Bored

Figured this would be better updated here than in the CFB thread, Iowa State just marched 98 yards in under two minutes and tied the game up with three seconds left. Looks like I'm going to have to wait a little bit to post the results.

STANFORD~ comes back from a near insurmountable, ten point defecit in the 2nd quarter to beat mighty San Jose State 23-10. Emerald Bowl hopes still alive!

Bob Davie just called Wake Forest his "sleeper team" to win the ACC. Way to go out on limb picking the highest ranked team in the conference.

Let's see in the A.L. we got the Rally Monkey/Thunderstix, a team with A.J. Pierzynski, and THE NASHUN. Oh ya I am so jumping on the Rays bandwagon for the playoffs.

I gave State credit for almost beating Auburn in that abortion of a game last Saturday.

Which begs the question, how bad is Tennessee this year? Early season evaluations are a bitch but if I had to rank the SEC from 1 to 12 at the moment, I think I'd put the Vols at #11 ahead of only Arkansas.

Oregon is down 24-6 to Boise State. Unless have another big comeback in them, the Pac-10 will be down to one unbeaten (and one ranked team most likely unless ASU pulls off a shocker tonight) with still one weekend left to play in September. That's pretty awful.

Florida - Urban Warfare SATURDAY Iowa at Pittsburgh - Pitt Arizona at UCLA - UCLA Florida at Tennessee - Florida Notre Dame at Michigan State - Michigan State Virginia Tech at North Carolina - Va Tech Miami at Texas A&M - Miami Rutgers at Navy - Rutgers Utah at Air Force - Utah Wake Forest at Florida State - Wake Vanderbilt at Mississippi - Ole Miss LSU at Auburn - Auburn Georgia at Arizona State - Georgia Iowa State at UNLV - UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game? 28 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 95

Bored Blog Trivia Question: I really fucking hate one of the players on this list. Which one is it? (Hint: He's a rat piece of shit) Top 20 Right Fielder Seasons since 1979 (per Win Shares) 1. Sammy Sosa, 2001 - Chicago Cubs 42.4 Win Shares Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 2001 32 CHC NL 160 577 146 189 34 5 64 160 0 2 116 153 .328 .437 .737 203 425 0 12 37 6 6 2. Jose Canseco, 1988 - Oakland A's 38.9 3. Tony Gwynn, 1997 - San Diego Padres 38.6 4. Bobby Abreu, 2004 - Philadelphia Phillies 37.0 5. Ichiro Suzuki, 2001 - Seattle Mariners 36.0 6. Magglio Ordonez, 2007 - Detroit Tigers 35.6 7. Brian Giles, 2005 - San Diego Padres 35.4 8. Sammy Sosa, 1998 - Chicago Cubs 35.2 9. Tony Gwynn, 1984 - San Diego Padres 35.0 10. Manny Ramirez, 1999 - Cleveland Indians 34.7 11. Gary Sheffield, 2003 - Atlanta Braves 34.5 12. Gary Sheffield, 1996 - Florida Marlins 34.5 13. Shawn Green, 2001 - Los Angeles Dodgers 34.2 14. Ruben Sierra, 1989 - Texas Rangers 34.2 15. J.D. Drew, 2004 - Atlanta Braves 34.0 16. Dave Winfield, 1979 - San Diego Padres 33.0 17. Gary Sheffield, 2005 - New York Yankees 32.7 18. Lance Berkman, 2004 - Houston Astros 32.3 19. Larry Walker, 1997 - Colorado Rockies 32.0 20. Vladimir Guerrero, 2007 - Los Angeles Angels 31.6

You were right the first time. I don't mind Sheffield and am willing to accept he's just one of those people who wouldn't be able to get out of bed in the morning if they didn't think someone was trying to fuck them over. And I just noticed I forgot to post Sosa's stats from that year in the original entry. I know you were all lost not knowing where to find his 2001 stats.

