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For those who don't remember here were my 2004 and 2005 player rankings I posted on the forums. 2004 2005 These rankings are purely based on what the player did this past season. Past performance and potential future value are not taken into account. For hitters I take into account five statiscal compotents: OPS, Value Over Replacment Player (VORP), Equivalent Average (EQA), Runs Created, and Win Shares. Now with the regular position lists I take the top 30 players at each position in games started which means not necessarily every team will have a player on the list. But I decided to get DH's out of the way because it's the shortest list and if you looked at my A.L. MVP ballot you already see the Top 3. In 2004 I did a normal DH list but last year with a complete lack of everyday DH's outside Oritz and Hafner I did combo list of DH's and players who played a lot but didn't fit into of the position lists. But this year we had at least a few more everyday DH's and there actually wasn't that many players this year who played a lot but didn't fit into the other lists. In fact the only player that had more than 500 plate appearances but wasn't in the Top 30 in games started at any position was Jay Payton who played 40+ games at every outfield position so I'm going to throw him in the leftfielders list. So now onto the DH list which again isn't very interesting and once you get past the Big 5 there is a big drop off with a lot part-time/injured players and a couple of guys who were released. I took only the Top 14 in games started at DH. Jason Giambi played a few more games at DH than first base so that's why he's on it. Also for each position I'll list who I had as the Top 3 in 2004 and 2005 before the 2006 rankings. 2004 Top 3 DH's 1. Travis Hafner 2. David Ortiz 3. Erubiel Durazo 2005 Top 3 DH's 1. David Ortiz 2. Travis Hafner 3. Mike Sweeney 2006 Designated Hitter Rankings 1. David Ortiz, Red Sox 2. Travis Hafner, Indians 3. Jim Thome, White Sox 4. Jason Giambi, Yankees 5. Frank Thomas, A's 6. Jay Gibbons, Orioles 7. Jonny Gomes, Devil Rays 8. Tim Salmon, Angels 9. Mike Sweeney, Royals 10. Matt Stairs, Royals/Rangers/Tigers 11. Phil Nevin, Rangers/Cubs/Twins 12. Javy Lopez, Orioles/Red Sox 13. Carl Everett, Mariners 14. Rondell White, Twins I think White produced more for the Twins today than he did for the entire season.

Well this was a pleasant surprise today. I was able to see Frank's second homerun at lunch but I'm glad I had to go back to work right before Bradley lost the ball as I probably would have broke something over that. So how was Joe today? How many "manufacture runs" lectures did he get in about the A's?

So from what I gathered from what Ken Macha said today: A) Rich Harden may or may not start Game 3 B) Rich Harden may or may not start Game 4 C) They're waiting to see if his elbow explodes tommorrow in a bullpen session. I got my ALCS tickets today, Game 1 against Detroit or Game 3 against New York. Again I'm not holding my breath.

We're two weeks away from the first BCS rankings and all but one of the computer rankings has made their's public so collegebcs.com has fairly accurate rankings right now. So here's the Unofficial BCS Top 25. 1) Ohio State 2) USC 3) Auburn 4) Michigan 5) Florida 6) Louisville 7) West Virginia 8) Oregon 9) Notre Dame 10) Georgia 11) Texas 12) LSU 13) Oklahoma 14) Tennessee 15) California 16) Clemson 17) Iowa 18) Boise State 19) Florida State 20) Rutgers 21) Virginia Tech 22) Georgia Tech 23) Washington 24) Nebraska 25) Missouri -Because both the Coaches and Harris polls had Va Tech inexplicably ahead of Georgia Tech that's why the are also ahead in the BCS. The computer's hate the Hokies though right as they are ranked 36th on average and only in the Top 20 in one of them. -Other teams the computer rankings hate (on average): Auburn (6th), West Virginia (15th), Texas (17th), LSU (20th), Clemson (22nd), Florida State (30th), Nebraska (31st) -Teams the computer rankings love (on average): Michigan (3rd), Oregon (5th), Notre Dame (7th), Oklahoma (9th), Boise State (11th), Rutgers (15th), Washington (14th), Wake Forest (18th) -Ohio State is #1 in four of the five reporting computer rankings, USC has the other top spot. -Auburn ranks no higher than 5th in any computer ranking, Michigan is no lower than 5th. -West Virginia is in the Top 10 in only one computer ranking and as low as 19th.

My Awards I'm skipping Manager of the Year because it's meaningless. AL MVP 1. Derek Jeter 2. Joe Mauer 3. David Ortiz 4. Johan Santana 5. Travis Hafner 6. Manny Ramirez 7. Jermaine Dye 8. Jim Thome 9. Justin Morneau 10. Carlos Guillen NL MVP 1. Albert Pujols 2. Carlos Beltran 3. Ryan Howard 4. Miguel Cabrera 5. Lance Berkman 6. David Wright 7. Jose Reyes 8. Chase Utley 9. Alfonso Soriano 10. Garrett Atkins AL Cy Young 1. Johan Santana 2. Roy Halladay 3. C.C. Sabathia NL Cy Young 1. Brandon Webb 2. Roy Oswalt 3. Chris Carpenter AL Rookie of the Year 1. Francisco Liriano 2. Jonathan Papelbon 3. Justin Verlander NL Rookie of the Year 1. Hanley Ramirez 2. Ryan Zimmerman 3. Dan Uggla

For my 100th entry I originally planned on doing a comprehensive list of the 100 Greatest Oakland A's players of all-time and wouldn't just be simply be a career list of Win Shares as that wouldn't really work. I never got Bored enough to start working on it though so maybe sometime in the offseason I'll get around to it. But I guess doing my awards for the 2006 season works as an 100th entry since I've been tracking the MVP award most of the year and I'm sure the three of you are on the edge of your seat as to what my final ballot looks like. Before I get to the awards this week I'll start working on the Bored's 2006 MLB Player Rankings this week that will be BLOG EXCLUSIVE~ this year. You know the last two years how I posted them on the board to tell. No? Oh well, I'm still doing them. Starting with the N.L. and no I won't be doing Manager of the Year which I've explained before why I don't care about the award. Instead of my normal, pointless talking before I post my "ballot" this time I'll post my picks for each award and then briefly explain my picks. N.L. Cy Young 3. Chris Carpenter, Cardinals 144 ERA+, 4.28 K/BB, 1.07 WHIP, 67.2 VORP, 19 Win Shares 2. Roy Oswalt, Astros 150 ERA+, 4.37 K/BB, 1.17 WHIP, 71.8 VORP, 21 Win Shares 1. 153 ERA+, 3.56 K/BB, 1.13 WHIP, 68.6 VORP, 22 Win Shares This was a really tight race but I felt Webb was just a cut above the rest over the course of the season. There isn't a bad choice here but it does appear Webb will end up winning the writer award. I gave Bronson Arroyo and Carlos Zambrano consideration for the 3rd spot as well. And no Trevor Hoffman should not win it as some lifetime achievement award just because no won in the N.L. won more than 16 games. N.L. Rookie of the Year 3. Dan Uggla, Marlins .282/.339/.480, 104 RC, .281 EQA, 40.0 VORP, 22 Win Shares 2. Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals .287/.351/.471, 107 RC, .283 EQA, 27.9 VORP, 25 Win Shares 1. .292/.353/.480, 108 RC, .290 EQA, 55.9 VORP, 25 Win Shares About a month ago this was probably Uggla's award to lose and well, he lost it. Uggla completely faded at the end of the season while Ramirez only seemed to get stronger. I really hope the media took notice as it seemed like the award was being conceded to Uggla. You can look at Ramirez's basic numbers and know that he clearly had the better year. N.L. Most Valuable Player 10. Garrett Atkins, Rockies .329/.409/.556, 119 RC, .310 EQA, 61.5 VORP, 26 Win Shares 9. Alfonso Soriano, Nationals .277/.351/.560, 121 RC, .300 EQA, 49.2 VORP, 30 Win Shares 8. Chase Utley, Phillies .309/.379/.527, 122 RC, .298 EQA, 65.0 VORP, 28 Win Shares 7. Jose Reyes, Mets .300/.354/.487, 124 RC, .289 EQA, 57.7 VORP, 29 Win Shares 6. David Wright, Mets .311/.381/.531, 123 RC, .307 EQA, 53.3 VORP, 32 Win Shares 5. Lance Berkman, Astros .315/.420/.621, 141 RC, .331 EQA, 71.2 VORP, 34 Win Shares 4. Miguel Cabrera, Marlins .339/.431/.568, 141 RC, .333 EQA, 79.1 VORP, 34 Win Shares 