Bored

West Virginia/Maryland kicks off in a few minutes. Mountaineers would take a huge step towards a possible 11-0 regular season with a win.

I've gone over this, teams who play a team who forfeited will not be penalized. A team's points against when playing a team that forfeited will be one less point than the number of points they score. Last week AlwaysPissedOff pick 14 games right and for his opponents score I put 13. The team that forfeits gets a 0 in both columns.

So why wasn't there a Yankees/Red Sox thread created? Do we really need this thread cluttered with conversation about that meaningless series? They're both going to the playoffs and homefield in the baseball playoffs don't mean much at all.

Appreciate the feat, don't appreciate the player. I really have no desire at all to see Bonds break the homerun record. As for the Yankees/Red Sox series, sorry the wild card has made it meaningless.

Incomplete Week 3 Useless Information -The Everyone Agrees Picks: Michigan over San Diego State, Wisconsin over Arizona (came so close to picking U of A), USC over BYU. -Games with the most differing picks: LSU vs. Auburn a virtual tie 15-15, Florida over Tennessee 16-14, Pittsburgh over Nebraska 16-14. -JHawk (Kent State) was the only poster to pick Oregon over Oklahoma -Cartman (USC) has more balls than all of you. He picked UAB over Florida State. -Not So Useless Information: By being late on their picks (thus not having a chance at a point for tonight's game or winning by tiebreak) and only differing on one pick, Oregon (nogoodnick) has already lost to Oklahoma (Damaramu).

Three teams in danger of forfeiting at the moment. Here is this week's pick breakdowns for most of the match-ups. Edit: Make that two teams. #3 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 2-0) vs. #6 Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 1-1) – GAME OF THE WEEK Differing Picks Ala: Nebraska, Auburn, Clemson, Colorado State Mia: Pittsburgh, LSU, Texas A&M, Minnesota Tiebreak Answers: 48/40 #1 Ohio State (Gert T, 2-0) vs. Texas (Flyboy, 1-1) Differing Picks OSU: Nebraska, Maryland, Texas Tech, Ohio State, LSU, Texas A&M, UCLA, Tennessee Tex: Pittsburgh, West Virginia, TCU, N.C. State, Auburn, Clemson, Washington, Florida Tiebreak Answers: 45/38 #2 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 2-0) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 0-2) Differing Picks UVA: TCU, N.C. State, LSU BC: Texas Tech, Ohio State, Auburn Tiebreak Answers: 45/26 #4t Syracuse (Canadian Chris, 1-1) vs. UCLA (phoenixrising, 0-2) Differing Picks SU: TCU, Ohio State, Auburn, Tennessee, Colorado State UCLA: Texas Tech, N.C. State, LSU, Florida, Minnesota Tiebreak Answers: 51/66 #4t Minnestoa (Vern Gagne, 1-1) vs. Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis, 0-2) Differing Picks Min: LSU, Michigan State, Washington, Tennessee ASU: Auburn, Notre Dame, UCLA, Florida Tiebreak Answers: 47/30 #7 Penn State (therealworldschampion, 2-0) vs. Georgia (A_MikeSC, 1-1) Differing Picks PS: Maryland, TCU, N.C. State, LSU, UCLA UGA: West Virginia, Texas Tech, Ohio State, Auburn, Washington Tiebreak Answers: 37/37 #8 Oklahoma (Damaramu, 2-0) vs. Oregon (nogoodnick, 1-1) Differing Picks OK: Boston College, Pittsburgh Ore: No point for UConn/BC, Nebraska Tiebreak Answer: 52/NA #9t Auburn (Agent of Oblivion, 2-0) vs. LSU (teke184, 1-1) Differing Picks Aub: Boston College, Auburn, Clemson, Washington, Florida, Colorado State LSU: Connecticut, LSU, Texas A&M, UCLA, Tennessee, Minnesota Tiebreak Answers: 34/42 #9t Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 2-0) vs. Michigan State (Dangerous A, 1-1) Differing Picks ND: Nebraska, TCU, LSU, Notre Dame, Florida, Minnesota MS: Pittsburgh, Texas Tech, Auburn, Michigan State, Tennessee, Colorado State Tiebreak Answers: 30/61 Florida (Agent Bond34, 0-2) vs. Tennessee (Kotzenjunge, 0-2) Differing Picks Fla: LSU, Michigan State, UCLA, Florida Ten: Auburn, Notre Dame, Washington, Tennessee Tiebreak Answers: 30/29 West Virginia (Loaded Glove, 1-1) vs. Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic, 1-1) Differing Picks WV: Connecticut, Texas Tech, LSU, Notre Dame, Washington, Florida MD: Boston College, TCU, Auburn, Michigan State, UCLA, Tennessee Tiebreak Answers: 34/31 Kent State (JHawk, 0-2) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 0-2) Differing Picks KS: Nebraska, Texas Tech, Ohio State, Oregon, LSU, Texas A&M Rut: Pittsburgh, TCU, N.C. State, Oklahoma, Auburn, Clemson Tiebreak Answers: 49/44 USC (Cartman, 1-1) vs. Hawaii (Will Scarlet, 1-1) Differing Picks USC: LSU, UAB, Washington HI: Auburn, Florida State, UCLA Tiebreak Answers: 52/31 Washington State (bravesfan, 2-0) vs. Bowling Green (“Hail” bps21, 1-1) Stanford (Bored, 2-0) vs. Michigan (Mad Dog, 1-1) Differing Picks Stan: Nebraska, Texas Tech, N.C. State, Auburn, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, UCLA Mich: Pittsburgh, TCU, Ohio State, LSU, Michigan State, Clemson, Washington Tiebreak Answers: 47/38 Florida State (2GOLD, 0-2) vs. Boise State (Rob E Dangerously, 0-2)

While I have the time I'll post one more set of pm'd picks. If I receive anymore pm'd picks I probably won't get around to posting them until after tonight's game starts. Still four teams left to submit picks. Ohio State (Gert T) California at Southern Miss - California Friday Connecticut at Boston College - Boston College Saturday Nebraska at Pittsburgh - Nebraska San Diego State at Michigan - Michigan Maryland at West Virginia - Maryland TCU at Texas Tech - Texas Tech Ohio State at N.C. State - Ohio State Cockroaches Oregon at Oklahoma - Oklahoma LSU at Auburn - LSU (What's the weather forecast for the game?) Wisconsin at Arizona - Wisconsin UAB at Florida State - Florida State Notre Dame at Michigan State - Notre Dame Clemson at Texas A&M - Texas A&M UCLA at Washington - UCLA Florida at Tennessee - Tennessee USC at BYU - USC Minnesota at Colorado State - Minnesota Tiebreaker #1: 45 Tiebreaker #2: 128 Edit: AlwaysPissedOff pm'd his picks in time but I'll have to get around to posting them later. Edit 2 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) California Boston College Nebraska Michigan West Virgina TCU Ohio State Oklahoma Auburn Wisconsin Florida State Notre Dame Clemson Washington Florida USC Colorado State TB #1: 48 points TB #2: 108 yards

Texans - 17 pts. Kansas City Chicago Jacksonville Detroit Indianapolis Baltimore San Francisco St. Louis Washington Seattle Oakland Dallas New England N.Y. Jets Cincinnati Minnesota

Again like I mentioned I can't quite figure out FSN's regional coverage. Out here on Fox Sports Bay Area neither late game is being shown even though there is no A's or Giants game being shown in that time slot. I would have liked to see the Iowa/Arizona State game but I'm thinking that game and the Idaho/Wazzu game are limited to local markets only.

