Bored

Actually it's 32 (if you include the BCS Championship, which it is a bowl to itself), so you'll see the lower half as well especially when six Conference USA teams get to go to bowls.

Iowa is finished. If we assume that the Big Ten doesn't get a second team in the BCS, Illinios has a very slim shot, they will have seven bids. They currently have eight teams with seven wins or more which will leave either Indiana, Michigan State, or Purdue looking for an open bid (Armed Forces Bowl is likely, Emerald and Texas Bowls also could have one). Hopefully no nightmare scenario happens to the Hoosiers where they get left out in the cold. They haven't been to a bowl game since the 1993 Independence Bowl.

1. Head-to-Head -You beat VX, VX beat Edwin, Edwin beat you, so it's a wash. 2. Overall Record -VX is 9-3, you and Edwin are 8-4 so VX qualifies. Then it goes back to head-to-head where Edwin beats you.

Amazingly every match-up that had an impact on the conference title games has already been decided so might as well announce the schedule for the next two weeks: Big 8 Championship Nebraska (Mecca) vs. Oklahoma (Secret Agent) Big MAC Championship Rutgers (the pinjockey) vs. Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) Pac-8 Championship UCLA (phoenxrising) vs. Stanford (Bored) Southeastern Seven Championship South Carolina (Cuban Linx) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) Western Atlantic Championship Boise State (Vitamin X) vs. Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto)

It's over, Alabama loses to the #96 team in the BCS at home. This is quite the disastrous end to Nick Saban's first year. Vandy's loss doesn't lock up a bid for them either as if Mississippi State and South Carolina finish 7-5, the Tide would be the odd team out at 6-6 unless of course they upset Auburn. Notre Dame is going to beat Duke which I'm actually happy with as I was fearing that Stanford would hand the Irish their 2nd win next week. Now I just have to worry about giving them their 3rd win which would still suck.

Vandy misses a 49 yard field goal in the final minute, Tennessee will hang on 25-24. That's it for their bowl hopes, even if they become eligible next week there is no chance of them getting an invite over an Alabama or South Carolina.

Also of interest in the SEC right now when it comes to the last few bowl bids, Alabama is losing to UL Monroe 21-14 entering the 4th. If Vandy and Mississippi State can get to 7-5 both Alabama and South Carolina could be sitting at home this bowl season if they finish 6-6.

Still nothing from Urban Warfare. He doesn't show up, Nate's picks will be used for Florida.

The only logical, true playoff that could work is eight teams with the six BCS conference champs and any non-BCS conference unbeaten gets an automatic bid. Use the BCS formula (under some other name) to pick the at large team(s) and seed them using the formula. First round are played at the higher seeded teams stadiums, semi-finals and finals are played at neutral sites. Four team playoff will never happen as the BCS conferences would never agree to a playoff that could leave their champion out of it and a 16 team playoff would be awesome, but overkill and have many logistical issues. I'll give you two words as to why their isn't a playoff already: Rose Bowl. They want nothing to do with it.

Texans - 23 points Cincinnati Green Bay Cleveland Indianapolis Philadelphia New England New Orleans Minnesota Pittsburgh Jacksonville Tampa Bay Dallas N.Y. Giants St. Louis Seattle Tennessee

Ya, I don't see a three loss Pac-10 team getting a BCS bid either. The most likely conference champ to finish below Hawaii or Boise State is Michigan if they win tommorrow. I still say that Hawaii gets the Top 14 automatic bid if they finish 12-0.

USC doesn't need to move up is the point. If they run the table the Fiesta Bowl will jump all over them. Of course if Oregon loses another game then USC would win the Pac-10 in that scenario and go to the Rose Bowl. I'll run through the Pac-10 most likely scenarios at this point. If USC and Oregon run the table: Oregon goes to the Rose, USC to the Fiesta. If Oregon and Arizona State run the table: ASU goes to the Rose, Oregon to the Fiesta. If USC runs the table and Oregon loses another game: USC goes to the Rose, ASU goes to the Fiesta (if they are still ranked in the Top 14)

If Hawaii wins out they are a lock to end up the Top 14 which will give them an automatic bid. Boise State still has a realistic chance as well if they win out.

