Bored

I sincerly hope Tadahito Iguchi doesn't win rookie of the year. It'd be one thing if there was no legit candidates or he was having an Ichiro type year but with real rookies like Gustavo Chachin and Huston Street out there having good years, Iguchi does not deserve consideration.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050913/hl_af...ty_050913085955

A's and Angels are in heated battle to decide who wants to win the A.L. West less now.

PM'd picks received: San Diego State (Porter) THURSDAY Utah at TCU FRIDAY Houston at UTEP SATURDAY Oregon State at Louisville West Virginia at Maryland Mississippi at Vanderbilt Wyoming at Air Force Michigan State at Notre Dame Oklahoma at UCLA Alabama at South Carolina Miami of Ohio at Kent State Akron at Middle Tennessee State Wisconsin at North Carolina Tulsa at North Texas Fresno State at Oregon Florida State at Boston College Tennessee at Florida Miami at Clemson Mississippi State at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Houston/UTEP game? 45 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Utah's Quinton Ganther have against TCU? 145 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) THURSDAY Utah at TCU FRIDAY Houston at UTEP SATURDAY Oregon State at Louisville West Virginia at Maryland Mississippi at Vanderbilt Wyoming at Air Force Michigan State at Notre Dame Oklahoma at UCLA Alabama at South Carolina Miami of Ohio at Kent State Akron at Middle Tennessee State Wisconsin at North Carolina Tulsa at North Texas Fresno State at Oregon Florida State at Boston College Tennessee at Florida Miami at Clemson Mississippi State at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Houston/UTEP game? 59 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Utah's Quinton Ganther have against TCU? 118 LSU (teke184) THURSDAY Utah at TCU FRIDAY Houston at UTEP SATURDAY Oregon State at Louisville West Virginia at Maryland Mississippi at Vanderbilt Wyoming at Air Force Michigan State at Notre Dame Oklahoma at UCLA Alabama at South Carolina Miami of Ohio at Kent State Akron at Middle Tennessee State Wisconsin at North Carolina Tulsa at North Texas Fresno State at Oregon Florida State at Boston College Tennessee at Florida Miami at Clemson Mississippi State at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Houston/UTEP game? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Utah's Quinton Ganther have against TCU? 251 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) THURSDAY Utah FRIDAY at UTEP SATURDAY at Louisville West Virginia Mississippi at Air Force at Notre Dame Oklahoma Alabama Miami of Ohio Akron Wisconsin Tulsa Fresno State Florida State Florida Clemson Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Houston/UTEP game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Utah's Quinton Ganther have against TCU? 89 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) THURSDAY Utah at TCU FRIDAY Houston at UTEP SATURDAY Oregon State at Louisville West Virginia at Maryland Mississippi at Vanderbilt Wyoming at Air Force Michigan State at Notre Dame Oklahoma at UCLA Alabama at South Carolina Miami of Ohio at Kent State Akron at Middle Tennessee State Wisconsin at North Carolina Tulsa at North Texas Fresno State at Oregon Florida State at Boston College Tennessee at Florida Miami at Clemson Mississippi State at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Houston/UTEP game?65 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Utah's Quinton Ganther have against TCU? 90 UCLA (phoenixrising) THURSDAY Utah FRIDAY UTEP SATURDAY Louisville Maryland Mississippi Wyoming Notre Dame UCLA South Carolina Miami of Ohio Akron Wisconsin North Texas Fresno State Boston College Florida Miami Mississippi State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Houston/UTEP game? 70 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Utah's Quinton Ganther have against TCU? 110

But that's a mighty fine mustache.

My picks Utah UTEP Louisville Maryland Vanderbilt Wyoming Notre Dame UCLA Alabama Miami of Ohio Akron Wisconsin North Texas Oregon Boston College Florida Miami Tulane Tiebreak: 51/124

Texans - 13 pts Tennessee Tampa Bay Detroit Indianapolis Minnesota New England N.Y. Giants Pittsburgh Philadelphia Atlanta St. Louis Cleveland N.Y. Jets Denver Oakland Dallas

There was no game between two ranked teams this week so I just took highest ranked team playing an undefeated team which was your game. You lucked out as the replacement picks used (Gert T) were enough to win. Last year I did automatic forfeits but it messed up the standings and rankings too much. Just a note you are only allowed once to not submit picks and still be eligible to win the contest.

Just a hunch I think the Mets would trade for Thome in the offseason if the Phillies do shop him. It'd be a very Met-like type of move.

Don't say that to Harold Reynolds. His reasoning was that Andruw was the veteran presence for a young team and he set a Braves single season homerun record. AND he plays great defensive centerfield. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He's only 28 and he has veteran presence? I thought you had to old and washed up to have veteran presence like Steve Finley. Maybe Andruw has presence but Steve Finley now he has VETERAN PRESENCE~! And you know who the MVP really is? You guessed it. Frank Stallone.

Well time to stop paying attention to all baseball media the rest of the year. Ugh and I was so hoping he'd fail miserably. The Padres better put them away this series.