National t.v. schedule for this week. FSN's regional coverage is sporadic so I'm not sure if you'll actually have a game to see in both of their regional time slots. I believe most of the country will get TCU/Texas Tech but it might only be local markets for the other games. Those games and ABC regional games are marked with an asterisk. West coast will get the late game (UCLA/Washington) and the rest of country will get the early game (Nebraska/Pittsburgh). Despite one good game being postponed (Cal/Southern Miss) and one other in jeopardy (LSU/Auburn) this is definently the best week of games to this point of the season. FRIDAY Connecticut at Boston College, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Nebraska at Pittsburgh, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC* San Diego State at #17 Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN #21 Maryland at #7 West Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 TCU at Texas Tech, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN* Northern Illinois at Iowa State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN* #5 LSU at #14 Auburn, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #9 Ohio State at N.C. State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Oregon at #2 Oklahoma, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #20 Wisconsin at Arizona, 4:00/1:00 PM, FSN UAB at #8 Florida State, 6:30/3:30 PM, ESPN2 UCLA at Washington, 7:00/4:00 PM, ABC* Notre Dame at Michigan State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Clemson at Texas A&M, 7:00/4:00 PM, TBS #11 Florida at #13 Tennessee, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBS #1 USC at BYU, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN #22 Minnesota at Colorado State, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN2 #16 Iowa at Arizona State, 10:00/7:00 PM, FSN* Idaho at Washington State, 10:00/7:00 PM, FSN*

Night before the first game of the week (a night later) so I'll post my picks and the PM'd picks now. No update on Cal/So. Miss but it definently seems like it won't be played until December. Now have to wait out on LSU/Auburn. Still eight teams left to submit picks this week. Stanford (Bored) Southern Miss Boston College Nebraska Michigan West Virginia Texas Tech N.C. State Oklahoma Auburn Wisconsin Florida State Notre Dame Texas A&M UCLA Florida USC Minnesota Tiebreakers: 47/112 Penn State (therealworldschampion) California Boston College Pittsburgh Michigan Maryland TCU NC State Oklahoma LSU Wisconsin Florida State Notre Dame Clemson UCLA Florida USC Minnesota Tiebreaker #1: 37 points Tiebreaker #2: 108 yards Hawaii (Will Scarlet) Thursday California Friday Boston College Saturday Nebraska Michigan West Virginia TCU Ohio State Oklahoma Auburn Wisconsin Florida State Notre Dame Clemson UCLA Tennessee USC Minnesota Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Connecticut/Boston College game? 31 Tiebreaker #2: How many yards rushing will Cal's J.J. Arrington have against Southern Miss? 90 LSU (teke184) Thursday California at Southern Miss Friday Connecticut at Boston College Saturday Nebraska at Pittsburgh San Diego State at Michigan Maryland at West Virginia TCU at Texas Tech Ohio State at N.C. State Oregon at Oklahoma LSU at Auburn Wisconsin at Arizona UAB at Florida State Notre Dame at Michigan State Clemson at Texas A&M UCLA at Washington Florida at Tennessee USC at BYU Minnesota at Colorado State Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Connecticut/Boston College game? 42 Tiebreaker #2: How many yards rushing will Cal's J.J. Arrington have against Southern Miss? 175 Texas (Flyboy) Thursday California at Southern Miss Friday Connecticut at Boston College Saturday Nebraska at Pittsburgh San Diego State at Michigan Maryland at West Virginia TCU at Texas Tech Ohio State at N.C. State Oregon at Oklahoma LSU at Auburn Wisconsin at Arizona UAB at Florida State Notre Dame at Michigan State Clemson at Texas A&M UCLA at Washington Florida at Tennessee USC at BYU Minnesota at Colorado State Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Connecticut/Boston College game? 38 Tiebreaker #2: How many yards rushing will Cal's J.J. Arrington have against Southern Miss? 121 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) Thursday California at Southern Miss Friday Connecticut at Boston College Saturday Nebraska at Pittsburgh San Diego State at Michigan Maryland at West Virginia TCU at Texas Tech Ohio State at N.C. State Oregon at Oklahoma LSU at Auburn Wisconsin at Arizona UAB at Florida State Notre Dame at Michigan State Clemson at Texas A&M UCLA at Washington Florida at Tennessee USC at BYU Minnesota at Colorado State Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Connecticut/Boston College game?47 Tiebreaker #2: How many yards rushing will Cal's J.J. Arrington have against Southern Miss? 108

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Yet another poor outing by Mark Mulder is in progress. I have no idea what has happened to him as he's just completely fallen off a cliff the last five or six weeks.

