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Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY Utah FRIDAY Cincinnati SATURDAY Minnesota Boston College South Carolina Illinois Miami Arizona State Air Force Auburn North Carolina Ohio State USC Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Wisconsin game? 50 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will USC's Mark Sanchez have against Oregon? 244 San Diego State - Next USC #55 THURSDAY Oregon State at Utah FRIDAY Cincinnati at Marshall SATURDAY Indiana at Minnesota Boston College at N.C. State South Carolina at Mississippi Illinois at Michigan Florida State at Miami Arizona State at California Navy at Air Force Auburn at Vanderbilt Connecticut at North Carolina Ohio State at Wisconsin Oregon at USC Missouri at Nebraska Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Wisconsin game? 71 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will USC's Mark Sanchez have against Oregon? 242 Indiana - Tzar Lysergic THURSDAY at Utah FRIDAY at Marshall SATURDAY Indiana Boston College South Carolina Illinois at Miami Arizona State at Air Force Auburn at North Carolina Ohio State at USC Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Wisconsin game? 51 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will USC's Mark Sanchez have against Oregon? 279 Minnesota - Vern Gagne THURSDAY Oregon State at Utah FRIDAY Cincinnati at Marshall SATURDAY Indiana at Minnesota Boston College at N.C. State South Carolina at Mississippi Illinois at Michigan Florida State at Miami Arizona State at California Navy at Air Force Auburn at Vanderbilt Connecticut at North Carolina Ohio State at Wisconsin Oregon at USC Missouri at Nebraska Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Wisconsin game? 42 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will USC's Mark Sanchez have against Oregon? 276

Hey I'm glad I decided to tune into Tuesday Night Sun Belt Footbaw for the last 45 seconds as MTSU wins on a hail mary, all be it a short one. And apparently ESPN had some goofy live chat thing going on the whole game on the top screen.

Boo-urns. The Rays now have to win the pennant. No other result is acceptable.

Yes it's White Sox closer John Jenks! Thank you Dick.

If Brewers/Phillies goes six games, it will be truly amazing. BUT YOU CAN'T SCRIPT OCTOBER!!!! After long deliberation, I've decided I will root for the Phillies to win the N.L. pennant. Did I just jinx them?

I'm confused by these TBS playoff promos. Did Bon Jovi win the Wild Card or something?

Well poop.

6:30 PM CST on TBS. And go Twins.

With the always hilarious Harris Poll out we can now start to talk BCS rankings. Currently their are four of the six computer ratings that are available public so we can get a decent idea of what the BCS would look like at the moment (official release is in three weeks). Here is the unofficial Top 14 per collegebcs.com. 1. Oklahoma 2. Alabama 3. LSU 4. Texas 5. Missouri 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. South Florida 9. USC 10. BYU 11. Utah 12. Texas Tech 13. Ohio State 14. Boise State The most interesting thing right now is the computers are in love with Utah as they are ranked #3 based on the computer averages behind Alabama and Oklahoma. On the other hand their rivals BYU are only #14 with the computer averages.

