Bored

Final BCS Rankings 1. Ohio State 2. Florida 3. Michigan 4. LSU 5. USC 6. Louisville 7. Wisconsin 8. Boise State 9. Auburn 10. Oklahoma 11. Notre Dame 12. Arkansas 13. West Virginia 14. Wake Forest 15. Virginia Tech 16. Rutgers 17. Tennessee 18. California 19. Texas 20. BYU 21. Texas A&M 22. Oregon State 23. Nebraska 24. Boston College 25. UCLA

One step closer to a playoff or more likely one step closer to another change in the BCS formula that doesn't solve anything.

Updated. Poinsettia: TCU vs. Northern Illinois Las Vegas: BYU vs. Oregon New Orelans: Troy vs. Rice Armed Forces: Tulsa vs. Utah PapaJohns.com: East Carolina vs. South Florida New Mexico: New Mexico vs. San Jose State Hawaii: Hawaii vs. Arizona State Motor City: Central Michigan vs. Middle Tennessee Emerald: UCLA vs. Florida State Holiday: California vs. Texas A&M Independence: Alabama vs. Oklahoma State Texas: Rutgers vs. Kansas State Champs Sports: Purdue vs. Maryland Insight: Minnesota vs. Texas Tech Liberty: Houston vs. South Carolina Music City: Clemson vs. Kentucky Sun: Oregon State vs. Missouri Alamo: Iowa vs. Texas Chick-fil-A: Virginia Tech vs. Georgia Meineke Car Care: Navy vs. Boston College MPC Computers: Nevada vs. Miami Cotton: Nebraska vs. Auburn Gator: West Virginia vs. Georgia Tech Outback: Penn State vs. Tennessee Capital One: Wisconsin vs. Arkansas International: Western Michigan vs. Cincinnati GMAC: Southern Miss vs. Ohio BCS: Ohio State vs. Florida Rose: USC vs. Michigan Sugar: LSU vs. Notre Dame Orange: Wake Forest vs. Louisville Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Boise State

Well so much for the 49ers surprise run at a playoff spot. They'll need to run the table now to have a shot.

The Harris Poll release is being delayed until Fox's selection show so doesn't look like we'll get any leaked BCS rankings like the last few weeks.

As I mentioned last week I'm going out of town for Thanksgiving. After Tuesday night I probably won't have internet access until Saturday night. So because of that Hawk 34 will help run the contest while I'm gone. So here's how things will work this week: -All picks for this week must sent by private message to Hawk 34. Do not post your picks in the thread and do not send your picks to me. -Once both players from a match-up have sent their picks to Hawk he will post them in the thread. -There will be a total of 20 games to pick from over the next two weeks. For this first week there will be 13 games and next Sunday I will post the final 7 games to make picks for plus the tiebreaker questions. I'm skipping the Thanksgiving game but there are three Friday games to pick for. I would strongly suggest everyone try to get their picks in by Wednesday night so they don't forget over the holiday. Week 13 Deadline -Friday, November 24th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST Week 13 Match-ups Western Atlantic Conference Championship #1 Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 8-4) vs. #2 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 9-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK Southeastern Seven Championship #5 South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 9-3) vs. #10 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 7-5) Pac-8 Championship #8 Oregon (nogoodnick, 8-4) vs. USC (Cartman, 7-5) Big MAC Championship #9 Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 7-5) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 6-6) Big 8 Championship Texas (UTBroward, 6-6) vs. Oklahoma (Vampiro69, 6-6) Week 13 Games to Make Picks For (first 13) FRIDAY Texas A&M at Texas LSU at Arkansas Oregon at Oregon State SATURDAY South Carolina at Clemson Mississippi State at Mississippi Oklahoma at Oklahoma State SMU at Rice Georgia Tech at Georgia Arizona State at Arizona East Carolina at N.C. State Wake Forest at Maryland Notre Dame at USC Purdue at Hawaii

Florida has jumped Michigan in the Coaches' Poll. Woo hoo the rematch chances are fading! Link

Bowl Match-ups Pepsi Blue Bored Bowl: #1 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) vs. #2 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) Traditional Bowl presented by the Yellow Submarine: #8 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) vs. USC (Cartman) TheSWF.com Dust Bowl: #5 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) vs. Oklahoma (Vampiro69) Williams Games SinisTar Bowl: #7 Stanford (Bored) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) Out Magazine Bowl: #3 Syracuse (CanadianChris) vs. #4 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) KFC PETA Bowl: #6 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) vs. #9 Oregon (nogoodnick) Meow Mix Pussy Bowl: Tennessee (Sex Machine Gun) vs. San Jose State (kkktookmybabyaway) Ex-Lax Toilet Bowl: #10 UCLA (phoenixrising) vs. Florida (Urban Warfare) FireJoeMorgan.com Bowl: Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) vs. LSU (teke184) Short explanation and I'll answer questions tommorrow if there are any. Both UTBroward and JHawk were out of consideration as they needed to win their title games to get to a bowl. So the Big MAC had just one bowl eligible team and the Big 8 had just two while the Pac-8 ended up with seven. Because of that Lando Griffin and The Last Samurai with 6-6 records ended being the snubs as I couldn't place them in a bowl without having a match-up of two teams from the same conference.

