worth 3 points, because of its 12/11 split in the picks. The two current leaders split on that game so by the end of the day we'll have only one person in first place.

Standings thru 10 of 28 bowl games. Points possible to this point: 106 Points possible remaining: 300 1. phoenixrising 90 bravesfan 90 3. Kotzenjunge 84 4. Bored 79 5. Rob E Dangerously 78 teke184 78 7. Edwin MacPhitso 75 8. MarvinisaLunatic 73 9. Vern Gagne 70 10. bps "The Truth" 21 69 Lando Griffin 69 12. 2GOLD 68 JHawk 68 14. the pinjockey 63 Cuban Linx 63 16. The Mighty Damaramu 59 17. razazteca 49 cartman 49 19. Choken One 48 20. CanadianChris 44 21. Agent Bond34 42 Gatornibs 42 23. HarleyQuinn 40

Damn when I did the picks a few weeks back the word was about the Nebraska players wanting to boycott this game because they hadn't named the defensive coordinator the permanent head coach. I knew Nebraska was definently the better team but figured they wouldn't put up much of a fight if they didn't even want to be here. Guess that wasn't the case. Again please post about in progress games in here and not the results thread, thanks.

Jerry Rice has already been mentioned but his best record that probably will never be broken is his 22 touchdown receptions in only 12 games in 1987, due to the strike with one cancelled game and three "scab" games. Sterling Sharpe had 18 in 1994 and that is the closest anyone has got since and probably no one will reach it only 12 games played. His single season receiving yards record of 1848 yards in 1995 seems harder to reach than expected. Every other year someone seems to be on pace to break it, Torry Holt was the guy this year, but can't get within 100 yards of the record since Rice set it. Funny enough Issac Bruce is 2nd with 1781 yards and that was also in 1995.

Tonight's Game Alamo Bowl: Michigan State vs. Nebraska, worth 15 points Pick Breakdown Michigan State (13) - Bored, Edwin MacPhitso, bps "The Truth" 21, Lando Griffin, 2GOLD, JHawk, the pinjockey, razazteca, cartman, Choken One, CanadianChris, Agent Bond34, Gatornibs Nebraska (10) - phoenixrising, bravesfan, Kotzenjunge, Rob E Dangerously, teke184, MarvinisaLunatic, Vern Gagne, Cuban Linx, The Mighty Damaramu, Harley Quinn Big game here with a decent number of points and a good split in the picks. The most significant movement in the standings would be if Nebraska wins that would put phoenixrising and bravesfan in a tie for 1st place.

Just bumping this so it don't fall off the first page. Nebraska and Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl is tonight.

This has nothing to do with the game but in case anyone was wondering to break the four-way tie for the NFL's worst record to determine the #1 pick in the draft they will go by stength of schedule. So the first four picks in next year's draft will go like this: 1. Chargers 2. Raiders 3. Cardinals 4. Giants

Damnit just about to add that edit but yup forgot about the '79 Rams. They won the NFC West that year and that was just the 2nd year of the 16 game schedule. Edit: Add on to a previous post the '85 Browns made the playoffs with an 8-8 record, winning the AFC Central.

No 9-7 team has ever made it to the Super Bowl. Only 8-8 team I think to ever make the playoffs was the '91 Jets which was the 2nd year of the 12-team playoff format. In '82 the Browns made it with a 4-5 record but that was the strike year when the expanded to 16 teams since they only played nine regular season games.

Don't expand the playoffs at all. A team that played hard all year to get a 14-2 record deserves to get a week off. Twelve teams is plenty and the NFL regular season will become almost pointless like the NBA and NHL if they expand to 16.

Haven't bothered to dig up any recaps in a while but since you don't remember it I figure I'd find this one...and then I see that I have the result wrong as Jeff won the match. CRZ recap: