Bored

Still nothing from The Monkey Man. If he doesn't submit picks by tomorrow's final deadline, I will use Smues picks as replacements. MarvinisaLunatic picked Kansas and Baylor for tonight's games.

Texans - 20 points Chicago Tennessee Green Bay Jacksonville Kansas City Indianapolis N.Y. Giants Washington Seattle Tampa Bay Arizona Denver Baltimore New England Pittsburgh Dallas

TONIGHT!

I'm starting to think that Ray Rice fellow was pretty important to Rutgers success the last few years.

You know I really do want to root for the Brewers just then I remember it'll just make Bud Selig happy if they get to the postseason and we just can't have that.

With the schedule changes, Nevada/Missouri will now be the early FSN game on Saturday. If you were planning your whole day around watching that Wazzu/Baylor grudge match it'll be available for free online on CBS College Sports All-Access tomorrow night at 8:30/5:30 PM.

Add to that, do the Raiders realize how ridiculous it is to keep trotting out the "Commitment to Excellence" sign every year? Seriously put that thing in the mothballs until your franchise isn't a complete joke, which is hopefully never or at least until they leave Oakland again.

I went ahead and sent a PM to The Monkey Man due to the last second change of the Wazzu/Baylor game being moved up to tomorrow night. Who You Should Root For #2 Arizona State (still fly, 2-0) vs. #9 Texas (Broward83, 2-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK ASU: Baylor, Georgia Tech, UCLA, Air Force, USC TX: Wazzu, Virginia Tech, BYU, Houston, Ohio State #1 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 2-0) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 1-1) GT: Rutgers, USF, Duke, Georgia Tech, BYU, Ohio State KY: UNC, Kansas, Navy, Virginia Tech, UCLA, USC Tiebreak: 43/60 #3 Ohio State (Gert T, 2-0) vs. USC (Cartman, 0-2) OSU: Kansas, Baylor, Notre Dame, Purdue, Houston, Southern Miss USC: USF, Wazzu, Michigan, Oregon, Air Force, Arkansas State Tiebreaks: 48/50, 210/250 #4 Nebraska (Mecca, 2-0) vs. Syracuse (CanadianChris, 1-1) NE: USF, Navy, Georgia Tech, Air Force, Southern Miss SU: Kansas, Duke, Virginia Tech, Houston, Arkansas State #5 Ball State (Vampiro69, 2-0 vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 1-1) BS: Oregon, Southern Miss RU: Purdue, Arkansas State Tiebreak: 59/52 #6 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 2-0) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 0-2) VA: USF, Duke, Michigan, Virginia Tech, Oregon, BYU, Houston, Oregon State, Connecticut, Wisconsin UTEP: Kansas, Navy, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Purdue, UCLA, Air Force, Hawaii, Virginia, Fresno State Tiebreaks: 52/58, 249/284 #7 Arizona (UZI, Suicide, 2-0) vs. Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 0-2) AZ: Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Houston Tulsa: Michigan, Georgia Tech, Air Force #8 Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 2-0) vs. Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 1-1) TN: UNC, Notre Dame, UCLA UM: Rutgers, Michigan, BYU #10 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 2-0) vs. Stanford (Bored, 1-1) NCS: Air Force SU: Houston Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 2-0) vs. Florida (Urban Warfare, 0-2) IN: Navy, Baylor, BYU, Air Force, Arkansas State, UConn FL: Duke, Wazzu, UCLA, Houston, Southern Miss, Virginia Tiebreaks: 57/61, 312/248 Fresno State (Agent Bond34, 2-0) vs. Washington State (MrRant, 2-0) FS: Wazzu, Virginia Tech, Purdue, Houston, Oregon State, Connecticut WS: Baylor, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Air Force, Hawaii, Virginia Tiebreaks: 48/56, 280/225 Florida State (909, 1-1) vs. Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 1-1) FS: Rutgers, Kansas, Baylor, Notre Dame, Fresno State MOH: UNC, USF, Wazzu, Michigan, Wisconsin Buffalo (Carnival, 1-1) vs. San Diego State (Next USC #55, 1-1) UB: Baylor, Virginia Tech, Oregon, UCLA, Arkansas State SDS: Wazzu, Georgia Tech, Purdue, BYU, Southern Miss Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 1-1) vs. Washington (Smues, 0-2) AL: Virginia Tech, Air Force, UConn WA: Georgia Tech, Houston, Virginia Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 1-1) vs. Illinois (The Monkey Man, 0-2) Navy: Up 1-0, Kansas, Baylor, Notre Dame, Purdue, Air Force, Oregon State, Southern Miss, USC, Fresno State IL: No points for Thu/Fri, Michigan, Oregon, Houston, Hawaii, Arkansas State, Ohio State, Wisconsin LSU (teke184, 1-1) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 0-2) LSU: UNC, Kansas, Oregon State, UConn BS: Rutgers, USF, Hawaii, Virginia Tiebreak: 55/42 Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 1-1) vs. Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 0-2) BC: USF, Navy, Hawaii, Arkansas State MN: Kansas, Duke, Oregon State, Southern Miss Tiebreaks: 56/58, 319/288 Notre Dame (KingPK, 1-1) vs. Michigan (Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy, 0-2) ND: Rutgers, Wazzu, Notre Dame, UCLA, Houston MI: UNC, Baylor, Michigan, BYU, Air Force South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 0-2) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-2) SC: Rutgers, Baylor, Michigan, Virginia Tech, BYU, Arkansas State, USC, Wisconsin GA: No point for Thursday, Wazzu, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, UCLA, Southern Miss, Ohio State, Fresno State Tiebreaks: 60/70, 300/76 UCLA (phoenixrising, 0-2) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 0-2) UCLA: Baylor, Michigan, Georgia Tech, Oregon, UCLA, Houston, Oregon State, UConn, USC KS: Wazzu, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Purdue, BYU, Air Force, Hawaii, Virginia, Ohio State