3. Ryan Howard, Phillies .313/.425/.659, 137 RC, .337 EQA, 81.3 VORP, 31 Win Shares 2. Carlos Beltran, Mets .275/.388/.594, 125 RC, .320 EQA, 67.6 VORP, 38 Win Shares 1. .331/.431/.671, 150 RC, .346 EQA, 86.6 VORP, 39 Win Shares About a month ago I had Pujols and Beltran neck and neck but Pujols pulls away in September. After knocking the hype surrounding his chase for the "non-steroid" homerun record I give Howard the #3 slot and he wouldn't be as bad a pick as the potential A.L. winner could end up being. But it does seem the last week Pujols had regained favor in the media as the choice. A.L. Cy Young 3. C.C. Sabathia, Indians 138 ERA+, 3.91 K/BB, 1.17 WHIP, 46.0 VORP, 14 Win Shares 2. Roy Halladay, Blue Jays 147 ERA+, 3.88 K/BB, 1.10 WHIP, 68.2 VORP, 21 Win Shares 1. 164 ERA+, 5.21 K/BB, 1.00 WHIP, 79.7 VORP, 25 Win Shares The toughest ballot decision out there is by far 3rd place in the A.L. Cy Young race. Santana will win the award unanimously and Halladay should be the unanimous #2. I went with Sabathia due to his strong peripherals although VORP and Win Shares didn't particularly like him this year. By the time I get around to starting pitchers on my player rankings C.C. might not be ranked #3 among A.L. starters but I wanted to get this done tonight so I gave him the nod over Chien-ming Wang and John Lackey. You could even make strong arguments for injured rookies Liriano and Papelbon. Speaking of which... A.L. Rookie of the Year 3. Justin Verlander, Tigers 122 ERA+, 2.07 K/BB, 1.33 WHIP, 47.0 VORP, 15 Win Shares 2. Jonathan Papelbon, Red Sox 505 ERA+, 5.77 K/BB, 0.78 WHIP, 38.6 VORP, 18 Win Shares 1. 211 ERA+, 4.50 K/BB, 1.00 WHIP, 51.1 VORP, 16 Win Shares Yes they both got hurt by the dominance of these two is too much to overlook and you could make arguments for both. I went with Verlander for 3rd giving him credit for being solid over the full season instead of another dominant pitcher with a small sample in Jered Weaver. A.L. Most Valuable Player 10. Carlos Guillen, Tigers .320/.400/.519, 106 RC, .310 EQA, 67.0 VORP, 26 Win Shares 9. Justin Morenau, Twins .321/.375/.559, 120 RC, .308 EQA, 51.8 VORP, 27 Win Shares 8. Jim Thome, White Sox .288/.416/.598, 123 RC, .328 EQA, 63.2 VORP, 26 Win Shares 7. Jermaine Dye, White Sox .315/.385/.622, 119 RC, .320 EQA, 65.4 VORP, 26 Win Shares 6. Manny Ramirez, Red Sox .321/.439/.619, 111 RC, .342 EQA, 65.3 VORP, 29 Win Shares 5. Travis Hafner, Indians .308/.439/.659, 124 RC, .355 EQA, 80.4 VORP, 25 Win Shares 4. Johan Santana, Twins 3. David Oritz, Red Sox .287/.413/.636, 126 RC, .334 EQA, 75.8 VORP, 29 Win Shares 2. Joe Mauer, Twins .347/.429/.507, 104 RC, .321 EQA, 66.6 VORP, 31 Win Shares 1. .344/.417/.483, 138 RC, .316 EQA, 79.2 VORP, 33 Win Shares If you told me in my first MVP Watch that I'd be picking Jeter at the end of the year as my choice for MVP, and not even have a second thought about it, I would have laughed. I hate the media's infatuation with Jeter as much as anyone but the guy was king sized this year. Of course the media has now become infatuated with Justin Morneau for some ungodly reason. I don't see how anyone can look at the Twins and come away thinking Morneau is the MVP of that team. Anyone arguing Morneau for MVP of the league is out of their mind. Unrelated I should note that I slammed the David Oritz support when the media was ready to give him the award in early August but now with the Red Sox fade and his playing for himself comments he killed his chances. Now though I kinda like the guy and his tear down the stretch, meaningless or not, gives him the 3rd spot. He'd be a hell of a lot better choice than Morneau.

