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Texans - 14 points Atlanta Cincinnati Dallas Green Bay N.Y. Giants St. Louis Chicago New Orleans Tennessee Minnesota San Diego Pittsburgh New England Seattle

Now who would have thought Rutgers would ever play a game that could put themselves in the national title picture with a win? That's what we get a week from tonight. Going back to what CanadianChris said, yes Louisville can hop Florida. They are already ahead in both human polls and they'll obviously get a boost in the computer rankings. The team that potentially could benefit the most from tonight's game is Texas as they might move to #3 in both human polls although if Louisville can keep this at a convincing margin they likely would jump the Longhorns in the human polls.

And Slaton is fumbling away his Heisman chances.

nogoodnick, Vitamin X, and IK Cool Jew are late with their picks. PM'd Picks Florida/Oregon State - Urban Warfare THURSDAY West Virginia FRIDAY Air Force SATURDAY Indiana Penn State Texas Tech Nebraska Kansas Tulsa Tennessee Oregon State Boston College South Carolina Oklahoma Virginia Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Tennessee game? 38 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Arkansas' Darren McFadden have against South Carolina? 74 San Jose State - kkktookmybabyaway West Virginia Air Force Minnesota Penn State Texas Tech Nebraska Kansas Tulsa Tennessee Oregon State Wake Forest Arkansas Oklahoma Virginia Tech Tiebreak #1: 51 Tiebreak #2: 123 UCLA - phoenixrising THURSDAY Louisville FRIDAY Air Force SATURDAY Minnesota Penn State Texas Tech Nebraska Iowa State Houston Tennessee Arizona State Boston College Arkansas Oklahoma Miami Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Tennessee game? 38 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Arkansas' Darren McFadden have against South Carolina? 125 Arizona State/Maryland - Spicy McHaggis THURSDAY Louisville FRIDAY Air Force SATURDAY Indiana Wisconsin Texas Tech Nebraska Kansas Houston Tennessee Oregon State Boston College Arkansas Texas A&M Virginia Tech 24/170 LSU/Connecticut - teke184 THURSDAY West Virginia at Louisville FRIDAY Air Force at Army SATURDAY Indiana at Minnesota Penn State at Wisconsin Baylor at Texas Tech Missouri at Nebraska Kansas at Iowa State Tulsa at Houston LSU at Tennessee Arizona State at Oregon State Boston College at Wake Forest Arkansas at South Carolina Oklahoma at Texas A&M Virginia Tech at Miami Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Tennessee game? 46 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Arkansas' Darren McFadden have against South Carolina? 103 Auburn - Agent of Oblivion THURSDAY West Virginia FRIDAY Air Force SATURDAY at Minnesota at Wisconsin at Texas Tech Missouri at Iowa State Tulsa at Tennessee at Oregon State Boston College Arkansas at Texas A&M Virginia Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Tennessee game? 30 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Arkansas' Darren McFadden have against South Carolina? 156 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY West Virginia at Louisville FRIDAY Air Force at Army SATURDAY Indiana at Minnesota Penn State at Wisconsin Baylor at Texas Tech Missouri at Nebraska Kansas at Iowa State Tulsa at Houston LSU at Tennessee Arizona State at Oregon State Boston College at Wake Forest Arkansas at South Carolina Oklahoma at Texas A&M Virginia Tech at Miami Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Tennessee game? 42 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Arkansas' Darren McFadden have against South Carolina? 112 Texas A&M - Secret Agent THURSDAY West Virginia at Louisville FRIDAY Air Force at Army SATURDAY Indiana at Minnesota Penn State at Wisconsin Baylor at Texas Tech Missouri at Nebraska Kansas at Iowa State Tulsa at Houston LSU at Tennessee Arizona State at Oregon State Boston College at Wake Forest Arkansas at South Carolina Oklahoma at Texas A&M Virginia Tech at Miami Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Tennessee game? 51 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Arkansas' Darren McFadden have against South Carolina? 101[/b Boise State - bravesfan Louisville Air Force Minnesota Wisconsin Texas Tech Nebraska Iowa State Houston Tennessee Oregon State Boston College Arkansas Texas A&M Virginia Tech 44/102 Temple - Ortonsault THURSDAY West Virginia FRIDAY Air Force SATURDAY Indiana Wisconsin Texas Tech Nebraska Iowa State Tulsa LSU Oregon State Boston College Arkansas Oklahoma Virginia Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the LSU/Tennessee game? 42 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Arkansas' Darren McFadden have against South Carolina? 144 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff West Virginia Air Force Minnesota Penn State Texas Tech Missouri Kansas Tulsa LSU Arizona State Boston College Arkansas Oklahoma Virginia Tech TB #1: 38 TB #2: 142

Chavez didn't deserve it this year as with his numerous injuries he wasn't as effective defensively (or offensively) as he has been in the past so he was purely reputation choice. Crede, Lowell, or Inge all would have been better choices. I am dissapointed that Mark Ellis didn't win it at 2nd.

