Bored

Week 5 Results #9 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 8, #5 N.C. State (AboveAverage484) 7 Kent State (JHawk) 8, #1 Ball State (Vampiro69) 7 #2 Nebraska (Mecca) 6, Texas (Broward83) 4 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 8, #3 Ohio State (Gert T) 6 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 8, #4 Arizona (UZI Suicide) 7 #6 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 9, Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi) 8 #7 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 11, Tulsa (Will Scarlet) 9 #8 Virgina (Edwin MacPhisto) 6, Florida State (909) 6; Edwin wins by tiebreak #10 Indiana (Tzar Lysergic) 8, Michigan (MFer) 6 Arizona State (still fly) 7, Notre Dame (KingPK) 6 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 7, Buffalo (Carnival) 1 LSU (teke184) 9, Tennessee (Canadian Brandon) 7 Washington (Smues) 8, Stanford (Bored) 8; Smues was supposed to pick U-Dub Fresno State (Agent Bond34) 7, UCLA (phoenixrising) 4 San Diego State (Next USC #55) 10, Rutgers (the pinjockey) 8 Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 8, Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 7 Florida (Urban Warfare) 7, Navy (MarvinisaLunatic) 6 Boise State (Vitamin X) 11, Washington State (MrRant) 5 Syracuse (CandianChris) 6, Illinois (The Monkey Man) 2 UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) 11, USC (Cartman) 7 Conference Standings Big Eight 1. San Diego State (2-0, 3-2) 2. Indiana (1-0, 4-1) 2. Minnesota (1-0, 3-2) 4. Syracuse (1-1, 2-3) 5. Ohio State (0-1, 4-1) 5. Michigan (0-1, 2-3) 5. Rutgers (0-1, 2-3) 5. Illinois (0-1, 0-5) Big MAC 1. Nebraska (1-0, 5-0) 1. Miami of Ohio (1-0, 4-1) 1. Kent State (1-0, 1-4) 4. Buffalo (1-1, 2-3) 4. Texas (1-1, 2-3) 4. Tulsa (1-1, 1-4) 7. Ball State (0-1, 4-1) 7. UTEP (0-1, 1-4) Pac-8 1. Arizona State (2-0, 5-0) 2. UCLA (1-0, 2-3) 2. Washington (1-0, 2-3) 2. Washington State (1-0, 2-3) 5. Notre Dame (1-2, 2-3) 6. Arizona (0-1, 3-2) 6. USC (0-1, 0-5) 8. Stanford (0-2, 2-3) Southeastern Seven 1. Florida (2-0, 2-3) 2. Alabama (1-0, 4-1) 2. LSU (1-0, 3-2) 2. South Carolina (1-0, 2-3) 5. Navy (1-1, 2-3) 6. Kentucky (0-0, 3-2) 7. Tennessee (0-2, 3-2) 7. Georgia (0-2, 0-5) Western Atlantic 1. Georgia Tech (2-0, 4-1) 2. Virgina (1-0, 4-1) 2. Boise State (1-0, 2-3) 4. Boston College (1-1, 3-2) 5. Fresno State (0-0, 4-1) 6. N.C. State (0-1, 3-2) 6. Miami (0-1, 2-3) 8. Florida State (0-2, 1-4)

STANFORD~ has beaten the juggernaut that is the Washington Huskies. 3-2 and halfway to bowl eligibility!

I think someone did a 2 out of 14 last year and I seem to recall someone pick 3 out of 20 in a conference championship. Somebody go look through the old threads for me. Carnival right now has a serious chance at 1 out of 14 for this week as his only hope to pick up another point for games still being played appears to be Washington. Edit: Oh you asked to win as well...fuck I don't know. Probably five is my guess.

Hey we gots a footbaw game.

Under Mark Richt, Georgia has always strangely been better a team on the road than at home but this is ridiculous. I wouldn't completely rule out Alabama jumping to #1 after this unless UGA some how makes it respectable in the second half.

It's too bad Houston Nutt doesn't coach at South Carolina.

Or not. Okay now it's over. I think.

Looks like Wake Forest is going to lose to Navy. Also if last week wasn't proof that maybe ECU wasn't that good, they are getting stomped by Houston this week. Annnd that's the ballgame in Ann Arbor. Wisconsin does seem to have a habit of losing games just when people start to pay attention to them. This was an epic collapse today.

Auto insurance underwriter. Exciting as it sounds.

There's nine of us, including your fearless leader, who are 0 for 5 so far this week. And looking at the 3:30/12:30 match-ups 0 for 8 isn't out of the question.

Game over. After what happened last season and what is happening this week I'm starting to buy into those who think there's a lot more parity in Division I-A now. At least in conference play you can't just assume the alpha dogs are going win in a walk against weaker opponents.