kkk you'll be surprised to learn hippie Zito is a Republican.

Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Southern Miss at Tulsa, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY Central Florida at Marshall, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY #17 Florida State at N.C. State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN TCU at Utah, 9:00/6:00 PM, Versus FRIDAY #8 Louisville at Middle Tennessee, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Arkansas at #2 Auburn, Noon/9:00 AM, CBS #15 Clemson at Wake Forest, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Texas A&M at Kansas, Noon/9:00 AM, FSN Stanford at #12 Notre Dame, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, NBC #9 LSU at #5 Florida, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #7 Texas vs. #14 Oklahoma, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC Washington at #3 USC, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN Michigan State at #6 Michigan, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN South Carolina at Kentucky, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #23 Missouri at Texas Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, TBS #13 Tennessee at #10 Georgia, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #11 Oregon at #16 California, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* #22 Nebraska at Iowa State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* SUNDAY Northern Illinois at Miami of Ohio, 8:00/5:00, ESPN Other Cable/Gameplan Schedule SATURDAY Purdue at #19 Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Pittsburgh at Syracuse, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Indiana at Illinois, Noon/9:00 AM, GP North Carolina at Miami, Noon/9:00 AM, LF/GP Western Michigan at Ohio, Noon/9:00 AM, GP VMI at Army, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN Classic Navy at Air Force, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CSTV Maryland at #18 Georgia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Bowling Green at #1 Ohio State, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Virginia at East Carolina, 6:00/3:00 PM, CSTV Central Michigan at Toledo, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Connecticut at South Florida, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Duke at Alabama, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP UL Monroe at Arkansas State, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Louisiana Tech at #20 Boise State, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP Nevada at Hawaii, Midnight/9:00 PM, GP All Other D-IA Games SATURDAY Penn State at Minnesota Northwestern at Wisconsin Kent State at Temple Ball State at Buffalo Vaderbilt at Mississippi San Diego State at BYU Rice at Tulane #4 West Virginia at Mississippi State Baylor at Colorado Oklahoma State at Kansas State New Mexico State at Idaho UNLV at Colorado State Arizona at UCLA Memphis at UAB Washington State at Oregon State UL Lafayette at Houston Florida International at North Texas Wyoming at New Mexico SMU at UTEP

Ya I went off of a mlb.com so I wasn't sure how accurate they were. But from reading the AP story of the Dodgers game today Maddux is definently starting Game 2.

FOX pretty much mandates that the Yankees are in the primetime slot. I'm trying to remember the last time the Yankees played a postseason day game.

As I expected the start times will prevent me from watching the first three games so hopefully it's not a sweep, unless it's the A's of course. Oh and the Tigers can suck my dick. Sadly I think it will be Twins in five and I just hope it doesn't involve the A's losing it some gut wrenching fashion. I just think they will need to get incredibly lucky to beat Johan Santana in the Metrodome which makes Games 2 thru 4 must wins.