The Monkey Man and Obi Chris Kenobi are both late. I pm'd MrRant about his missing pick for Oregon State/Hawaii. MarvinisaLunatic picked North Carolina for tonight's game. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 43 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 188 USC - Cartman THURSDAY Rutgers FRIDAY South Florida SATURDAY Navy Washington State Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon BYU Air Force Oregon State Arkansas State Connecticut USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 50 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 250

Nebraska - Mecca THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game?55 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA?312 N.C. State - AboveAverage484 Week 3 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 45 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 380 Florida State - 909 THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 48 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 300 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY North Carolina FRIDAY South Florida SATURDAY Navy Washington State Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon BYU Houston Oregon State Southern Miss Connecticut USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 72 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 172 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff Rutgers South Florida Navy Washington State Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon BYU Air Force Oregon State Southern Mississippi UConn USC Wisconsin TB #1: 62 TB #2: 232 Washington - Smues Rutgers South Florida Navy Washington State Michigan Georgia Tech Oregon BYU Houston Oregon State Southern Miss Virginia USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 73 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 273

LSU - teke184 THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 55 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 245 Minnesota - Vern Gagne THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 58 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 288

ESABCPN Coverage Map (subject to change with the speculation that Hogs/'Horns will be postponed until September 27th)

Guess I should have actually spent more than two seconds doing my write up. Oh well. Smartly Pretty - Close but went with what I felt was the better all around team. VX - Tatum & Harrison both will both get cheap shots on BZ's receivers to knock them out early in the game. CanadianChris - Run & shoot is just too much of a gimmick, athough was tempted to go the other way as I think CC's secondary is a bit suspect. 909 - Toss up so I went with my huge personal bias and picked Montana over Brady. Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy - Another tough one and again just went with who I felt was the better overall team. Tzar - Although I think he did get way too cute with his offense, he's got the best defense in the draft. Gert T - Was on the same waive length with a lot of his picks so I have to at least have him advance through the first round. In fairness to Fokai he was at a bit of a disadvantage by having to take over for someone who dropped out.

And they ended up switching it to Rays/Yankees.