Texans - 16 points Atlanta Buffalo Tampa Bay Minnesota New England N.Y. Giants Tennessee Arizona Denver San Francisco Seattle Baltimore Indianapolis Philadelphia Green Bay San Diego

Urban Warfare has missed the first deadline. Who You Should Root For #1 Ball State (Vampiro69, 3-0) vs. #9 Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 3-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK BS: Pitt, UCLA, Notre Dame, VaTech, Miami, Navy, FSU IN: Iowa, Arizona, Michigan St, UNC, A&M, Rutgers, Wake #4 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 3-0) vs. #8 Ohio State (Gert T, 3-0) VA: West Virgina, Arizona, Navy, Auburn, Iowa State OSU: Colorado, UCLA, Rutgers, LSU, UNLV #2 Arizona (UZI Suicide, 3-0) vs. UCLA (phoenixrising, 1-2) AZ: Arizona, UNC, FSU UCLA: UCLA, VaTech, Wake #3 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 3-0) vs. Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 2-1) NCS: Arizona, UNC, Rutgers, FSU, UNLV MOH: UCLA, VaTech, Navy, Wake, Iowa St #5 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 3-0) vs. Washington (Smues, 0-3) GT: Pitt, Michigan St, Rutgers, FSU, Auburn WA: Iowa, Notre Dame, Navy, Wake, LSU #6 Nebraska (Mecca, 3-0) vs. Washington State (MrRant, 2-1) NE: Pitt, UNC, Miami, FSU, LSU, UNLV WS: Iowa, VaTech, A&M, Wake, Auburn, Iowa St Tiebreak: 44/47 #7 Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 3-0) vs. Florida (Urban Warfare, 0-3) TN: Tennessee, Notre Dame, UNC, FSU, LSU, Iowa St FL: Florida, Michigan State, VaTech, Wake, Auburn, UNLV Tiebreaks: 38/28, 89/95 #10 Fresno State (Agent Bond34, 3-0) vs. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 2-1) FS: Iowa, A&M, FSU AL: Pitt, Miami, Wake Arizona State (still fly, 3-0) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-3) ASU: Colorado, Florida, Miami, Rutgers, LSU, Iowa St GA: West Virginia, Tennessee, A&M, Navy, Auburn, UNLV Tiebreak: 27/76 Buffalo (Carnival, 2-1) vs. Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 0-3) Michigan (Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy, 1-2) vs. LSU (teke184, 2-1) MI: Pitt, Michigan St, UNC LSU: Iowa, Notre Dame, VaTech Florida State (909, 1-2) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 0-3) FSU: Pitt, Florida, A&M, Iowa St BS: Iowa, Tennessee, Miami, UNLV Tiebreak: 35/38 Stanford (Bored, 1-2) vs. South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 1-2) SU: VaTech, Vandy SC: UNC, Ole Miss Tiebreaks: 38/46, 117/140 Syracuse (CanadianChris, 1-2) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 1-2) SU: Arizona, UNC, Miami, Rutgers, FSU, Ole Miss SDS: UCLA, VaTech, A&M, Navy, Wake, Vandy Tiebreak: 60/61 Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 2-1) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 1-2) Navy: Colorado, Notre Dame, UNC, Miami, FSU, Vandy, Auburn RU: West Virginia, Michigan St, VaTech, A&M, Wake, Ole Miss, LSU Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 1-2) vs. Texas (Broward83, 2-1) UM: Michigan St, A&M, Navy, Utah, Ole Miss TX: Notre Dame, Miami, Rutgers, Air Force, Vandy Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 1-2) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 0-3) KY: Pitt, UCLA, VaTech, Rutgers, Vandy UTEP: Iowa, Arizona, UNC, Navy, Ole Miss Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 1-2) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 0-3) MN: Florida, Michigan St, UNC, A&M, Navy, Utah, Wake KS: Tennessee, Notre Dame, VaTech, Miami, Rutgers, Air Force, FSU Notre Dame (KingPK, 1-2) vs. USC (Cartman, 0-3) ND: Iowa, Michigan St, VaTech, Rutgers, Wake, Iowa St USC; Pitt, Notre Dame, UNC, Navy, FSU, UNLV Tiebreak: 60/65 Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 1-2) vs. Illinois (The Monkey Man, 0-3) BC: Colorado, Notre Dame, UNC, Miami, Navy IL: West Virginia, Michigan St, VaTech, A&M, Rutgers

Buffalo - Carnival THURSDAY West Virginia at Colorado SATURDAY Iowa at Pittsburgh Arizona at UCLA Florida at Tennessee Notre Dame at Michigan State Virginia Tech at North Carolina Miami at Texas A&M Rutgers at Navy Utah at Air Force Wake Forest at Florida State Vanderbilt at Mississippi LSU at Auburn Georgia at Arizona State Iowa State at UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game?28 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State?135 LSU - teke184 THURSDAY West Virginia at Colorado SATURDAY Iowa at Pittsburgh Arizona at UCLA Florida at Tennessee Notre Dame at Michigan State Virginia Tech at North Carolina Miami at Texas A&M Rutgers at Navy Utah at Air Force Wake Forest at Florida State Vanderbilt at Mississippi LSU at Auburn Georgia at Arizona State Iowa State at UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game? 33 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 98 Nebraska - Mecca THURSDAY [b[West Virginia[/b] at Colorado SATURDAY Iowa at Pittsburgh Arizona at UCLA Florida at Tennessee Notre Dame at Michigan State Virginia Tech at North Carolina]/b] Miami at Texas A&M Rutgers at Navy Utah at Air Force Wake Forest at Florida State Vanderbilt at Mississippi LSU at Auburn Georgia at Arizona State Iowa State at UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game?44 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 135 Washington State - MrRant THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Iowa Arizona Florida Michigan State Virginia Tech Texas A&M Rutgers Utah Wake Forest Mississippi Auburn Georgia Iowa State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 96 Ohio State - Gert T THURSDAY West Virginia at Colorado - Colorado SATURDAY Iowa at Pittsburgh - Iowa Arizona at UCLA - UCLA Florida at Tennessee - Florida Notre Dame at Michigan State - Michigan State Virginia Tech at North Carolina - Va Tech Miami at Texas A&M - Miami Rutgers at Navy - Rutgers Utah at Air Force - Utah Wake Forest at Florida State - Florida State Vanderbilt at Mississippi - Ole Miss LSU at Auburn - LSU Georgia at Arizona State - Georgia Iowa State at UNLV - UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game? 37 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 145 N.C. State - AboveAverage484 (edit: accidentally C&P Gert's picks here) West Virginia Pittsburgh Arizona Florida Michigan State North Carolina Miami Rutgers Utah Florida State Mississippi LSU Georgia UNLV 37 102 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff West Virginia Pittsburgh UCLA Florida Michigan State Virginia Tech Miami Rutgers Utah Wake Forest Mississippi LSU Georgia UNLV TB #1: 29 TB #2: 143 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY West Virginia at Colorado SATURDAY Iowa at Pittsburgh Arizona at UCLA Florida at Tennessee Notre Dame at Michigan State Virginia Tech at North Carolina Miami at Texas A&M Rutgers at Navy Utah at Air Force Wake Forest at Florida State Vanderbilt at Mississippi LSU at Auburn Georgia at Arizona State Iowa State at UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game? 35 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 167

Indiana - Tzar Lysergic THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Iowa Arizona Florida at Michigan State at North Carolina at Texas A&M Rutgers Utah Wake Forest Vanderbilt LSU Georgia at UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game? 37 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 156 Minnesota - Vern Gagne THURSDAY West Virginia at Colorado SATURDAY Iowa at Pittsburgh Arizona at UCLA Florida at Tennessee Notre Dame at Michigan State Virginia Tech at North Carolina Miami at Texas A&M Rutgers at Navy Utah at Air Force Wake Forest at Florida State Vanderbilt at Mississippi LSU at Auburn Georgia at Arizona State Iowa State at UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game? 30 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 177

Aww I'm gonna lose. Vitamin X - I didn't pick EHME to advance in the first round but I did pick VX so this was an easy choice. 909 - CC's secondary issues catch up to him here as Montana will pick them apart. Gert T - Same reason as the VX pick.

My Picks West Virginia Pittsburgh Arizona Florida Michigan State Virginia Tech Texas A&M Rutgers Utah Florida State Vanderbilt LSU Georgia UNLV 38/117

Washington - Smues West Virginia Iowa Arizona Florida Notre Dame North Carolina Miami Navy Utah Wake Forest Mississippi LSU Georgia UNLV Tiebreak #1: 37 Tiebreak #2: 113 Navy - MarvinisaLunatic THURSDAY Colorado SATURDAY Iowa Arizona Florida Notre Dame North Carolina Miami Navy Utah Florida State Vanderbilt Auburn Georgia UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Auburn game? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia's Knowshon Moreno have against Arizona State? 90

I think Trevor Cahill would warrant serious consideration as their top prospect right now. The other day John Sickels did an interview with Athletics Nation and said that he thought Cahill will end up being the better pitcher.

In case you missed it, and I like everyone else did, we nearly had the Blue Grass Miracle II in the MTSU/Kentucky game on Saturday.