My Picks West Virginia Air Force Indiana Wisconsin Texas Tech Nebraska Iowa State Tulsa LSU Oregon State Boston College South Carolina Oklahoma Miami 47/103

Per collegebcs.com using the old SOS formula that was used in the BCS from 1999-2003 here are the SOS rankings for the current BCS Top 10 plus Rutgers. 1. Florida 3. USC 4. California 5. Michigan 6. Notre Dame 7. Ohio State 15. Auburn 24. Texas 45. Louisville 67. Rutgers 92. West Virginia Now here are their rankings taking into account who they've played and who they will play although obviously can't take into account potential conference title games. 2. USC 3. Michigan 9. Ohio State 12. Auburn 16. Texas 17. Florida 21. California 27. Louisville 42. West Virginia 45t. Notre Dame 45t. Rutgers

MAC Conference bids: Motor City, GMAC or MPC Computers, International Locked up a bid: None Near locks: Ohio On the bubble: Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan The MAC is very hard to figure out when it comes to bowl bids because outside of the MAC title game winner, no one is guarenteed a bowl. In the past the loser of the MAC title game has often been passed up for the MAC's other bowl bid. This year they now have three bids so I would figure that both division winners will go to bowl games but I don't know that for sure. Now the reason why I picked Ohio as the one near lock is they are a good bet to run the table through the rest of the regular season with Miami U. and Eastern Michigan (2-15 combined) still on the schedule and Akron at home as being the only potential stumbling block. Considering they haven't been to a bowl game since 1968 I figure even if they lose the title game, at 9 wins they'll get one of the other two bids. If Kent State hadn't lost to Ohio at home last week they would all but locked up the East division but they probably are the next best bet to get a bowl bid. The winner of the CMU/WMU game on November 10th will likely decide the West division champ. The Garrett Wolfe factor makes NIU an attractive team but at 5-4 and still with CMU on the schedule I don't think a 7-5 record will get the job done although they could get an at large bid. Akron, Ball State, and Bowling Green are all likely done but are still mathematically alive in their division. Mountain West Conference bids: Las Vegas, Armed Forces, Poinsettia, New Mexico Locked up a bid: BYU Near locks: TCU On the bubble: Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming Now with non-BCS conference teams getting in with a 6-6 record will be a dicey proposition but the odds that BYU will collapse and lose four in a row is just about zilch. TCU still has five games left to get to seven wins and they very likely will get to 9 or 10 wins. Utah should get to that all important seven wins although an upset at Air Force could be possible and they'd be in trouble trying to get win #7 against BYU. For a very obvious reason New Mexico has the best shot at getting in at 6-6 if no more than three teams in the conference finish with a winning record, which is very possible. Wyoming has San Diego State and UNLV left but a trip to BYU will doom their bowl chances. Air Force has a must win this week against Army to have any hope at a bowl as they still have Notre Dame, Utah, and TCU still on the schedule. Colorado State has BYU, Utah, and TCU the next three weeks so they're toast. Pac-10 Conference bids: Rose/BCS, Holiday, Sun, Las Vegas, Emerald, Hawaii Locked up a bid: California, Oregon, USC, Washington State Near locks: None On the bubble: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon State, UCLA, Washington Now how could I list Oregon State on the bubble after beating USC? It's pretty easy. For one before this past weekend they were probably considered the 8th best team in the confernece. Second because of a trip to Hawaii they have a 13 game schedule so that means still need two more wins to go bowling. They have one guarenteed win against Stanford but none besides that. Beat ASU this week and then they are a lock but have a letdown and it could get interesting but I'd say they are very good bet to pick up the two wins. If ASU wins Saturday then they lock up a bid but then they get Wazzu and UCLA at home before their rivalry game against U of A. UCLA has a very tough schedule left with road dates to Berkely and Tempe left, then of course USC. They have to beat the Beavers at home on November 11th to have a prayer. Washington has Stanford still left but appears done without Isaiah Stanback and they'll need to upset Oregon or Wazzu on the road to get in. U of A is listed simply because they are technically still alive. SEC Conference bids: Sugar/BCS, Capital One, Cotton, Outback, Chick-Fil-A (double ugh), Music City, Liberty, Independence Locked up a bid: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee Near locks: South Carolina On the bubble: Kentucky, Vanderbilt You know I admit the SEC in terms of overall consistency of putting a large number of teams in the Top 25 every year, they are the best conference and I admit their fans travel better than any conference. But god damn it's almost unfair how they get so many of top non-BCS bowls. Anyways the Gamecocks have Middle Tennessee left on their scheduled so they will get win #6 but that might be it for them especially if they don't beat Arkansas this week. Kentucky has a better shot than one would think but they still have UL Monroe and they get Vandy at home. Beat Vandy and they'll be bowling although might have to get an at large bid. Vanderbilt on the other hand has to beat Kentucky and then pull off an upset of Florida or Tennessee. Just a hunch the Vols will be looking to put a beating on them for last year's upset that cost them a bowl game. Sun Belt Conference bids: New Orleans Locked up a bid: None Near locks: None On the bubble: Arkanas State, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, Troy, UL Lafayette Awww my favorite conference. It's simple win the conference, you go to New Orleans. By pure luck a couple of years ago they got two teams into bowls but don't expect that to happen even with a record 62 bids now. Everyone listed is still alive in the title race but it likely will come down to the MTSU/Troy game on November 25th as to who gets the bid. WAC Conference bids: BCS?, MPC Computers or GMAC, Hawaii, New Mexico Locked up a bid: Boise State Near locks: Hawaii, Nevada On the bubble: Idaho, San Jose State Obviously a lot is riding on Boise State getting into the BCS as it will give the conference four bids if they do. Hawaii should lock up a bid this week against Utah State and we know what bowl they are going to. There is a scenerio where Nevada could get left out if they get upset by Idaho and somehow San Jose State upsets Boise thus killing the chance of four bids but it's a longshot. Now who would have thought San Jose State would be in a good position to get a bowl bid while Fresno State would already be dead at the end of October? It's a shame for the Spartans that the Silicon Valley Bowl doesn't still exsist. Their most important game left is a trip to Idaho on November 25th which could decide the final bid. If BSU gets upset by Nevada though then they are both screwed. Independents Conditional bids: BCS/Cotton/Gator/Sun/Houston/All Other Big East bids (Notre Dame), Car Care (Navy), Poinsettia (Army) Locked up a bid: Notre Dame Near locks: Navy On the bubble: Army Navy and Army are pretty much like BCS conference teams in that if they get to 6-6 they are going bowling. Navy has Duke, Eastern Michigan, and Temple before the Army game so just a hunch they'll pick up at least one more win. Now what will be interesting is their conditional bid with the Car Care Bowl because that could be where Rutgers would go and it might cause some CONTROVERSY~ if the they would pass on a 9-2 Scarlet Knights team to take Navy but that is likely what will happen. Army has to run the table which includes winning at Notre Dame so the Poinsettia Bowl will be looking elsewhere for an at large team.

Ya, this is a bad week. With no Saturday night game again it will be another doubleheader with three time slots on ABC. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY #12 Clemson at Virginia Tech, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY UTEP at Tulsa, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #9 Notre Dame vs. Navy, Noon/9:00 AM, CBS #19 Oklahoma at #20 Missouri, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* Penn State at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* Northwestern at #2 Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Illinois at #18 Wisconsin, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 BYU at Air Force, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Versus Georgia vs. #6 Florida, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Minnesota at #1 Ohio State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Miami at #24 Georgia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #22 Nebraska at Oklahoma State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #3 USC at Oregon State, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN #25 Washington State at UCLA, 7:00/4:00 PM, ABC* Florida State at Maryland, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #7 Texas at Texas Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, TBS #11 Tennessee at South Carolina, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN SUNDAY Connecticut at #14 Rutgers, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Other Cable/Gameplan Schedule SATURDAY Northern Illinois at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU N.C. State at Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, LF/GP Michigan State at Indiana, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Syracuse at Cincinnati, Noon/9:00 AM, GP #5 Auburn at Mississippi, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LF/GP Florida International at Alabama, 3:00 PM/Noon, GP Wake Forest at North Carolina, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Central Florida at Houston, 4:00/1:00 PM, CSTV New Mexico State at Nevada, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP Louisiana-Monroe at #13 Arkansas, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU East Carolina at Southern Miss, 7:30/4:30 PM, CSTV Idaho at Hawaii, Midnight/9:00 PM, GP All Other D-IA Games SATURDAY Buffalo at #17 Boston College, ESPN360 Vanderbilt at Duke Bowling Green at Temple Ball State at Miami of Ohio Colorado at Kansas Ohio at Kent State Army at Tulane Kentucky at Mississippi State North Texas at Troy Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan Iowa State at Kansas State UNLV at Utah Arkansas State at Florida Atlantic Memphis at Marshall Middle Tennessee at Louisana-Lafayette New Mexico at Colorado State Louisiana Tech at San Jose State Arizona State at Washington Portland State at #23 Oregon Akron at Toledo, ESPN360 #21 Texas A&M at Baylor Wyoming at TCU Cal Poly at San Diego State

Let me say first off I hate the bowls. Okay scratch that I kind of like them but I hate the bastardized system we currently have that helps determine an undisputed champ about half of the time and in the process kills any tradition the bowl system still had. I'm an all or nothing guy when it comes to bowl games. Give me the Pac-10 champ against the Big Ten champ in the Rose, give me the SEC champ in the Sugar, and give me the Big XII champ in the Orange (not the fucking Fiesta) or don't give me any bowls at all, give me playoffs. Give me tradition or give me a real NCAA Division I-A College Football National Champion every year. But we, or just me I suppose, have to deal with the cards we've been dealt so in that regard I'm going to take a look at each conference in March Madness kind of way to see who is going bowling and who is on the bubble. I'm not going to do any projections as I'm just not Bored enough to take the time to do so as there is still plenty of season left to fuck up any sort of projections. Now this year we've gone back to the 12 game schedule, which I can't stand because it guarentees teams with non-winning records will go to bowl games and thus we'll most likely end up with teams who went 6-7 but still being able to call their season a success because they went to the Birmingham Bowl. Also to make matters worse, as of last season I-AA wins now count every year rather than every four years to become bowl eligible. So if you're in a BCS conference and you are already at six wins, you're going bowling. Now to fill conference bids bowls can not take a 6-6 team over a team with a winning record so it's not impossible that a 6-6 BCS conference team could be left out but it would take an unusual set of circumstances for that to happen beyond a team just flat out rejecting an invite. There's always at least one or two conference bids that can't be filled by it's designated conference. ACC Conference bids: Orange/BCS, Chick-Fil-A (ugh), Gator, Champs Sports, Music City, Car Care, Emerald, MPC Locked up a bid: Boston College, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech Near locks: Florida State, Miami On the Bubble: N.C. State, Virginia Seminoles have Virginia and Western Michigan at home so they'll definately get to six wins and as bad as they've been it still would be a pretty big upset if Wake Forest won in Doak Campbell. Although if FSU does end up 6-6 and they find themselves invited to Boise I would wonder if they would choose not to go but doubtful they'd wanna piss off the ACC like that. Miami has a much tougher remaining schedule and it's also not out of the realm possibility they could also end up squeaking into a bowl at only 6-6. N.C. State closes the the season with UNC and ECU but before that they need to upset Clemson or Georgia Tech to get into a bowl and after last week's loss against Virginia that doesn't seem likely. Virginia breathed some life into their season with that win but they'll need to win at FSU or Virginia Tech including a win at home against Miami to get to a bowl. Big XII Conference bids: Fiesta/BCS, Cotton, Holiday, Alamo, Gator or Sun, Insight, Independence, Texas Locked up a bid: Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M Near locks: Oklahoma State, Texas Tech On the Bubble: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State This conference has been impossible to figure out once you get past Texas and there's plenty of potential jumbling of the standings left to go. I was reluctant to call anyone a near lock but both the Cowboys and Red Raiders have Baylor at home. If either drops that game though they go on the bubble. Now like those two Kansas State does only need one more win and they do get Colorado this but it's in Boulder and don't forget what they did to Texas Tech a few weeks ago. After that the Wildcats have a loss against Texas and then it's a rivalry game at Kansas where all bets are off. Along with the two road games already mentioned, Baylor closes at home against Oklahoma so barring a miracle it's likely the Bears will have to wait another year before ending their bowl drought. Kansas has an outside shot of winning at Iowa State and then winning at home against against the Wildcats. If not they will need to upset Missouri at home to close out the season, assuming they get at least a split in the first two game. Iowa State has done nothing to indicate they can run the table but they are technically still alive. Big East Conference bids: BCS, Gator or Sun, Car Care (Navy has a conditional bid), Texas, International, Birmingham Locked up a bid: Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, West Virginia Near locks: South Florida On the Bubble: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Syracuse USF I have as a near lock simply because they still have Syracuse at home. An upset at home against Pittsburgh this week would also get the job done. Although Cincinnati is clearly the better team than USF, they are on the bubble as the have West Virginia and Rutgers next and then close out at UConn. I think they can beat UConn but the Huskies may also be playing for a bid so there's no guarentee. UConn will have to win their next three as they close at Louisville. Syracuse could run the table to get to a bowl. And I also could fuck Beyonce. Big Ten Conference bids: Rose/BCS, Capital One, Outback, Alamo, Champs Sports, Insight, Motor City Locked up a bid: Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin Near locks: Purdue On the Bubble: Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota Purdue has been exposed in recent weeks and they have a 13 game schedule so they do need to get to seven wins but you have to figure they can win two out of three against Michigan State, Illinois, and Indiana. If they don't they are in big trouble going into Hawaii to close the season. Indiana can wrap up a bid at Minnesota this week but can you really guarentee a win for a team who already loss to I-AA team in any week? Lose to the Gophers and their chances dim in a hurry. The Spartans can help their chances big time if they win at home against Purdue this week but if the greatest comeback in college football history can't turn their season around, nothing will. Minnesota is toast. Conference USA Conference bids: Liberty, GMAC, Birmingham, Armed Forces, New Orleans Locked up a bid: Tulsa, Houston Near locks: Southern Miss On the Bubble: East Carolina, Marshall, Rice, SMU, Tulane, UAB, UCF, UTEP This conference just blows this year and really doesn't deserve five bids. If Houston were to drop their last three games it's possible they could be left out but it's unlikely and they have very winnable games against SMU and Memphis left. Southern Miss may have played themselves on to the bubble with their loss at home against ECU but they've played all their tough games and I'd be very surprised if they didn't win three of their last four. As for the bubble teams there are waaaaaaaay too many scenerios to go into with ECU and UTEP being the most likely to get the last two bids. This entry is going longer than I expected so I'll stop now and do another entry tommorrow for the rest of the conferences.

