Bored

I may be rooting for the Rays but even I'm wondering why Beckett was left in the game that long.

Penn State is rolling Wisconsin as the Badgers season has fallen apart in a real hurry. Nittany Lions might be for real and JoePa might keel over during a game at some point.

Damn where'd all the points go in the OK State/Mizzou game? 10-7? What's this shit? I wanted a 70-63 shootout god dammit! Oregon State is up 66-13 on Washington State. So far this year against I-A teams, Wazzu has been outscored 307-64.

Auburn loses at home to what has been by far the worst team in the ESS EEE SEE, Arkansas, 25-22. Tuberville may have to beat Alabama to save his job. And good on UNC for beating Notre Dame as the last thing we need is the Irish back in the Top 25 and on their way to stealing a BCS bid. They still might steal one since they should be favored in all of their remaining games until their finale at USC.

STANFORD~ edges the omnipotent Arizona Wildcats with a last minute touchdown! 4-3! 3-1 in the Pac-10! Undefeated at home! You just don't walk into half empty Stanford Stadium and expect to get a "W" motherfuckers!

Sorry guys, turning 30 last week apparently has lead to early senility.

Who Matsuzaka? Ya he has a no hitter going. Just nine outs away. JINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINXJINX Seriously Bud Selig forcing God Bless America into the 7th inning stretch every postseason needs to fucking end already.

Texans - 20 points Chicago Miami Baltimore Minnesota New Orleans N.Y. Jets Carolina Washington Denver Dallas Philadelphia Green Bay San Diego N.Y. Giants

As it turns out it was Vern Gagne's picks I posted for both you and Vampiro. I had Vampiro resubmit his picks to me and they matched the ones I recorded in my spreadsheet originally. So here are Vampiro69's picks: THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 287 That's fine. I'll still use the replacements for this week but you can return next week.

Hey look another position where the A's had the worst everyday player! How I got through this season without slitting my wrists, I'll never know. Third Basemen Rankings 1. David Wright, Mets 29.1 Win Shares 66.2 VORP 10.6 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 25 NYM NL 160 626 115 189 42 2 33 124 15 5 94 118 .302 .390 .534 143 334 0 11 5 4 15 2. Chipper Jones, Braves 3. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees 4. Aramis Ramirez, Cubs 5. Troy Glaus, Cardinals 6. Evan Longoria, Rays 7. Jorge Cantu, Marlins 8. Melvin Mora, Orioles 9. Casey Blake, Indians/Dodgers 10. Ty Wigginton, Astros 11. Adrian Beltre, Mariners 12. Carlos Guillen, Tigers 13. Alex Gordon, Royals 14. Kevin Kouzmanoff, Padres 15. Edwin Encarnacion, Reds 16. Mike Lowell, Red Sox 17. Mark Reynolds, Diamondbacks 18. Garrett Atkins, Rockies 19. Scott Rolen, Blue Jays 20. Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals 21. Blake DeWitt, Dodgers 22. Chone Figgins, Angels 23. Joe Crede, White Sox 24. Jose Bautista, Pirates/Blue Jays 25. Willy Aybar, Rays 26. Pedro Feliz, Phillies 27. Geoff Blum, Astros 28. Bill Hall, Brewers 29. Jack Hannahan, A's 5.4 Win Shares 3.8 WARP3 -9.5 VORP 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 OAK AL 143 436 48 95 27 0 9 47 2 0 55 131 .218 .305 .342 77 149 3 5 4 2 5 30. Jose Castillo, Giants/Astros

