Bored

I wanted to make this a seperate post as I have an important announcement. A_MikeSC has decided to drop out of the contest thus LSU (teke184) wins the Mid South Championship by forfeit and earns an automatic bid to the Oxycotton Bowl. What this also means is that we are now down to 13 bowl eligible teams for 14 spots. Now if Boston College (HarleyQuinn) wins the Big Atlantic title game then we'll have 14. If Boston College loses I have two options 1) Give the final bowl spot to Boise State who is a dead team being used by Vern Gagne, who already is in a bowl game, or 2) Give the final bowl spot to the highest ranked 6-7 team. I won't say who it is until the result of the BC game. I'm leaning towards option #2. Here are teke's picks: THURSDAY MAC Championship: Toledo vs. Miami of Ohio SATURDAY Pittsburgh at South Florida Virginia Tech at Miami Louisville at Tulane Army vs. Navy USC at UCLA SEC Championship: Tennessee vs. Auburn California at Southern Miss Big XII Championship: Oklahoma vs. Colorado Michigan State at Hawaii Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the SEC title game? 45 Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Oklahoma's Jason White have against Colorado? 255 Tiebreak #3: How many receiving yards will Toledo's Lance Moore have against Miami of Ohio? 84

Please those who are in the contest and bowl eligible please check in this weekend to see what bowl game you go to. Pac-8 Picks UCLA (phoenixrising) THURSDAY MAC Championship: Toledo vs. Miami of Ohio SATURDAY Pittsburgh at South Florida Virginia Tech at Miami Louisville at Tulane Army vs. Navy USC at UCLA SEC Championship: Tennessee vs. Auburn California at Southern Miss Big XII Championship: Oklahoma vs. Colorado Michigan State at Hawaii Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the SEC title game? 45 Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Oklahoma's Jason White have against Colorado? 235 Tiebreak #3: How many receiving yards will Toledo's Lance Moore have against Miami of Ohio? 110 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) THURSDAY Miami of Ohio SATURDAY Pittsburgh Miami Louisville Navy USC Auburn California Oklahoma Hawaii Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the SEC title game? 40 Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Oklahoma's Jason White have against Colorado? 195 Tiebreak #3: How many receiving yards will Toledo's Lance Moore have against Miami of Ohio? 70

Everyone involved has already received the PM about this week so I won't bother repeating everything I said except this one thing: SUBMIT YOUR PICKS THIS WEEK BY PM ONLY. When I receive picks from both teams involved in a match-up I will post them here. Week 14 Deadline Thursday, December 2nd, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -You will forfeit if you do not get your picks in. Conference Championship Match-ups Pac-8 Conference Championship #3 UCLA (phoenixrising, 8-5) vs. #7 Hawaii (Will Scarlet, 7-6) Regular Season result: UCLA def. Hawaii by tiebreak 11-11 in Week 7. Big MAC Conference Chapionship #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 9-4) vs. #9 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 9-4) Regular Season result: Minnestoa def. Notre Dame 12-9 in Week 12. Big Atlantic Conference Championship #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 10-3) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 6-7) Regular Season result: Boston College def. Virginia 14-11 in Week 3. Mid South Conference Championship #8 LSU (teke184, 10-3) vs. Georgia (A_MikeSC, 10-3) Regular Season result: Georgia def. LSU 14-13 in Week 5. Week 14 Games to make picks for THURSDAY MAC Championship: Toledo vs. Miami of Ohio SATURDAY Pittsburgh at South Florida Virginia Tech at Miami Louisville at Tulane Army vs. Navy USC at UCLA SEC Championship: Tennessee vs. Auburn California at Southern Miss Big XII Championship: Oklahoma vs. Colorado Michigan State at Hawaii Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the SEC title game? Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Oklahoma's Jason White have against Colorado? Tiebreak #3: How many receiving yards will Toledo's Lance Moore have against Miami of Ohio?

BCS Top 10 thru Week 13 1. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 2.00 (1/1/4) 2. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 3.33 (5/2/3) 3. UCLA - phoenixrising 5.33 (6/4/6) 4. Syracuse - CanadianChris 6.33 (1/3/15) 5. Washington State - bravesfan 6.33 (10/5/4) 6. Oregon - nogoodnick 8.33 (10/5/10) 7. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 9.00 (10/8/9) 8. LSU - teke184 9.67 (1/8/20) 9. Notre Dame - Lando Griffin 11.67 (5/10/20) 10. Stanford - Bored 11.67 (6/5/24)

LA Tech now up 51-14. No use in delaying inevitable. Week 13 Final Results #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 11, #6 Ohio State (Gert T) 0; forfeit #7 LSU (teke184) 7, #10 Stanford (Bored) 6 #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 9, Rutgers (the pinjockey) 7 Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 9, #3 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 9; Boston College wins by tiebreak #4 UCLA (phoenixrising) 9, Oklahoma (Damaramu) 9; UCLA wins by tiebreak Boise State (Vern Gagne/*dead team*) 11, #5 Washington State (bravesfan) 7 #8 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 9, Michigan State (teke184/*dead team*) 7 #9 Oregon (nogoodnick) 10, Georgia (A_MikeSC) 9 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 9, USC (Cartman) 9; Notre Dame wins by tiebreak Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) 10, Texas (Flyboy) 9 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 7, Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 6 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 11, Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 8 Florida (Agent Bond34) 10, Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 7 Kent State (JHawk) 9, Penn State (therealworldschampion) 0; forfeit West Virginia (Bored/*dead team*) 6, Florida State (2GOLD) 0; forfeit Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 9, Michigan (Mad Dog) 7 Final Conference Standings (conference record, overall record) * - bowl eligible Pac-8 1. UCLA* (6-1, 8-5) 2. Boise State (5-2, 7-6) 3. Hawaii* (4-3, 7-6) 4. Stanford* (3-4, 8-5) 4. Washington State* (3-4, 7-6) 4. Oregon* (3-4, 7-6) 7. USC (2-5, 5-8) 7. Arizona State (2-5, 5-8) Big MAC 1. Minnesota* (6-1, 9-4) 2. Notre Dame* (5-2, 9-4) 2. Bowling Green* (5-2, 9-4) 4. Kent State (4-3, 6-7) 4. Michigan State (4-3, 5-8) 6. Ohio State* (3-4, 7-6) 7. Michigan (1-6, 4-9) 7. Penn State (1-6, 3-10) Mid South 1. LSU* (5-2, 10-3) 1. Georgia* (5-2, 10-3) 1. Auburn (5-2, 6-7) 4. Alabama (4-3, 6-7) 5. Texas (3-4, 6-7) 5. Florida (3-4, 5-8) 7. Tennessee (2-5, 5-8) 8. Oklahoma (1-6, 4-9) Big Atlantic 1. Virginia* (5-2, 10-3) 1. Boston College (5-2, 6-7) 1. Syracuse* (5-2, 10-3) 4. Maryland* (3-4, 7-6) 4. Rutgers (3-4, 4-9) 4. Miami (3-4, 4-9) 7. Florida State (2-5, 4-9) 8. West Virginia (1-6, 4-9) Boston College can still become bowl eligible with a win in the Big Atlantic title game. In case anyone was wondering Syracuse loses out on the tiebreak for the Big Atlantic title game because they lost to both Virginia and Boston College.

It's kinda surprising they took West Virginia since they went to the Gator Bowl last year (and we're destroyed by Maryland) and lost big to B.C. just a few weeks ago. Guess the Gator Bowl didn't want a match-up that will be a conference game next year. Florida State has now accepted the invite to the Gator Bowl to play West Virginia. That means the loser of the VaTech/Miami game will go from a BCS bowl to the Peach Bowl. Not quite as dramatic as BCS bowl to the Continental Tire but still a pretty big drop off.

Boggs gets in this year, Sandberg in 2006, and then the McGwire, Gwynn, Ripken class of 2007. It's doubtful anyone else on this list ever gets in. I did this back in July in another topic so I'll just C&P:

I was going to give "exciting" live updates of the Louisiana Tech/Rice game but...after Rice led 6-3 thru the first quarter Tech scored 35 points in the 2nd quarter. 38-6 at the half. Barring a miracle I'll close out the regular season with a thud (losing five out of six), Auburn will fail to become bowl eligible, and Boston College will the be the surprise team in the Big Atlantic title game.