Your a year too late, it was the Tire Bowl before but it was changed last year when Meineke became the sponsor. N.C. State beat South Florida in 14-0 thriller last year so I'm shocked anyone would forget...

This one's pretty close, but the 1989 World Series has to take the cake. A one-sided series interrupted for ten days in the middle. OH NO YOU DIDN'T! Greatest...series...evah!

Rutgers isn't exactly lighting the world on fire tonight, now only up 17-13 on a very mediocre UConn team.

And...I was wrong, Mountaineers edge the Gators by seven one-thousandths of a point. 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. West Virginia 4. Florida 5. Louisville 6. Auburn 7. Texas 8. USC 9. Notre Dame 10. California 11. Tennessee 12. Rutgers 13. Arkansas 14. Boise State 15. Boston College 16. Wisconsin 17. LSU 18. Oklahoma 19. Clemson 20. Georgia Tech 21. Texas A&M 22. Oregon 23. Washington State 24. Wake Forest 25. Virginia Tech

Just a heads up, there is a decent shot Florida is going to be #3 in the BCS but that will change next week if West Virginia beats Louisville.

You'd get a 2003 scenerio, Louisville would be declared the national champs by the media but the BCS champion would be who wins the BCS title game of course. Personally I think the only way a Ohio State/Michigan rematch happens is if you get a Oregon/Oklahoma type of ending to the game where who should have won ends up being highly and the pollsters decide to keep them at #1 and #2.

