Bored

No one is paying attention to any other games but what the hell has gotten into Arizona? Upset Cal last week and this week they are humiliating Oregon in Eugene 37-10 which makes them bowl eligible. The Pac-10 has been impossible to figure out this year week-to-week.

Miami loses again. Damn and I so wanted to see them in MPC Computers Bowl.

Texans - 17 points Baltimore Buffalo Chicago New Orleans Indianapolis Minnesota New England Kansas City Pittsburgh St. Louis Philadelphia Washington Detroit Seattle San Diego N.Y. Giants

The Backyard Brawl has been fun video game football tonight. Pat White has 192 yards passing, 181 yards rushing, and 4 total touchdowns so far. There was also an insane punt return for a touchdown by Darrelle Revis of Pitt in the second quarter that you have to see highlights for.

UTBroward and Loaded Glove are late with their picks. I'll use Angel Grace Blue for Penn State instead. PM'd Picks Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Miami N.C. State Iowa Syracuse Maryland Illinois Oklahoma State Auburn Ohio State Kansas State Virginia Tech Utah USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 41 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 85 USC - Cartman THURSDAY Pittsburgh SATURDAY Virginia N.C. State Iowa Connecticut Boston College Northwestern Texas Tech Auburn Ohio State Kansas Wake Forest Utah USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 86 Oregon - nogoodnick THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Miami N.C. State Iowa Connecticut Boston College Northwestern Texas Tech Auburn Ohio State Kansas State Wake Forest Utah USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 49 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 102 San Diego State - The Last Samurai THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 45 Temple - Ortonsault THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Virginia North Carolina Minnesota Syracuse Boston College Illinois Oklahoma State Auburn Ohio State Kansas State Wake Forest Utah USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 90 UCLA - phoenixrising THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Miami N.C. State Minnesota Connecticut Boston College Northwestern Texas Tech Auburn Ohio State Kansas State Wake Forest Utah California Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 35 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 110 San Jose State - kkktookmybabaway West Virginia Miami N.C. State Minnesota Connecticut Boston College Illinois Texas Tech Alabama Ohio State Kansas State Wake Forest Utah USC 59 99 Arizona State - Spicy McHaggis THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Miami North Carolina Iowa Connecticut Boston College Illinois Texas Tech Auburn Michigan Kansas State Wake Forest Air Force USC 31/103 Miami - Spaceman Spiff THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 55 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 87 LSU - teke184 THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 59 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 111 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 46 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 111 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff West Virginia Miami North Carolina State Minnesota Conneticut Boston College Northwestern Oklahoma State Alabama Ohio State Kansas Wake Forest Air Force California TB #1: 37 TB #2: 112 Texas A&M - Secret Agent THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 38 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 95

My Picks West Virginia Miami North Carolina Minnesota Connecticut Boston College Northwestern Oklahoma State Auburn Michigan Kansas Wake Forest Utah USC 43/90

Okay if it really is $10 million/year with a possible third year then the best of luck to him because that's just too much even in this insane free agent market where everyone is going to be overpaid.

edit: treble beat me to it ESPN.com is reporting that the Blue Jays are close to signing Frank Thomas to a two-year deal. It'd be very dissapointing for him not be back with the A's next season. Sure it is a risk by any team signing him that he'll be healthy back-to-back seasons but I was hoping for the chance to possibly see him hit his 500th homerun in person next year. A's are also risking taking a major p.r. hit right now with the Oakland loyalists out there who are mad about the Fremont move, the eventual loss of Zito, and now possibly not bringing the Big Hurt back. Nevermind the p.r. hit the but also losing Thomas would once again give them a complete lack of a serious homerun threat in the line-up.

FSU boosters pay Jeff Bowden to resign

This had been an idle threat before by the 49ers' ownership in the past but now it appears it will happen. Of course in the NFL a team playing outside the city it represents is hardly unheard of. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AnRf...p&type=lgns

The A's had their press conference today announcing the move to Fremont and they mentioned that the name of team will included "of Fremont" just like the Angels with Anaheim. Oh fucking hell.

Yet they managed to give 12 first place votes to Trevor Hoffman.

Every team in college football sucks this year. Now let's have some ice cream. Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Toledo at Northern Illinois, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY #3 Louisville at #13 Rutgers, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY UTEP at UAB, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #15 Wisconsin at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Cincinnati at #10 West Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Baylor at Oklahoma State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN Colorado State at Utah, 3:00 PM/Noon, Versus South Carolina at #4 Florida, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #1 Ohio State at Northwestern, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #8 California at Arizona, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Miami at #23 Maryland, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Nebraska at #25 Texas A&M, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #2 Michigan at Indiana, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN #16 Tennessee at #11 Arkansas, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Texas Tech at #17 Oklahoma, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN Alabama at #12 LSU, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #5 Texas at Kansas State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* #19 Wake Forest at Florida State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* #20 Oregon at #7 USC, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN Other Cable/Gameplan Schedule THURSDAY Buffalo at Akron, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPNU Wyoming at BYU, 8:00/5:00 PM, CSTV SATURDAY Minnesota at Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU #18 Georgia Tech at North Carolina, Noon/9:00 AM, LF/GP N.C. State at Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, LF/GP Syracuse at South Florida, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Purdue at Illinois, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Georgia at #6 Auburn, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LF/GP Kent State at #21 Virginia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Pittsburgh at Connecticut, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Temple at Penn State, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP #9 Notre Dame at Air Force, 4:00/1:00 PM, CSTV Duke at #22 Boston College, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU UL Monroe at Florida International, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Central Florida at Memphis, 8:00/5:00 PM, CSTV All Other Division I-A Games FRIDAY Western Michigan at Central Michigan SATURDAY #14 Boise State at San Jose State Vanderbilt at Kentucky Marshall at East Carolina Navy at Eastern Michigan Southern Miss at Tulane Iowa State at Colorado Rice at Tulsa Houston at SMU Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State Stanford at Washington Troy at Florida Atlantic Utah State at Nevada Washington State at Arizona State New Mexico State at Fresno State North Texas at UL Lafayette TCU at New Mexico #24 Oregon State at UCLA UNLV at San Diego State Louisana Tech at Hawaii

I have a couple of volunteers to help me out next week so probably don't need anymore but thanks to everyone who asked to help.

Your reading it wrong, the rankings are reversed. A 2 means they ranked 24th by that computer ranking.

"Probation" team assignments for this week, note I'm throwing Penn State in their in case IK Cool Jew no shows again. Connecticut - Agent of Oblivion Oregon State - bravesfan Michigan - Loaded Glove Maryland - Cartman Penn State - Angel Grace Blue Week 11 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, November 9th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game Deadline #2: Friday, November 10th, 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST -Lose out on Friday game Deadline #3: Saturday, November 11th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak Week 11 Match-ups #3 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 8-2) vs. #7 Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 5-5) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 6-4) vs. Maryland* PM (Cartman*, 5-5) #2 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 9-1) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 6-4) #4 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 7-3) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 4-6) #5 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 7-3) vs. Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 5-5) #6 Oregon (nogoodnick, 8-2) vs. USC* PM (Cartman, 5-5) #8 Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 6-4) vs. Florida State* (Kingofthe909, 1-9) #9 UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 8-2) vs. Oregon State* (Danville Wrestling*, 6-4) #10 Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 4-6) vs. Penn State* (Angel Grace Blue*, 3-7) Connecticut* (Agent of Oblivion*, 5-5) vs. Oklahoma* (Vampiro69, 5-5) Michigan* (Sex Machine Gun*, 7-3) vs. Buffalo* (Carnival, 3-7) Stanford* (Bored, 5-5) vs. San Diego State* (The Last Samurai, 5-5) LSU* PM (teke184, 6-4) vs. Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 3-7) Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 6-4) vs. Arizona State* PM (Spicy McHaggis, 6-4) Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 4-6) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 2-8) Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 6-4) vs. Florida International (Vitamin X, 2-8) Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 4-6) vs. Tennessee* (Sex Machine Gun, 4-6) Texas* (UTBroward, 4-6) vs. Kansas State (Loaded Glove, 4-6) Texas A&M* (Secret Agent, 4-6) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 4-6) San Jose State* PM (kkktookmybabaway, 6-4) vs. Boise State (bravesfan, 2-8) Week 11 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Louisville at Rutgers FRIDAY Western Michigan at Central Michigan SATURDAY Minnesota at Michigan State Purdue at Illinois Wisconsin at Iowa Tennessee at Arkansas Iowa State at Colorado Pittsburgh at Connecticut Miami at Maryland Nebraska at Texas A&M Washington State at Arizona State Oregon State at UCLA Wake Forest at Florida State Oregon at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Tennessee/Arkansas game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Oregon's Dennis Dixon have against USC?

Any doubt that USC will be #3 in the BCS is gone now as the Harris Poll has them hopping Florida to #3. Rutgers did get a little more respect here finishing at #7. Link

Nah, let's not go crazy. They'll probably end up 6-10, maybe 7-9 if they get lucky.

49ers win back-to-back games for the first time since 2002 2003 2005. Edit: Yes I forgot last year.

Frank Gore has 148 yards rushing and there is still five minutes left in the first half.

In my need to always find content after the 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot is released I plan on doing individual entries on each player on the ballot, even the ones that have no business being on it. The profiles will mainly just be useless information on each player and then a short opinion by me on whether or not I'd vote for them into the Hall of Fame. So as a test run I decided to do one on an active player and Gary Sheffield seemed like a good choice since he has recently been in the news. Gary Sheffield - Outfielder/Third Baseman Milwaukee Brewers 1989-1991 San Diego Padres 1992-1993 Florida Marlins 1993-1998 Los Angeles Dodgers 1998-2001 Atlanta Braves 2002-2003 New York Yankees 2004-2006 Detroit Tigers 2007- Awards 1992 Sporting News ML Player of the Year 1992 NL Silver Slugger - 3B 1996 NL Silver Slugger - OF 2003 NL Silver Slugger - OF 2004 AL Silver Slugger - OF 2005 AL Silver Slugger - OF All-Star Selections: 9 (1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005) League Leader 1992: Batting Average, Total Bases 1996: On Base Pct., OPS, OPS+ Career Ranks OBP: 64th SLG: 52nd OPS: 47th Runs: 70th TB: 54th HR: 31st RBI: 46th BB: 37th OPS+: 48th RC: 39th Hall of Fame Stats Black Ink: Batting - 4 (401) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Gray Ink: Batting - 118 (164) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) HOF Standards: Batting - 57.7 (37) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Batting - 132.0 (98) (Likely HOFer > 100) Similar Batters in HOF: 5 (Willie Stargell, Billy Williams, Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews) Other Similar Batters: Jeff Bagwell, Ken Griffey Jr., Fred McGriff, Frank Thomas, Jim Rice Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacment Level (WARP3) 1988: 2/0.3 1989: 6/1.8 1990: 20/5.2 1991: 1/0.2 1992: 32/11.9 1993: 16/4.9 1994: 15/5.0 1995: 13/4.3 1996: 34/10.6 1997: 22/7.1 1998: 30/7.7 1999: 24/7.7 2000: 31/8.8 2001: 30/8.8 2002: 26/6.8 2003: 35/11.0 2004: 30/8.5 2005: 31/8.4 2006: 3/1.2 Total Wins Shares: 401 Total WARP3: 120.3 Would he get my vote? Yes. Whether your a career voter or a peak voter Sheffield measures up. Although he never won an MVP and his black ink number is very low, the overall consistentcy of performing at a high level is deserving of a spot in the Hall of Fame. On the other hand because of his personality and some steroid questions due to his brief association with BALCO he might not be a slam dunk in the view of the baseball writers. But with now over 400 career Win Shares he should be.

Six. One week left in the regular season and then their is the conference championships which will take two weeks. After that the bowls will be set.

About the Ohio State/Michigan situation and if there should be a rematch, if Michigan beats Ohio State under no circumstances should their be a rematch. Why should Michigan be forced to beat them again on a neutral field after beating them on the road? That was why I dreaded a potentional Ohio State/Texas rematch as OSU already beat them convincingly on the road. Coaches Poll has been released...West Virignia is #7, Rutgers is #8. The hell? Link

Okay I've decided trying to figure out all the scenerios for the conference championships is too much to do tonight. Here are the few things that I know for sure: -Southeastern Seven Championship game will be Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) vs. South Carolina (Cuban Linx). -Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) has locked up a spot in the Western Atlantic title game. -USC (Cartman) has locked up a spot in the Pac-8 title game. I might try to figure everything out tommorrow but don't hold your breath especially when it comes to the Big MAC. Edited: I just realzied the WAC title game is not set.

Uh oh...CONTROVERSY~! Edwin MacPhisto is snake bitten by the rankings again this week as he gets hopped by two teams, despite winning and now having an outstanding 10-1 record. But next week it's huge match-up against Spaceman Spiff and then a potential WAC title game that will likely decide who ends up in the BCS Title Game. Less than 2 rating points seperate 1 thru 4 so major changes can still happen. Another shocker in this week's rankings is who's #10...4-7, AlwaysPissedOff. All I can say is APO is in Top 10 in correct picks and all the drop outs have completely fucked the bottom of the rankings. Really just pay attention to the Top 6 and ignore the rest at this point. If I do the contest for a 4th year I already have an idea of what changes will be made. Just want to stress next week even for those who are out of bowl contention or only cared about winning the contest, pleasssssssse post your picks for the final week even if you've lost interest. I had six dead teams this week and I can't afford to have anymore. Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 11 1. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 4.55 2. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 5.4 3. Syracuse - CanandianChris 5.65 4. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 6.25 5. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 7.45 6. Oregon - nogoodnick 10.1 7. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 10.9 8. Stanford - Bored 12.15 9. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 14.15 10. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 15.8 Other Receiving Votes: Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis), Notre Dame (Lando Griffin), Rutgers (the pinjockey), Texas (UTBroward) Locked Up Bowl Bids Virginia Georgia Tech Syracuse South Carolina Oregon UCLA Miami Arizona State Kentucky San Jose State Bowl Eligible Stanford Minnesota Notre Dame LSU USC Kent State So now 10 out of 18 bids are locked up with 6 who can lock up bids with a win next week. There's at least 8 other teams who still can become eligible but there is possibly more once I figure out the conference title tiebreaks.