MrRant and Obi Chris Kenobi did not submit picks so they are effectively out of the contest and their teams are put on "probation." They are free to reclaim their teams and play out the season but we've never had that happen before. Again the preassigned replacement picks and tiebreaks will apply. UZI Suicide is late with his picks. Who You Should Root For #1 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 5-1) vs. #2 Nebraska (Mecca, 6-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK MOH: Wake, Indiana, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Iowa St NE: Clemson, Iowa, Carolina, UNC, Baylor #3 Ball State (Vampiro69, 4-2) vs. Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 1-5) BS: Memphis, Iowa, A&M, UNC Tulsa: Louisville, Indiana, Kansas St, Notre Dame Tiebreaks: 47/45, 287/272 #4 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 4-2) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 3-3) GT: Memphis, Iowa, Kansas St, Michigan St, Arizona SDS: Louisville, Indiana, A&M, Northwestern, Stanford #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 4-2) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 4-2) AL: Wake, Oklahoma, UNC, Michigan St, Florida BC: Clemson, Texas, Notre Dame, Northwestern, LSU Tiebreak: 68/65 Tiebreak: 68/65 #6 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 5-1) vs. Fresno State (Agent Bond34, 5-1) VA: Clemson, Kentucky, UNC, LSU FS: Wake, Carolina, Notre Dame, Florida Tiebreak: 58/65 #7 Arizona (UZI Suicide, 4-2) vs. Stanford (Bored, 2-4) AZ: No point for Thursday, Iowa, Carolina, A&M, Stanford SU: Wake, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas St, Arizona Tiebreak #2: 320/333 #8 LSU (teke184, 4-2) vs. Florida (Urban Warfare, 3-3) LSU: Indiana, Kentucky, Arizona, Baylor, LSU FL: Iowa, Carolina, Stanford, Iowa St, Florida #9 Arizona State (still fly, 6-0) vs. USC (Cartman, 0-6) ASU: Louisville, Kansas St, Iowa St USC: Memphis, A&M, Baylor #10 Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 4-2) vs. Texas (Broward83, 2-4) IN: Oklahoma, Indiana TX: Texas, Iowa Tiebreaks: 67/93, 365/304 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 4-2) vs. South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 2-4) KY: Clemson, Indiana, Carolina, A&M, Iowa St SC: Wake, Iowa, Kentucky, Kansas St, Baylor Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 4-2) vs. Illinois (The Monkey Man, 1-5) MN: Memphis, Kansas, Kansas St, UNC IL: Louisville, Colorado, A&M, Notre Dame Tiebreak: 56/55 Ohio State (Gert T, 4-2) vs. Syracuse (CanadianChris, 3-3) OSU: Indiana, Kentucky, A&M, Notre Dame, Michigan St, Iowa St, Florida SU: Iowa, Carolina, Kansas St, UNC, Northwestern, Baylor, LSU Rutgers (the pinjockey, 3-3) vs. Washington (Smues, 2-4) RU: Carolina, Notre Dame, Michigan St, Stanford, Baylor, LSU WA: Kentucky, UNC, Northwestern, Arizona, Iowa St, Florida Tiebreak: 70/65 Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 4-2) vs. Georgia (Cartman*, 0-6) TN: Clemson, Louisville, Kansas St, Iowa St GA: Wake, Memphis, A&M, Baylor Tiebreak: 55/50 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 3-3) vs. Buffalo (Carnival, 3-3) NCS: Wake, Baylor, Florida, Penn St UB: Clemson, Iowa St, LSU, Wisconsin Tiebreaks: 56/68, 333/380 Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 3-3) vs. Washington State (Vitamin X*, 2-4) UM: Wake, Louisville, Kentucky, Kansas St, UNC, Michigan St, Baylor, Florida, Penn St WS: Clemson, Memphis, Carolina, A&M, Notre Dame, Northwester, Iowa St, LSU, Wisconsin Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 3-3) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 2-4) Navy: Wake, Louisville, Texas, Kansas St, Florida, Penn St, OK St BS: Clemson, Memphis, Oklahoma, A&M, LSU, Wisconsin, Missouri Michigan (MFer, 2-4) vs. UCLA (phoenixrising, 3-3) MI: Louisville, Baylor, Arizona, Florida UCLA: Memphis, Iowa St, Stanford, LSU Tiebreaks: 66/52, 312/300 Notre Dame (KingPK, 3-3) vs. Florida State (909, 1-5) ND: Clemson, Memphis, Iowa, Kansas St, Northwestern, LSU, Penn St FSU: Wake, Louisville, Indiana, A&M, Michigan St, Florida, Wisconsin UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 1-5) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 1-5) UTEP: Wake, Memphis, UNC, Arizona, Baylor, LSU KS: Clemson, Louisville, Notre Dame, Stanford, Iowa St, Florida Tiebreak: 68/57

