Bored

I'd be very surprised if its not the Yankees, as it should be.

Thirteenth. He retired in 1994. From the Hall of Hame site: That's probably not a comprehensive list. Here's a list I put together of who's eligible next year, again not everyone will necessarily be on the ballot. Brady Anderson Delino DeShields Shawon Dunston Darrin Fletcher Travis Fryman David Justice Chuck Knoblauch Darren Lewis Tim Raines Lee Stevens John Valentin Randy Velarde Andy Benes Chuck Finley Mike Morgan Robb Nen Jose Rijo Todd Sottlemyre Greg Swindell

Leak at the moment doesn't project as a first day pick mainly due to his lack of size. NFL Draft Countdown has him 9th among officially declared QB's below the likes of lackluster college qb's Trent Edwards and Jordan Palmer.

But since the season is over can look towards next year. Here are the non-traditional BCS interconference match-ups next year, note these aren't in any sort of order just what I was able to put together as obviously not all games have a scheduled date yet. Alabama vs. Florida State (at Jacksonville) Colorado at Arizona State South Florida at Auburn Boston College at Notre Dame Tennessee at California Florida State at Colorado Connecticut at Duke Connecticut at Virginia Duke at Notre Dame Northwestern at Duke Oklahoma State at Georgia Georgia Tech at Notre Dame Illinois vs. Missouri (at St. Louis) Illinois at Syracuse Syracuse at Iowa Virginia Tech at LSU Maryland at Rutgers Miami at Oklahoma Texas A&M at Miami Oregon at Michigan Pittsburgh at Michigan State Missouri at Mississippi Mississippi State at West Virginia Nebraska at Wake Forest USC at Nebraska North Carolina at South Florida South Carolina at North Carolina Notre Dame at Penn State Notre Dame at UCLA Ohio State at Washington Pittsburgh at Virginia Washington at Syracuse Washington State at Wisconsin

No point in waiting now. Final Bowl Results Pepsi Blue Bored Bowl: #2 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 23, #1 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 20 Out Magazine Bowl: #3 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 21, #4 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 20 KFC PETA Bowl: #9 Oregon (nogoodnick) 22, #6 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 19 TheSWF.com Dust Bowl: #5 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 22, Oklahoma (Vampiro69) 17 Williams Games SinisTar Bowl: #7 Stanford (Bored) 20, Kentucky (Danville Wreslting) 20; I win by tiebreak Traditional Bowl presented by the Yellow Submarine: #8 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 21, USC (Cartman) 19 Ex-Lax Toilet Bowl: Florida (Urban Warfare) 22, #10 UCLA (phoenixrising) 21 FireJoeMorgan.com Bowl: LSU (teke184) 21, Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 20 Meow Mix Pussy Bowl: Tennessee (Sex Machine Gun) 25, San Jose State (kkktookmybabyaway) 15 Again congratulations to iggy on winning the title. I have not decided yet if this will be the final year of the contest or not as I'm 50/50 on it right now. If the contest does return everyone who did particpate the whole year will have a spot reserved. Thanks to everyone who participated.

With this dominate performance I doubt we'll see too much talk tommorrow about Boise State being the real national champs although I anticipate they'll get a few first place votes in the AP poll.

Given the current state of the Cotton Bowl I doubt it. If they were ever going to promote a game into the BCS it would have been the Capital One Bowl. I would have preferred that over the current format. I'm not looking forward to the first year with two games at the Rose Bowl.

Its because of the new BCS format this year where they added a 5th BCS game by playing two games at the same site in one week.