It does have one redeeming quality left about it and that's the up to the minute highlights. I actually mentioned back early in the season that Kruk had the stance of whoever has the most wins in the Cy Young and that he didn't care about ERA. Remember when he said Jarrod Washburn was his Cy Young pick through the first month of the season? Washburn had an ERA over 5 at the time but because he was getting a ridiculous amount of run support he led the league in the wins for a brief period of time. I guess in Kruk's mind a team is inspired to score runs for their pitcher.

A_MikeSC has taken the spot for Georgia.

Possibly. I have a back up plan in place and I'm thinking of giving you an option of what you want to do if I don't find a replacement by Friday. I've asked two posters, one didn't respond and the other said they weren't interested. I've asked one more person and if I don't hear from them by tommorrow then I have only one other person in mind. I definently don't want a dead team for the rest of the year. Edit: Okay that person has declined as well.

sfajack your getting your relievers mixed up. Frankie Francisco was the one who the threw the chair not Francisco Cordero. I'm not defending the heckler and I hate drunken idiots at games but this has been going on for YEARS in every sport. It's part of the game and players do have to put up with it. It should be noted also it was Doug Brocail who lost it at first and was the one who went at the fan. If he had just blown the guy off, like 99.9% of professional of athletes do when they are confronted with heckling, none of this would have happened. What was also amazing last night that the national media hadn't picked up on is the Rangers tried to demand the A's forfeit the game. Fofeit for what?

Well crap that screws up the tiebreak. For the moment everyone keep submitting picks for that game and the tiebreak just in case they play it Saturday.

From the chair throwing incident last night when it originally happened I was like "oh shit a fan must have come on the field or thrown something" but from what is coming out about the story it was just a fan talking shit. The woman who got hit with the chair broke her nose. Francisco is screwed.

Wasn't there that one a few years ago at Wrigley where some Dodger players (I think it was the Dodgers) who went into the stands? Regardless of what the circumstances were Francisco is going to get a pretty big suspension and probably a lawsuit as well.

In the A's/Rangers game a near brawl just happened between a Rangers player and a fan. I have no idea how it started the only footage shown is a Ranger reliever and a fan jarring at each other then all the Rangers stormed from the dugout and eventually a Ranger threw a chair at the fan. Truly bizarre. Edit: Frankie Francisco was the one who threw the chair. The chair ended up hitting some woman in the head. The Rangers want a forfeit.

I've decided to have the tiebreakers relate to the early games now. Thursday games will have the #2 tiebreaker about a specific player. Friday games will the #1 tiebreaker about total points. I'm working on finding a replacment for Georgia. Week 3 Deadlines Edited as the Cal/So Miss game has been postponed. Friday, September 17th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -lose out on UConn/BC pick, lose out on tiebreaker #1 Saturday, September 18th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -forfeit Week 3 Match-ups #3 Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 2-0) vs. #6 Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 1-1) – GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Ohio State* PM (Gert T, 2-0) vs. Texas* PM (Flyboy, 1-1) #2 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 2-0) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 0-2) #4t Syracuse* (Canadian Chris, 1-1) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 0-2) #4t Minnestoa* PM (Vern Gagne, 1-1) vs. Arizona State* (Spicy McHaggis, 0-2) #7 Penn State* PM (therealworldschampion, 2-0) vs. Georgia* (A_MikeSC, 1-1) #8 Oklahoma* (Damaramu, 2-0) vs. Oregon (nogoodnick, 1-1) #9t Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 2-0) vs. LSU* PM (teke184, 1-1) #9t Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 2-0) vs. Michigan State* (Dangerous A, 1-1) Florida* (Agent Bond34, 0-2) vs. Tennessee* (Kotzenjunge, 0-2) West Virginia* (Loaded Glove, 1-1) vs. Maryland* (MarvinisaLunatic, 1-1) Kent State* (JHawk, 0-2) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 0-2) USC* (Cartman, 1-1) vs. Hawaii* PM (Will Scarlet, 1-1) Washington State* (bravesfan, 2-0) vs. Bowling Green (“Hail” bps21, 1-1) Stanford* (Bored, 2-0) vs. Michigan* (Mad Dog, 1-1) Florida State* (2GOLD, 0-2) vs. Boise State (Rob E Dangerously, 0-2) Schedule of games to make picks for Thursday California at Southern Miss (please still make a pick for this game in case it is played Saturday) Friday Connecticut at Boston College Saturday Nebraska at Pittsburgh San Diego State at Michigan Maryland at West Virginia TCU at Texas Tech Ohio State at N.C. State Oregon at Oklahoma LSU at Auburn Wisconsin at Arizona UAB at Florida State Notre Dame at Michigan State Clemson at Texas A&M UCLA at Washington Florida at Tennessee USC at BYU Minnesota at Colorado State Tiebreaker #1: How many total points will be scored in the Connecticut/Boston College game? Tiebreaker #2: How many yards rushing will Cal's J.J. Arrington have against Southern Miss?

For the amount of money Oregon spends on it's football program it shouldn't be losing to Indiana at home. In other news...STANFORD~ pummled BYU 37-10. Hey remember BYU beat Notre Dame who beat Michigan. That means Stanford should be in the Top 10! Er, um, maybe not.

BCS Top 10 thru Week 2 1. Ohio State (Gert T) 3.67 2. Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 4.67 3. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 6.67 4t. Syracuse (Canadian Chris) 7.00 4t. Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 7.00 6. Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 8.67 7. Penn State (therealworldschampion) 9.00 8. Oklahoma (Damaramu) 10.33 9t. Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 10.67 9t. Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 10.67

Week 2 Final Scores #2 Ohio State (Gert T) 14, #5 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 12 #3 Washington State (bravesfan) 11, #8 Kent State (JHawk) 10 #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 12, Boise State (Rob E Dangerously) 12; Virginia wins by tiebreak Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 14, #4 Syracuse (Canadian Chris) 12 #6 Penn State (therealworldschampion) 14, Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 11 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 13, #7 Florida (Agent Bond34) 12 Oklahoma (Damaramu) 13, #9t West Virginia (Loaded Glove) 11 #9t Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 14, Georgia (Kingofthe909) 0; forfeit Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 14, Michigan (Mad Dog) 13 Stanford (Bored) 13, Tennessee (Kotzenjunge/Moist Party Gurl) 11 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 14, Oregon (nogoodnick) 11 Bowling Green ("Hail" bps21) 12, Florida State (2GOLD) 10 LSU (teke184) 14, UCLA (phoenixrising) 12 USC (Cartman) 13, Michigan State (Dangerous A) 12 Texas (Flyboy) 14, Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 12 Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 14, Rutgers (the pinjockey) 12 Conference Standings (conference record, overall record) Pac-8 1. Hawaii (1-0, 1-1) 2. Oregon (1-1, 1-1) 3. Stanford (0-0, 2-0) 3. Washington State (0-0, 2-0) 3. USC (0-0, 1-1) 3. Arizona State (0-0, 0-2) 3. UCLA (0-0, 0-2) 8. Boise Stae (0-1, 0-2) Big MAC 1. Notre Dame (1-0, 2-0) 1. Ohio State (1-0, 2-0) 3. Penn State (0-0, 2-0) 3. Bowling Green (0-0, 1-1) 3. Michigan State (0-0, 1-1) 3. Minnesota (0-0, 1-1) 7. Michigan (0-1, 1-1) 7. Kent State (0-1, 0-2) Mid South 1. Alabama (1-0, 2-0) 1. Auburn (1-0, 2-0) 3. Oklahoma (0-0, 2-0) 3. LSU (0-0, 1-1) 3. Florida (0-0, 0-2) 3. Tennessee (0-0, 0-2) 7. Georgia (0-1, 1-1) 7. Texas (0-1, 1-1) Big Atlantic 1. Maryland (1-0, 1-1) 1. Miami (1-0, 1-1) 3. Virginia (0-0, 2-0) 3. Syracuse (0-0, 1-1) 3. West Virginia (0-0, 1-1) 3. Boston College (0-0, 0-2) 7. Florida State (0-1, 0-2) 7. Rutgers (0-1, 0-2)