To build drama for the final rankings I'll go in reverse order for 10 thru 4. Final Bored Championship Series Rankings 10. UCLA - phoenixrising 16.00 9. Oregon - nogoodnick 13.25 8. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 10.1 7. Stanford - Bored 9.15 6. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 8.65 5. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 8.3 4. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 6.5 And now for the Top 3 and the Bored Bowl match-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pepsi Blue Bored Bowl #1 Miami - Spaceman Spiff 5.35 vs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #2 Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 5.85 3. Syracuse - CanadianChris 6.1 As expected Spiff's lead going into the final week was too much to overcome although he came closer to losing the #1 spot than I expected. What I was hinting at earlier was iggy needed to get two out of the last three games right or otherwise he would have dropped to #3 even with the win. So yes like in real life Jesus will weep as we get a rematch (or a trimatch) in the championship game. Rest of the bowl match-ups will be up shortly.

Congratulaions to UTBroward for the worst performance in the history of the contest with a 3 out of 20 showing. Ouch. Conference Championship Results #2 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 13, #1 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 10 #5 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 10, #10 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 9 USC (Cartman) 12, #8 Oregon (nogoodnick) 8 #9 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 11, Kent State (JHawk) 11; Vern wins by tiebreak Oklahoma (Vampiro69) 10, Texas (UTBroward) 3

Texas Tech or Kansas State.

Probably Oklahoma State. Technically four. There's the tacked on BCS Title Game and then the Texas, PapaJohns.com, and New Mexico Bowl. The Texas Bowl is considered new even though it's played in the same location as the defunct Houston Bowl because it's financed by someone else.

Texas Bowl. That's where Rutgers is going.

Actually from what is rumored the Gator Bowl will take West Virginia over Texas, dropping the Longhorns to the Alamo Bowl.

See Rutgers is a good example of why the bowl system in general needs an overhaul. If they win in overtime they go to a BCS bowl and a $14+ million payout to play a 10+ win team. If they lose in overtime they are heading to the Texas Bowl and a $750k payout to play a 6 win team. Does that make any sense at all?

All I'll say right now is that I don't know who's playing in the Bored Bowl as of yet even though all the title games are decided.

This is one of the most entertaining games all year.

Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Bowling Green at Toledo, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY #18 Boston College at Miami, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Texas A&M at #13 Texas, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC #10 LSU at #6 Arkansas, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, CBS Colorado at #22 Nebraska, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC Oregon at Oregon State, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN Fresno State at Louisiana Tech, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #4 Florida at Florida State, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* Kansas at Missouri, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* South Carolina at #24 Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN South Florida at #7 West Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #15 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, FSN #16 Georgia Tech at Georgia, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #9 Louisville at Pittsburgh, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN #11 Boise State at Nevada, 4:15/1:15 PM, ESPN2 Arizona State at Arizona, 6:00/3:00 PM, FSN #21 Wake Forest at Maryland, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #5 Notre Dame at #3 USC, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC Other Cable/Gameplan Schedule FRIDAY Ohio at Miami of Ohio, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Western Michigan at Akron, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Air Force at UNLV, 7:00/4:00 PM, CSTV SATURDAY Syracuse at #14 Rutgers, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Virginia at #17 Virginia Tech, Noon/9:00 AM, LF/GP Cincinnati at Connecticut, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Kentucky at #20 Tennessee, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LF/GP #23 BYU at Utah, 3:30/12:30 PM, CSTV East Carolina at N.C. State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Florida International at Florida Atlantic, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Marshall at Southern Miss, 7:30/4:30 PM, CSTV All Other Division I-A Games FRIDAY Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan Kent State at Ball State Central Michigan at Buffalo Tulane at Tulsa SATURDAY North Carolina at Duke, ESPN360 UAB at Central Florida Mississippi State at Mississippi San Diego State at New Mexico SMU at Rice New Mexico State at Utah State Troy at Middle Tennessee Arkansas State at UL Lafayette TCU at Colorado State North Texas at UL Monroe San Jose State at Idaho Memphis at UTEP Purdue at Hawaii

I fairly certain Smues just made typo. That is the potential silver lining and really the resolution I was hoping for all along but I have serious doubts Florida is going to jump Michigan. Besides there's still plenty of time for Arkansas to make it a ball game. Also on the brightside of things I still had no desire to see the tradtional Rose Bowl match-up in a game that wasn't the Rose Bowl almost as much as not wanting to see a rematch game. Pat White is not playing in the Rutgers/West Virginia game.