Mark McGwire - First Baseman Oakland Athletics 1986-1997 St. Louis Cardinals 1997-2001 Awards 1987 AL Rookie of the Year 1990 AL Gold Glove - 1B 1992 AL Silver Slugger - 1B 1996 AL Silver Slugger - 1B 1998 NL Silver Slugger - 1B All-Star Selections: 12 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) League Leader 1987: Homeruns, Slugging %, HR/AB 1989: HR/AB 1990: Walks 1992: Slugging %, HR/AB, OPS+ 1995: HR/AB 1996: Homeruns, OBP, Slugging %, HR/AB, OPS, OPS+ 1998: Homeruns, Walks, OBP, Slugging %, HR/AB, Runs Created, OPS, OPS+ 1999: Homeruns, RBI, HR/AB, OPS+ Career Ranks HR: 7th RBI: 60th BB: 34th OBP: 78th SLG: 10th HR/AB: 1st RC: 82nd OPS: 13th OPS+: 11th Hall of Fame Stats Black Ink: Batting - 36 (41) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Gray Ink: Batting - 110 (189) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) HOF Standards: Batting - 42.0 (126) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Batting - 169.5 (60) (Likely HOFer > 100) Similar Batters in HOF: 2 (Harmon Killewbrew, Willie McCovey) Other Similar Batters: Jim Thome, Jose Canseco, Carlos Delgado, Manny Ramirez, Juan Gonzalez, Norm Cash, Jason Giambi, Dave Kingman Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacement Level (WARP3) 1986: 1/-0.1 1987: 30/8.9 1988: 28/7.6 1989: 21/7.0 1990: 27/10.0 1991: 18/6.1 1992: 29/10.1 1993: 6/2.5 1994: 6/2.5 1995: 23/7.8 1996: 29/9.8 1997: 25/9.4 1998: 41/11.6 1999: 30/8.6 2000: 20/6.0 2001: 8/1.5 Career Win Shares: 342 Career WARP3: 109.5 Would he get my vote? Yes. I thought about doing a very long rant about the entire issue regarding if McGwire should go into the HOF or not but we all know that when the results are announced Tuesday he will not have been elected so this issue is going to last for at least one more year so I'm not going to waste my time for now. What I will say when it comes to considering a player for the HOF who has either been proven to have used steroids or have likely used steroids I feel that if a player is a true borderline candidate that use of steroids can tip the scales against a player as being a deserving HOF. Mark McGwire is not a borderline candidate. 7th all-time in homeruns, 10th all-time in Slugging, 11th all-time OPS+, a .394 career OBP, and he averaged 50 homeruns for every 162 games played. Whether or not he will ever get in, it is too early to tell. The projection seems to be he'll get only 25-30% of the vote on this first ballot and this percentage should increase substantially next year as several voters are using an arbitrary one-year boycott for likely steroid users. What is revealed or not revealed in the following years about his use of steroids and the use of others during his playing days will determine if he ever gets in. No one should feel sorry for McGwire if he never gets in but I think it'd be a real shame if he didn't.

Oregon beats UCLA 68-66 for the Bruins first loss of the year.

Speaking of which: If Sean Salisbury Asks You To Look At His Phone, Don't Do It.

Andre Dawson - Outfielder Montreal Expos 1976-1986 Chicago Cubs 1987-1992 Boston Red Sox 1993-1994 Florida Marlins 1995-1996 6th year on the ballot Past HOF Voting Results 2002: 45.34% 2003: 50.00% 2004: 50.00% 2005: 52.32% 2006: 60.96% Awards 1977 NL Rookie of the Year 1980 NL Gold Glove - OF 1980 NL Silver Slugger - OF 1981 NL Gold Glove - OF 1981 NL Silver Slugger - OF 1982 NL Gold Glove - OF 1983 NL Gold Glove - OF 1983 NL Silver Slugger - OF 1984 NL Gold Glove - OF 1985 NL Gold Glove - OF 1987 NL MVP 1987 NL Gold Glove - OF 1987 NL Silver Slugger - OF 1988 NL Gold Glove - OF All-Star Selections: 8 (1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) League Leader 1983: Hits, Total Bases 1987: Homeruns, RBI, Total Bases Career Ranks Games: 32nd Hits: 45th Runs: 85th HR: 35th RBI: 29th 2B: 42nd TB: 24th RC: 64th Hall of Fame Stats Black Ink: Batting - 11 (204) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Gray Ink: Batting - 164 (68) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) HOF Standards: Batting - 43.7 (115) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Batting - 118.0 (118) (Likely HOFer > 100) Similar Batters in HOF: 5 (Billy Williams, Tony Perez, Al Kaline, Ernie Banks, Dave Winfield) Other Similar Batters: Dave Parker, Harold Baines, Dwight Evans, Vada Pinson, Fred McGriff Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacement Level (WARP3) 1976: 1/0.4 1977: 18/5.8 1978: 21/6.0 1979: 24/5.6 1980: 29/9.1 1981: 25/10.7 1982: 26/9.1 1983: 28/8.0 1984: 12/4.9 1985: 16/4.0 1986: 16/4.8 1987: 20/7.2 1988: 19/7.9 1989: 13/4.8 1990: 22/6.4 1991: 20/5.4 1992: 16/6.4 1993: 7/2.1 1994: 1/0.7 1995: 4/0.2 1996: 2/0.0 Career Win Shares: 340 Career WARP3: 109.5 Would he get my vote? No. Maybe I'm just too tough on outfielders as I've gone through about five of them on this ballot that I was just underwhelmed enough by them that I can't give them a vote. Dawson is the one I did the most waffling on due to defensive brilliance early in his career although his last three or four Gold Gloves were purely reputation awards. Part of the argument for him seems to be that if he hadn't his knees destroyed by the awful Olympic Stadium turf he would have reached several major career milestones which I wouldn't necessarily disagree with. But injuries and the enviroment you play in are part of the game so I can't really justify giving Dawson a bonus for what he might have done had he played on grass his whole career. I'm just not completely blown away by his peak and unimpressed by his career after age 28. Has received solid support though and if he ever does get in hopefully the HOF does the right thing and has him wear an Expos cap.

