Bored

I think Kotz has a good chance at being right at his prediction that this game would end up being better than OSU/USC. This second half has been incredible.

Damn why are people shitting all over USF? They were pretty good last year, including winning at Auburn. Also this game isn't over.

So you're trying to say that this contest isn't as important as your Dad's wedding? I am outraged! Three weeks in, no drop outs. Got to be a record. Navy - MarvinisaLunatic THURSDAY North Carolina FRIDAY Kansas SATURDAY Navy Baylor Notre Dame Georgia Tech Purdue BYU Air Force Oregon State Southern Miss Virginia USC Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 49 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 278

Still nothing from The Monkey Man. If he doesn't submit picks by tomorrow's final deadline, I will use Smues picks as replacements. MarvinisaLunatic picked Kansas and Baylor for tonight's games.

Texans - 20 points Chicago Tennessee Green Bay Jacksonville Kansas City Indianapolis N.Y. Giants Washington Seattle Tampa Bay Arizona Denver Baltimore New England Pittsburgh Dallas

TONIGHT!

I'm starting to think that Ray Rice fellow was pretty important to Rutgers success the last few years.

You know I really do want to root for the Brewers just then I remember it'll just make Bud Selig happy if they get to the postseason and we just can't have that.

With the schedule changes, Nevada/Missouri will now be the early FSN game on Saturday. If you were planning your whole day around watching that Wazzu/Baylor grudge match it'll be available for free online on CBS College Sports All-Access tomorrow night at 8:30/5:30 PM.

Add to that, do the Raiders realize how ridiculous it is to keep trotting out the "Commitment to Excellence" sign every year? Seriously put that thing in the mothballs until your franchise isn't a complete joke, which is hopefully never or at least until they leave Oakland again.