We do have three Top 25 match-ups this week but overall this isn't a very compelling week. Obviously the biggest game is once again from the SEC with Alabama taking on Georgia but unfortunately we are again stuck with Mike Patrick instead of Uncle Verne. Also Penn State will play their first opponent with a pulse in Illinois as the Nittany Lions have the chance to solidify themselves as a Top 15 team. Finally Oklahoma hosts TCU, the overlooked "BCS Buster" in the Mountain West but the story of the game will likely just be how long the Horned Frogs can keep it close rather than if they can actually pull off the upset. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY #1 USC at Oregon State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Connecticut at Louisville, 8:00/5:00 PM ESPN2 SATURDAY Michigan State at Indiana, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN North Carolina at Miami, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Army at Texas A&M, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Versus Tennessee at #15 Auburn, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Purdue at Notre Dame, 3:30/12:30 PM, NBC #9 Wisconsin at Michigan, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN Colorado vs. Florida State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Arkansas at #7 Texas, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #25 Fresno State at UCLA/3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Florida A&M vs. Tennessee State, 4:00/1:00 PM, Versus #24 TCU at #2 Oklahoma, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN Mississippi State at #5 LSU, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 #8 Alabama at #3 Georgia, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #22 Illinois at #12 Penn State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* Virginia Tech at Nebraska, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY SMU at Tulane, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS Alabama State at Mississippi Valley State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPNU FRIDAY Hofstra at Stony Brook, 7:00/4:00 PM, FCS Atlantic SATURDAY Northwestern at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Classic Virginia at Duke, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Minnesota at #14 Ohio State, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN Maryland at #20 Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Pittsburgh at Syracuse, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Kent State at Ball State, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Mississippi at #4 Florida, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Houston at #23 East Carolina, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS Marshall at West Virginia, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Morgan State at Rutgers, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Navy at #16 Wake Forest, 3:45/12:45 PM, ESPNU Bowling Green at Wyoming, 4:00/1:00 PM, Mtn. Lehigh at Princeton, 6:00/3:00 PM, FCS Central Oregon at Washington State, 6:15/3:15 PM, FCS Pacific UAB at South Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Western Kentucky at Kentucky, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP #13 South Florida at N.C. State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU UCF at UTEP, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS Stanford at Washington, 10:00/7:00 PM, FCS Pacific Nevada at UNLV, 10:00/7:00 PM, Mtn. All Other Div. I-A Games SATURDAY Rhode Island at Boston College, ESPN360 VMI at Ohio Western Michigan at Temple Arkansas State at Memphis Cincinnati at Akron UL Lafayette at Kansas State Buffalo at Central Michigan North Texas at Rice Colorado State at California Central Arkansas at Tulsa FIU at Toledo Troy at Oklahoma State Weber State at #17 Utah Idaho at San Diego State New Mexico at New Mexico State San Jose State at Hawaii

ESPN2 will televise the White Sox game tomorrow so there's your non-Hawk option.

Twins are up 6-0 in the 8th and still batting. So barring a 9th inning meltdown it will be a must win for the White Sox tomorrow to force a one game playoff on Tuesday.

A failed bridge? I'll probably jinx it, but I'll be shocked if it's not Cubs/Phillies in the NLCS. Most people thought that last year. At least there isn't a completely undesirable NLCS match-up out there like the Rockies/D-Backs last season.

Damn and just to make it hurt a little more, Church nearly hit that one out.

White Sox win 5-1 so the make up game will be necessary. It will be nationally televised on WGN tomorrow at 2:00 PM EST/11:00 AM PST. Of course that means if you are home during the day tomorrow you'll be watching with the mute on.

Uggla goes back-to-back to make it 4-2 Marlins and then Ryan Braun hits a two run homerun to make it 3-1 Brewers. Poor Mets fans.

Wes Helms goes deep, 3-2 Marlins in the 8th.

First Harris Poll of the year You remember the Harris Poll, right? Its that poll that no one pays attention but does count for one-third of the BCS rankings. Hey look USC is #7! Woo hoo! And somebody gave Tennessee a vote.

You've seen the rest, now you'll see...more of the rest. It's my own personal college football Top 25 that shouldn't be read by anyone. I did this for about a month last year before getting Bored with it and I expect the same this year. We're not even halfway through the season but were already down to 13 BCS conference unbeatens and 18 total in Division I-A. My feeling is at this point if you are still undefeated I'm going to rank you, regardless of schedule and conference affiliation. Also I try to keep the rankings based what you've done so far this year and who you've played which will explain why I have Texas Tech so low as they should be embarrassed for scheduling such a weak non-conference schedule and there is no justification to rank them in the Top 10 at the moment. I'm sure I will end up contradicting myself as early as this poll though, plus I'm taking about ten minutes to put this together. 1. Alabama 2. Oklahoma 3. Penn State 4. LSU 5. Missouri 6. Texas 7. BYU 8. Utah 9. South Florida 10. Boise State 11. Vanderbilt 12. Auburn 13. Georgia 14. Kansas 15. Wisconsin 16. Florida 17. USC 18. Northwestern 19. Connecticut 20. Ball State 21. Oklahoma State 22. Tulsa 23. Kentucky 24. Texas Tech 25. Virginia Tech

New Coaches Poll No surprise Oklahoma is #1 but Alabama only gets to #4 behind LSU and Missouri. Penn State jumps to #6, BYU had a great practice this week as they jump to #7 and are in fantastic shape to make the MNC, USC only drops to #9 so they are still alive, Georgia to #10, and Florida to #13. In the AP poll Alabama did jump to #2 but it doesn't count.