Ball State - Vampiro69 THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game?56 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 318 Georgia Tech - iggymcfly THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game?56 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 318 Buffalo - Carnival THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game?68 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State?380 Nebraska - Mecca THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game?67 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 335 Syracuse - CanadianChris THURSDAY Clemson FRIDAY Louisville SATURDAY Oklahoma Iowa Kansas South Carolina Kansas State North Carolina Northwestern Arizona Baylor LSU Penn State Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? 51 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 344 N.C. State - AboveAverage484 THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 333 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? 71 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 271 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff Wake Forest Louisville Oklahoma Iowa Kansas Kentucky Kansas State North Carolina Michigan State Arizona Baylor Florida Penn State Missouri TB #1: 68 TB #2: 279

Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville SATURDAY Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa Kansas South Carolina Kansas State North Carolina Michigan State Stanford Iowa State Florida Penn State Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? 65 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 351 LSU - teke184 THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? 63 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 333 Washington - Smues Wake Forest Louisville Oklahoma Indiana Kansas Kentucky Kansas State North Carolina Northwestern Arizona Iowa State Florida Penn State Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? 65 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 247 Minnesota - Vern Gagne THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game?56 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State? 318

Auburn has fired offensive coordinator Tony Franklin after just six games on the job. I'm sure this will solve their quarterback problems.

This is the third straight year that Utley has topped the rankings. Second Basemen Rankings 1. Chase Utley, Phillies 29.8 Win Shares 62.2 VORP 10.6 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 29 PHI NL 159 607 113 177 41 4 33 104 14 2 64 104 .292 .380 .535 133 325 1 8 14 27 9 2. Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox 3. Ian Kinsler, Rangers 4. Dan Uggla, Marlins 5. Brian Roberts, Orioles 6. Mark DeRosa, Cubs 7. Kelly Johnson, Braves 8. Jose Lopez, Mariners 9. Orlando Hudson, Diamondbacks 10. Akinori Iwamura, Rays 11. Placido Polanco, Tigers 12. Alexei Ramirez, White Sox 13. Brandon Phillips, Reds 14. Ray Durham, Giants/Brewers 15. Rickie Weeks, Brewers 16. Howie Kendrick, Angels 17. Kazuo Matsui, Astros 18. Clint Barmes, Rockies 19. Robinson Cano, Yankees 20. Joe Inglett, Blue Jays 21. Mark Ellis, A's 22. Felipe Lopez, Nationals/Cardinals 23. Aaron Miles, Cardinals 24. Asdrubal Cabrera, Indians 25. Mark Grudzielanek, Royals 26. Alexi Casilla, Twins 27. Jeff Kent, Dodgers 28. Freddy Sanchez, Pirates 10.4 Win Shares -1.8 VORP 1.4 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 30 PIT NL 145 569 75 154 26 2 9 52 0 1 21 63 .271 .298 .371 76 211 8 6 1 4 13 29. Jamey Carroll, Indians 30. Adam Kennedy, Cardinals

My Picks Wake Forest Louisville Oklahoma Indiana Kansas Kentucky Kansas State North Carolina Michigan State Arizona Baylor Florida Penn State Missouri 61/333

There's a Division III quarterback named Assmann! Why hasn't HarleyQuinn alerted us of this before?

Because people have been running that story into the ground ever since the 2002 playoffs so why stop now? Go Rays.

All four my match-ups so far this year have come down to the Monday game.

Here's your BCS update. There's now five of the six computer rankings available so the unofficial rankings are pretty accurate at this point. Big development is Vanderbilt made a huge jump in the computers after beating Auburn and they are currently #8 in the unofficial standings. Also as it stands right now Utah is ranked above BYU although the Cougars have a chance to change that the week after next when they travel to TCU. Nothing too surprising about the Top 6 except maybe LSU down at #6 as the computers are not big fans of them at the moment but that can change by beating Florida. Unofficial BCS Top 14 per collegebcs.com 1. Oklahoma 2. Alabama 3. Missouri 4. Texas 5. Penn State 6. LSU 7. USC 8. Vanderbilt 9. Utah 10. Georgia 11. Texas Tech 12. BYU 13. Ohio State 14. Boise State