Start Times/Projected Startes for First Three Games Game 1: Tuesday at San Diego, Chris Carpenter vs. Jake Peavy, 4:00 PM EST/1:00 PM PST, ESPN Game 2: Thursday at San Diego, Jeff Suppan vs. Chris Young, 4:00 PM EST/1:00 PM PST, ESPN Game 3: Saturday at St. Louis, Jeff Weaver vs. Woody Williams, TBD

Start Times/Projected Starters for First Three Games Game 1: Wednesday at New York, Derek Lowe vs. Orlando Hernandez, 4:00 PM EST/1:00 PM PST, ESPN Game 2: Thursday at New York, Greg Maddux vs. Tom Glavine, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST, FOX Game 3: Saturday at Los Angeles, Brad Penny vs. Steve Trachsel, TBD

Start Times/Projected Startes for First Three Games Game 1: Tuesday at New York, Nate Robertson vs. Chien Ming-Wang, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST, FOX Game 2: Wednesday at New York, Justin Verlander vs. Mike Mussina, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST, FOX Game 3: Friday at Detroit, Kenny Rogers vs. Randy Johnson, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST, ESPN

Start Times/Projected Starters for First Three Games Game 1: Tuesday at Minnesota, Barry Zito vs. Johan Santana, 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST, ESPN Game 2: Wednesday at Minnesota, Esteban Loaiza vs. Boof Bosner, 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST, ESPN Game 3: Friday at Oakland, Dan Haren or Rich Harden vs. Brad Radke, 4:00 PM EST/1:00 PM PST, ESPN

As it turns out, no. One of the dumbass FSN announcer said this during the game. But they've been bad enough where it's potentially believable.

Yes I know I switched the rankings in the sub topic. I'll try to get someone to fix it.

I'm assinging the pinjockey as replacement for Michigan for the rest of the year. Deadline #1: Thursday, October 5th, 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Saturday, October 7th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak Week 6 Match-ups #3 Oregon State* PM (Princess Leena, 5-0) vs. #8 Oregon* PM (nogoodnick, 5-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK #5 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 3-2) vs. #7 Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 3-2) #1 Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 4-1) vs. Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 0-5) #2 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 3-2) vs. San Jose State* PM (kkktookymybabyaway, 1-4) #4 Syracuse* PM (CanadianChris, 5-0) vs. Kansas State (Loaded Glove, 2-3) #6 Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 3-2) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 2-3) #9 Virginia* PM (Edwin MacPhisto, 4-1) vs. Texas A&M* PM (Secret Agent, 2-3) #10 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 4-1) vs. Maryland* (Lando Griffin*, 3-2) Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 3-2) vs. LSU* PM (teke184, 3-2) UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 5-0) vs. USC* (Cartman 2-3) Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 3-2) vs. Penn State* (UTBroward*, 2-3) Auburn* PM (Agent of Oblivion, 2-3) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 2-3) Stanford* (Bored, 2-3) vs. Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 3-2) Tennessee* (Sex Machine Gun, 3-2) vs. Florida International* (Vitamin X, 2-3) Arizona State* PM (Spicy McHaggis, 3-2) vs. San Diego State* PM (The Last Samurai, 2-3) Connecticut (SilverPhoenix, 2-3) vs. Michigan* (the pinjockey*, 3-2) Buffalo* (Carnival, 1-4) vs. Ohio State (Gert T, 0-5) Texas* (UTBroward, 2-3) vs. Oklahoma* (Vampiro69, 3-2) Boise State* PM (bravesfan, 1-4) vs. Florida State (Kingofthe909, 0-5) Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 0-5) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 2-3) Week 6 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY TCU at Utah SATURDAY Texas A&M at Kansas Navy at Air Force Rice at Tulane Texas vs. Oklahoma LSU at Florida Baylor at Colorado Oklahoma State at Kansas State Washington State at Oregon State Missouri at Texas Tech Central Michigan at Toledo Tennessee at Georgia Oregon at California Wyoming at New Mexico Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will LSU's JaMarcus Russell have against Florida?