Bert Blyleven - Starting Pitcher Minnesota Twins 1970-1976, 1985-1988 Texas Rangers 1976-1977 Pittsburgh Pirates 1978-1980 Cleveland Indians 1981-1985 California Angels 1989-1992 10th year on the ballot Past HOF Voting Results 1998: 17.55% 1999: 14.08% 2000: 17.43% 2001: 23.50% 2002: 26.27% 2003: 29.23% 2004: 35.38% 2005: 40.89% 2006: 53.30% Awards None All-Star Selections: 2 (1973, 1985) League Leader 1971: K/BB 1973: Shutouts, K/BB, ERA+ 1977: WHIP 1985: Innings, Strikeouts, Complete Games, Shutouts 1986: Innings, K/BB 1989: Shutouts Career Ranks Wins: 26th IP: 13th K: 5th CG: 91st SHO: 9th K/BB: 44th K/9: 99th Hall of Fame Stats Black Ink: Pitching - 16 (129) (Average HOFer ≈ 40) Gray Ink: Pitching - 239 (24) (Average HOFer ≈ 185) HOF Standards: Pitching - 50.0 (36) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Pitching - 120.5 (68) (Likely HOFer > 100) Similar Pitchers in HOF: 8 (Don Sutton, Gaylord Perry, Fergie Jenkins, Robin Roberts, Tom Seaver, Early Wynn, Phil Niekro, Steve Carlton) Other Similar Pitchers: Tommy John, Jim Kaat Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacement Level (WARP3) 1970: 10/3.7 1971: 20/8.4 1972: 19/7.4 1973: 29/12.3 1974: 23/10.0 1975: 21/8.7 1976: 20/9.3 1977: 21/8.2 1978: 16/6.2 1979: 13/3.8 1980: 9/2.9 1981: 14/8.2 1982: 1/0.2 1983: 10/4.3 1984: 20/9.2 1985: 23/9.9 1986: 18/7.9 1987: 18/7.5 1988: 4/2.2 1989: 22/7.9 1990: 3/1.3 1992: 5/2.5 Career Win Shares: 339 Career WARP3: 142.0 Would he get my vote? Yes. Blyleven's plight to get into the HOF has been well documented by now. Many voters in the past have immediately written him off because he never won a Cy Young and because he had only two All-Star selections. Of course a player's total number of All-Star selections can be taken with a grain of salt since they are based mostly on what a player did the first three months of the season and with pitcher selections they are heavily influenced by their win/loss record. Blyleven for his career was 150-140 with a 3.47 ERA in the first half of the season but 137-110 with a 3.12 ERA in the second half, so he did his best pitching after the ASB. Another reason why Blyleven has been ignored in the past as well is as you see didn't lead his league in many categories. But for his career he was in the Top 10 ERA ten times, Wins six times, WHIP 11 times, Strikeouts 15 times, Complete Games 12 times, and Shutouts ten times. Nevermind of course he's in the Top 10 all-time in both strikeouts and shutouts. In addition of the eight HOF comps he has only Tom Seaver had a better career ERA+. Many writers are slowly coming around and long time holdouts are now voting for him. He certainly won't get in this year as no backloggers have a chance but within the next five years it appears he will get in.

Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY MAC Championship: Central Michigan vs. Ohio, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY C-USA Championship: Southern Miss vs. Houston, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Connecticut at #6 Louisville, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN ACC Championship: #17 Wake Forest vs. #22 Georgia Tech, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ABC Army vs. Navy, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, CBS Stanford at #18 California, 3:00 PM/Noon, FSN #2 USC at UCLA, 4:30/1:30 PM, ABC SEC Championship: #9 Arkansas vs. #4 Florida, 6:00/3:00 PM, CBS #13 Rutgers at #15 West Virginia, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN Big XII Championship: #20 Nebraska vs. #12 Oklahoma, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC #24 Oregon State at #25 Hawaii, Midnight/9:00 PM, ESPN Other Cable TV Schedule SATURDAY Air Force at TCU, 3:30/12:30 PM, CSTV All Other D-IA Games SATURDAY Louisana Tech at New Mexico State Fresno State at San Jose State Louisana-Monroe at Louisana-Lafayette Troy at Florida International Colorado State at San Diego State

