Bored

Washington - Smues BYU Clemson Northwestern Iowa Wake Forest Georgia Ohio State Oklahoma Pittsburgh Stanford Kansas State Texas LSU Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Missouri/Texas game? 64 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan State's Javon Ringer have against Ohio State? 83 Minnesota - Vern Gagne THURSDAY BYU at TCU SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Clemson Purdue at Northwestern Wisconsin at Iowa Wake Forest at Maryland Vanderbilt at Georgia Ohio State at Michigan State Kansas at Oklahoma Pittsburgh at Navy Stanford at UCLA Kansas State at Colorado Missouri at Texas LSU at South Carolina Virginia Tech at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Missouri/Texas game? 64 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan State's Javon Ringer have against Ohio State? 111

My Picks BYU Georgia Tech Purdue Wisconsin Wake Forest Georgia Ohio State Oklahoma Pittsburgh UCLA Colorado Texas LSU Boston College 66/159

And that's what I get for actually believing something ESPN.com printed. Okay best I can find is they changed it because middle of the week t.v. viewership is higher than Saturday night viewership. I suppose the theory would be that the more people they can get to watch Game 1 means more people will stick through the whole Series. But whatever, I could careless about ratings talk and if FOX execs are upset that they might not get the match-up they were hoping for. If it is Phillies/Rays, then the Bored T.V. Ratings will be the highest they've been for a World Series in over a decade.

They went with the middle of the week schedule because they don't want any games on Friday nights since it's the worst night of the week for t.v. ratings.

Okay I was wrong, the World Series will have no day off between Game 4 and 5. I guess I just assumed Selig would do something like that. Gm 1 National League @ American League Wed Oct. 22 TBD FOX tickets Gm 2 National League @ American League Thu Oct. 23 TBD FOX tickets Gm 3 American League @ National League Sat Oct. 25 TBD FOX tickets Gm 4 American League @ National League Sun Oct. 26 TBD FOX tickets Gm 5* American League @ National League Mon Oct. 27 TBD FOX tickets Gm 6* National League @ American League Wed Oct. 29 TBD FOX tickets Gm 7* National League @ American League Thu Oct. 30 TBD FOX

Series ain't over yet. Trust me if Boston wins Game 5 everyone will be ready to say "HERE COME THE RED SOX!" And seriously fuck this lame NBA scheduling Selig and FOX put in as of last year. If they ain't traveling, they don't need a day off. It'll be even more annoying when it happens in the World Series, assuming it actually goes more than four games this time.

Tim McCarver's hatred for this man almost made me want to root for the Dodgers. Left Fielder Rankings 1. Manny Ramirez, Red Sox/Dodgers 33.4 Win Shares 83.5 VORP 10.8 WARP3 Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 2008 36 TOT 153 552 102 183 36 1 37 121 3 0 87 124 .332 .430 .601 164 332 0 4 24 11 17 2. Carlos Quentin, White Sox 3. Matt Holliday, Rockies 4. Jason Bay, Pirates/Red Sox 5. Ryan Braun, Brewers 6. Johnny Damon, Yankees 7. Raul Ibanez, Mariners 8. Carlos Lee, Astros 9. Adam Dunn, Reds/Diamondbacks 10. Dave DeJesus, Royals 11. Jack Cust, A's 12. Pat Burrell, Phillies 13. Alfonso Soriano, Cubs 14. Conor Jackson, Diamondbacks 15. Garret Anderson, Angels 16. Luke Scott, Orioles 17. Fred Lewis, Giants 18. Josh Willingham, Marlins 19. Delmon Young, Twins 20. Willie Harris, Nationals 21. Ben Francisco, Indians 22. Carl Crawford, Rays 23. Gregor Blanco, Braves Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 2008 24 ATL NL 144 430 52 108 14 4 1 38 13 5 74 99 .251 .366 .309 83 133 6 3 2 6 3 24. Chase Headley, Padres 25. Luis Gonzalez, Marlins 26. Adam Lind, Blue Jays 27. Juan Pierre, Dodgers 28. Emil Brown, A's 29. David Dellucci, Indians 30. Jay Payton, Orioles

I'll always have a soft spot for Matt Stairs as he was part of the A's when they started to turn things around in '99 and it was always fun to watch him hit as the guy just puts everything into every swing. That was a BOMB.