What if a day of college football passed without anything interesting happening? Would it make a sound? Game of the Day: Illinois 23, Michigan State 20. Woof. Texas Tech/Texas A&M was probably better I'm guessing but I only saw the end of that game when ABC put us on the west coast finally out of our misery by pulling Oregon's live rape of ASU's defense. My local Comcast Sportsnet picks up the 4th tier Big Ten game that gets thrown on ESPN+ and these games usually end up being more entertaining that the games ESPN puts on in their early timeslots on the main channels. This game made me sad because it means there's one more BCS team that you can't argue that they might be on the level of Stanford. Hey way to defend the middle of the field after the game Spartans, you think that would have worked during the game? We're all gonna miss John L Smith's rantings after he's gone. It might be tommorrow. WTF Score of the Day: See above. Other Games that I Make Lame Jokes and Little Analysis About Arkansas State 31, Florida International 6. So if Arkansas State loses by 46 to SMU and the FIU loses by 25 to Arkansas State the next week, does that mean FIU gets relegateted to high school? Virginia 37, Duke 0. Thank you Blue Devils. You're my last hope to eclipse the futility of Stanford. SMU 33, Tulane 28. This was Tulane's first home game since Hurricane Katrina and obviously only the Saints . Hey SMU now has a winning record. Are they paying their players again? Georgia 14, Mississippi 9. You know I can appreciate good defensive football and realize that is what the SEC is about but this was like watching flies fuck. Colorado State 35, Fresno State 23. Something to keep on eye with Oregon's move up the polls is their close call against Fresno is suddenly looking pretty bad right now. Wisconsin 52, Indiana 17. Let's see Northwestern's coach dies and the Wildcats get crushed by a I-AA team and Indiana's coach returns from brain cancer and they play like this. I feel bad Kansas' fans after Mark Mangino finally has a heart attack. Whack Pac Wrap Up Oregon 48, Arizona State 13. Damn that Rudy Carpenter voodoo doll that Sam Keller has is working pretty well. California 41, Oregon State 13. People are so excited about Cal in the Bay Area that this game wasn't even televised locally. One of the few times the complete indifference to college sports here benefits me. USC 28, Washington State 22. OMG USC SHOULD BE SPELLED SUC. One thing about the Trojans though is they do need to start featuring Emmanuel Moody more. He's clearly better than Chauncey Washington. Washington 21, Arizona 10. Watching Ty Willingham begin to resurrect the Huskies program isn't making me feel better. UCLA 31, Stanford 0. For the first time this year the Cardinal defense forced a team to punt. More progress! Please kill me.

Hey if their weren't flaws in the system then it wouldn't be the BCS.

Jesus tap dancing Christ. All the Tigers had to do was win one games againt the Royals so I wouldn't have to see the A's die in the Horrordome. Unfuckingbelievable. I'm still going to buy ALCS tickets tommorrw but I ain't going to hold my breath on using them.

This was an odd week as we had a wide spread in correct picks from 4 to 12. Annnd this caused more CONTROVERSY~ in the BCS. Soooo...I didn't even want to post these. But because of the inevitable whining...um I mean questions, I'm going to give you a breakdown of the Top 3. Leena's ranks W/L: 1st Correct %: 4th SoS: 28th (1 x .45) + (4 x .45) + (28 x .1) = 5.05 Spiff's ranks W/L: 8th Correct %: 2nd SoS: 4th (8 x .45) + (2 x .45) + (4 x .1) = 4.90 Will's ranks W/L: 5th Correct %: 1st SoS: 22nd (5 x .45) + (1 x .45) + (22 x 1) = 4.90 So that is how a 3-2 team is tied for first. Win/Loss record is the first tiebreak for rankings so Will retains te #1 spot. Spiff has had bad luck with his opponents while Leena has had good luck with her opponents. That's the way it goes and right now #1 and #2 have been the best pickers so far so there really shouldn't be too much complaining even though there will be. Eight more weeks for things to change so again...don't stress about it too much. Now on to the full poll. Bored's Championship Series Rankings thru Week 5 1. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 4.9 2. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 4.9 3. Oregon State - Princess Leena 5.05 4. Syracuse - CanadianChris 6.25 5. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 6.7 6. Temple - Ortonsault 8.25 7. Kentucky - Danville Wrestling 8.5 8. Oregon - nogoodnick 9.1 9. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 9.4 10. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 9.8 Other Receiving Votes: Auburn (Agent of Oblivion), Florida (Urban Warfare), Minnesota (Vern Gagne), UCLA (phoenixrising)