I was disappointed when they first revealed the plans for Cisco Field that the foul territory was going to be relatively small as that's the one thing that still makes the Coliseum unique.

Aww my favorite isn't an option:

It's a Free Point Thursday this week although I think we had two or three of those last year where the major upset ended happening. Week 5 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, September 25th, 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Friday, September 26th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Lose out on Friday game. Deadline #3: Saturday, September 27th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak. Week 5 Match-ups #5 N.C. State* PM (AboveAverage484, 3-1) vs. #9 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 3-1) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Ball State* (Vamprio69, 4-0) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 0-4) #2 Nebraska* (Mecca, 4-0) vs. Texas* (Broward83, 2-2) #3 Ohio State* (Gert T, 4-0) vs. Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 2-2) #4 Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 3-1) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 2-2) #6 Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 3-1) vs. Georgia* (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-4) #7 Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 3-1) vs. Tulsa* (Will Scarlet, 1-3) #8 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 3-1) vs. Florida State* PM (909, 1-3) #10 Indiana* PM (Tzar Lysergic, 3-1) vs. Michigan* (MFer, 2-2) Arizona State* (still fly, 4-0) vs. Notre Dame* (KingPK, 2-2) Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 2-2) vs. South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 1-3) Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 3-1) vs. LSU* PM (teke184, 2-2) Stanford* (Bored, 2-2) vs. Washington* PM (Smues, 1-3) Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 3-1) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 2-2) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 2-2) vs. San Diego State* (Next USC #55, 2-2) Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 2-2) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 2-2) Navy* (MarvinisaLunatic, 2-2) vs. Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 1-3) Washington State (MrRant, 2-2) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 1-3) Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 1-3) vs. Illinois* (The Monkey Man, 0-4) USC* (Cartman, 0-4) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 0-4) Week 5 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY USC at Oregon State FRIDAY Connecticut at Louisville SATURDAY Virginia at Duke North Carolina at Miami Northwestern at Iowa Purdue at Notre Dame Colorado vs. Florida State (in Jacksonville) Fresno State at UCLA TCU at Oklahoma South Florida at N.C. State Alabama at Georgia Illinois at Penn State Virginia Tech at Nebraska Stanford at Washington Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Alabama/Georgia game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Oklahoma's Sam Bradford have against TCU?

The Monkey Man, ouch. Carnival, double ouch. It was an ugly week and it's created a big shake up in the Top 10. Now logically you would think Mecca being ranked #2 last week and now one of only two unbeatens left would take top spot with Vampiro69's stunning loss. If you are using logic, then you don't understand the BCS! Mecca not only does not take over #1, he drops in the rankings due to a lackluster 6 for 14 performance. The plight of still fly has been documented the last couple of weeks and he finally gets a little bit of respect from the "voters" and rejoins the Top 10. Also Agent Bond34 thinks he's back in the Top 10 but he thought wrong! The big winner of the week though is our new #1. Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 5 1. Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 2.45 2. Ball State - Vampiro69 3.3 3. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 3.75 4. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 4.9 5. Indiana - Tzar Lysergic 5.4 6. Nebraska - Mecca 5.8 7. Ohio State - Gert T 7.0 8. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 7.3 9. Arizona State - still fly 8.3 10. Arizona - UZI Suicide 8.9 Other Receiving Votes: Fresno State (Agent Bond34), Kentucky (Danville Wrestling), N.C. State (AboveAverage484), San Diego State (Next USC #55)