OMG two entries in one day, I'm out of control! This year I decided to track the number of games that each team had televised by MLB's three television partners. The final week's schedule was finalized today so figured I'd actually post the final "standings" for the year. I thought it'd be better to post it on the blog rather than the TWiB form because we don't need another debate of the overexposure of two certain teams from the Northeast and God knows I've instigated a few of those debates. Note there was only one team in MLB that did not have a single game televised by ESPN, FOX, or TBS. Try to guess before scrolling down to find out who. Really shouldn't surprise anyone. ESPN (76 Games) 17 Games: Cubs, Red Sox 15: Yankees 11: Phillies 10: Dodgers, Mets 9: Rays 7: Angels, Brewers 6: Cardinals, Tigers, White Sox 5: Twins 4: Astros, Braves, Indians 2: Athletics, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Padres, Rangers 1: Giants, Nationals, Orioles, Rockies FOX (66 Games) 10: Phillies 9: Red Sox, Tigers, Yankees 8: Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers 7: Angels, Cubs, Mets 6: Diamondbacks, Twins, White Sox 5: Brewers, Indians 3: Mariners, Padres, Rays, Reds, Rockies 2: Orioles, Royals 1: Athletics, Marlins, Nationals TBS (26 Games) 8: Red Sox 5: White Sox, Yankees 4: Phillies 3: Blue Jays, Cardinals, Cubs, Marlins 2: Angels, Braves, Dodgers, Mets 1: Athletics, Brewers, Diamondbacks, Indians, Mariners, Orioles, Rays, Reds, Tigers, Twins Totals 34: Red Sox 29: Yankees 27: Cubs 25: Phillies 20: Dodgers 19: Mets 17: Cardinals, White Sox 16: Angels, Tigers 14: Braves, Twins 13: Brewers, Rays 10: Indians 9: Diamondbacks 5: Blue Jays, Padres 4: Astros, Athletics, Mariners, Marlins, Orioles, Reds, Rockies 2: Nationals, Rangers, Royals 1: Giants 0: Pirates

Updated standings since FOX added Royals/Twins to their Saturday schedule and TBS switched from Yankees/Red Sox to Marlins/Mets for Sunday. Royals having more games nationally televised than the Giants makes me giggle. And finally edited again for the White Sox make up game and the A.L. Central playoff. Not that anyone checking this besides me.

Ole Miss doesn't care about Filipino foreskins.

Let's see Maryland barely beats Delaware, loses to Middle Tennessee but then beats Cal and Clemson. So I guess that means they'll lose to Virginia next week.

Clemson is down 20-17 to Maryland at home in the 4th. In the grand tradition of the now annual ACC clusterfuck, Duke might as well win the conference this year.

TBS has picked up Marlins/Mets for Sunday but after tomorrow it might not mean anything.

And I'm finally done with the best lists, just two days before they are out of date! It is pretty amazing to think that the best season by a pitcher in the last 30 years was by a guy who peaked at age 20. Top 20 Starting Pitcher Seasons since 1979 (per Win Shares) 1. Dwight Gooden, 1985 - New York Mets 32.9 Win Shares Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB ERA *ERA+ WHIP +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 1985 20 NYM NL 24 4 35 35 16 8 0 0 276.7 198 51 47 13 69 268 2 6 1065 4 1.53 228 0.965 2. Roger Clemens, 1997 - Toronto Blue Jays 31.9 3. Greg Maddux, 1995 - Atlanta Braves 29.9 4. Pedro Martinez, 2000 - Boston Red Sox 28.9 5. Roger Clemens, 1986 - Boston Red Sox 28.8 6. Randy Johnson, 2002 - Arizona Diamondbacks 28.7 7. Steve Carlton, 1980 - Philadelphia Phillies 28.6 8. Brett Saberhagen, 1989 - Kansas City Royals 28.3 9. Roger Clemens, 1990 - Boston Red Sox 28.1 10. Roger Clemens, 1987 - Boston Red Sox 27.7 11. Greg Maddux, 1992 - Chicago Cubs 27.4 12. Johan Santana, 2004 - Minnesota Twins 27.2 13. John Smoltz, 1996 - Atlanta Braves 27.1 14. John Tudor, 1985 - St. Louis Cardinals 27.1 15. Kevin Appier, 1993 - Kansas City Royals 27.0 16. Pedro Martinez, 1999 - Boston Red Sox 26.9 17. Mike Scott, 1986 - Houston Astros 26.8 18. Pedro Martinez, 1997 - Montreal Expos 26.4 19. Randy Johnson, 1999 - Arizona Diamondbacks 26.2 20. Greg Maddux, 1994 - Atlanta Braves 26.0

Texans - 13 points Carolina Cincinnati Jacksonville Denver New Orleans Arizona Green Bay Tennessee San Diego Buffalo Dallas Philadelphia Baltimore

I copy & paste the PM'd picks so you did pick Alabama. I'm actually surprised how few people picked them.

Oh well it's better than Who Gives a Shit? Friday.

I do prefer people don't change their picks primarily because I don't want to have to bother with re-checking picks and possibly giving any unfair advantages. But I'll allow it since you did edit your post prior to the deadline and your opponent had submitted their picks before you.

I'm going to make a bold prediction that if USC does lose, those wacky pollsters will drop them below Ohio State.

It looks like TBS has pulled the meaningless Yankees/Red Sox game from their schedule for Sunday. I just hope they don't pick Cubs/Brewers simply because the game will already be nationally televised on WGN.

Now you know it's not their night. Could have been a pick six.