God damn all to fucking hell. We're going to get a rematch of two teams from the same conference in a bowl game. Lame.

Bret Saberhagen - Starting Pitcher Kansas City Royals 1984-1991 New York Mets 1992-1995 Colorado Rockies 1995 Boston Red Sox 1997-1999, 2001 Awards 1985 AL Cy Young 1985 Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Year 1985 World Series MVP 1989 AL Cy Young 1989 Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Year 1989 AL Gold Glove - P All-Star Selections: 3 (1987, 1990, 1994) League Leader 1985: WHIP, BB/9, K/BB Ratio 1989: Wins, ERA, Win %, WHIP, Innings, Complete Games, K/BB Ratio, ERA+ 1994: BB/9, K/BB Ratio Career Ranks WHIP: 47th BB/9: 35th K: 97th K/BB: 10th ERA+: 56th Hall of Fame Stats Black Ink: Pitching - 20 (88) (Average HOFer ≈ 40) Gray Ink: Pitching - 124 (139) (Average HOFer ≈ 185) HOF Standards: Pitching - 32.0 (123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Pitching - 70.5 (158) (Likely HOFer > 100) Similar Pitchers in the HOF: None Top 10 Similar Pitchers: John Candelaria, Ron Guidry, Ed Lopat, Jimmy Key, Ed Morris, Scott Sanderson, Doug Drabek, Bill Gullickson, Dave McNally, Rick Rhoden Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacment Level (WARP3) 1984: 10/4.1 1985: 24/10.2 1986: 8/4.4 1987: 23/10.1 1988: 15/6.6 1989: 28/11.7 1990: 7/5.0 1991: 16/7.6 1992: 5/2.5 1993: 9/4.5 1994: 16/8.7 1995: 8/3.3 1997: 0/0.1 1998: 12/5.5 1999: 12/6.3 2001: 0/0.2 Career Win Shares: 193 Career WARP3: 90.7 Would he get my vote? No. At age 25 he had already had two Cy Young's and a World Series MVP but three straight years where he through over 250 innings took it's toll on his arm as he would only throw enough innings three more times in his career to qualify for the ERA title. Certainly a great "What If?" case if he could have stayed healthy. When he was healthy he pitched like a HOF but didn't pitch enough to warrant consideration.

One step closer to a Wake Forest/Rutgers Orange Bowl, one step closer to Armageddon.

Stanford is completely outplaying Cal so far today. They have 35 plays from scrimmage to Cal's 12 and the Bears have just 33 yards of total offense. What's the score you ask? 3-3. God dammit.

This is a bad year for holdovers as they have no shot this year with Gwynn and Ripken being slam dunks. Of course the main focus of the ballot will be the evilest man in the whole world who fooled us all and poisoned our youth, Mark McGwire. Holdovers (in order they finished on last year's ballot) Jim Rice Goose Gossage Andre Dawson Bert Blyleven Lee Smith Jack Morris Tommy John Steve Garvey (final year on ballot) Alan Trammell Dave Parker Dave Concepcion Don Mattingly Orel Hershiser Dale Murphy Albert Belle First Year Nominees Harold Baines Dante Bichette Bobby Bonilla Scott Brosius Jay Buhner Ken Caminiti Jose Canseco Eric Davis Tony Fernandez Tony Gwynn Wally Joyner Mark McGwire Paul O'Neill Cal Ripken Bret Saberhagen Devon White Bobby Witt

I just logged on, nogoodnick did get his picks to me earlier today. Pac-8 Championship Oregon - nogoodnick FRIDAY C-USA Title: Houston SATURDAY ACC Title: Georgia Tech SEC Title: Florida Rutgers Big XII Title: Oklahoma Hawaii Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the SEC Title Game? 51 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Hawaii's Colt Brennan have against Oregon State? 340 USC - Cartman THURSDAY MAC Title: Ohio FRIDAY C-USA Title: Houston SATURDAY ACC Title: Georgia Tech SEC Title: Arkansas West Virginia Big XII Title: Nebraska Oregon State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the SEC Title Game? 55 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Hawaii's Colt Brennan have against Oregon State? 150