I went ahead and sent a PM to The Monkey Man due to the last second change of the Wazzu/Baylor game being moved up to tomorrow night. Who You Should Root For #2 Arizona State (still fly, 2-0) vs. #9 Texas (Broward83, 2-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK ASU: Baylor, Georgia Tech, UCLA, Air Force, USC TX: Wazzu, Virginia Tech, BYU, Houston, Ohio State #1 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 2-0) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 1-1) GT: Rutgers, USF, Duke, Georgia Tech, BYU, Ohio State KY: UNC, Kansas, Navy, Virginia Tech, UCLA, USC Tiebreak: 43/60 #3 Ohio State (Gert T, 2-0) vs. USC (Cartman, 0-2) OSU: Kansas, Baylor, Notre Dame, Purdue, Houston, Southern Miss USC: USF, Wazzu, Michigan, Oregon, Air Force, Arkansas State Tiebreaks: 48/50, 210/250 #4 Nebraska (Mecca, 2-0) vs. Syracuse (CanadianChris, 1-1) NE: USF, Navy, Georgia Tech, Air Force, Southern Miss SU: Kansas, Duke, Virginia Tech, Houston, Arkansas State #5 Ball State (Vampiro69, 2-0 vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 1-1) BS: Oregon, Southern Miss RU: Purdue, Arkansas State Tiebreak: 59/52 #6 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 2-0) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 0-2) VA: USF, Duke, Michigan, Virginia Tech, Oregon, BYU, Houston, Oregon State, Connecticut, Wisconsin UTEP: Kansas, Navy, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Purdue, UCLA, Air Force, Hawaii, Virginia, Fresno State Tiebreaks: 52/58, 249/284 #7 Arizona (UZI, Suicide, 2-0) vs. Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 0-2) AZ: Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Houston Tulsa: Michigan, Georgia Tech, Air Force #8 Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 2-0) vs. Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 1-1) TN: UNC, Notre Dame, UCLA UM: Rutgers, Michigan, BYU #10 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 2-0) vs. Stanford (Bored, 1-1) NCS: Air Force SU: Houston Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 2-0) vs. Florida (Urban Warfare, 0-2) IN: Navy, Baylor, BYU, Air Force, Arkansas State, UConn FL: Duke, Wazzu, UCLA, Houston, Southern Miss, Virginia Tiebreaks: 57/61, 312/248 Fresno State (Agent Bond34, 2-0) vs. Washington State (MrRant, 2-0) FS: Wazzu, Virginia Tech, Purdue, Houston, Oregon State, Connecticut WS: Baylor, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Air Force, Hawaii, Virginia Tiebreaks: 48/56, 280/225 Florida State (909, 1-1) vs. Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 1-1) FS: Rutgers, Kansas, Baylor, Notre Dame, Fresno State MOH: UNC, USF, Wazzu, Michigan, Wisconsin Buffalo (Carnival, 1-1) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 1-1) UB: Baylor, Virginia Tech, Oregon, UCLA, Arkansas State SDS: Wazzu, Georgia Tech, Purdue, BYU, Southern Miss Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 1-1) vs. Washington (Smues, 0-2) AL: Virginia Tech, Air Force, UConn WA: Georgia Tech, Houston, Virginia Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 1-1) vs. Illinois (The Monkey Man, 0-2) Navy: Up 1-0, Kansas, Baylor, Notre Dame, Purdue, Air Force, Oregon State, Southern Miss, USC, Fresno State IL: No points for Thu/Fri, Michigan, Oregon, Houston, Hawaii, Arkansas State, Ohio State, Wisconsin LSU (teke184, 1-1) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 0-2) LSU: UNC, Kansas, Oregon State, UConn BS: Rutgers, USF, Hawaii, Virginia Tiebreak: 55/42 Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 1-1) vs. Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 0-2) BC: USF, Navy, Hawaii, Arkansas State MN: Kansas, Duke, Oregon State, Southern Miss Tiebreaks: 56/58, 319/288 Notre Dame (KingPK, 1-1) vs. Michigan (Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy, 0-2) ND: Rutgers, Wazzu, Notre Dame, UCLA, Houston MI: UNC, Baylor, Michigan, BYU, Air Force South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 0-2) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-2) SC: Rutgers, Baylor, Michigan, Virginia Tech, BYU, Arkansas State, USC, Wisconsin GA: No point for Thursday, Wazzu, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, UCLA, Southern Miss, Ohio State, Fresno State Tiebreaks: 60/70, 300/76 UCLA (phoenixrising, 0-2) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 0-2) UCLA: Baylor, Michigan, Georgia Tech, Oregon, UCLA, Houston, Oregon State, UConn, USC KS: Wazzu, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Purdue, BYU, Air Force, Hawaii, Virginia, Ohio State

The Monkey Man and Obi Chris Kenobi are both late. I pm'd MrRant about his missing pick for Oregon State/Hawaii. MarvinisaLunatic picked North Carolina for tonight's game. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 43 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 188 USC - Cartman THURSDAY Rutgers FRIDAY South Florida SATURDAY Navy Washington State Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon BYU Air Force Oregon State Arkansas State Connecticut USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 50 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 250

Nebraska - Mecca THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game?55 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA?312 N.C. State - AboveAverage484 Week 3 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 45 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 380 Florida State - 909 THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 48 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 300 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY North Carolina FRIDAY South Florida SATURDAY Navy Washington State Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon BYU Houston Oregon State Southern Miss Connecticut USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 72 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 172 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff Rutgers South Florida Navy Washington State Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon BYU Air Force Oregon State Southern Mississippi UConn USC Wisconsin TB #1: 62 TB #2: 232 Washington - Smues Rutgers South Florida Navy Washington State Michigan Georgia Tech Oregon BYU Houston Oregon State Southern Miss Virginia USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 73 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 273

LSU - teke184 THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 55 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 245 Minnesota - Vern Gagne THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 58 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 288

ESABCPN Coverage Map (subject to change with the speculation that Hogs/'Horns will be postponed until September 27th)