I'm actually not 100% sure about the Friday game as ESPN has yet to post it on their website but both the Mets and Braves sites have it scheduled so I'm going with it. I didn't even know ESPN was switching to a Friday schedule for the last month (although I guess they have to bow to their NFL overlords) until finding the D-Backs/Dodgers game on by accident last Friday. Also the 4th homerun that is hit tomorrow night will be #250,000 in MLB history. Who you got? Magic Numbers Angels: 3 Cubs: 16 White Sox: 18 Mets: 18 Dodgers: 19 Rays: 20 Red Sox: 14 (Wild Card) Brewers: 16 (Wild Card) ESPN/FOX/TBS Games to Poison Our Youth WEDNESDAY Rays (Andy Sonnanstine) at Red Sox (Josh Beckett), 7:00/4:00 PM EST, ESPN FRIDAY Rays at Yankees, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN SATURDAY Braves at Mets, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX Brewers at Phillies, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX Tigers at White Sox, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX SUNDAY Blue Jays at Red Sox, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, TBS Tigers at White Sox, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN

After no marquee match-ups last week, this week we get The Game of the Century of the Decade of the Year of the Week when Ohio State travels to the Coliseum to meet USC. The game has potentially lost some of it's gravitas due to the Buckeyes lackluster performance against Ohio resulted in them dropping to #5 in the rankings but a win at USC could leapfrog them to #1. There will also be two very big games for non-BCS conference teams trying to join ECU as possibe "BCS busters" as BYU hosts UCLA and Fresno State plays Wisconsin late Saturday night. Have to give the Badgers credit for scheduling that game as the big boys usually avoid that type of game and locally it's being hyped as the biggest game ever played at Fresno State. And before any of those games we have a Top 25 match-up on Friday night with Kansas/USF. Should be a fun weekend. Oh and it's your duty as an American to try to pretend you give a shit about Michigan/Notre Dame. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY #13 Kansas at #19 South Florida, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #23 California at Maryland, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Florida Atlantic at Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Nevada at #6 Missouri, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN #2 Georgia at South Carolina, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Michigan at Notre Dame, 3:30/12:30 PM, NBC #17 Penn State at Syracuse, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #16 Oregon at Purdue, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* UCLA at #18 BYU, 3:30/12:30 PM, Versus #9 Auburn at Mississippi State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #3 Oklahoma at Washington, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #5 Ohio State at #1 USC, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC #10 Wisconsin at #21 Fresno State, 10:30/7:30 PM, ESPN2 Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY Tennessee Tech at Southeast Missouri State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU SATURDAY Navy at Duke, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU UL Lafayette at #24 Illinois, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Iowa State at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Montana State at Minnesota, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Southern Illinois at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* N.C. State at Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Temple at Buffalo, Noon/9:00 AM, GP UAB at Tennessee, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Missouri State at Oklahoma State, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, FCS Central Stanford at TCU, 1;00 PM/10:00 AM, Mtn. Air Force vs. Houston (in Dallas), 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS Chattanooga at Florida State, 3:45/12:45 PM, ESPNU Hawaii at Oregon State, 4:00/1:00 PM, FCS Pacific Middle Tennessee at Kentucky, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Western Kentucky at #11 Alabama, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Virginia at Connecticut, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU Arizona at New Mexico, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS North Texas at #7 LSU, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP #22 Utah at Utah State, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP Bowling Green at Boise State, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP UNLV at #15 Arizona State, 10:00/7:00 PM, FCS Pacific All Other Div. I-A Games FRIDAY Washington State at Baylor SATURDAY Ball State at Akron Toledo at Eastern Michigan Central Michigan at Ohio Delaware State at Kent State #14 East Carolina at Tulane Charleston Southern at Miami of Ohio North Dakota State at Wyoming Western Michigan at Idaho SMU at #12 Texas Tech Samford at Mississippi New Mexico State at Nebraska Rice at Vanderbilt Memphis at Marshall Southern Miss at Arkansas State Alabama A&M at UL Monroe Alcorn State at Troy

Hasn't the city of Houston suffered enough? ESPN will break in live when they go to the bottom of the 9th.

Yup, I knew they should have tried to gain a few more yards. Nedney inside 40: Very Good. Nedney outside 40: Not So Good. If the Cardinals can't win this division this year, they never will. Niners, Seahawks, and Rams are just simply awful.

49ers block a punt, the Seahawks pick it up and get a 20 yard gain out of it. Only the 49ers could pull that off.

Bah, I'm out. Good job Jaguars.