Bored

The new formula is doing what it was meant to accomplish and that is mimic real life a little better. Everyone knows in past years in Week 2 there'd always 1-1 teams in the Top 10 but not anymore, everyone in the Top 10 is 2-0. Of course since we're only two weeks everyone is bunched together and there are quite a few ties but I break the ties by correct pick % and then just whoever was ranked higher the previous week as it really doesn't matter at this point. Plenty of shuffling but no change at the top. Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 2 1. LSU - teke184 1.15 2. Oklahoma - Secret Agent 1.65 3. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 2.25 4. Syracuse - CanadianChris 3.15 5. Nebraska - Mecca 3.15 6. Buffalo - Carnival 3.15 7. Texas - UTBroward 5.25 8. Hawaii - Fokai 5.25 9. Florida - Urban Warfare 5.25 10. Florida State - King 5.7 Other Receiving Votes: Arizona (UZI Suicide), Kent State (JHawk), Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34), N.C. State (AboveAverage484)

Safe to call the game for Arizona State so on to the results. Week 2 Results #1 LSU (teke184) 9, #7 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 9; teke184 wins by tiebreak #8 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 10, #3 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 10; CanadianChris wins by tiebreak #2 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 9, Ball State (Vampiro69) 8 #4 Nebraska (Mecca) 9, Ohio State (Gert T) 8 #5 Oklahoma (Secret Agent) 11, Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 9 Buffalo (Carnival) 10, #6 Temple (Ortonsault) 9 #9 Texas (UTBroward) 9, TCU (Nate) 7 #10 Hawaii (Fokai) 9, Auburn (Tzar Lysergic) 8 Stanford (Bored) 10, Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 8 Florida State (King) 9, USC (Cartman) 7 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 10, Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 8 Arizona (UZI Suicide) 9, San Diego State (the walkin' dude) 8 Florida (Urban Warfare) 10, UCLA (phoenixrising) 8 Kent State (JHawk) 9, Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 8 N.C. State (AboveAverage484) 9, Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 7 Notre Dame (KingPK) 8, Penn State (therealworldschampion/Tzar Lysergic*) 8; KingPK wins by tiebreak Ohio (Will Scarlet) 9, Tennessee (Art Sandusky/MFerXtreme87*) 8 Oregon (nogoodnick) 11, Michigan (MFerXtreme87) 8 Rutgers (the pinjockey) 8, UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) 7 Boise State (Vitamin X) 9, Washington (Smues) 8

You got to be kidding me. Five Auburn turnovers, this time getting the ball on their 3 yard line, and USF again fails to score. Wisconsin still losing to UNLV now heading to the 4th.

Auburn is just handing USF scoring opportunities but their kicker seems like he should have gone to Florida State. UNLV leads Wisconsin 10-9 in the 3rd.

Iowa State seems to want to give Duke a run for it's money for the title of Worst BCS Conference Team as after losing to Kent State last week they follow it up by losing to Northern Iowa this week. Memphis/Arkansas State was rained out. No, really. Guess there was some lightning too but jeez don't see that happen too often. And yeah Virginia Tech is not National Title material. The ACC looks like it's going to suck again this year. Texas just blew it open against TCU with a fumble return for a touchdown, 27-10. A shame because TCU really looked like they had a shot after the first half but Texas woke up.

Hawaii's run at a BCS bid might end before it even really gets started as they are trailing Louisiana Tech 31-28 in the 4th.

Anyone watching this? This is crazy. Fresno receiver reaches for the endzone with the ball for the winning touchdown, loses it before it crosses the plane, but the original call is that he stepped out of bounds at the 1. They review it and originally say the call stands. Then they review it again and overturn it this time but then mention there was a roughing the passer penalty and they'll replay the down. And after all that Fresno settles for a field goal, on to overtime possession #2.

Fresno ties A&M with four seconds left on a 4th and Goal, going to overtime.

Texas A&M has blown a 19 point lead against Fresno State, now tied 22-22 in the 4th.

Just curious, I heard CSU is wearing throwbacks for the Cal game. Any truth to this? Ya they were wearing old school helmets with the player's numbers on them. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/photo?slug=9...110&prov=ap

Yup, Michigan is officially terrible. Colorado State has pulled within six of Cal with under three minutes to go but looks like they'll need to force a turnover to have a shot.

Washington now up 24-7 on Boise State.

Marshall up 13-6 on West Virginia going into the half. That was quite the pussy move though at the end of the half though to settle for the field goal when you are inside the 10 with 20 seconds to go and a timeout remaining. Am I the only one who hates these coach/player/celebrity introductions of the starting line ups by ESPN?