Go to the Week 8 thread to see my post about starting this week I'm changing how I assign the replacement picks for the "probation" teams. Here is this week's assignments: Oregon State - Sex Machine Gun Connecticut - Lando Griffin Michigan - Secret Agent Maryland - Cartman The Last Samurai Deadline #1: Thursday, October 26th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game Deadline #2: Saturday, October 28th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak Week 9 Match-ups #3 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 7-1) vs. #5 Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 4-4) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 5-3) vs. #9 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 6-2) #6 Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 4-4) vs. #10 Stanford* (Bored, 4-4) #2 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 7-1) vs. Oklahoma (Vampiro69, 4-4) #4 Oregon* (nogoodnick, 7-1) vs Boise State* PM (bravesfan, 2-6) #7 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 5-3) vs. Tennessee* (Sex Machine Gun, 4-4) #8 Ketucky* (Danville Wrestling, 6-2) vs. Arizona State* PM (Spicy McHaggis, 4-4) Oregon State* (Sex Machine Gun*, 6-2) vs. USC (Cartman, 3-5) Connecticut* (Lando Griffin*, 4-4) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 2-6) Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 6-2) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 1-7) Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 3-5) vs. LSU* PM (teke184, 4-4) Michigan* (Secret Agent*, 6-2) vs. Miami of Ohio* (Hawk 34, 3-5) UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 7-1) vs. Buffalo* (Carnival, 2-6) Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 4-4) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 4-4) Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 4-4) vs. San Diego State* PM (The Last Samurai, 4-4) Kent State* (JHawk, 5-3) vs. Penn State (IK Cool Jew, 2-6) Maryland* (The Last Samurai*, 4-4) vs. Florida State* (Kingofthe909, 1-7) Texas* (UTBroward, 3-5) vs. San Jose State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 4-4) Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 1-7) vs. Florida International* (Vitamin X, 2-6) Texas A&M* (Secret Agent, 3-5) vs. Kansas State* (Loaded Glove, 3-5) Week 9 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Clemson at Virginia Tech SATURDAY Oklahoma at Missouri Michigan State at Indiana Florida State at Maryland Syracuse at Cincinnati Penn State at Purdue Ohio at Kent State Miami at Georgia Tech Georgia vs. Florida Iowa State at Kansas State Washington State at UCLA Arizona State at Washington Texas A&M at Baylor Tennessee at South Carolina Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma/Missouri game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Tennessee's Erik Ainge have against South Carolina?

Close...your 3rd.

Well it was a rough week for everyone as no one cracked 10 points and several people scored 5 points or less. In the rankings though based on what happened this week the way the rankings shaked in the Top 6 at least, there weren't many surprises. nogoodnick hops over Edwin MacPhisto to regain the #1 spot while Spaceman Spiff keeps a strong ranking due to still being the #1 in correct picks. iggymcfly is the big winner of the week after hanging around the bottom of the Top 10 most of the year he jumps into the Top 5. Now when we get out of the Top 6 is where we get CONTROVERSY~! The "probation" teams (Michigan can't be beat!) and a bad showing by Agent of Oblivion have jumbled things. Vern Gagne loses but ends up jumping in at #7. Then at #9 we get something we haven't had since year 1 of the contest when there was a purposely even more fucked up ranking system and that is a team ranked with a losing record in Will Scarlet. Also why can't phoenixrising crack the Top 10 still and why can't JHawk get any "votes"? They are ranked 24th and 29th in correct picks respectively is why but both will be going bowling. Remeber in the end though who is ranked #1 and #2 is all that matters as the majority of the bowl bids have more to do with record than ranking. Bored Chamionship Series Rankings thru Week 9 1. Oregon - nogoodnick 5.4 2. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 6.0 3. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 6.45 4. Syracuse - CanadianChris 7.05 5. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 7.1 6. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 8.5 7. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 11.4 8. Stanford - Bored 11.75 9. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 13.35 10. Kentucky - Danville Wrestling 13.9 Other Receiving Votes: Auburn (Agent of Oblivion), Florida (Urban Warfare), Temple (Ortonsault), UCLA (phoenixrising)