God dammit Phillies, we don't need another sub-85 win team in the World Series.

Big XII Football Media Guide Scroll down to page 26 and you'll find the tiebreak rules. Head-to-head is indeed how a regular tie is broken and you have to get to step #5 on the three-way tiebreak rules before they go to the BCS rankings. Of course there could be a three-way tie if Oklahoma State beats Texas and then Oklahoma beats State, assuming that all three win all of their other games which you can't assume. Edit: And that's not mention Texas Tech could play in that scenario as well.

Unofficial BCS Top 14 (computer average in parenthesis) 1. Texas (1) 2. Alabama (2) 3. Penn State (5) 4. USC (7) 5. Texas Tech (9) 6. Oklahoma (11) 7. Oklahoma State (3) 8. Florida (14) 9. Utah (4) 10. Georgia (13) 11. Ohio State (10) 12. BYU (19) 13. Missouri (15) 14. Boise State (6) Official release will be this Sunday.

Is Hanley Ramirez the most underrated player in baseball right now? Of course playing for the Marlins doesn't help him. Shortstop Rankings 1. Hanley Ramirez, Marlins 32.5 Win Shares 80.7 VORP 10.9 WARP3 Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 2008 24 FLA NL 153 589 125 177 34 4 33 67 35 12 92 122 .301 .400 .540 148 318 0 4 9 8 5 2. Jose Reyes, Mets 3. Jimmy Rollins, Phillies 4. Stephen Drew, Diamondbacks 5. Jhonny Peralta, Indians 6. J.J. Hardy, Brewers 7. Cristian Guzman, Nationals 8. Michael Young, Rangers 9. Derek Jeter, Yankees 10. Mike Aviles, Royals 11. Orlando Cabrera, White Sox 12. Ryan Theriot, Cubs 13. Yunel Escobar, Braves 14. Miguel Tejada, Astros 15. Marco Scutaro, Blue Jays 16. Jason Bartlett, Rays 17. Nick Punto, Twins 18. Brendan Harris, Twins 19. Erick Aybar, Angels 20. Edgar Renteria, Tigers 21. Yuniesky Betancourt, Mariners 22. Maicer Izturis, Angels 23. Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies 24. David Eckstein, Blue Jays/Diamondbacks 25. Bobby Crosby, A's 26. Cesar Izturis, Cardinals 27. Jeff Keppinger, Reds 5.7 Win Shares 0.6 VORP 1.5 WARP3 Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 2008 28 CIN NL 121 459 45 122 24 2 3 43 3 1 30 24 .266 .310 .346 70 159 6 5 3 2 14 28. Jack Wilson, Pirates 29. Julio Lugo, Red Sox 30. Khalil Greene, Padres

Speaking of ouch, check out Cullen Harper's parting shots. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3641028 Just a hunch part of Harper's bitterness is due to him benched for the hilariously named Willy Korn.

Clemson has fired Tommy Bowden. Figured he'd make it through the season at least but they have been probably the biggest disappointment in the country.

T Boone Pickens State University killed the chance of having a #1 vs. #2 match-up in Austin this week. The Longhorns win over Oklahoma last week was just week one of four weeks of hell for them as even if they knock off Mizzou they still have TBPSU and Texas Tech to deal with the following two weeks. The way Penn State is looking, this week's Ohio State/Michigan State game could end up only being for the right to play in the Capital One Bowl. On the other hand if the Spartans win you can circle their season finale at Happy Valley on the calendar to possibly determine the Big Ten title which would be a nice change of pace from the usual Ohio State/Michigan game determining conference bragging rights. In other Top 25 match-ups, Kansas travels to Oklahoma and I'm guessing the Jayhawks wished the Sooners had beaten Texas in a chance to catch them in a letdown game but that goes out the window now. And Vanderbilt could have had the always coveted ESS EEE SEE on SEE BEE ESS game this week but they got Croom'd on Saturday and their tilt against Georgia has been sent off to Raycom's Three Daves. Before all of that though there is an important game Thursday night as BYU plays at TCU in what is for the Cougars both their only real test and the only real chance to get the attention of the voters, if they can win in dominating fashion, before their finale on November 22nd against Utah. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY Florida State at N.C. State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN #9 BYU at TCU, 8:00/5:00 PM, Versus FRIDAY Hawaii at #15 Boise State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Purdue at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #7 Texas Tech at Texas A&M, Noon/9:00 AM, FSN Nebraska at Iowa State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Versus Mississippi at #2 Alabama, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS #12 Ohio State at #20 Michigan State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2* #18 North Carolina at Virginia, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2* #16 Kansas at #4 Oklahoma, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #6 USC at Washington State, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN Michigan at #3 Penn State, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN Oregon State at Washington, 7:00/4:00 PM, Versus #11 Missouri at #1 Texas, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC #13 LSU at South Carolina, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN #17 Virginia Tech at Boston College, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule SATURDAY Connecticut at Rutgers, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Wisconsin at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN #21 Wake Forest at Maryland, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Syracuse at #19 South Florida, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Western Michigan at Central Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Miami of Ohio at Bowling Green, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Lehigh at Harvard, Noon/9:00 AM, FCS Atlantic #22 Vanderbilt at #10 Georgia, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Colorado State at #14 Utah, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. McNeese State at Sam Houston State, 3:00 PM/Noon, FCS Atlantic Miami at Duke, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU #23 Pittsburgh at Navy, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS Middle Tennessee at Louisville, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Army at Buffalo, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Stanford at UCLA, 4:00/1:00 PM, FCS Pacific Toledo at Northern Illinois, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP Utah State at Nevada, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP North Dakota State at Northern Iowa, 5:00/2:00 PM, FCS Central San Diego State at New Mexico, 6:00/3:00 PM, Mtn. Arkansas at Kentucky, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPNU Mississippi State at Tennessee, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Idaho at Louisiana Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP FIU at Troy, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Indiana at Illinois, 8:00/5:00 PM, BTN UTEP at Tulsa, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS San Jose State at New Mexico State, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP #25 California at Arizona, 10:00/7:00 PM, FCS Pacific Air Force at UNLV, 10:00/7:00 PM, Mtn. All Other Div. I-A Games SATURDAY Memphis at East Carolina Akron at Eastern Michigan Baylor at #8 Oklahoma State Southern Miss at Rice Marshall at UAB Kansas State at Colorado Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky Arkansas State at UL Lafayette North Texas at UL Monroe Houston at SMU

Sad thing is, for family reasons I do root for the Trojans against everyone except Stanford but I can understand why people are getting sick of them and constantly feel they are overrated. Them being ranked #4 in the Coaches' Poll and right back into the MNC picture is just hilarious.

WOW, ten point swing in the final second of the half in the Eagles/49ers game as David Akers has a long field goal attempt blocked and returned for a touchdown by the Niners to make it a one point game.

New Harris Poll (the other poll that counts) Oklahoma is #4, USC #5. Harris Poll Wackiness of the Week: Utah gets a 1st place vote and both Auburn & Michigan get 17 voting points each.

So I waited two weeks before doing my 2nd Pointless Top 25 because I wanted to do some hard research on all 119 I-A teams...or I just didn't feel like it last week. You make the call! Again I spend about ten minutes doing this so don't bother spending more than ten seconds reading it. 1. Texas 2. Alabama 3. Penn State 4. Oklahoma State 5. Oklahoma 6. Georgia 7. Missouri 8. Florida 9. Utah 10. BYU 11. USC 12. LSU 13. Texas Tech 14. Virginia Tech 15. Ohio State 16. North Carolina 17. California 18. Michigan State 19. Wake Forest 20. Boise State 21. Pittsburgh 22. South Florida 23. Kansas 24. Ball State 25. Tulsa

kkktookmybabyaway will be filling for Washington State the rest of the year and again Obi Chris Kenobi will stay on as Georgia. Week 8 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, October 16th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Saturday, October 18th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak. Week 8 Match-ups #1 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 7-0) vs. #5 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 5-2) - GAME OF THE WEEK #2 Ball State* PM (Vampiro69, 5-2) vs. Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 5-2) #3 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 5-2) vs. Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 4-3) #4 Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 5-2) vs. Texas* (Broward83, 3-4) #6 Arizona* (UZI Suicide, 5-2) vs. Notre Dame* (KingPK, 3-4) #7 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 5-2) vs. Georgia* (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-7) #8 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 4-3) vs. Florida State (909, 2-5) #9 Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 6-1) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 4-3) #10 Arizona State* (still fly, 7-0) vs. Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 3-4) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 4-3) vs. Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 5-2) Indiana* (Tzar Lysergic, 4-3) vs. Illinois* (The Rocket, 1-6) LSU* (teke184, 4-3) vs. South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 3-4) Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 4-3) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 2-5) Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 4-3) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 4-3) Syracuse* PM (CanadianChris, 4-3) vs. Michigan* (MFer, 3-4) San Diego State* (Next USC #55, 3-4) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 4-3) Stanford* (Bored, 2-5) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 3-4) UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 2-5) vs. Tulsa* (Will Scarlet, 1-6) Washington* PM (Smues, 2-5) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 1-6) Washington State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 2-5) vs. USC* (Cartman, 0-7) Week 8 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY BYU at TCU SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Clemson Purdue at Northwestern Wisconsin at Iowa Wake Forest at Maryland Vanderbilt at Georgia Ohio State at Michigan State Kansas at Oklahoma Pittsburgh at Navy Stanford at UCLA Kansas State at Colorado Missouri at Texas LSU at South Carolina Virginia Tech at Boston College Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Missouri/Texas game? Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan State's Javon Ringer have against Ohio State?

New Coaches' Poll Top 3 is as expected: Texas, Alabama, Penn State. But #4 is.... USC MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Mike Timlin did his job!

Definitely Missouri as LSU's win over Auburn means nothing at this point. What I'm interested to see is how far the voters bump Oklahoma State. They hadn't really played anyone before this week but now that they have a significant road win they should be in the Top 10. They certainly deserve to be there more than Texas Tech who we still have no idea if they are legit as they needed overtime to beat Nebraska today. Edit: And checking the schedule the Red Raiders play A&M next week so no chance to prove themselves there either.

This is a pretty bland Top 10 as there isn't much to discuss as we hit the halfway point of the season. We of course have a new #1 and really there's nothing too surprising about the top seven. AboveAverage484 rebounded nicely this week to end a losing skid and jump back into the rankings after falling off the radar. Also, Agent Bond34 is finally back in the Top 10 as well. Annnnnnnd still fly is still undefeated and still is getting no respect as he hangs on a Top 10 ranking by a thread. Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 7 1. Nebraska - Mecca 3.4 2. Ball State - Vampiro69 3.8 3. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 4.25 4. Miami Of Ohio - Hawk 34 4.45 5. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 4.45 6. Arizona - UZI Suicide 5.0 7. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 7.9 8. N.C. State - AboveAverage484 8.95 9. Fresno State - Agent Bond34 9.0 10. Arizona State - still fly 9.5 Other Receiving Votes: Indiana (Tzar Lysergic), LSU (teke184), Minnesota (Vern Gagne), Rutgers (the pinjockey)

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