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December 6, 1993 Shawn Michaels NC The 1-2-3 Kid The Quebecers def. Bert Ceteno & Mike Walsh Doink def. Tony DeVito Crush def. Tony Roy December 5, 1994 Jeff Jarrett def. The British Bulldog by count out The 1-2-3 Kid def. Barry Horowitz Kwang def. Scott Taylor Well Dunn def. The Bushwackers December 4, 1995 The British Bulldog def. Bob Holly Fatu def. The Brooklyn Brawler Razor Ramon def. Dean Douglas; IC Title Match Sid NC Marty Jannetty December 2, 1996 Flash Funk def. The Goon Fake Diesel def. Phinneas I. Godwinn Justin Bradshaw def. Jesse James Marc Mero & Jake Roberts def. Hunter Hearst Helmsley & Billy Gunn December 1, 1997 Taka Michinoku def. Aguila D’Lo Brown, Recon, Chainz, and Miguel Perez go to a no contest in a Four Corners Match Rocky Maivia def. Vader by count out Brian Christopher def. Scott Taylor by default Road Dogg & Billy Gunn NC The Headbangers; Tag Title Match Hunter Hearst Helmsley def. Jim Neidhart November 30, 1998 The New Age Outlaws def. Gangrel & Edge by DQ; Tag Title Match Goldust def. Jeff Jarrett by DQ The Big Bossman def. Mankind in a Ladder Match to win the Hardcore Title Duane Gill def. Marc Mero Ken Shamrock def. X-Pac by DQ; Euro Title Match Val Venis def. Tiger Ali Singh by DQ The Rock def. Al Snow; WWF Title Match December 6, 1999 The New Age Outlaws NC Too Cool Kurt Angle & Steve Blackman def. The Hardy Boyz Val Venis NC D’Lo Brown The Godfather def. Prince Albert Rikishi Phatu def. Hardcore Holly Triple H & X-Pac def. Kane & Test The Big Show def. Viscera; WWF Title Match The Rock and Sock Connection NC Al Snow & Chris Jericho December 4, 2000 Rikishi def. The Undertaker Bull Buchanan & The Goodfather def. The Hardy Boyz; Tag Title Match Chris Benoit def. Hardcore Holly Edge & Christian def. Road Dogg & K-Kwik Kurt Angle def. Chris Jericho; WWF Title Match Billy Gunn def. Val Venis by DQ; IC Title Match Dean Malenko def. Lita in a Belt (LHW Title) vs. Date Match William Regal def. Crash to win the European Title December 3, 2001 Kane def. Bubba Ray Dudley Albert def. Test The Hardy Boyz def. Tajiri & Spike Dudley Rob Van Dam def. Christian; HC Title Match William Regal def. Bradshaw The Rock & Trish Stratus def. Kurt Angle & Vince McMahon December 2, 2002 The Dudley Boyz def. Three Minute Warning Trish Stratus def. Ivory Lance Storm & William Regal def. Jeff Hardy & Tommy Dreamer Batista def. The Hurricane Booker T NC Chris Jericho Chris Jericho & Christian def. Booker T & Goldust; Tag Title Match Jacqueline def. Victoria Triple H def. Rob Van Dam; Special Referee, Shawn Michaels

God damnit Steelers blow it in the final seconds. I need two of these three teams to win in the afternoon to win my game: Raiders, Redskins, and Seahawks. Ugh.

49ers weren't going to the playoffs anyways but this is just embarassing. Time to just let Rattay take over the rest of the season and if he does well Garcia will be a cap casualty this offseason.

New AP Top 25 1. Oklahoma 2. USC 3. LSU 4. Michigan 5. Georgia 6. Texas 7. Tennessee 8. Ohio State 9. Florida State 10. Miami 11. Purdue 12. Iowa 13. Kansas State 14. Miami (OH) 15. Washington State 16. Florida 17. Mississippi 18. Boise State 19. TCU 20. Bowling Green 21. West Virginia 22. Oklahoma State 23. Nebraska 24. Maryland 25. Minnesota Dropped Out: #20 Pittsburgh, #21 Virginia Tech Other Receiving Votes 26. Utah 27. Pittsburgh 28. Southern Miss 29. Northern Illinois 30t. Virginia Tech 30t. Clemson 32t. Oregon 32t. Michigan State 34. Missouri 35. Virginia 36. Connecticut 37. Arkansas

December 2, 1999 Viscera def. Kane by count out The Dudley Boyz def. Edge & Christian The British Bulldog def. D’Lo Brown by DQ; Euro Title Match Chris Jericho def. Mankind Kurt Angle & Steve Blackman def. The Headbangers Rikishi def. Crash Holly The Rock def. Al Snow The Big Show & The Hardy Boyz def. X-Pac & The New Age Outlaws November 30, 2000 Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerero, & Perry Saturn def. The Hardy Boyz & Lita Bull Buchanan & The Goodfather def. Road Dogg & K-Kwik; Tag Title Match William Regal def. Scotty 2 Hotty; Euro Title Match Chris Benoit & Kane def. Chris Jericho & Billy Gunn Lo Down & Tiger Ali Singh def. The Dudley Boyz & Steve Blackman in a Tables Match Hardcore Holly def. Raven in a hardcore match The Undertaker & The Rock def. Kurt Angle, Edge, & Christian in a handicap match December 6, 2001 Edge, The Big Show, & Kane def. The Dudley Boyz & William Regal Rob Van Dam def. Matt Hardy; HC Title Match Test & Christian def. Scotty 2 Hotty & Albert Crash def. Jacqueline The Undertaker def. Bradshaw The Rock & Steve Austin def. Chris Jericho & Kurt Angle December 5, 2002 Albert def. Rey Mysterio Crash def. Jamie Noble Bill DeMott def. Funaki Billy Kidman def. Chavo Guerrero; CW Title Match Kurt Angle def. Eddie Guerrero (1st elimination), Chris Benoit (2nd), and Edge (final) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination Match

December 4, 1998 Eddy Guerrero NC Ciclope The Giant def. The Renegade Chavo Guerrero Jr. def. Mike Enos Rey Mysterio Jr. def. Villano V Wrath def. Chip Minton Chris Benoit & Steve McMichael def. Raven & Kanyon by DQ Konnan def. Disco Inferno; TV Title Match December 2, 1999 Norman Smiley def. The Wall; HC Title Match Kaz Hayashi def. The Maestro by count out Buzzkill def. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Steve Williams def. Silver King & Los Villanos in a handicap match Chris Benoit NC Jushin Liger Meng def. Buff Bagwell Evan Karagias & Madusa def. Jeff Jarrett & Mona Dean Malenko & Saturn def. Disco Inferno & Lash LeRoux Lex Luger def. Sid Vicious December 6, 2000 Jindrak & O’Haire def. Knoble & Karagias Sgt. A-Wall NC Bam Bam Bigelow in a hardcore match The Cat & The Jung Dragons def. Team Canada Chavo Guerrero Jr. def. Mike Sanders to win the Cruiserweight Title Buff Bagwell def. Alex Wright Kronik def. Big Vito in a handicap match Goldberg def. Shane Douglas

Should correct what I said about no locks for next year as Wade Boggs will be a first ballot nominee. So Molitor and Eckersley go in 2004 and then Boggs and probably Sandberg in 2005. 2006 will be a very weak year. Here is the eligible players for the next two years although of course not all will be on the ballot: 2005 Jim Abbott, Jeff Blauser, Wade Boggs, Tom Candiotti, Chili Davis, Jeff King, Mark Langston, Jack McDowell, Willie McGee, Brian McRae, Jeff Montgomery, Otis Nixon, Tony Phillips, Mark Portugal, Terry Steinbach 2006 Rick Aguilera, Tim Belcher, Will Clark, Alex Fernandez, Gary Gaetti, Dwight Gooden, Ozzie Guillen, Juan Guzman, Orel Hershiser, Gregg Jefferies, Lance Johnson, Doug Jones, Roberto Kelly, Mickey Morandini, Hal Morris, Jaime Navarro, Luis Polonia, Mike Stanley, Darryl Strawberry, Walt Weiss, John Wetteland, Mark Whiten

I was going to explain why that won't happen but said "fuck it" and here is explanation from collegebcs.com: Don't worry...Minnesota will be spending New Year's Eve in lovely El Paso.

I didn't think anyone would care. Walt Harris of Pittsburgh is rumored to replace him. Oh and since it wasn't posted but I'm sure everyone knows by now, Mike Stoops was named the new Arizona coach. He'll still be Oklahoma's defensive coordinator for the Big XII title game but won't be there for the Sugar Bowl.

Hmmm I'm thinking your thinking LSU might still get an at-large BCS berth if they lose to Georgia thus taking away Ohio State's spot and bumping everyone else down in the Big Ten. I don't think you have to worry about that as I'm pretty sure the BCS wants a Miami/Ohio State re-match no matter what....if that was what you were thinking.

Well it also depends who your up against and I think each writer designates a minumum number of players they'll vote for to go along with the maximum of 10. Tony Perez only got in the HOF in 2000 because he was in a year where there were no locks on the ballot. Its obviously not a perfect system. This season Molitor and Eckersley are locks but the next two years there are no first ballot locks so Sandberg will definently get in then and then guys like Sutter, Rice, and Dawson might get in in those two years. Then comes the Class of 2007 ballot...Gwynn, Ripken, and McGwire. No one else on the ballot will have a chance in hell of getting in that year.

Bored's Bowl Projections...and no one else's! Hey look actual bowl projections by me. Of course its much easier now just to look ahead to one more week of games and after hearing enough rumors about projections to make my own guess now. Any team in bold has accepted a bid to that bowl. December 16 New Orleans: North Texas vs. South Florida December 18 GMAC: Louisville vs. Miami (OH) December 22 Tangerine: N.C. State vs. Kansas December 23 Fort Worth: TCU vs. Air Force December 24 Las Vegas: New Mexico vs. Oregon State December 25 Hawaii: Memphis vs. Hawaii December 26 Motor City: Bowling Green vs. Northwestern Insight: Virginia Tech vs. California December 27 Continental Tire: Pittsburgh vs. Virginia December 29 Alamo: Michigan State vs. Nebraska December 30 Houston: Texas Tech vs. Navy Holiday: Washington State vs. Kansas State Silicon Valley: Fresno State vs. UCLA December 31 Music City: Auburn vs. Wisconsin Independence: Missouri vs. Arkansas Liberty: Southern Miss vs. Utah Sun: Oregon vs. Minnesota San Francisco: Colorado State vs. Boston College January 1 Outback: Iowa vs. Tennessee Gator: West Virginia vs. Maryland Capital One: Purdue vs. Georgia Rose: Michigan vs. LSU Orange: Miami vs. Ohio State January 2 Cotton: Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi Peach: Clemson vs. Florida Fiesta: Texas vs. Florida State January 3 Humanitarian: Boise State vs. Georgia Tech January 4 Sugar: Oklahoma vs. USC

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_a...orees/rules.htm According to their website it seems really, beyond being retired for five years, all you have to do to be eligible is played at least 10 years. Oh well doesn't really matter when it comes to the end of the ballot guys as they'll be off of it by next year. My ballot...um if I had one...would go like this, and I if I voted the maximum 10 that a writer can vote, I'd vote Molitor, Eckersley, Sandberg, Rice, Parker, Smith, Blyleven, Morris, Dawson, and Mattingly. Out of those 10 I'd probably only vote in Molitor, Eckersley, Sandberg definently, Rice probably, and then maybe Parker and Smith. I know not everyone agrees on Jim Rice but more I look at it the more I think he deserve to get in.

Danny Darwin never made an all-star team and neither did Jim Eisenreich. Maybe they just needed to fill out the ballot.

Hall of Fame Monitor numbers for each candidate from baseball-reference.com: 1. Dennis Eckersley 166 2. Paul Molitor 165 3. Ryne Sandberg 157 4. Jim Rice 147 5. Lee Smith 136 6. Don Mattingly 134 7. Steve Garvey 131 8. Dave Parker 125.5 9. Alan Trammell 119 10. Rich Gossage 118 11. Andre Dawson 117.5 12. Dale Murphy 115.5 13. Bert Blyleven 113.5 14. Jack Morris 108.5 15. Dave Concepcion 107 16. Tommy John 100 17. Randy Myers 94 18. Joe Carter 88.5 19. Bruce Sutter 87 20. Keith Hernandez 86 21. Cecil Fielder 75 22. Fernando Valenzuela 64.5 23. Dennis Martinez 60 24. Jimmy Key 59 25. Dave Stieb 55.5 26. Terry Pendleton 38 27. Kevin Mitchell 37.5 28. Doug Drabek 35 29. Danny Darwin 28 30. Juan Samuel 26 31. Jim Eisenreich 16 32. Bob Tewksbury 11

I'd be surprised if Beane and the A's gave Foulke a four-year deal because that isn't his style and I thought that would be the deal breaker there for the A's as they wouldn't be willing to give a closer more than three years. All indications since the season ended was Foulke wanted to stay in Oakland and would take less money to stay and it would just come down to if someone offered more years than the A's would. A local writer floated a rumor about Beane being ineterested in LaTroy Hawkins if indeed Foulke signed with the Red Sox. We shall see I guess.

Hey anyone sad that Bud Selig's franchise is going down the shitter? Didn't think so. Contract the Brewers!!!

Notre Dame is up 21-0 at the moment and Stanford doesn't have the offense to come back so they will improve to 5-6. They play at Syracuse next week and if they win there Notre Dame will be bowl eligible. Tieing into that is Kansas today has accepted the bid to the Tangerine Bowl. That means the Ft. Worth Bowl will be an at-large bid available for UConn or Northern Illinois, although I think I read that both might get snubbed for Air Force. If Notre Dame wins next week they could end up swooping in and stealing that at-large bid.

Funny how the Yankees have been on the Sports Illustrated baseball preview issue the last three years and of course didn't win it all the last three years. I know Pedro was on the '99 cover. Edit: Pedro was on the 2000 cover not the '99. Hmmm.

Down a point after going 0-2 yesterday and ride on the Ravens, Eagles, Giants, Steelers, Redskins, and Raiders. Hmmm. Oh I picked 24 points for my tiebreak, not 20.

Anglesault this may be a blessing in disguise because the Yankees would have departed with Nick Johnson to get Schilling. They'd really regret that when in May or June, Giambi goes on the DL again because he's knees can't take the beating of playing in the field everyday. Johnson needs to be their everday first baseman and Giambi needs to be the everyday DH. Its never smart to trade young talent for a 37-year old starting pitcher and never understood the Red Sox and the Yankees fascination in trying to get Schilling. This win now at all costs philosophy always catches up to you eventually.

Kinda interesting bowl news today as Navy (7-4) has accepted a bid to the Houston Bowl. The SEC's bid there was open because they won't have enough bowl eligible teams to fill their slots. That does take away a bid though from better at-large teams in fellow independent Connecticut (9-3) and the MAC's Northern Illinois (10-2) who doesn't a have a bid because they MAC only has two bowl slots. Navy seems like a bit of a politically correct choice to me. Colorado lost today so that does leave a Big 12 slot open in either the Ft. Worth or Tangerine Bowl as long as Texas holds on to win today and pretty much lock up an at-large BCS berth. Oh and a question to the regulars of the topic, I was considering creating a new seperate topic next week for the championship games and the important USC game since I know some of you will be posting a lot during those games. This topic has gotten little over bloated I think and wouldn't hurt to create a new one. If no one has a problem I'll go ahead and do that on Monday or Tuesday. I'll definently create a new topic for the bowl games when they start.

Maryland lost to Northern Illinois. Purdue lost to Bowling Green. The MAC was a really good conference this year, at least at the top of it.

SEC #2 bid is in the Capital One Bowl. After that is where it can go in any direction. The Cotton Bowl and Outback Bowl both can claim a #3 SEC bid but the Cotton Bowl prefers to take a team from the SEC West and the Outback prefers to take a team from the SEC East. After that it really doesn't matter where you place as a team can go wherever they want and whatever bowl wants them. The Big 12 is similar as they usually don't really follow a set way to pick their teams. Obviously Rob E Dangerously has gone into that already with how Kansas State might get screwed over due to the way they pick their bowls even though supposedly the #2 bid is the Cotton Bowl for them but it doesn't always work out that way.

To add to the TCU thing, duh I just remembered that TCU is located in Ft. Worth so of course they want the Ft. Worth Bowl. What a load of shit as they are just trying to position themselves to get to play a bowl game at home. Maybe Conference USA could step in and tell them they have to play in the GMAC Bowl or not play in a bowl at all but they'll probably do nothing since TCU will sell out by playing at home. I hope they get their ass kicked by UConn or whoever it ends up being their opponent.