Guess I should have actually spent more than two seconds doing my write up. Oh well. Smartly Pretty - Close but went with what I felt was the better all around team. VX - Tatum & Harrison both will both get cheap shots on BZ's receivers to knock them out early in the game. CanadianChris - Run & shoot is just too much of a gimmick, athough was tempted to go the other way as I think CC's secondary is a bit suspect. 909 - Toss up so I went with my huge personal bias and picked Montana over Brady. Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy - Another tough one and again just went with who I felt was the better overall team. Tzar - Although I think he did get way too cute with his offense, he's got the best defense in the draft. Gert T - Was on the same waive length with a lot of his picks so I have to at least have him advance through the first round. In fairness to Fokai he was at a bit of a disadvantage by having to take over for someone who dropped out.

And they ended up switching it to Rays/Yankees.

Say what you want about Barry Bonds, and really please I insist you say nasty things about him, but he was really, really fucking good. Top 20 Left Fielder Seasons since 1979 (per Win Shares) 1. Barry Bonds, 2001 - San Francisco Giants 53.9 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 36 SFG NL 153 476 129 156 32 2 73 137 13 3 177 93 .328 .515 .863 259 411 0 2 35 9 5 2. Barry Bonds, 2004 - San Francisco Giants 53.0 3. Barry Bonds, 2002 - San Francisco Giants 48.9 4. Barry Bonds, 1993 - San Francisco Giants 46.7 5. Albert Pujols, 2003 - St. Louis Cardinals 41.1 6. Barry Bonds, 1992 - Pittsburgh Pirates 40.8 7. Barry Bonds, 2003 - San Francisco Giants 39.2 8. Barry Bonds, 1996 - San Francisco Giants 39.0 9. Rickey Henderson, 1990 - Oakland A's 38.9 10. Kevin Mitchell, 1989 - San Francisco Giants 37.7 11. Albert Belle, 1998 - Chicago White Sox 37.4 12. Barry Bonds, 1990 - Pittsburgh Pirates 36.7 13. Luis Gonzalez, 2001 - Arizona Diamondbacks 36.6 14. Barry Bonds, 1991 - Pittsburgh Pirates 36.5 15. Barry Bonds, 1997 - San Francisco Giants 36.4 16. Barry Bonds, 1995 - San Francisco Giants 36.1 17. Tim Raines, 1985 - Montreal Expos 35.8 18. Pedro Guerrero, 1985 - Los Angeles Dodgers 34.8 19. Rickey Henderson, 1980 - Oakland A's 33.9 20. Tim Raines, 1987 - Montreal Expos 33.8

If you had to guess the first baseman who had the best single season of the last 30 years you might guess Frank Thomas, Mark McGwire, Jeff Bagwell, Albert Pujols, Jason Giambi, or maybe even Don Mattingly in his prime. And you'd be wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong...at least according to Win Shares. This player's numbers don't look huge at first glance but they came in a season when in the N.L. the average team only scored 3.94 runs a game, one of only four seasons since '79 that teams average under 4 runs a game in the N.L. Top 20 First Baseman Seasons since 1979 (per Win Shares) 1. Will Clark, 1989 - San Francisco Giants 43.8 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 +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 1989 25 SFG NL 159 588 104 196 38 9 23 111 8 3 74 103 .333 .407 .546 175 321 0 8 14 5 6 2. Mark McGwire, 1998 - St. Louis Cardinals 40.9 3. Jeff Bagwell, 1996 - Houston Astros 40.7 4. Albert Pujols, 2004 - St. Louis Cardinals 39.7 5. Frank Thomas, 1997 - Chicago White Sox 39.1 6. Albert Pujols, 2006 - St. Louis Cardinals 38.6 7. Albert Pujols, 2005 - St. Louis Cardinals 38.3 8. Jason Giambi, 2000 - Oakland A's 38.2 9. Jason Giambi, 2001 - Oakland A's 37.8 10. Derrek Lee, 2005 - Chicago Cubs 37.2 11. Jeff Bagwell, 1999 - Houston Astros 36.9 12. John Olerud, 1993 - Toronto Blue Jays 36.7 13. Will Clark, 1988 - San Francisco Giants 36.7 14. Carlos Delgado, 2000 - Toronto Blue Jays 36.4 15. Will Clark, 1991 - San Francisco Giants 34.3 16. Jason Giambi, 2002 - New York Yankees 34 17. Jim Thome, 2002 - Cleveland Indians 33.9 18. Lance Berkman, 2006 - Houston Astros 33.7 19. John Olerud, 1998 - New York Mets 33.5 20. Todd Helton, 2003 - Colorado Rockies 33.5