I have to put in replacement pick assignments for tommorrow in case the last two late pickers don't show up. Penn State - Tzar Lysergic Tennessee - MFerXtreme87 nogoodnick's picks SATURDAY Northwestern Nebraska Oklahoma Alabama Oregon Washington South Carolina Missouri North Carolina Texas Western Michigan LSU Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 258

Coverage maps for Sunday. CBS FOX Early FOX Late I don't believe for a second that the Lions/Raiders sold out but supposedly it did so I'll need to find something else to do Sunday afternoon.

This wasn't a particularly good week of games in terms of match-ups that are complete toss ups. I never put a game on the list that I don't think there's at least a chance of an upset but I picked several games this week that I knew there wouldn't be many differing picks. Cincinnati is going to save the late pickers as Hawk 34 was only one to pick the Bearcats.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=Ag...p&type=lgns Whoops.

Gore's hand is healed so...what's the conspiracy? And his legs are fine which is most important.

Who You Should Root For #1 LSU* PM (teke184, 1-0) vs. #7 Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 1-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK LSU: Oregon, North Carolina GT: Michigan, East Carolina Tiebreak: 55/40 #3 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 1-0) vs. #8 Syracuse* PM (CanadianChris, 1-0) No differing picks. Tiebreak: 34/35 #2 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 1-0) vs. Ball State* (Vampiro69, 0-1) SC: East Carolina, Western Michigan, Arizona State BS: North Carolina, Indiana, Colorado #4 Nebraska* (Mecca, 1-0) vs. Ohio State (Gert T, 0-1) NE: Boise State, Missouri, Arizona State OS: Washington, Mississippi, Colorado #5 Oklahoma* PM (Secret Agent, 1-0) vs. Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 0-1) OK: Washington, Indiana UM: Boise State, Western Michigan Tiebreak: 49/50 #6 Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 1-0) vs. Buffalo* (Carnival, 1-0) TU: Michigan BU: Oregon #9 Texas* (UTBroward, 1-0) vs. TCU* (Nate, 0-1) TX: Oklahoma, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Indiana, LSU TCU: Miami, South Carolina, East Carolina, TCU, Western Michigan, Virginia Tech Tiebreaks: 65/57, 250/274 #10 Hawaii* (Fokai, 1-0) vs. Auburn* (Tzar Lysergic, 0-1) HI: Missouri AU: Mississippi Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 1-0) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 0-1) AL: Nevada, Oregon, Boise State SU: Northwestern, Nebraska, Michigan, Washington Tiebreak: 48/45 Florida State* PM (King, 1-0) vs. USC* PM (Cartman, 0-1) FS: Washington, Arizona State USC: Boise State, Colorado Tiebreak: 38/45 Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 1-0) vs. Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 1-0) MN: Oregon State, North Carolina MO: Cincinnati, East Carolina Tiebreak: 34/38, 212/234 Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 1-0) vs. San Diego State* PM (the walkin' dude, 0-1) UA: Washington SDS: Boise State Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 1-0) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 1-0) FL: Northwestern, Washington, East Carolina, Western Michigan UCLA: Nevada, Boise State, North Carolina, Indiana Tiebreak: 39/38 Kent State* (JHawk, 1-0) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 0-1) KS: Washington, Indiana, Colorado UK: Boise State, Western Michigan, Arizona State N.C. State* (AboveAverage484, 1-0) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuin, 0-1) NCS: Northwestern, Michigan, East Carolina, Arizona State BC: Nevada, Oregon, North Carolina, Colorado Tiebreaks: 37/61, 223/229 Penn State (therealworldschampion/Tzar Lysergic*, 0-1) vs. Notre Dame* (KingPK, 0-1) PS: Nevada, Nebraska, Mississippi, East Carolina ND: Northwestern, Wake Forest, Missouri, North Carolina KingPK wins if there is a tie. Tennessee (Art Sandusky/MFerXtreme87*, 0-1) vs Ohio* (Will Scarlet, 0-1) TN: Nevada, East Carolina, Western Michigan OH: Northwestern, North Carolina, Indiana Michigan* (MFerXtreme87, 0-1) vs. Oregon (nogoodnick, 0-1) MI: Nevada, Michigan, Boise State, Georgia, East Carolina OR: Northwestern, Oregon, Washington, South Carolina, North Carolina Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 0-1) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 0-1) RU: Nevada, Missouri, East Carolina, Western Michigan, Arizona State UTEP: Northwestern, Mississippi, North Carolina, Indiana, Colorado Boise State* (Vitamin X, 0-1) vs. Washington* (Smues, 0-1) BS: Northwestern, Oregon, Boise State, East Carolina, Western Michigan UW: Nevada, Michigan, Washington, North Carolina, Indiana

Gert T, therealworldschampion, Art Sandusky, and nogoodnick are late with their picks. Lando Griffin did not show up so KingPK takes over Notre Dame. AlwaysPissedOff left off his pick for Nebraska/Wake Forest when he submitted his picks to me and I haven't heard back from him yet. PM'd Picks Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff Oregon State Nevada Oklahoma Alabama Oregon Boise State Georgia Missouri North Carolina Texas Indiana LSU Arizona State TB #1: 48 TB #2: 231 San Diego State - the walkin' dude THURSDAY Oregon State at Cincinnati SATURDAY Nevada at Northwestern Nebraska at Wake Forest Miami at Oklahoma Alabama at Vanderbilt Oregon at Michigan Boise State at Washington South Carolina at Georgia Missouri at Mississippi North Carolina at East Carolina TCU at Texas Indiana at Western Michigan Virginia Tech at LSU Colorado at Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 61 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 235 LSU - teke184 THURSDAY Oregon State at Cincinnati SATURDAY Nevada at Northwestern Nebraska at Wake Forest Miami at Oklahoma Alabama at Vanderbilt Oregon at Michigan Boise State at Washington South Carolina at Georgia Missouri at Mississippi North Carolina at East Carolina TCU at Texas Indiana at Western Michigan Virginia Tech at LSU Colorado at Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 55 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 220 Notre Dame - KingPK THURSDAY Oregon State SATURDAY Northwestern Wake Forest Oklahoma Alabama Michigan Boise State Georgia Missouri North Carolina Texas Indiana LSU Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 63 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 292 Florida State - King THURSDAY Oregon State at Cincinnati SATURDAY Nevada at Northwestern Nebraska at Wake Forest Miami at Oklahoma Alabama at Vanderbilt Oregon at Michigan Boise State at Washington South Carolina at Georgia Missouri at Mississippi North Carolina at East Carolina TCU at Texas Indiana at Western Michigan Virginia Tech at LSU Colorado at Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 38 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 279 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY Oregon State at Cincinnati SATURDAY Nevada at Northwestern Nebraska at Wake Forest Miami at Oklahoma Alabama at Vanderbilt Oregon at Michigan Boise State at Washington South Carolina at Georgia Missouri at Mississippi North Carolina at East Carolina TCU at Texas Indiana at Western Michigan Virginia Tech at LSU Colorado at Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 38 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 234 Florida - Urban Warfare HURSDAY Oregon State SATURDAY Northwestern Nebraska Oklahoma Alabama Michigan Washington Georgia Missouri East Carolina Texas Western Michigan LSU Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 39 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 252 USC - Cartman THURSDAY Oregon State SATURDAY Northwestern Nebraska Oklahoma Alabama Michigan Boise State Georgia Missouri North Carolina Texas Western Michigan LSU Colorado Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 45 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 300 Temple - Ortonsault THURSDAY Oregon State SATURDAY Northwestern Nebraska Oklahoma Alabama Michigan Boise State Georgia Missouri East Carolina Texas Western Michigan LSU Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 29 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 214 Syracuse - CanadianChris HURSDAY Oregon State SATURDAY Northwestern Nebraska Oklahoma Alabama Michigan Boise State Georgia Missouri East Carolina Texas Indiana LSU Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 35 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 155 Oklahoma - Secret Agent THURSDAY Oregon State at Cincinnati SATURDAY Nevada at Northwestern Nebraska at Wake Forest Miami at Oklahoma Alabama at Vanderbilt Oregon at Michigan Boise State at Washington South Carolina at Georgia Missouri at Mississippi North Carolina at East Carolina TCU at Texas Indiana at Western Michigan Virginia Tech at LSU Colorado at Arizona State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Virginia Tech/LSU game? 49 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas' Colt McCoy have against TCU? 276

And you'd think he'd be more fond of hot dogs.

My Picks Oregon State Northwestern Nebraska Oklahoma Alabama Michigan Washington Georgia Missouri North Carolina Texas Indiana LSU Arizona State Tiebreaks: 45/220

Texans - 17 points Indianapolis Minnesota St. Louis Denver Houston Washington New England Philadelphia Cleveland Tennessee San Diego Oakland Seattle Dallas Baltimore San Francisco

Finding a random reason to bump this with that other thread turning ugly. Here's the Sagarin Rankings Top 10 which should be fascinating with one whole week completed. 1. USC 2. California 3. LSU 4. Auburn 5. Ohio State 6. Georgia 7. Wisconsin 8. Texas 9. Georgia Tech 10. Clemson Oh and apparantly there was some controversy at the end of the Arkansas State/Texas game but no one saw the game so didn't get any play in the media. The Arkansas State coach said the Big XII aplogized for blowing a couple of calls including an onside kick in the final minute. Link

We're five days away from the kick off of the first Div I-A game of 2007 and what better way than Tulsa taking on Louisiana-Monroe! Woooo? For the second straight year the biggest game of the opening week will be Tennessee/Cal and I can only hope the result is the same this year with the Vols embarrassing the Bears on national television. Also as has been the norm in recent years it is a wrap around weekend with a couple of games on Labor Day although no games on Sunday this year for whatever reason. Television changes for this year, for five or six weeks this season ESABCPN will televise one of the ABC regional games that you don't get in your area on ESPN. For this week if you get Wazzu/Wisconsin on ABC, you'll have Wake/BC on ESPN and vice versa. Now if you have Nevada/Nebraska on ABC I have no idea what you get on ESPN this week. Here's the coverage map for September 1st. Also for the first time in a very, very long time a handful Pac-10 and Big XII home games will be carried by ESPN. TBS did not renew their contract with the Pac-10 and Big XII so Versus will now pick up a few games from those conferences in addition to their Mountain West coverage. Of course the much talked about Big Ten Network begins this week with two regional games but who really cares because almost none of us get it. Unbeknownst to me the Mountain West started their own channel last year just called The Mountain which I'm guessing maybe 2 people in the entire country get. Hey I'm all for these conference channels. I'm a college football fan, I want 20 god damn games on at the same time that I can flip through. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY Tulsa at Louisiana-Monroe, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #2 LSU at Mississippi State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Washington at Syracuse, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN SATURDAY East Carolina at #9 Virginia Tech, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN UAB at Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Colorado State vs. Colorado, Noon/9:00 AM, FSN Virginia at Wyoming, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Versus Georgia Tech at Notre Dame, 3:30/12:30 PM, NBC Washington State at #7 Wisconsin, 3:30/12:30, ABC/ESPN* Wake Forest at Boston College, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Nevada at #20 Nebraska, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Missouri vs. Illinois, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN2 #14 UCLA at Stanford, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN Arizona at BYU, 5:30/2:30 PM, Versus Oklahoma State at #13 Georgia, 6:45/3:45 PM, ESPN2 North Texas at #8 Oklahoma, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN Kansas State at #18 Auburn, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #15 Tennessee at #12 California, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC Idaho at #1 USC, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN MONDAY Texas Tech at SMU, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN #19 Florida State at Clemson, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY Murray State at #10 Louisville, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU Utah at Oregon State, 10:00/7:00 PM, FCS Pacific FRIDAY Navy at Temple, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU SATURDAY Marshall at Miami, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Appalachian State at #5 Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Youngstown State at #11 Ohio State, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* FIU at #17 Penn State, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Northeastern at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Western Kentucky at #6 Florida, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LFS/GP South Carolina State at Air Force, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. Iowa vs. Northern Illinois, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Houston at Oregon, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Western Michigan at #3 West Virginia, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Baylor at #22 TCU, 6:00/3:00 PM, CSTV Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky, 6:00/3:00 PM, GP Purdue at Toledo, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Army vs. Akron, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Elon at South Florida, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Gardner-Webb at Ohio, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Louisiana-Lafayette at South Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Western Carolina at Alabama, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Indiana State at Indiana, 8:00/5:00 PM, BTN* Bowling Green at Minnesota, 8:00/5:00 PM, BTN* New Mexico at UTEP, 10:00/7:00 PM, CSTV All Other Div I-A Games THURSDAY Buffalo at #16 Rutgers Miami of Ohio at Ball State Kent State at Iowa State SE Louisiana at New Mexico State UNLV at Utah State Weber State at #24 Boise State SATURDAY Connecticut at Duke Mississippi at Memphis MTSU at Florida Atlantic Villanova at Maryland UCF at N.C. State James Madison at North Carolina Eastern Michigan at Pittsburgh Troy at #21 Arkansas Richmond at Vanderbilt Arkansas State at #4 Texas Central Michigan at Kansas Central Arkansas at Louisiana Tech Tennessee-Martin at Southern Miss Montana State at #25 Texas A&M Nicholls State at Rice San Jose State at Arizona State Sacramento State at Fresno State Northern Colorado at #23 Hawaii