Dave Parker - Rightfielder Pittsburgh Pirates 1973-1983 Cincinnati Reds 1984-1987 Oakland Athletics 1988-1989 Milwaukee Brewers 1990 California Angels 1991 Toronto Blue Jays 1991 11th year on the ballot Past HOF Voting Results 1997: 17.55% 1998: 24.52% 1999: 16.10% 2000: 20.84% 2001: 16.31% 2002: 13.98% 2003: 10.28% 2004: 10.47% 2005: 12.60% 2006: 14.42% Awards 1977 NL Gold Glove - OF 1978 NL MVP 1978 NL Gold Glove - OF 1979 NL Gold Glove - OF 1985 NL Silver Slugger - OF 1986 NL Silver Slugger - OF 1990 AL Silver Slugger - DH All-Star Selections: 7 (1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990) League Leader 1975: Slugging % 1977: Batting Average, Hits, Doubles 1978: Batting Average, Total Bases, Runs Created, Slugging %, OPS, OPS+ 1985: Doubles, RBI, Total Bases 1986: Total Bases Career Ranks Games: 55th Hits: 55th 2B: 31st HR: 80th RBI: 47th TB: 42nd RC: 68th Hall of Fame Stats Black Ink: Batting - 26 (68) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Gray Ink: Batting - 145 (97) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) HOF Standards: Batting - 41.1 (138) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Batting - 125.5 (107) (Likely HOFer > 100) Similar Batters in HOF: 2 (Tony Perez, Billy Williams) Other Similar Batters: Luis Gonzalez, Harold Baines, Andre Dawson, Al Oliver, Jim Rice, Rusty Staub, Chili Davis, Dwight Evans Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacement Level (WARP3) 1973: 4/1.4 1974: 6/1.5 1975: 26/8.6 1976: 23/5.8 1977: 33/10.3 1978: 37/8.8 1979: 31/8.5 1980: 17/3.7 1981: 6/1.1 1982: 7/1.8 1983: 12/4.1 1984: 17/3.4 1985: 29/7.9 1986: 20/4.4 1987: 13/3.2 1988: 10/2.2 1989: 15/3.6 1990: 15/4.9 1991: 6/0.9 Career Win Shares: 327 Career WARP3: 86.3 Would he get my vote? No. I'll always have a soft spot for the Cobra for the 1989 postseason where he pissed off all around douche bag Kelly Gruber for his flaps down homerun trot in the ALCS and also hit the first of many homeruns for the A's in the World Series. Also I'll say that for anyone who argues Jim Rice for the HOF they better also argue for Parker as well as I don't see how Rice is so close to being elected yet Parker has no chance at all. That being said I couldn't give him the imaginary vote mainly because when you get past his great peak of the late 70's he had a really ordinary career once the 80's started. Outside of 1985 in that decade he was an average and sometimes below average corner outfielder. Had a rifle for an arm and it appears he did deserve his 1977 Gold Glove (26 assists) but overall he was not a good defensive outfielder.

Well we know for sure Javon Walker was in the limo. Yikes.

It's really easy to already forget the three two point coversion attempts and Zabransky's terrible throw for the pick six that led to the finish. I'd say overall last year's Rose Bowl was the better game but that sequence in the final minute and a half of the fourth quarter and the overtime ranks up there as one of greatest finishes to a game in not just college football history but sports history.

Thank god Bob Knight finally broke the record. ESPN's month long cross promotion of a forgone conclusion was just a bit much.

Pffft, Louisville wins tommorrow night 93-92 on a record 53 point come from behind victory and after the game Brian Brohm rescues a kitty from a tree.

Okay wait was this a real game or a Disney movie?

iggymcfly's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are the Pepsi Blue Bored Bowl Champions and is the winner of the $50 cash.

And just when you think they can't come up with something else crazy, they do it. Unbelievable.

On 4th and 18 no less. This is a classic.

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a hint. (Smues beat me to it) Since they are going on about USC's recruiting class might as well post Rivals Top 25 recruiting classes for 2007. USC does have the most five star recruits at four but not as many four and three star recruits of some other schools. Illinois and Mississippi are the biggest surprises. 1. Texas 2. Florida 3. Tennessee 4. USC 5. LSU 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Nebraska 9. South Carolina 10. Illinois 11. Michigan 12. Auburn 13. Virginia 14. Mississippi 15. Georgia Tech 16. Ohio State 17. Clemson 18. Oregon 19. Virginia Tech 20. Oklahoma 21. Colorado 22. Alabama 23. Washington 24. Penn State 25. Iowa