My Picks Rutgers South Florida Duke Baylor Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon BYU Houston Oregon State Arkansas State Connecticut USC Wisconsin 56/296

Indiana - Tzar Lysergic THURSDAY North Carolina FRIDAY Kansas SATURDAY Navy at Baylor Michigan at Virginia Tech Oregon at BYU Air Force at Oregon State at Arkansas State at Connecticut at USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 57 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 312 Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY North Carolina FRIDAY Kansas SATURDAY Duke Washington State Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon UCLA Houston Oregon State Southern Miss Virginia USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 61 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 248

Uh oh a Raiders loss means some Broncos fans are getting stabbed at the Coliseum tonight! Well okay not that Raiders fans don't stab opposing fans on the rare occasion they win a game either but I think they are more polite about it in those instances.

ESPN/FOX/TBS Games to Poison Our Youth WEDNESDAY Yankees (Carl Pavano) at Rays (Edwin Jackson), 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN SATURDAY Phillies at Mets, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX Tigers at Twins, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX SUNDAY Angels at White Sox, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, TBS Phillies at Mets, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN

And I'm disappointed in myself now, although I'd go with Bigger Boner. Any mod feel free to change it.

Week 2 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, September 4th, 8:30 PM EST/5:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Friday, September 5th, 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST -Lose out on Friday game. Deadline #3: Saturday, September 6th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak. Week 2 Match-ups #1 Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 1-0) vs. #4 Ohio State (Gert T, 1-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK #2 Florida State* PM (909, 1-0) vs. Indiana* PM (Tzar Lysergic, 1-0) #3 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 1-0) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 1-0) #5 Texas* (Broward83, 1-0) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 0-1) #6 Ball State* (Vampiro69, 1-0) vs. Navy* PM (MarvinisaLunatic, 1-0) #7 San Diego State* PM (Saint of All Killers, 1-0) vs. Notre Dame* PM (KingPK, 0-1) #8 N.C. State* PM (AboveAverage484, 1-0) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 1-0) #9 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 1-0) vs. South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 0-1) #10 Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 1-0) vs. Tulsa* (Will Scarlet, 0-1) Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 1-0) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 0-1) Stanford* (Bored, 1-0) vs. Arizona State* (still fly, 1-0) Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 1-0) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 0-1) Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 1-0) vs. Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 0-1) Washington State* PM (MrRant, 1-0) vs. Illinois* (The Monkey Man, 0-1) Syracuse* PM (CanadianChris, 0-1) vs. Georgia* (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-1) Michigan* (MFerXtreme87, 0-1) vs. Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 0-1) Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 0-1) vs. USC* PM (Cartman, 0-1) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 0-1) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 0-1) Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 0-1) vs. Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 0-1) LSU* PM (teke184, 0-1) vs. Washington* PM (Smues, 0-1) Week 2 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY South Carolina at Vanderbilt FRIDAY Navy at Ball State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Boston College BYU at Washington Cincinnati at Oklahoma Mississippi at Wake Forest Air Force at Wyoming West Virginia at East Carolina Texas A&M at New Mexico California at Washington State South Florida at UCF Northwestern at Duke Minnesota at Bowling Green Miami at Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game? Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami?