Bored

Texans - 25 points Baltimore Arizona Tampa Bay Washington Miami New England New Orleans N.Y. Jets Philadelphia Jacksonville N.Y. Giants San Francisco Houston Tennessee

Almost forgot to post teke's and Urban's picks. Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech Illinois Wake Forest Boston College Cincinnati Georgia Michigan State Virginia Tech Texas Iowa State Ohio State Arizona State USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? 74 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 412 LSU - teke184 Week 9 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Auburn at West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech at Kansas Illinois at Wisconsin Wake Forest at Miami Boston College at North Carolina Cincinnati at Connecticut Georgia at LSU Michigan State at Michigan Virginia Tech at Florida State Oklahoma State at Texas Texas A&M at Iowa State Penn State at Ohio State Oregon at Arizona State USC at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? 68 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 340

You're wrong, he did play for the Reds...oh wait in 2000. When typing this list I had to re-look up about 20 of these guys to see what team they played for this year as I couldn't remember as so many middle relievers are non-descript. Not sure why I assumed Villone played for the Reds but he's also played for 12 different teams in his career. Another example that if you have a son, teach him to throw left handed and he'll have a good chance at having a long MLB career without doing anything relevant.

It's the list you've all been waiting for...the guys who aren't good enough be starting pitchers or closers!!!! I almost decided to skip doing middle relievers this year as I'm rarely satisfied with the final rankings and always change the guidelines that I use for who I include in the rankings. This year I opted for the top 60 in relief appearance, excluding those who will be on the closer list. I should probably do more than 60 as there's a few good ones that don't qualify (Grant Balfour and Brad Ziegler for example) but there's only so much time want to spend looking at stats for set up men. Middle Relievers 1. Matt Thornton, White Sox 23.3 VORP 2.11 ERC 2.75 FIP 48 PRC Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 2008 31 CHW AL 5 3 74 0 0 0 12 1 67.3 48 20 20 5 19 77 2 3 268 2 0 2.67 4.57 171 0.995 2. Carlos Marmol, Cubs 3. Chad Qualls, Diamondbacks 4. Jesse Carlson, Blue Jays 5. Scott Downs, Blue Jays 6. J.P. Howell, Rays 7. Manny Delcarmen, Red Sox 8. Ramon Ramirez, Royals 9. Ryan Madson, Phillies 10. Hideki Okajima, Red Sox 11. Rafael Perez, Indians 12. Heath Bell, Padres 13. Russ Springer, Cardinals 14. Dennys Reyes, Twins 15. Damaso Marte, Pirates/Yankees 16. Dan Wheeler, Rays 17. Chad Durbin, Phillies 18. Doug Brocail, Astros 19. Jeremy Affeldt, Reds 20. Will Ohman, Braves 21. Brian Shouse, Brewers 22. Octavio Dotel, White Sox 23. John Grabow, Pirates 24. Joel Hanrahan, Nationals 25. Tony Pena, Diamondbacks 26. Joe Beimel, Dodgers 27. Chad Bradford, Orioles/Rays 28. Scot Shields, Angels 29. Joe Smith, Mets 30. Jeff Bennett, Braves 31. Eddie Guardado, Rangers/Twins 32. Javier Lopez, Red Sox 33. Matt Lindstrom, Marlins 34. J.C. Romero, Phillies 35. Saul Rivera, Nationals 36. Jesse Crain, Twins 37. Kyle McClellan, Cardinals 38. Trever Miller, Rays 39. Mike Lincoln, Reds 40. Tyler Walker, Giants 41. Manuel Corpas, Rockies 42. Duaner Sanchez, Mets 43. David Weathers, Reds 44. Rafael Betancourt, Indians 45. Blaine Boyer, Braves 46. Cla Meredith, Padres 47. Sean Green, Mariners 48. Bob Howry, Cubs 49. Scott Schoeneweis, Mets 50. Tyler Yates, Pirates 51. Pedro Feliciano, Mets 52. Alan Embree, A's 53. Jamey Wright, Rangers 54. Renyel Pinto, Rays 55. Luis Ayala, Nationals/Mets 56. Wesley Wright, Astros 57. Matt Guerrier, Twins 58. Aaron Heilman, Mets -1.1 VORP 5.45 ERC 4.66 FIP 24 PRC Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 2008 29 NYM NL 3 8 78 0 0 0 23 3 76.0 75 48 44 10 46 80 9 2 356 8 0 5.21 4.21 81 1.592 59. Ron Villone, Cardinals 60. Jack Taschner, Giants

Urban Warfare and teke184 both picked West Virginia for tonight's game. Who You Should Root For #2 Nebraska (Mecca, 7-1) vs. #7 Ball State (Vampiro69, 5-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK NE: Illinois, Wake, Georgia, OSU BS: Wisconsin, Miami, LSU, Penn St Tiebreaks: 71/65, 398/364 #1 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 6-2) vs. Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 5-3) GT: West Virginia, Illinois, Michigan VA: Auburn, Wisconsin, Michigan St #3 Arizona (UZI Suicide, 6-2) vs. USC (Cartman, 1-7) AZ: West Virginia, Illinois, Cincinnati, Georgia, Michigan St USC: Auburn, Wisconsin, UConn, LSU, Michigan #4 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 5-3) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 2-6) NCS: West Virginia, Miami, Cincinnati, FSU, Iowa St BS: Auburn, Wake, UConn, VaTech, A&M #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 5-3) vs. Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 6-2) AL: West Virginia, Illinois, Georgia, Penn St TN: Auburn, Wisconsin, LSU, OSU Tiebreak: 67/62 #6 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 5-3) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 2-6) MOH: Wake, UNC, A&M, Penn St KS: Miami, BC, Iowa St, OSU #8 Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 5-3) vs. Syracuse (CanadianChris, 5-3) IN: Auburn, Texas Tech, Georgia, VaTech, A&M, Penn St SU: West Virginia, Kansas, LSU, FSU, Iowa St, OSU Tiebreak: 77/64 #9 Fresno State (Agent Bond34, 6-2) vs. Florida State (909, 2-6) Agent has a 1-0 lead. FS: Texas Tech, Illinois, UNC, Cincinnati, Michigan, OSU FSU: Kansas, Wisconsin, BC, UConn, Michigan St, Penn St #10 Florida (Urban Warfare, 5-3) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 5-3) Urban as a 1-0 lead. FL: Texas Tech, Wake, BC, Cincinnati, VaTech, Iowa St KY: Kansas, Miami, UNC, UConn, FSU, A&M Arizona State (still fly, 7-1) vs. UCLA (phoenixrising, 3-5) ASU: Wake, Michigan, OK State UCLA: Miami, Michigan St, Texas Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 5-3) vs. Michigan (MFer, 3-5) UM: Auburn, Wake, LSU, Michigan St, A&M MI: West Virginia, Miami, Georgia, Michigan, Iowa St Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 5-3) vs. Stanford (Bored, 3-5) BC: Auburn, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, Miami, Cincinnati, Georgia, Michigan, OSU, ASU SU: West Virginia, Kansas, Illinois, Wake, UConn, LSU, Michigan St, Penn State, Oregon Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 6-2) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 3-5) MN: Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Georgia, Michigan, VaTech, Iowa St, ASU SDS: Kansas, UConn, LSU, Michigan St, FSU, A&M, Oregon Ohio State (Gert T, 5-3) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 4-4) OSU: West Virginia, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, Wake, Georgia, Michigan St, FSU, OSU, ASU RU: Auburn, Kansas, Illinois, Miami, LSU, Michigan, VaTech, Penn St, Oregon South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 4-4) vs. Washington State (kkktookmybabyaway, 2-6) SC: West Virginia, Illinois, Miami, UNC, UConn, LSU, FSU, Iowa St, OSU WS: Auburn, Wisconsin, Wake, BC, Cincinnati, Georgia, VaTech, A&M, Penn St LSU (teke184, 4-4) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 1-7) teke has a 1-0 lead. LSU: Texas Tech, Illinois, BC, Cincinnati, LSU, Michigan St, A&M, Penn St, USC GA: Kansas, Wisconsin, UNC, UConn, Georgia, Michigan, Iowa St, OSU, Arizona Tiebreaks: 68/80, 340/300 Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-4) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 2-6) Navy: Illinois, BC, Cincinnati, OK State, A&M UTEP: Wisconsin, UNC, UConn, Texas, Iowa St Buffalo (Carnival, 4-4) vs. Texas (Broward83, 4-4) UB: Auburn, Illinois, UNC, Georgia, Michigan St TX: West Virginia, Wisconsin, BC, LSU, Michigan Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 2-6) vs. Illinois (The Rocket, 1-7) Tulsa: Kansas, Wake, UConn, LSU, Iowa St, OSU IL: Texas Tech, Miami, Cincinnati, Georgia, A&M, Penn St Tiebreak: 56/51 Notre Dame (KingPK, 3-5) vs. Washington (Smues, 2-6) ND: Wisconsin, BC, UConn, VaTech, Penn St, Oregon WA: Illinois, UNC, Cincinnati, FSU, OSU, ASU Tiebreaks: 57/77, 250/281

Not me, the cut off line is 10 miles north of me. I'm a Florida State fan but I didn't want to see them this week. So the one week I don't WANT to see em is the week I see them. That bloody well figures. What happened to that thing where ABC would show one game and ESPN would be showing the other big game? That worked pretty damn well. The "reverse mirror" arrangement was set up last season as part of the Big Ten's new t.v. deal as the 3:30/12:30 PM Big Ten game must always be nationally televised, which is why if you don't get their game on ABC it will be ESPN/ESPN2. For the Big XII and Pac-10, FSN is still the primary cable outlet for those conferences so ESPN is not allowed to usd one of their games as a "reverse mirror" so that is why the Oklahoma State/Texas game can only be seen on ABC. Expect several horse racing references by the announcers during the Texas Tech/Kansas game which will be the lead in to the Breeder's Cup. I guess the only question will be if any player during that game breaks their leg, will they shoot him to keep up theme?

Minnesota - Vern Gagne THURSDAY Auburn at West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech at Kansas Illinois at Wisconsin Wake Forest at Miami Boston College at North Carolina Cincinnati at Connecticut Georgia at LSU Michigan State at Michigan Virginia Tech at Florida State Oklahoma State at Texas Texas A&M at Iowa State Penn State at Ohio State Oregon at Arizona State USC at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game?62 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 398 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff West Virginia Texas Tech Illinois Miami North Carolina Cincinatti Georgia Michigan State Florida State Texas Texas A&M Penn State Oregon USC TB #1:67 TB #2: 338 Buffalo - Carnival Auburn at West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech at Kansas Illinois at Wisconsin Wake Forest at Miami Boston College at North Carolina Cincinnati at Connecticut Georgia at LSU Michigan State at Michigan Virginia Tech at Florida State Oklahoma State at Texas Texas A&M at Iowa State Penn State at Ohio State Oregon at Arizona State USC at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game?63 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 310 N.C. State - AboveAverage484 THURSDAY Auburn at West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech at Kansas Illinois at Wisconsin Wake Forest at Miami Boston College at North Carolina Cincinnati at Connecticut Georgia at LSU Michigan State at Michigan Virginia Tech at Florida State Oklahoma State at Texas Texas A&M at Iowa State Penn State at Ohio State Oregon at Arizona State USC at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? 70 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 394

So much for that. Hawk 34, 909, and Danville Wrestling are all late as well. I'll have the remaining PM'd picks and WYSRF up in a little while.

Nebraska - Mecca THURSDAY Auburn at West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech at Kansas Illinois at Wisconsin Wake Forest at Miami Boston College at North Carolina Cincinnati at Connecticut Georgia at LSU Michigan State at Michigan Virginia Tech at Florida State Oklahoma State at Texas Texas A&M at Iowa State Penn State at Ohio State Oregon at Arizona State USC at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game?71 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas?398 Washington - Smues Auburn Texas Tech Illinois Wake Forest North Carolina Cincinnati LSU Michigan State Florida State Texas Texas A&M Ohio State Arizona State USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? 77 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 281

Washington State - kkktookmybabyaway Auburn SATURDAY Kansas Wisconsin Wake Forest Boston College Cincinnati Georgia Michigan State Virginia Tech Texas Texas A&M Penn State Oregon USC Tiebreak #1:63 Tiebreak #2: 244 Indiana - Tzar Lysergic THURSDAY Auburn SATURDAY Texas Tech at Wisconsin Wake Forest at North Carolina Cincinnati Georgia Michigan State Virginia Tech at Texas Texas A&M Penn State Oregon USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? 77 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas? 443

As promised, here's the ESABCPN coverage map. GamePlan pays for itself this week for me.

My Picks West Virginia Kansas Illinois Wake Forest Boston College Connecticut LSU Michigan State Florida State Texas Iowa State Penn State Oregon USC 67/394

Are any of the Phillies' fans here going to any Series games?

The ref tackle thread reminded me of this from last year. Which was predated by this.

Have you ever seen Stephen Garcia? Just one look at the guy's face and you'd want to hit him too! And somebody had the same thought as 2GOLD.

Finally. Finally, finally, finally, finally I am excited about a World Series. I don't give a shit about the predictions of this being lowest rated World Series ever. If this ends up being true, then it's Fox and MLB's fault (and by proxy the WWL) for programing casual fans to think that only the Yankees, Red Sox, and Cubs matter. I personally have not watched the majority of a World Series since 1997 and let me run down each year as to why I didn't care. 1998: New York Yankees vs. San Diego Padres At this time I was fairly indifferent towards the Yankees but I was always partial to the Padres because I liked Tony Gwynn. This was clearly a huge mismatch and I knew the Padres had no chance but I did tune into Game 1, which I was into until the bottom of the 7th when Tino Martinez took a pitch right down the middle (or at least that's what I remember) that should been a called strike three against Mark Langston to strand the bases loaded and keep the game tied. Next pitch, grand slam, and I tuned out from the rest of the series after that. 1999: New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves Already saw them play in '96 and had no desire to see them play again. I think I watched about five minutes of Game 1 and that was it. 2000: New York Yankees vs. New York Mets I like most people outside of New York and Bristol, CT didn't give a shit. Did not watch a single second of the series. 2001: New York Yankees vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Now this one I think I will have to revisit some day but at the time I couldn't be bothered to watch any of it, not even Game 7. The Yankees had eliminated the A's for the second straight and this time in heartbreaking fashion in part to the most overrated defensive play in baseball history because some fat fuck didn't slide...not that I'm still bitter. I wanted to no part of the Yankees or any sort of baseball after that. 2002: Anaheim Angels vs. San Francisco Giants Finally the Yankees reign of terror is stopped but instead we get the Rally Monkey against the Assholes by the Bay. Giants fans are the most smug group of fans in sports, with no real reason to be, and this didn't help matters. I think briefly tuned into Game 6 to torture myself but that was it. 2003: New York Yankees vs. Florida Marlins Once again the Yankees were back to poison us all so once again I didn't tune in, although I think I did flip on the end of Game 6 due primarily to this board. 2004: Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals Now I was genuinely intrigued by this series, for a brief moment. If had to say who my N.L. team is, it'd probably be the Cardinals because I did pretty much adopt them as my second favorite team and followed them pretty closely when Mark McGwire played there. I really thought it would be a good series and since it was the Red Sox, it would end with Boston have their hearts ripped out which is always fun. How wrong I was. I watched most of Game 1 and then quickly lost interest. 2005: Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros Now this series was kinda similar to this year because it was a very fresh match-up. But 2005 was all about LOLZ OZZIEBALL > MONEYBALL and Joe Morgan and the usual band of idiots slobbering all over the White Sox ability to "manufacture runs." If it had ended up being a competitive series I might have tuned for a Game 6 or 7 but it wasn't, so I didn't watch any of it. 2006: Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals Now I'm going to contradict myself with the "Caridnals are my N.L. team" thing because I really didn't want them to win this series. The baseball elitist in me simply didn't want to see an 83 win team win a World Series because I felt it cheapened the whole season. I didn't have any real animosity towards the Tigers for shitkicking the A's right out of the ALCS but I was disappointed that I wouldn't get use my World Series tickets so really wasn't up for watching the series. I think I tuned in every once in a while during the series but overall the whole thing fell flat and I could only put up with so much "David Eckstein is clutch and scrappy" talk. 2007: Boston Red Sox vs. Colorado Rockies God damn did the 2007 postseason suck ass or what? Didn't watch a single second of the series.

Gm 1 Philadelphia Phillies @ Tampa Bay Rays Wed Oct. 22 8:00 PM FOX Gm 2 Philadelphia Phillies @ Tampa Bay Rays Thu Oct. 23 8:00 PM FOX Gm 3 Tampa Bay Rays @ Philadelphia Phillies Sat Oct. 25 8:00 PM FOX Gm 4 Tampa Bay Rays @ Philadelphia Phillies Sun Oct. 26 8:00 PM FOX Gm 5* Tampa Bay Rays @ Philadelphia Phillies Mon Oct. 27 8:00 PM FOX Gm 6* Philadelphia Phillies @ Tampa Bay Rays Wed Oct. 29 8:00 PM FOX Gm 7* Philadelphia Phillies @ Tampa Bay Rays Thu Oct. 30 8:00 PM FOX After four straight duds, let's hope for a seven game thriller this year.

For the third straight week, Texas is in the spotlight as they continue through the Big XII gauntlet. This time around it's T Boone Pickens State University coming to Austin and it's just about the biggest game in school history for the Cowboys. Note the game is in the ESABCPN regional slot so I'll be sure to post the coverage map when it's available. Weep for those who will be stuck with UCLA/Cal and don't have GamePlan. In the ESABCPN primetime game Penn State will try to end our national nightmare and prevent Ohio State from once again entering the MNC game picture. Will JoePa be on the sidelines for this game, and if he is, will he live through the night? In other action, dare we ever forget about the ESS EEE SEE as LSU hosts Georgia as the Bulldogs are still very much alive for the MNC if enough things go there way. And Texas Tech will finally hit the meat of their schedule as they take on Kansas. Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Ohio at Temple, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY Auburn at West Virginia, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY #12 Boise State at San Jose State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #8 Texas Tech at #23 Kansas, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Illinois at Wisconsin, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #4 Oklahoma at Kansas State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN Baylor at Nebraska, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Versus #7 Georgia at #13 LSU, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Michigan State at Michigan, 3:30/12:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2 Virginia Tech at #25 Florida State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2* #6 Oklahoma State at #1 Texas, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* UCLA at California, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Dartmouth at Columbia, 4:00/1:00 PM, Versus Colorado at #15 Missouri, 6:30/3:30 PM, FSN #2 Alabama at Tennessee, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #3 Penn State at #9 Ohio State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC Notre Dame at Washington, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 #5 USC at Arizona, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN SUNDAY UCF at #19 Tulsa, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY Jacksonville State at Tennessee-Martin, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU New Mexico at Air Force, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS SATURDAY #24 Minnesota at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Classic Wake Forest at Miami, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU #22 Northwestern at Indiana, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN Boston College at North Carolina, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Cincinnati at Connecticut, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Central Michigan at Toledo, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Kentucky at #10 Florida, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Lehigh at Holy Cross, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, FCS Atlantic UNLV at #21 BYU, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. Southern Illinois at Missouri State, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, FCS Pacific Texas State at Stephen F Austin, 3:00 PM/Noon, FCS Central Fresno State at Utah State, 3:00 PM/Noon, GP SMU at Navy, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS Virginia at #18 Georgia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU #16 South Florida at Louisville, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Bowling Green at Northern Illinois, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP New Mexico State at Idaho, 5:00/2:00 PM, GP Wyoming at #14 TCU, 6:00 PM/3:00 PM, Mtn. Weber State at Northern Arizona 6:00/3:00 PM, FCS Pacific Middle Tennessee at Mississippi State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Texas A&M at Iowa State, 7:00/4:00 PM, FCS Central Mississippi at Arkansas, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Florida Atlantic at UL Monroe, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Southern Miss at Memphis, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS Colorado State at San Diego State, 9:30/6:30 PM, Mtn. Nevada at Hawaii, 11:59/8:59 PM, GP All Other Division I-A Games SATURDAY Eastern Michigan at #20 Ball State Louisiana Tech at Army, ESPN360 Duke at Vanderbilt Rice at Tulane N.C. State at Maryland, ESPN360 Rutgers at #17 Pittsburgh, ESPN360 Kent State at Miami of Ohio Troy at North Texas Oregon at Arizona State

The AP poll is not part of the BCS and is irrelevant in determining the MNC game. They're #6 in the Harris, #7 in the Coaches', and #12 based on the computer averages.

BCS Rankings 1. Texas 2. Alabama 3. Penn State 4. Oklahoma 5. USC 6. Oklahoma State 7. Georgia 8. Texas Tech 9. Ohio State 10. Florida 11. Utah 12. Boise State 13. LSU 14. TCU 15. Missouri 16. South Florida 17. Pittsburgh 18. Georgia Tech 19. Tulsa 20. Ball State 21. BYU 22. Northwestern 23. Kansas 24. Minnesota 25. Florida State

This week I spent five minutes working on the poll instead of the usual ten. 1. Texas 2. Alabama 3. Penn State 4. Oklahoma State 5. Oklahoma 6. Georgia 7. Florida 8. Utah 9. USC 10. Ohio State 11. LSU 12. TCU 13. Pittsburgh 14. Boise State 15. Texas Tech 16. Missouri 17. Georgia Tech 18. Boston College 19. Minnesota 20. South Florida 21. Northwestern 22. BYU 23. Florida State 24. Ball State 25. Tulsa

Week 9 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday October 23rd, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Saturday, October 25th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak Week 9 Match-Ups #2 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 7-1) vs. #7 Ball State* (Vampiro69, 5-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 6-2) vs. Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 5-3) #3 Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 6-2) vs. USC* (Cartman, 1-7) #4 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 5-3) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 2-6) #5 Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 5-3) vs. Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 6-2) #6 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 5-3) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 2-6) #8 Indiana* PM (Tzar Lysergic, 5-3) vs. Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 5-3) #9 Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 6-2) vs. Florida State (909, 2-6) #10 Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 5-3) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 5-3) Arizona State* (still fly, 7-1) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 3-5) Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 5-3) vs. Michigan* (MFer, 3-5) Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 5-3) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 3-5) Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 6-2) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 3-5) Ohio State (Gert T, 5-3) vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 4-4) South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 4-4) vs. Washington State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 2-6) LSU* PM (teke184, 4-4) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 1-7) Navy* (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-4) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 2-6) Buffalo (Carnival, 4-4) vs. Texas* (Broward83, 4-4) Tulsa* (Will Scarlet, 2-6) vs. Illinois* (The Rocket, 1-7) Notre Dame* (KingPK, 3-5) vs. Washington* PM (Smues, 2-6) Week 9 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Auburn at West Virginia SATURDAY Texas Tech at Kansas Illinois at Wisconsin Wake Forest at Miami Boston College at North Carolina Cincinnati at Connecticut Georgia at LSU Michigan State at Michigan Virginia Tech at Florida State Oklahoma State at Texas Texas A&M at Iowa State Penn State at Ohio State Oregon at Arizona State USC at Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma State/Texas game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Texas Tech's Graham Harrell have against Kansas?

Bad week to be in the Top 10 as they go a combined 1-7 vs. non-Top 10 players. Now sometimes when this happens it actually doesn't lead to much change in the rankings as you'd expect but that is not the case this week as we have probably our biggest shake up of the year. For once beating #1 actually results in someone jumping to #1 as iggymcfly edged out Mecca for the top spot as those two now have a small cushion from the rest of the Top 10. The big winners besides iggy this week were UZI Suicide, by way of attrition, and AboveAverage484, who had his second straight big week. The biggest losers ended up being Vampiro69, who dropped five spots, and Edwin MacPhisto who couldn't even get a "vote" after handing Obi Chris Kenobi his first ever win. Going to get very interesting these next few weeks as we have a huge glut of players sitting at 5-3. And hey there's no more unbeaten (or winless) teams left. Saved me $50 again!!!! Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 8 1. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 2.85 2. Nebraska - Mecca 3.0 3. Arizona - UZI Suicide 5.55 4. N.C. State - AboveAverage484 5.85 5. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 7.2 6. Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 7.35 7. Ball State - Vampiro69 7.8 8. Indiana - Tzar Lysergic 8.4 9. Fresno State - Agent Bond34 9.45 10. Florida - Urban Warfare 9.9 Other Receiving Votes: Arizona State (still fly), Boston College (HarleyQuinn), Miami (Spaceman Spiff), Syracuse (CanadianChris)

This sucks.

Week 8 Final Results #5 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 11, #1 Nebraska (Mecca) 10 Tennessee (Canadian Brandon) 8, #2 Ball State (Vampiro69) 8; Brandon wins by tiebreak Florida (Urban Warfare) 9, #3 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 9; Urban wins by tiebreak Texas (Broward83) 9, #4 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 9; Broward wins by tiebreak #6 Arizona (UZI Suicide) 8, Notre Dame (KingPK) 7 Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi) 11, #7 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 8 #8 N.C. State (AboveAverage484) 12, Florida State (909) 8 Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 12, #9 Fresno State (Agent Bond34) 8 Buffalo (Carnival) 7, Arizona State (still fly) 7; Carnival wins by tiebreak Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 9, Rutgers (the pinjockey) 8 Indiana (Tzar Lysergic) 10, Illinois (The Rocket) 8 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 11, LSU (teke184) 9 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 8, Boise State (Vitamin X) 5 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 9, Navy (MarvinisaLunatic) 8 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 11, Michigan (MFer) 7 Ohio State (Gert T) 9, San Diego State (Next USC #55) 6 Stanford (Bored) 10, UCLA (phoenixrising) 9 Tulsa (Will Scarlet) 9, UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) 7 Kent State (JHawk) 10, Washington (Smues) 9 USC (Cartman) 10, Washington State (kkktookmybabyaway) 7 Conference Standings Big Eight 1. Minnesota (4-0, 6-2) 2. Syracuse (3-1, 5-3) 3. Indiana (2-1, 5-3) 3. San Diego State (2-1, 3-5) 5. Ohio State (1-2, 5-3) 6. Illinois (1-3, 1-7) 7. Rutgers (0-2, 4-4) 8. Michigan (0-3, 3-5) Big MAC 1. Nebraska (3-0, 7-1) 2. Buffalo (2-1, 4-4) 2. Texas (2-1, 4-4) 4. Tulsa (2-2, 2-6) 5. Ball State (1-2, 5-3) 5. Miami of Ohio (1-2, 5-3) 5. Kent State (1-2, 2-6) 5. UTEP (1-2, 2-6) Pac-8 1. Arizona State (3-0, 7-1) 2. Arizona (3-1, 6-2) 3. UCLA (2-1, 3-5) 4. Washington (1-1, 2-6) 5. Notre Dame (2-3, 3-5) 6. USC (1-2, 1-7) 7. Stanford (1-4, 3-5) Washington State* (1-2, 2-6) Southeastern Seven 1. Florida (4-0, 5-3) 2. South Carolina (3-1, 4-4) 3. Kentucky (2-1, 5-3) 4. Navy (2-2, 4-4) 5. Tennessee (1-2, 6-2) 5. Alabama (1-2, 5-3) 5. LSU (1-2, 4-4) Georgia* (0-3, 1-7) Western Atlantic 1. Boston College (3-1, 5-3) 2. Fresno State (2-1, 6-2) 2. Georgia Tech (2-1, 6-2) 2. Miami (2-1, 5-3) 2. Virgina (2-1, 5-3) 6. N.C. State (1-2, 5-3) 6. Boise State (1-2, 2-6) 8. Florida State (0-4, 2-6)