For a program that hasn't been to a bowl game since 1998, storming the field after beating the #2 team in the country is acceptable. And they are already starting.

Game over. Oregon can still win the Pac-10 if USC beats Arizona State and forces a three-way tie which obviously the Ducks win by beating them both. That's assuming they take care of UCLA and Oregon State which I wouldn't assume at this point. You have to wonder how excited U of A fans can really be about this as this will save Mike Stoops' job.

Even if Oregon pulls this game out they will be dropped in the human polls especially if it is determined that Dixon is done for the year. They'd have no chance against LSU with Leaf at quarterback so it'd be better to put the Big XII champ in there. This is really unfortunate.

Spoke to soon.

His team made the World Series, so there ya go. He might have gotten a four year deal if the Rockies won it all. Quite the accomplishment by the Mets to get rid of Paul Lo Duca and actually get worse at the catcher position.

Who You Should Root For #3 N.C. State* (AboveAverage484, 7-4) vs. Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 6-5) - GAME OF THE WEEK NCS: Hawaii, Ohio State, West Virginia GT: Nevada, Michigan, Cincinnati #1 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 9-2) vs. Washington* PM (Smues, 5-6) SC: Arkansas, Penn State, Utah WA: Mississippi State, Michigan State, New Mexico #2 LSU* PM (teke184, 9-2) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 6-5) LSU: Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, N.C. State, Clemson UTEP: Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana, Wake Forest, Boston College #4 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 7-4) vs. Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 6-5) VA: Ohio State, Arkansas, Purdue, Cincinnati UB: Michigan, Mississippi State, Indiana, West Virginia Tiebreak: 45/52 #5 Boise State* PM (Vitamin X, 9-2) vs. Hawaii* (UZI Suicide*, 6-5) BS: Michigan, Maryland, Mississippi State, Duke, Purdue, N.C. State HI: Ohio State, Florida State, Arkansas, Notre Dame, Indiana, Wake Forest Tiebreaks: 38/40, 254/256 #6 Florida State* (King, 7-4) vs. Florida (Urban Warfare/Nate*, 5-6) FS: 1-0 lead, Ohio State, Georgia, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Purdue, N.C. State, Boston College, West Virginia FL: Michigan, Kentucky, Duke, Penn State, Indiana, Wake Forest, Clemson, Cincinnati King wins if there is a tie. #7 Nebraska* (Mecca, 8-3) vs. Oklahoma* PM (Secret Agent, 6-5) NE: Boston College OK: Clemson #8 Stanford* (Bored, 7-4) vs. Notre Dame* (KingPK, 4-7) SU: Ohio State, Georgia, Arkansas, Notre Dame, Indiana, Clemson ND: Michigan, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Duke, Purdue, Boston College Tiebreak: 47/50 #9 Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 6-5) vs. Ball State* PM (Vampiro69, 6-5) RU: Arkansas, Michigan State, Wake Forest, New Mexico BS: Mississippi State, Penn State, N.C. State, Utah Tiebreaks: 48/54, 235/234 #10 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 7-4) vs. Texas* (UTBroward, 7-4) SU: Ohio State, Purdue, Clemson, Oklahoma TX: Michigan, Indiana, Boston College, Texas Tech Tiebreak: 62/63 UCLA* (phoenixrising, 6-5) vs. USC* (Cartman, 6-5) UCLA: Maryland, Arkansas, Boston College USC: Florida State, Mississippi State, Clemson Kent State* (JHawk, 7-4) vs. Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 5-6) KS: Hawaii, Ohio State, Florida State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Penn State, Indiana, New Mexico, Boston College TU: Nevada, Michigan, Maryland, Georgia, Duke, Michigan State, Purdue, Utah, Clemson Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 6-5) vs. Ohio* (Will Scarlet, 3-8) MOH: Hawaii, Arkansas, Indiana, Cincinnati OH: Nevada, Mississippi State, Purdue, West Virginia Tiebreaks: 44/48, 127/205 Michigan* (MFerXtreme87, 6-5) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 3-8) MI: Michigan, Florida State, Penn State, Indiana OS: Ohio State, Maryland, Michigan State, Purdue Tiebreaks: 49/51, 231/190 Penn State* PM (Smues*, 6-5) vs. Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 4-7) PS: Hawaii, Mississippi State, Michigan State, Purdue, New Mexico MN: Nevada, Arkansas, Penn State, Indiana, Utah San Diego State (the walkin' dude, 5-6) vs. TCU* (Nate, 4-7) SDS: Georgia, Notre Dame, Purdue, Utah, West Virginia TCU: Kentucky, Duke, Indiana, New Mexico, Cincinnati Oregon (nogoodnick, 4-7) vs. Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 5-6) OR: Nevada, Michigan, Mississippi State, Duke, Clemson AZ: Hawaii, Ohio State, Arkansas, Notre Dame, Boston College Tennessee* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 4-7) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 3-8) TN: Ohio State, Maryland, Georgia, Arkansas KY: Michigan, Florida State, Kentucky, Mississippi State Tiebreaks: 57/45, 156/235 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 3-8) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 2-9) UM: Georgia, Arkansas, Michigan State, Utah, Clemson BC: Kentucky, Mississippi State, Penn State, New Mexico, Boston College Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 3-8) vs. Auburn* (Tzar Lysergic, 2-9) AL: Florida State, Cincinnati AU: Maryland, West Virginia Tiebreak: 58/77

Urban Warfare, the walkin' dude, and nogoodnick are late with their picks. PM'd Picks Boise State - Vitamin X THURSDAY Oregon FRIDAY Hawaii SATURDAY Michigan Maryland Georgia Mississippi State Duke Penn State Purdue N.C. State Utah Boston College West Virginia Oklahoma Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Michigan game? 38 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Boston College's Matt Ryan have against Clemson? 254 Buffalo - Carnival THURSDAY Oregon at Arizona FRIDAY Hawaii at Nevada SATURDAY Ohio State at Michigan Maryland at Florida State Kentucky at Georgia Mississippi State at Arkansas Duke at Notre Dame Penn State at Michigan State Purdue at Indiana N.C. State at Wake Forest New Mexico at Utah Boston College at Clemson West Virginia at Cincinnati Oklahoma at Texas Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Michigan game?52 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Boston College's Matt Ryan have against Clemson?288 LSU - teke184 THURSDAY Oregon at Arizona FRIDAY Hawaii at Nevada SATURDAY Ohio State at Michigan Maryland at Florida State Kentucky at Georgia Mississippi State at Arkansas Duke at Notre Dame Penn State at Michigan State Purdue at Indiana N.C. State at Wake Forest New Mexico at Utah Boston College at Clemson West Virginia at Cincinnati Oklahoma at Texas Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Michigan game? 48 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Boston College's Matt Ryan have against Clemson? 275 Washington - Smues Oregon Hawaii Ohio State Florida State Georgia Mississippi State Notre Dame Michigan State Purdue Wake Forest New Mexico Clemson West Virginia Oklahoma Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Michigan game? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Boston College's Matt Ryan have against Clemson? 271 Ball State - Vampiro69 THURSDAY Oregon at Arizona FRIDAY Hawaii at Nevada SATURDAY Ohio State at Michigan Maryland at Florida State Kentucky at Georgia Mississippi State at Arkansas Duke at Notre Dame Penn State at Michigan State Purdue at Indiana N.C. State at Wake Forest New Mexico at Utah Boston College at Clemson West Virginia at Cincinnati Oklahoma at Texas Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Michigan game? 54 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Boston College's Matt Ryan have against Clemson? 234 Temple - Ortonsault THURSDAY Oregon FRIDAY Nevada SATURDAY Michigan Maryland Georgia Mississippi State Duke Michigan State Purdue Wake Forest Utah Clemson West Virginia Oklahoma Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Michigan game? 49 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Boston College's Matt Ryan have against Clemson? -1 Oklahoma - Secret Agent THURSDAY Oregon at Arizona FRIDAY Hawaii at Nevada SATURDAY Ohio State at Michigan Maryland at Florida State Kentucky at Georgia Mississippi State at Arkansas Duke at Notre Dame Penn State at Michigan State Purdue at Indiana N.C. State at Wake Forest New Mexico at Utah Boston College at Clemson West Virginia at Cincinnati Oklahoma at Texas Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Michigan game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Boston College's Matt Ryan have against Clemson? 242 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff Oregon Hawaii Ohio State Florida State Georgia Arkansas Notre Dame Penn State Indiana Wake Forest Utah Boston College Cincinnati Oklahoma TB #1: 58 TB #2: 281 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 Oregon Hawaii Ohio State Florida State Georgia ARK ND Penn State Indiana Wake Utah Clemson The 'Nati OK 44 127