Since Ohio State/USC ended up being a dud, the new Game of the Century of the Decade of the Year of the Week is the annual Red River Rivalry game between Texas and Oklahoma. Red River Shootout was such a better name for the game and I don't know why the decided to change it a few years ago but I'll just assume it's because Longhorns and Sooners fans like the shoot at each other or something. It's rare now to get a game this big to kick off a Saturday but I actually kinda prefer it that way. Not to be overlooked is another big game in the ESS EEE SEE as LSU takes on Florida. LSU can solidify themselves as one of the top contenders for the MNC while Florida can possibly play themselves back into the discussion with an impressive win. Being that it's LSU/Florida expect Les Miles to go for it on 4th down at least 67 times. Now if you are looking for a turn your brain off and just watch two teams light up the scoreboard for almost four hours type of game, then Oklahoma State/Missouri is for you. Both teams so far this year are averaging over 50 points a game and only Tulsa is scoring more per game than these two. I'm not a betting man and I have no idea what the over/under is for this game but um, bet the over. Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Troy at Florida Atlantic, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY Clemson at #21 Wake Forest, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN SATURDAY #5 Texas vs. #1 Oklahoma, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC Minnesota at Illinois, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Cornell at Harvard, Noon/9:00 AM, Versus Colorado at #16 Kansas, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, ESPN2 Nebraska at #7 Texas Tech, 3:00 PM/Noon, FSN Tennessee at #10 Georgia, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Purdue at #12 Ohio State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Notre Dame at #22 North Carolina, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Arizona State at #8 USC, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #23 Michigan State at Northwestern, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN2 #4 LSU at #11 Florida, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBS #6 Penn State at Wisconsin, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN #17 Oklahoma State at #3 Missouri, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 UCLA at Oregon, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY Winston-Salem State at Florida A&M, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU UAB at Houston, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS SATURDAY Syracuse at West Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Iowa at Indiana, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Toledo at Michigan, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* East Carolina at Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Rutgers at Cincinnati, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Duquense at Robert Morris, Noon/9:00 AM, FCS Pacific South Carolina at Kentucky, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Fordham at Lehigh, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FCS Atlantic Eastern Michigan at Army, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN Classic #14 Utah at Wyoming, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. Ohio at Kent State, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, GP #13 Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, GP Indiana State at Southern Illinois, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, FCS Central TCU at Colorado State, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS UCF at Miami, 3:45/12:45 PM, ESPNU Miami of Ohio at Northern Illinois, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP New Mexico State at Nevada, 4;00/1:00 PM GP Arkansas at #20 Auburn, 5:00/2:00 PM, GP New Mexico at #9 BYU, 6:00/3:00 PM, Mtn. Washington State at Oregon State, 6:30/3:30 PM, FCS Pacific Iowa State at Baylor, 7:00/4:00 PM, FCS Central UL Monroe at Arkansas State, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Sam Houston State at Central Arkansas, 7:00/4:00 PM, FCS Atlantic Utah State at San Jose State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU #15 Boise State at Southern Miss, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS Air Force at San Diego State, 9:30/6:30 PM, Mtn. Idaho at Fresno State, 10:00/7:00 PM, GP All Other Div. I-A Games Kansas State at Texas A&M Gardner-Webb at Georgia Tech Temple at Central Michigan Western Michigan at Buffalo Arizona at Stanford Bowling Green at Akron #25 Ball State at Western Kentucky UL Lafayette at North Texas Middle Tennessee at FIU Tulsa at SMU Tulane at UTEP Louisiana Tech at Hawaii