Network/Basic Cable TV Schedule THURSDAY Utah at TCU, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Houston at UTEP, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Oregon State at #11 Louisville, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN #25 Virginia at Syracuse, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 SMU at Texas A&M, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN Michigan State at #10 Notre Dame, 3:30/12:30 PM, NBC Alabama at South Carolina, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #13 Miami at #20 Clemson, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #21 Oklahoma at UCLA, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* San Diego State at #9 Ohio State, 3:30/12:30 PM ABC* Pittsburgh at Nebraska, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Wisconsin at North Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #23 Fresno State at Oregon, 7:00/4:00 PM, TBS Rice at #2 Texas, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN #8 Florida State at #17 Boston College, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #5 Tennessee at #6 Florida, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBS Arkansas at #1 USC, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN Other Cable/PPV Games Eastern Michigan at #14 Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU West Virginia at Maryland, Noon/9:00 AM, Jefferson Pilot* Mississippi at Vanderbilt, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Jefferson Pilot* Ball State at Auburn, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, GamePlan Baylor at Army, 3:00 PM/Noon, ESPN Classic Ohio at Virginia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Northern Iowa at #22 Iowa, 3:30/12:30 PM, GamePlan Kentucky at Indiana, 6:45/3:45 PM, ESPN Classic Connecticut at #16 Georgia Tech, 6:45/3:45 PM, ESPNU Mississippi State at Tulane, 8:00/5:00 PM, College Sports TV Rutgers at Buffalo, 8:00/5:00 PM, GamePlan Florida Atlantic at Minnesota, 8:30/5:30 PM, GamePlan UNLV at Nevada, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPNU All Other D-IA Games Louisiana-Monroe at #7 Georgia VMI at Duke Toledo at Temple Troy at Missouri Wyoming at Air Force Central Michigan at Penn State Idaho at Washington Miami of Ohio at Kent State Tennessee Tech at Northern Illinois Illinois at #15 California Akron at Middle Tennessee State Eastern Kentucky at N.C. State East Carolina at Wake Forest Jacksonville State at UAB Central Florida at South Florida Tulsa at North Texas Grambling at Washington State Western Carolina at Cincinnati Louisiana Tech at Kansas McNeese State at Southern Miss Sam Houston State at #19 Texas Tech Southern Illinois at Western Michigan Arkansas State at Oklahoma State New Mexico State at New Mexico UT-Chattanooga at Memphis Northwestern State at Louisiana-Lafayette Northwestern at #18 Arizona State #12 Purdue at Arizona UC Davis at Stanford Three Big Ten/Pac-10 match-ups and none are being televised. Weird.

ESPN is no longer the sponsor of the Coaches poll so that's why them and ABC are back to using the AP. I guess Fox Sports is deciding to use it to just be different. Technically the AP poll is now irrelevent since it is no longer in the BCS formula and once the first BCS poll is released ESPN and ABC will use it.

The real 49ers showed up in the 4th but at least they held on. Tune to NFL Primetime and it's going to be an hour of the trademark Chris Berman hushed, serious tones.

The 49ers could still blow this one and Kevin Barlow still looks like shit at running back but the offensive play calling is sooo much better than it was under Dennis Erickson.

New AP Top 25 1. USC 2. Texas 3. LSU 4. Virginia Tech 5. Tennessee 6. Florida 7. Georgia 8. Florida State 9. Ohio State 10. Notre Dame 11. Louisville 12. Purdue 13. Miami 14. Michigan 15. California 16. Georgia Tech 17. Boston College 18. Arizona State 19. Texas Tech 20. Clemson 21. Oklahoma 22. Iowa 23. Fresno State 24. Iowa State 25. Virginia Dropped Out: TCU 26. Alabama 27. Oregon 28. Utah 29. Wisconsin 30. Auburn 31. Colorado 32. Minnesota 33. Texas A&M 34. UCLA 35t. Michigan State 35t. Penn State 37. TCU 38t. N.C. State 38t. UTEP 40. Oregon State 41. Toledo 42. West Virginia 43. Vanderbilt