Conference USA fills out their bowl bids: Memphis to GMAC, Southern Miss to New Orelans, Cincinnati to Ft. Worth. Here's the current list of accepted invites: New Orleans: North Texas vs. Southern Miss Liberty: Louisville vs. Boise State (if they don't get in the BCS) GMAC: Memphis Ft. Worth: Cincinnati Hawaii: UAB Insight: Notre Dame Alamo: Ohio State Houston: UTEP Emerald: Navy Continental Tire: North Carolina Sun: Purdue Music City: Minnesota Outback: Wisconsin Capital One: Iowa Rose: Michigan Edit: West Virginia has accepted an invite to the Gator Bowl. So Boston College has gone from a BCS game to probably the Continental Tire Bowl.

1. USC 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. California 5. Texas 6. Utah 7. Georgia 8. Boise State 9. Louisville 10. Miami 11. LSU 12. Virginia Tech 13. Iowa 14. Michigan 15. Tennessee 16. Florida State 17. Wisconsin 18. Virginia 19. Arizona State 20. Texas A&M 21. Texas Tech 22. Florida 23. Pittsburgh 24. Oklahoma State 25. Ohio State

That's what makes Division I-A college football so bizarre is that there is no official national champion. The trophy they get isn't a NCAA National Championship trophy that you see every other sport. So technically there is never been a real national champion in Division I-A. After a quick search here's a brief article from last year on the 1950 national championship: http://www.secsports.com/index.php?url_cha...l_id=&well_id=2

Notre Dame (9 undisputed, 4 split): 1924, 1929, 1930, 1938 (split), 1942 (split), 1943, 1946, 1947 (split), 1949, 1966, 1973 (split), 1977, 1988 USC (4 undisputed, 6 split): 1928 (split), 1931, 1932 (split), 1939 (split), 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974 (split), 1978 (split), 2003 (split)

UAB has accepted an invitation to the Hawaii Bowl, their first bowl game ever. I figured they would have been invited the GMAC Bowl since the game is played in Alabama. Adrew Walter's season is over after seperating his shoulder.

USC has put away Notre Dame so here is the complete list match-ups decided today with three left to go for Monday's rescheduled Louisiana Tech/Rice game: #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) def. #6 Ohio State (Gert T) by forfeit Kent State (JHawk) def. Penn State (therealworldschampion) by forfeit West Virginia (Bored/*dead team*) def. Florida State (2GOLD) by forfeit Boise State (Vern Gagne/*dead team*) def. #5 Washington State (bravesfan) #8 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) def. Michigan State (teke184/*dead team*) Florida (Agent Bond34) def. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) #4 UCLA (phoenixrising) def. Oklahoma (Damaramu) by tiebreak #9 Oregon (nogoodnick) def. Georgia (A_MikeSC) Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) def. USC (Cartman); Lando holds tiebreak Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) def. Texas (Flyboy) Bowling Green (iggymcfly) def. Michigan (Mad Dog) Miami (Spaceman Spiff) def. Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) def. Rutgers (the pinjockey) Virginia clinches a spot in the Big Atlantic title game and will play the winner of the Syracuse/Boston College match-up. As I mentioned before I'm going to go ahead and PM everyone who has qualified for their conference title game with the list of games to pick for next week since I have to wait until late Monday night to post the new thread because of the LA Tech/Rice situation. I'll do this tommorrow and this is just so if anyone wants to get their picks in early instead of waiting until Monday/Tuesday. I was already planning on having everyone PM their picks for the conference title games. Next week there will only be one deadline, the MAC title game on Thursday night. A reminder the match-ups for the Conference Championship Games are: Pac-8: UCLA (phoenixrising) vs. Hawaii (Will Scarlet) Big MAC: Minnesota (Vern Gagne) vs. Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) Mid South: LSU (teke184) vs. Georgia (A_MikeSC) Big Atlantic: Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) vs. Syracuse (Canadian Chris) or Boston College (HarleyQuinn)

Because Mike picked West Virginia so he was only up 1-0 going into Friday.