My Picks Oregon Hawaii Ohio State Florida State Georgia Arkansas Notre Dame Penn State Indiana Wake Forest Utah Clemson West Virginia Oklahoma 47/244

It was announced today that something called the College Basketball Invitational will start this year as the 3rd postseason Division I tournament. Basically it will pick up the scraps that the NIT didn't already pick up from the regular tournament. The odd thing about the tournament is the finals will be a best of three format.

TV schedule for the week of 11/12 - 11/18 I'll prune out the ESPN games and the one national FSN game below. MONDAY New Mexico State at Duke, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 NIT: UW-Green Bay at Ohio State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 CBE: Youngstown State at UCLA, 11:00/9:00 PM, ESPN2 TUESDAY NIT: Saint Joseph's at Syracuse, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN NIT: Columbia at Ohio State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN CBE: CS San Bernardino at UCLA, 11:00/9:00 PM, ESPN WEDNESDAY North Carolina vs. Davidson, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN NIT: Utah at Washington, 10:30/7:30 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY Coaches vs. Cancer: Gardner-Webb vs. Connecticut, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Coaches vs. Cancer: Memphis vs. Oklahoma, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 FRIDAY Coaches vs. Cancer: Consolation Game, 6:30/3:30 PM, ESPN2 Coaches vs. Cancer: Championship Game, 8:30/3:30 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Virginia at Arizona, 10:30/7:30 PM, FSN SUNDAY Puerto Rico Tip Off: Consolation Game, 5:00/2:00 PM, ESPN2 Puerto Rico Tip Off: Championship Game, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2

The Thursday and Friday games this week are pretty unappealing in terms of having many differing picks so I've decided to just leave the ESPN Thursday game there as a possible free point, although doesn't always workout that way, and skip Friday. Fokai is on the chopping block this week. He had mentioned to me having some computer problems when he was late the previous week so I don't think he's dropped out but have to assign replacements just in case which will be Carnival. Urban Warfare's picks will be used for Penn State. Week 11 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, November 8th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Saturday, November 10th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks. Week 11 Match-ups #8 Oklahoma (Secret Agent, 6-4) vs. #9 Boise State* PM (Vitamin X, 8-2) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 9-1) vs. Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 4-6) #2 LSU* PM (teke184, 8-2) vs. Arizona (UZI Suicide, 5-5) #3 Nebraska* (Mecca, 8-2) vs. Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 3-7) #4 N.C. State* (AboveAverage484, 6-4) vs. Hawaii (Fokai?, 6-4) #5 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 7-3) vs. Ball State* PM (Vampiro69, 5-5) #6 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 6-4) vs. Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 3-7) #7 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 6-4) vs. Florida State* (King, 6-4) #10 Stanford* (Bored, 7-3) vs. San Diego State* (the walkin' dude, 4-6) Texas* (UTBroward, 7-3) vs. Michigan* (MFerXtreme87, 5-5) Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 6-4) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 1-9) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 5-5) vs. Ohio* (Will Scarlet, 3-7) Kent State* (JHawk, 6-4) vs. Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 6-4) UCLA* (phoenixrising, 5-5) vs. Oregon* (nogoodnick, 4-6) Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 5-5) vs. Penn State* PM (Urban Warfare*, 5-5) USC* (Cartman, 5-5) vs. Auburn* (Tzar Lysergic, 2-8) Tennessee* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 4-6) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 5-5) Washington* (Smues, 5-5) vs. TCU* (Nate, 3-7) Notre Dame* (KingPK, 4-6) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 2-8) Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 3-7) vs. Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 2-8) Week 11 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Louisville at West Virginia SATURDAY Indiana at Northwestern North Carolina at N.C. State Michigan at Wisconsin Kansas State at Nebraska Arkansas at Tennessee Alabama at Mississippi State Houston at Tulsa Auburn at Georgia Connecticut at Cincinnati Virginia at Miami Florida at South Carolina USC at California Kansas at Oklahoma State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Auburn/Georgia game? Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Wisconsin?

Not the most exciting of line ups this week as there is just one BCS Top 25 match-up and it doesn't involve anyone with national title hopes. Oregon is off this week and LSU might as well be as they are playing Louisiana Tech. Kansas is at Oklahoma State, who is one of the most inconsistent teams in the country even during games as was shown last week against Texas. Ohio State might have be careful of not looking ahead to next week in their game against Illinois but I don't think anyone is anticipating an upset. Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Central Michigan at Western Michigan, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY Ohio at Akron, 7:30/4:30 pm, ESPN2 THURSDAY Louisville at #7 West Virginia, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN TCU at BYU, 9:00/6:00 PM, Versus FRIDAY Rutgers at Army, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #12 Michigan at Wisconsin, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Wake Forest at #21 Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Texas A&M at #6 Missouri, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN Kansas State at Nebraska, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Versus Air Force at Notre Dame, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, NBC #18 Auburn at #10 Georgia, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Illinois at #1 Ohio State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Florida State at #11 Virginia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* #9 Arizona State at UCLA, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Texas Tech at #14 Texas, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Baylor at #5 Oklahoma, 6:30/3:30 PM, FSN #19 Virginia at Miami, 7:15/4:15 PM, ESPN2 #15 Florida at South Carolina, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #4 Kansas at Oklahoma State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* #8 Boston College at Maryland, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* #17 USC at California, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* Washington at Oregon State, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN Fresno State at #16 Hawaii, 11:00/8:00 PM, ESPN2 Digital Cable/Satellite/Gameplan Schedule FRIDAY Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU SATURDAY Indiana at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Classic #23 Penn State at Temple, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Michigan State at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Minnesota at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* North Carolina at N.C. State, Noon/9:00 AM, LFS*/GP South Florida at Syracuse, Noon/9:00 AM, GP #22 Alabama at Mississippi State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LFS*/GP Arkansas at #24 Tennessee, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LFS*/GP Colorado at Iowa State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FCS Central Colorado State at New Mexico, 3:00 PM/Noon, Mtn. #20 Boise State at Utah State, 3:00 PM/Noon, GP #13 Connecticut at Cincinnati, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Wyoming at Utah, 3:30/12:30 PM, CSTV UCF at UAB, 7:30/4:30 PM, CSTV Louisiana Tech at #2 LSU, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP San Diego State at UNLV, 11:00/8:00 PM, CSTV All Other Div. I-A Games SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Duke #25 Kentucky at Vanderbilt Houston at Tulsa Rice at SMU Louisiana-Lafayette at Middle Tennessee New Mexico State at San Jose State Navy at North Texas Arkansas State at Florida Atlantic Kent State at Northern Illinois East Carolina at Marshall Memphis at Southern Miss Troy at Western Kentucky Grambling at Louisiana-Monroe Stanford at Washington State UTEP at Tulane