Week 3 Deadlines Thursday, September 15th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Utah/TCU pick, tiebreak #2 Friday, September 16th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Lose out on Houston/UTEP pick, tiebreak #1 Saturday, September 17th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks Week 3 Match-ups #5 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 1-1) vs. Illinois* (Matt Young, 2-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Florida* (Agent Bond34, 2-0) vs. Tennessee* (Kotzenjunge, 0-2) #2 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 2-0) vs. Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 1-1) #3 LSU* PM (teke184, 2-0) vs. Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 1-1) #4 Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 2-0) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 1-1) #6 Ohio State* (Gert T, 2-0) vs. San Diego State* PM (Porter, 1-1) #7 Texas A&M* (Secret Agent, 1-1) vs. Washington State* (bravesfan, 1-1) #8 USC* (Cartman, 1-1) vs. Connecticut* (DragonLordKaiba, 2-0) #9 Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 2-0) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 1-1) #10 Arizona State* (Spicy McHaggis, 1-1) vs. Northwestern* (Kingofthe909, 1-1) Penn State* (therealworldschampion, 1-1) vs. Oregon (nogoodnick, 0-2) Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 1-1) vs. Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 0-2) Auburn* PM (Agent of Oblivion, 1-1) vs. Troy* (Angel Grace Blue, 0-2) Oklahoma* (Damaramu, 1-1) vs. UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 0-2) Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 1-1) vs. Florida International* (Vitamin X, 1-1) Nebraska* (CarnivalizComing, 0-2) vs. Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 1-1) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 0-2) vs. Buffalo* (Black Widow, 0-2) Week 3 Games to make picks for THURSDAY Utah at TCU FRIDAY Houston at UTEP SATURDAY Oregon State at Louisville West Virginia at Maryland Mississippi at Vanderbilt Wyoming at Air Force Michigan State at Notre Dame Oklahoma at UCLA Alabama at South Carolina Miami of Ohio at Kent State Akron at Middle Tennessee State Wisconsin at North Carolina Tulsa at North Texas Fresno State at Oregon Florida State at Boston College Tennessee at Florida Miami at Clemson Mississippi State at Tulane Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Houston/UTEP game? Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Utah's Quinton Ganther have against TCU?

I'm going to wait a couple of weeks before bothering to post the conference standings since so few have been palyed so far. A lot movement on the polls, mainly because we've only played two weeks. Teams who were lucky to win this week were hurt in the polls. Is Agent Bond34 this year's Edwin MacPhisto when it comes to the #1 ranking? Bored Championship Series Top 10 thru Week 2 1. Florida - Agent Bond34 1.2 2. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 4.2 3. LSU - teke184 4.45 4. Notre Dame - Lando Griffin 4.8 5. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 5.25 6. Ohio State - Gert T 6.15 7. Texas A&M - Secret Agent 7.05 8. USC - Cartman 7.2 9. Maryland - MarvinisaLunatic 7.45 10. Arizona State - Spicy McHaggis 7.95

Week 2 Final Scores #8 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 10, #7 Penn State (therealworldschampion) 9 #5 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 10, #10 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 8 #1 Florida (Agent Bond34) 11, Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 9 #2 Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 8, Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 5 Texas A&M (Secret Agent) 12, #3 Kent State (JHawk) 7 Oklahoma (Damaramu) 10, #4 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 7 Stanford (Bored) 10, #6 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 6 LSU (teke184) 11, #9 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 9 Northwestern (Kingofthe909) 8, San Diego State (Porter) 7 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 10, UCLA (phoenixrising) 9 Illinois (Matt Young*) 9, Florida International (Vitamin X) 8 Ohio State (Gert T) 10, Tennessee (Kotzenjunge**) 9 Connecticut (DragonLordKaiba) 8, Troy (Angel Grace Blue) 7 USC (Cartman) 11, Nebraska (CarnivalizComing) 9 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 10, Buffalo (Black Widow) 7 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 10, Oregon (nogoodnick) 9 Washington State (bravesfan) 9, Rutgers (the pinjockey) 7 * - replacement picks by Gert T ** - replacement picks by Damaramu

GOD DAMMIT! ASU was trying for the big play too much on those three previous plays. Ugh just when this was looking like a great day for the Pac-10.

You got to be kidding me. ASU looked like they were gonna wrap this game up just a few minutes ago. Damn.

Match-ups decided by Texas/Ohio State: #8 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) def. #7 Penn State (therealworldschampion) #5 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) def. #10 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) #1 Florida (Agent Bond34) def. Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) Oklahoma (Damaramu) def. #4 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) Northwestern (Kingofthe909) def. San Diego State (Porter) Miami (Spaceman Spiff) def. UCLA (phoenixrising) Washington State (bravesfan) def. Rutgers (the pinjockey)

Ohio State isn't eliminated. Let's face it we know how the polls work, if you lose at the beginning of the year you can recover and run the table and get in if there isn't more than one undefeated team. Now time to focus on ASU/LSU, Sun Devils up 17-7 late in the 3rd.

More bad news for Oklahoma: SMU 14, TCU 3 Halftime Weird day in the MAC as Central Michigan upset Miami of Ohio and Bowling Green only up by four against Ball State in the 4th. Hey is Vanderbilt a bowl team this year? Scored road wins over Wake Forest and Arkansas so far.

Oregon State beats Boise State, Nebraska is up big in the 4th against Wake Forest, match-ups decided: #2 Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) def. Minnesota (Vern Gagne) Texas A&M (Secret Agent) def. #3 Kent State (JHawk) Stanford (Bored) def. #6 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) LSU (teke184) def. #9 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) Syracuse (CanadianChris) def. Buffalo (Black Widow) Edit: North Texas beats MTS 14-7, one match-up decided: Connecticut (DragonLordKaiba) def. Troy (Angel Grace Blue)