Next week I'll start getting into potential bowl match-ups. Six wins gets you bowl eligible, seven wins guarentees you a bowl excluding the "probation" teams of course. Also note as we get down to the wire the first tibreak in conference standings is head-to-head results. Week 9 Final Results #3 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 7, #5 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 6 #9 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 9, #1 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 7 #10 Stanford (Bored) 6, #6 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 5 Oklahoma (Vampiro69) 8, #2 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 7 #4 Oregon (nogoodnick) 8, Boise State (bravesfan) 6 #7 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 7, Tennessee (Sex Machine Gun) 4 Arizona State (Spicy MacHaggis) 7, #8 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 4 USC (Cartman) 7, Oregon State (Sex Machine Gun*) 4 Rutgers (the pinjockey) 8, Connecticut (Lando Griffin*) 7 Ohio State (Gert T) 7, Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 7; Gert wins by tiebreak #2 LSU (teke184) 8, Temple (Ortonsault) 6 Michigan (Secret Agent*) 8, Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 7 UCLA (phoenxirising) 8, Buffalo (Carnival) 4 Florida (Urban Warfare) 9, UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) 4 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 7, San Diego State (The Last Samurai) 6 Kent State (JHawk) 7, Penn State (IK Cool Jew) 7; JHawk wins by tiebreak Maryland (The Last Samurai*) 6, Florida State (Kingofthe909) 6; Maryland wins by tiebreak San Jose State (kkktookmybabaway) 8, Texas (UTBroward) 6 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 8, Florida International (Vitamin X) 6 Kansas State (Loaded Glove) 9, Texas A&M (Secret Agent) 8 Conference Standings * - not eligible for conference title/bowl games Southeastern Seven 1. Kentucky (4-0, 6-3) 2. Auburn (3-2, 4-5) 2. South Carolina (3-2, 6-3) 4. LSU (2-2, 5-4) 4. Florida (3-3, 5-4) 4. Alabama (2-2, 2-7) 7. Tennessee (1-3, 4-5) 8. FIU (0-4, 2-7) Western Atlantic 1. Georgia Tech (4-1, 7-2) 1. Virginia (4-1, 8-1) 3. San Jose State (3-2, 5-4) 4. Miami (2-2, 5-4) 4. Hawaii (2-2, 4-5) 6. Maryland* (2-3, 5-4) 7. Boise State (1-3, 2-7) 8. Florida State (1-5, 1-8) Big MAC 1. Michigan* (4-1, 7-2) 2. Kent State (4-2, 6-3) 3. Temple (3-2, 3-6) 3. Minnesota (3-2, 6-3) 5. Miami of Ohio (2-2, 3-6) 5. Ohio State (2-2, 2-7) 7. Buffalo (1-3, 2-7) 8. Penn State (1-4, 2-7) Pac-8 1. Oregon (4-0, 8-1) 2. UCLA (3-1, 8-1) 2. USC (3-1, 4-5) 4. Notre Dame (2-2, 5-4) 5. Oregon State* (1-3, 6-3) 5. San Diego State (1-3, 4-5) 5. Arizona State (1-3, 5-4) 5. Stanford (1-3, 5-4) Big 8 1. Oklahoma (3-1, 5-4) 1. Syracuse (3-1, 7-2) 3. UTEP (2-2, 4-5) 3. Kansas State (2-2, 4-5) 3. Texas (2-2, 3-6) 3. Connecticut* (2-2, 4-5) 7. Texas A&M (1-3, 3-6) 7. Rutgers (1-3, 3-6)

I really thought Florida State would come out fired up with the all the Bowden retirement talk and beat up on an average Maryland team but guess not. Looks like FSU may be traveling west for their bowl game. If it's Boise they better hope the Broncos end up in the BCS Top 12.

One of my biggest pet peeves in sports is the NFL's policy of refusing to air classic, original broadcast games from their film archives. Whether it be on ESPN Classic or their own network they don't allow them to be aired. Every other league in every other sport allows access to these classic games but the NFL doesn't want you to see them. Why that is, I've never quite figured out. So fuck 'em as through the magic of YouTube we can dig up some classic highlights from the original broadcast games and I think this could make a great thread. I'll start it out with posting some classic 49ers moments. 1982 NFC Championship Game vs. Dallas, complete final drive with "The Catch" 1987 vs. Cincinnati, Joe Montana touchdown to Jerry Rice as time runs out 1988 vs. Minnesota, Steve Young's incredible game winning 49 yard touchdown run Super Bowl XXIII vs. Cincinnati, the complete final drive! (poor quality) 1994 vs. L.A. Raiders, Jerry Rice breaks Jim Brown's career touchdown record #125 #126 #127

12 catches, 259 yards for Steve Smith. But...it's over.

That's the ball game. USC had score there to have a chance going into the 4th. Guess it's only fitting they finally lose a regular season game on the same day Temple finally wins one.