Texas Tech puts away Oklahoma State so the Big XII bowl picture looks fairly clear now. Here are my guesses: Orange: Oklahoma Cotton: Texas Holiday: Texas A&M Alamo: Texas Tech Independence: Oklahoma State Tangerine: Colorado Ft. Worth: Iowa State

In that scenerio it'd be: Orange: USC vs. Cal Sugar: Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh Fiesta: Colorado vs. Miami/Virginia Tech Rose: Michigan vs. Utah Could swap the Big East or ACC champ for the Sugar and Fiesta. Rose Bowl would get the first pick and they'd certainly take Utah over the ACC or Big East champ. Just a hunch we won't have to worry about any of this. TCU was just upset by Tulane in the final minute thus costing them bowl eligibility.

Who the Liberty Bowl takes will all be based on who sells the most tickets. Hey if the Gator Bowl doesn't take Notre Dame then who's to say the Liberty Bowl doesn't come knocking? Texas Tech I think ends up in the Alamo Bowl if they win today or the Ft. Worth Bowl if they lose today. Colorado will probably be in the Independence Bowl although if Oklahoma State loses today that's where they might end up.

I got them off of CollegeBCS.com. Here is in order the highest to lowest payouts by bowl. Rose, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta $14.4 million Capital One $5.125 million Cotton $3 million Outback $2.75 million Peach $2.15 million Holiday $2 million Gator $1.825 million Alamo $1.55 million Sun $1.5 million Liberty $1.3 million Independence $1.2 million Houston $1.1 million Las Vegas $800k Music City $780k Every other bowl $750k

As I pointed out yesterday UTEP took an open bid over one the WAC bowl bids and leaves the WAC likely without enough teams to fill their bids so I wouldn't see why Virginia couldn't do the same. The Liberty Bowl pays out $1.3 million as opposed to the $750k for the Tangerine Bowl. The Independence Bowl and Las Vegas Bowl are also potential open bid options for Virignia.

Edit: updated through OkSt/TexTech as only one additional match-up has been decided. #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) def. #6 Ohio State (Gert T) by forfeit Kent State (JHawk) def. Penn State (therealworldschampion) by forfeit West Virginia (Bored/*dead team*) def. Florida State (2GOLD) by forfeit Boise State (Vern Gagne/*dead team*) def. #5 Washington State (bravesfan) #8 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) def. Michigan State (teke184/*dead team*) Florida (Agent Bond34) def. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) #4 UCLA (phoenixrising) def. Oklahoma (Damaramu) by tiebreak #9 Oregon (nogoodnick) def. Georgia (A_MikeSC) Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) def. USC (Cartman); Lando holds tiebreak Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) def. Texas (Flyboy) Bowling Green (iggymcfly) def. Michigan (Mad Dog) Miami (Spaceman Spiff) def. Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) Teke and I have picked so poorly this week that bravesfan actually has one more correct pick than us despite losing out on the Thursday and Friday games. Maybe bravesfan won't be dropping in the rankings after all.

teke, the Syracuse/BC match-up will be decided by La Tech/Rice most likely. I could just PM everyone involved in the championship games next week to get their picks. I had already planned on having everyone involved PM their picks for the championshp games and bowl games.

Oh crap Louisiana Tech/Rice is MONDAY!? When did that happen? Shit, shit, shit, shit that means I have to delay next week's thread. Oh well there will only nine or ten games to make picks for.

Updated thru UVA/VaTech: #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) def. #6 Ohio State (Gert T) by forfeit Kent State (JHawk) def. Penn State (therealworldschampion) by forfeit West Virginia (Bored/*dead team*) def. Florida State (2GOLD) by forfeit Boise State (Vern Gagne/*dead team*) def. #5 Washington State (bravesfan) #8 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) def. Michigan State (teke184/*dead team*) Florida (Agent Bond34) def. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) Because of Alabama's loss, LSU clinches a spot in the Mid South title game to play Georgia. All that is left now is to settle the Big Atlantic mess.

And you win your game because of it as you will at least win by tiebreak and become bowl eligible. You and teke's replacement picks split evenly on tiebreak #1 but you had Tyler Palko's passing yards exactly right at 165.