I'm throwing the Designated Hitter rankings in this entry as they don't need their own entry. For the DH list it is made up of the top 14 in plate appearances And now see the pain I had to go through in watching prized prospect Daric Barton be a colossal flop in his rookie year. First Basemen Rankings 1. Albert Pujols, Cardinals 35.1 Win Shares 96.8 VORP 13.5 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 STL NL 148 524 100 187 44 0 37 116 7 3 104 54 .357 .462 .653 190 342 0 8 34 5 16 2. Lance Berkman, Astros 3. Mark Teixeira, Braves/Angels 4. Kevin Youkilis, Red Sox 5. Justin Morneau, Twins 6. Adrian Gonzalez, Padres 7. Carlos Delgado, Mets 8. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers 9. Carlos Pena, Rays 10. Ryan Howard, Phillies 11. Prince Fielder, Brewers 12. Joye Votto, Reds 13. Derrek Lee, Cubs 14. Jason Giambi, Yankees 15. Adam LaRoche, Pirates 16. Lyle Overbay, Blue Jays 17. James Loney, Dodgers 18. Mike Jacobs, Marlins 19. Ryan Garko, Indians 20. Ron Belliard, Nationals 21. Casey Kotchman, Angels/Braves 22. Paul Konerko, White Sox 23. Nick Swisher, White Sox 24. Kevin Millar, Orioles 25. Doug Mientkiewicz, Pirates 26. Rich Aurilia, Giants 27. Todd Helton, Rockies 28. Daric Barton, A's 9.3 Win Shares -7.4 VORP 2.5 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 22 OAK AL 140 446 59 101 17 5 9 47 2 1 65 99 .226 .327 .348 85 155 6 3 5 3 6 29. John Bowker, Giants 30. Ross Gload, Royals Designated Hitter Rankings 1. Aubrey Huff, Orioles 23.1 Win Shares 58.4 VORP 7.9 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 31 BAL AL 154 598 96 182 48 2 32 108 4 0 53 89 .304 .360 .552 137 330 0 7 7 3 9 2. Milton Bradley, Rangers 3. Jim Thome, White Sox 4. David Ortiz, Red Sox 5. Jason Kubel, Twins 6. Hideki Matsui, Yankees 7. Cliff Floyd, Rays 8. Matt Stairs, Blue Jays/Phillies 9. Billy Butler, Royals 10. Gary Sheffield, Tigers 11. Frank Thomas, Blue Jays/A's 12. Craig Monroe, Twins 13. Travis Hafner, Indians 14. Jose Vidro, Mariners

New Harris Poll Nothing terribly interesting except somebody gave UCLA a vote. Maybe it was the same person who gave Tennessee a vote last week.

MrRant and Obi Chris Kenobi are both on the chopping block this week. To remind you how it works, I will preassign possible replacement picks for both this week in case they no show again. If either does not submit picks by the first deadline I will assume they are out of the contest and their team will be put on "probation." I will not accept late picks from them. Here are the replacement pick assignments: Washington State - Vitamin X Georgia - Cartman Note when it comes to "probation" teams, the tiebreaks will apply. Week 7 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, October 9th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Friday, October 10th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Lose out on Friday game. Deadline #3: Saturday, October 11th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak. Week 7 Match-ups #1 Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 5-1) vs. #2 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 6-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK #3 Ball State* PM (Vampiro69, 4-2) vs. Tulsa* (Will Scarlet, 1-5) #4 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 4-2) vs. San Diego State* (Next USC #55, 3-3) #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 4-2) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 4-2) #6 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 5-1) vs. Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 5-1) #7 Arizona (UZI Suicide, 4-2) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 2-4) #8 LSU* PM (teke184, 4-2) vs. Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 3-3) #9 Arizona State* (still fly, 6-0) vs. USC* (Cartman, 0-6) #10 Indiana* (Tzar Lysergic, 4-2) vs. Texas* (Broward83, 2-4) Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 4-2) vs. South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 2-4) Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 4-2) vs. Illinois* (The Monkey Man, 1-5) Ohio State (Gert T, 4-2) vs. Syracuse* PM (CanadianChris, 3-3) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 3-3) vs. Washington* PM (Smues, 2-4) Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 4-2) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi?, 0-6) N.C. State* PM (AboveAverage484, 3-3) vs. Buffalo* PM (Carnival, 3-3) Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 3-3) vs. Washington State (MrRant?, 2-4) Navy* (MarvinisaLunatic, 3-3) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 2-4) Michigan (MFer, 2-4) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 3-3) Notre Dame* (KingPK, 3-3) vs. Florida State* (909, 1-5) UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 1-5) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 1-5) Week 7 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY Clemson at Wake Forest FRIDAY Louisville at Memphis SATURDAY Texas vs. Oklahoma (in Dallas) Iowa at Indiana Colorado at Kansas South Carolina at Kentucky Kansas State at Texas A&M Notre Dame at North Carolina Michigan State at Northwestern Arizona at Stanford Iowa State at Baylor LSU at Florida Penn State at Wisconsin Oklahoma State at Missouri Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Missouri's Chase Daniel have against Oklahoma State?

New Coaches Poll Missouri moves to #2, Vanderbilt jumps to #14, and Michigan State's three point win over Iowa was so impressive that they went from unranked to #19.