Bored

Yes I think we've established the 32 point comeback won't be there becuase of no one defining moment in the game. My guess is Tyson's conviction is #6.

#7: Magic Johnson announces he's HIV-positive

Honestly it's been my expierence that majority of fans shrug off blow out losses, especially when their team is good. There are just some games where everything goes wrong and most fans recognize that, even AS. Watching your team lose a close game where they had many chances to win is much worse. A's win tonight, Angels and Rangers both lose. Finally a small cushion in the division. Anyone noticed the incredible year Aaron Rowand is having? .322/.377/.583.

Week 1 Useless Information -Games everyone agreed on: Michigan over Miami of Ohio, Oklahoma over Bowling Green, Virginia over Temple, Tennessee over UNLV. -Games with most differing picks: Oklahoma State over UCLA 17-15, Colorado over Colorado State 17-15, Louisiana Tech over Nevada 18-14. -the pinjockey (Rutgers) was the only poster to pick Kentucky over Louisville. One note other note is that ESPN has decided to show Central Florida/Wisconsin instead of the California/Air Force game. I have no idea why beyond that ESPN seems to show every single Wisconsin home game. So you'll only be able to see that game if you have ESPN Game Plan but all other games you can see besides the ABC regional games.

Now that I think about it al is probably right, the 32 point comeback probably won't be there. There wasn't a singular moment, which is what the list focuses on, in the game that stands out that you could focus on. Maybe Andre Reed's touchdown to give them the lead but the Oilers actually tied it back up to send it to overtime.

Okay when I saw this live it was definently a cool moment. But #8??? This is obviously just an excuse to have an Ali moment on the list. This also knocks at least one huge moment off the list entirely as none of us even thought of this one. #8: Ali lights the flame at the 1996 Olympics

Finally every team's picks are filled. A couple things to get out of the way first: Tiebreaker change: A few posters were confused by the tiebreakers and I've decided to change it for Week 2. I will drop the tiebreaker picks and just go with the two tiebreaker questions as for the most part people did a good job of varying their answers. If there is ever a situation where both teams have the same answer for both tiebreaker questions the match-up will go to "overtime". This will involve picking the total points for the first game of the following week, typically the ESPN Thursday night game. BCS tweak: Because we won't be selecting from the same number of games every week I will now into account each team's percentage of correct picks made and their opponents perecentage of correct picks made rather than total correct picks made. This just seems the only fair way to do it. Now on to the match-ups and pick breakdowns to see who you should be rooting for this week. Obviously at the end of the week I'll post the results, standings, and the first regular season BCS Top 10 in this thread. Feel free to talk as much as shit as you want about your opponent. Week 1 (8/28 – 9/6) #5 Florida (Agent Bond34) vs. #6 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) – GAME OF THE WEEK Differing Picks Fla: Texas A&M, Washington UV: Utah, Fresno State Tiebreaker Answers: 285/320 #1 Florida State (2GOLD) vs. Miami (Spaceman Spiff) Differing picks FSU: Utah, Mississippi State, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Fresno State, Nevada Mia: Texas A&M, Tulane, Colorado, BYU, Washington, Louisiana Tech Tiebreaker Answers: 326/275 #2 Kent State (JHawk) vs. Ohio State (Gert T) Differing Picks KS: Rutgers, Wake Forest, Oregon State, Fresno State, Nevada OSU: Michigan State, Clemson, LSU, Washington, Louisiana Tech Tiebreaker Answers: 177/285 #3 Tennessee (Kotzenjunge/Moist Party Girl) vs. Syracuse (Canadian Chris) Differing Picks Ten: Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Tulane, Colorado State, Louisiana Tech SU: Utah, UCLA, Mississippi State, Colorado, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 320/339 #4 Stanford (Bored) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn) Differing Picks Stan: Utah, TCU, California, Mississippi State, Colorado State, Purdue, Washington, Louisiana Tech BC: Texas A&M, Northwestern, Air Force, Tulane, Colorado, Syracuse, Fresno State, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 273/284 #7 Boise State (Rob E Dangerously) vs. Oregon (nogoodnick) Differing Picks BS: TCU, Air Force, Tulane, Toledo, Syracuse, Washington, Louisiana Tech Ore: No points for USC/Va Tech, Northwestern, California, Mississippi State, Minnesota, Purdue, Fresno State, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 235/0 #8 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) vs. Washington State (bravesfan) Differing Picks Min: Utah, New Mexico, UCLA, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Louisiana Tech Wazzu: Texas A&M, Washington State, Oklahoma State, Colorado, BYU, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 256/275 #9 LSU (teke184) vs. Michigan (Mad Dog) Differing Picks LSU: Utah, Tulane, Colorado State, Toledo Mich: Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Colorado, Minnesota Tiebreaker Answers: 325/312 #10 UCLA (phoenixrising) vs. Penn State (therealsworldchampion) Differing Picks UCLA: UCLA, Wake Forest, Colorado, Washington, Nevada PS: Oklahoma State, Clemson, Colorado State, Fresno State, Louisiana Tech Tiebreaker Answers: 255/310 Michigan State (Dangerous A) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey) Differing Picks MS: No point for USC/Va Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Clemson, Mississippi State, Colorado, BYU, Syracuse, Louisville, Louisiana Tech Rut: Utah, UCLA, Wake Forest, Tulane, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Purdue, Kentucky, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 0/365 Bowling Green (“Hail” bps21) vs. Oklahoma (Damaramu) Differing Picks BG: Texas A&M, Northwestern, Michigan State, Colorado State, Toledo, Notre Dame, Louisiana Tech OK: Utah, TCU, Rutgers, Colorado, Minnesota, BYU, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 289/275 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) vs. Texas (Flyboy) Differing Picks Aub: Washington State, Oklahoma State, Washington, Louisiana Tech Tex: New Mexico, UCLA, Fresno State, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 310/359 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) vs. Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) Differing Picks ND: USC, Oklahoma State, Clemson, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Purdue, Louisiana Tech MD: Virginia Tech, UCLA, Wake Forest, Colorado, BYU, Syracuse, Nevada Tiebreaker Answers: 355/238 USC (Cartman) vs. West Virginia (Loaded Glove) Differing Picks USC: Texas A&M, New Mexico, Colorado, Washington WV: Utah, Washington State, Colorado State, Fresno State Tiebreaker Answers: 389/225 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) vs. Georgia (Kingofthe909) Differing Picks ASU: UCLA, Wake Forest, LSU, Mississippi State, Colorado State, Washington UGA: No points for USC/Va Tech, Oklahoma State, Clemson, Oregon State, Tulane, Colorado, Fresno State Tiebreaker Answers: 267/0 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) vs. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) Differing Picks HI: Toledo, Nevada AL: Minnesota, Louisiana Tech Tiebreaker Answers: 250/281

#9: Doug Flutie's Hail Mary beats Miami, 47-45

Well I'm still waiting to hear from the other replacement and looks like lomasmoney will never make his picks. So if anyone who isn't in the contest who reads this feel free to volunteer to take over Michigan State and make picks for the remaining games. Anyone in the contest who knows someone on the board who you think might want to join please ask them. It's first come, first serve. I really don't want to forfeit a team in the first week and have the potential problem of having a dead team for the entire season.

What would Bonds get in for again? They already put up the homerun record. Ditto for Jordan. All of his major moments have been covered. Here's what's left: Miracle on Ice, Bill Buckner play, Kirk Gibson's homerun, Doug Flutie's hail mary, Mark McGwire's homerun record, Magic Johnson announces he's HIV positive, Bills 32 point comeback, Pete Rose banned from baseball, Mike Tyson convicted of rape.

Mark Mulder today: three strikeouts, six walks. Last seven starts: 20 strikeouts, 26 walks. But he's in line for the win (6-4 in the 6th) and he'd improve to 5-1 during those starts. Luckiest pitcher in baseball right now. He has no business even being discussed for the Cy Young but not that those idiot baseball writers notice anything beyond the win column. On the other side of the coin Eric Chavez is quietly having an amazing year but no one is noticing because of those 33 games missed due to a broken wrist. If he isn't hit by that pitch he might have made a run at the MVP.

All O.J., all the time. #10: O.J. Simpson drives around in white Bronco

I'm not sure it was necessarily a protestor or just some nut case. What do the Scottish have against Brazil?

#11: O.J. Simpson found not guilty of murder

Kingofthe909 is replacing Big_Jay101 for Georgia. Here are his picks. Thursday, September 2nd Utah TCU Friday, September 3rd Washington State - Tiebreaker #2 Saturday, September 4th Michigan Oklahoma California Virginia Michigan State Oklahoma State Clemson Oregon State Tulane Colorado Minnesota Notre Dame Sunday, September 5th Purdue Louisville Fresno State Tennessee Monday, September 6th Louisiana Tech Pittsburgh Florida State - Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #3: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 45 Once I hear from the second replacement they'll get Michigan State unless lomasmoney gets his picks in before then.

I had 273, but it doesn't look like that tiebreaker will come into play in any of the match-ups although again still waiting on the two replacements. I'll be making a change to the tiebreakers for week 2 but I'll get into that when I create the results thread.

As a wide receiver. Three touchdown catches.

nogoodnick, who has Oregon, pm'd his picks to me late but he's still in the contest, just won't be able to pick up a point for tonight. Thursday, September 2nd Utah Northwestern Friday, September 3rd Washington State Tiebreaker #2 Saturday, September 4th Michigan Oklahoma California Virginia Michigan State Oklahoma State Clemson LSU Mississippi State Colorado Minnesota Notre Dame Sunday, September 5th Purdue Louisville Fresno State Tennessee Monday, September 6th Nevada Pittsburgh Florida State - Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #3: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 55 points

That phantom offensive pass interference call was huge, it's completely changed the momentum of the game. USC strikes quickly with the long td to Bush.

Va Tech is completely outplaying USC to this point. The Tatupu interception is the only reason USC is in front for the moment. Va Tech is moving the ball pretty much at will and Leinart seems rattled and that tendinitis in his elbow I think is effecting him. Va Tech td, they take the lead. It's pretty much a road game as you can tell for USC. They better be careful as they are in serious danger of getting upset the way things are going.

Deadline has past, three posters didn't get their picks in. Georgia, Michigan State, and Oregon are now up for grabs. I have two posters who have expressed interest in being replacements and have asked them to submit picks, excluding tonight's game, and who they would like to replace. Until I get those replacments settled I'll hold off on creating the results topic with pick breakdowns for each match-up. The only match-up that will be effected by tonight's game is Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) vs. Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) as Marvin was the only person to pick Virginia Tech to win.

Just 7+ hours until the deadline and then I'll have to start looking for replacements for those teams. I've had one person PM me about being a replacement. I'll go ahead and post my picks and anyone who has pm'd their picks. Stanford (Bored) USC Utah TCU New Mexico Michigan Oklahoma California Virginia Michigan State UCLA Clemson LSU Mississippi State Colorado State Minnesota Notre Dame Purdue Louisville Washington Tennessee Louisiana Tech South Florida Miami 37, 273 Syracuse (Canadian Chris) USC Utah TCU Washington State Michigan Oklahoma California Virginia Michigan State UCLA Clemson LSU Mississippi State Colorado Minnesota BYU Purdue Louisville Washington Tennessee Nevada Pittsburgh Miami Tiebreakers: 3) 58 4) 339 Bowling Green ("hail" bps21) Saturday, August 28th USC Thursday, September 2nd Texas A&M Northwestern Friday, September 3rd Washington State Saturday, September 4th Michigan Oklahoma California Virginia Michigan State Oklahoma State Clemson LSU Mississippi State Colorado State Toledo Notre Dame Sunday, September 5th Purdue Louisville Washington Tennessee Monday, September 6th Louisiana Tech Pittsburgh Miami Tiebreaker #3: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 39 Tiebreaker #4: How many yards will USC's Matt Leinart throw for against Virginia Tech? 289 Kent State (JHawk) Saturday, August 28th USC vs. Virginia Tech Thursday, September 2nd Texas A&M at Utah Northwestern at TCU Friday, September 3rd Washington State at New Mexico - Tiebreaker #2 Saturday, September 4th Miami of Ohio at Michigan Bowling Green at Oklahoma California at Air Force Virginia at Temple Michigan State at Rutgers Oklahoma State at UCLA Wake Forest at Clemson Oregon State at LSU Tulane at Mississippi State Colorado State at Colorado Toledo at Minnesota Notre Dame at BYU Sunday, September 5th Syracuse at Purdue Kentucky at Louisville Fresno State at Washington UNLV at Tennessee Monday, September 6th Nevada at Louisiana Tech Pittsburgh at South Florida Florida State at Miami - Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #3: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 72 Tiebreaker #4: How many yards will USC's Matt Leinart throw for against Virginia Tech? 177 Washington State (bravesfan) Saturday, August 28th USC vs. Virginia Tech Thursday, September 2nd Texas A&M at Utah Northwestern at TCU Friday, September 3rd Washington State at New Mexico - Tiebreaker #2 Saturday, September 4th Miami of Ohio at Michigan Bowling Green at Oklahoma California at Air Force Virginia at Temple Michigan State at Rutgers Oklahoma State at UCLA Wake Forest at Clemson Oregon State at LSU Tulane at Mississippi State Colorado State at Colorado Toledo at Minnesota Notre Dame at BYU Sunday, September 5th Syracuse at Purdue Kentucky at Louisville Fresno State at Washington UNLV at Tennessee Monday, September 6th Nevada at Louisiana Tech Pittsburgh at South Florida Florida State at Miami - Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #3: How many total points will be scored in the Florida State/Miami game? 35 Tiebreaker #4: How many yards will USC's Matt Leinart throw for against Virginia Tech? 275

SATURDAY #1 USC vs. Virginia Tech, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN Finally the season is about to begin, all be it a tease with just one game (Miami of Ohio plays I-AA Indiana State but not on t.v.). USC should win this game rather comfortably but wouldn't be a shock for Va Tech to keep it interesting for a little while. The guy on the spot Saturday with sophomore wide reciever Steve Smith who now becomes the #1 target for Matt Leinart.

No one even pointed out the best part: That's all you need to know about the NCAA right there.

Clement is a free agent this offseason so Yankees won't have to trade anyone for him. In other news Jose Mesa is looking to do his own Operation Shutdown: I would think any team would be in trouble picking up Mesa regardless if he plays for them or not.