Week 5 Results #3 Oregon State (Princess Leena) 9, #2 Temple (Ortonsault) 6 #9 UCLA (phoenixrising) 8, #7 Stanford (Bored) 8; phoenix wins by tiebreak UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) 9, #1 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 8 Tennessee (Sex Machine Gun) 11, #4 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 10 #5 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 9, Florida State (Kingofthe909) 6 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 12, #6 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 10 #8 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 8, Ohio State (Gert T) 7 Penn State (UTBroward*) 7, #10 Rutgers (the pinjockey) 4 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 9, USC (Cartman) 6 Oregon (nogoodnick) 10, Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 6 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 9, Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 8 Florida International (Vitamin X) 12, Texas A&M (Secret Agent) 6 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 8, Connecticut (SilverPhoenix) 8; Lando wins by tiebreak Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 8, Michigan (Jimbo/Cartman) 5 Florida (Urban Warfare) 10, Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 8 Oklahoma (Vampiro69) 8, Buffalo (Carnival) 7 LSU (teke184) 9, Texas (UTBroward) 7 Boise State (bravesfan) 9, Maryland (Lando Griffin*) 8 Kent State (JHawk) 7, Kansas State (Loaded Glove) 6 San Jose State (kkktookmybabyaway) 7, San Diego State (The Last Samurai) 7; kkk wins by tiebreak Conference Standings Southeastern Seven 1. Kentucky (1-0, 3-2) 1. LSU (1-0, 3-2) 3. Florida (2-1, 3-2) 3. Auburn (2-1, 2-3) 5. South Carolina (1-1, 3-2) 6. Tennessee (0-1, 3-2) 6. FIU (0-1, 2-3) 8. Alabama (0-2, 0-5) Western Atlantic 1. Georgia Tech (2-0, 4-1) 1. Hawaii (2-0, 4-1) 3. Miami (1-0, 3-2) 4. Virginia (1-1, 4-1) 4. Boise State (1-1, 1-4) 6. Maryland* (0-1, 3-2) 7. San Jose State (0-2, 1-4) 7. Florida State (0-2, 0-5) Big MAC 1. Temple (3-0, 3-2) 2. Minnesota (2-1, 3-2) 2. Michigan* (2-1, 3-2) 4. Penn State* (1-1, 2-3) 5. Kent State (1-2, 2-3) 6. Buffalo (0-1, 1-4) 6. Miami of Ohio (0-1, 0-5) 6. Ohio State (0-1, 0-5) Pac-8 1. Oregon (2-0, 5-0) 2. Oregon State (1-0, 5-0) 2. UCLA (1-0, 5-0) 2. USC (1-0, 2-3) 5. Arizona State (0-1, 3-2) 5. Notre Dame (0-1, 3-2) 5. San Diego State (0-1, 2-3) 8. Stanford (0-2, 2-3) Big 8 1. Syracuse (1-0, 5-0) 1. Oklahoma (1-0, 3-2) 1. Texas (1-0, 2-3) 1. UTEP (1-0, 2-3) 5. Kansas State (1-1, 2-3) 6. Connecticut (0-1, 2-3) 6. Rutgers (0-1, 2-3) 6. Texas A&M (0-1, 2-3)

Oh also I didn't post the full article because it's very long but the other three names that were leaked was Brain Roberts, Jay Gibbons, and David Segui. Segui has already admitted he used HGH at one point.