My Picks Rutgers South Florida Duke Baylor Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon BYU Houston Oregon State Arkansas State Connecticut USC Wisconsin 56/296

Say what you want about Barry Bonds, and really please I insist you say nasty things about him, but he was really, really fucking good. Top 20 Left Fielder Seasons since 1979 (per Win Shares) 1. Barry Bonds, 2001 - San Francisco Giants 53.9 Win Shares 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 +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 2001 36 SFG NL 153 476 129 156 32 2 73 137 13 3 177 93 .328 .515 .863 259 411 0 2 35 9 5 2. Barry Bonds, 2004 - San Francisco Giants 53.0 3. Barry Bonds, 2002 - San Francisco Giants 48.9 4. Barry Bonds, 1993 - San Francisco Giants 46.7 5. Albert Pujols, 2003 - St. Louis Cardinals 41.1 6. Barry Bonds, 1992 - Pittsburgh Pirates 40.8 7. Barry Bonds, 2003 - San Francisco Giants 39.2 8. Barry Bonds, 1996 - San Francisco Giants 39.0 9. Rickey Henderson, 1990 - Oakland A's 38.9 10. Kevin Mitchell, 1989 - San Francisco Giants 37.7 11. Albert Belle, 1998 - Chicago White Sox 37.4 12. Barry Bonds, 1990 - Pittsburgh Pirates 36.7 13. Luis Gonzalez, 2001 - Arizona Diamondbacks 36.6 14. Barry Bonds, 1991 - Pittsburgh Pirates 36.5 15. Barry Bonds, 1997 - San Francisco Giants 36.4 16. Barry Bonds, 1995 - San Francisco Giants 36.1 17. Tim Raines, 1985 - Montreal Expos 35.8 18. Pedro Guerrero, 1985 - Los Angeles Dodgers 34.8 19. Rickey Henderson, 1980 - Oakland A's 33.9 20. Tim Raines, 1987 - Montreal Expos 33.8

Indiana - Tzar Lysergic THURSDAY North Carolina FRIDAY Kansas SATURDAY Navy at Baylor Michigan at Virginia Tech Oregon at BYU Air Force at Oregon State at Arkansas State at Connecticut at USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 57 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 312 Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY North Carolina FRIDAY Kansas SATURDAY Duke Washington State Michigan Virginia Tech Oregon UCLA Houston Oregon State Southern Miss Virginia USC Wisconsin Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? 61 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA? 248

Uh oh a Raiders loss means some Broncos fans are getting stabbed at the Coliseum tonight! Well okay not that Raiders fans don't stab opposing fans on the rare occasion they win a game either but I think they are more polite about it in those instances.

And I'm disappointed in myself now, although I'd go with Bigger Boner. Any mod feel free to change it.

After no marquee match-ups last week, this week we get The Game of the Century of the Decade of the Year of the Week when Ohio State travels to the Coliseum to meet USC. The game has potentially lost some of it's gravitas due to the Buckeyes lackluster performance against Ohio resulted in them dropping to #5 in the rankings but a win at USC could leapfrog them to #1. There will also be two very big games for non-BCS conference teams trying to join ECU as possibe "BCS busters" as BYU hosts UCLA and Fresno State plays Wisconsin late Saturday night. Have to give the Badgers credit for scheduling that game as the big boys usually avoid that type of game and locally it's being hyped as the biggest game ever played at Fresno State. And before any of those games we have a Top 25 match-up on Friday night with Kansas/USF. Should be a fun weekend. Oh and it's your duty as an American to try to pretend you give a shit about Michigan/Notre Dame. Network/Basic Cable Schedule THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN FRIDAY #13 Kansas at #19 South Florida, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #23 California at Maryland, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Florida Atlantic at Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Nevada at #6 Missouri, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN #2 Georgia at South Carolina, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Michigan at Notre Dame, 3:30/12:30 PM, NBC #17 Penn State at Syracuse, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #16 Oregon at Purdue, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* UCLA at #18 BYU, 3:30/12:30 PM, Versus #9 Auburn at Mississippi State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #3 Oklahoma at Washington, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #5 Ohio State at #1 USC, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC #10 Wisconsin at #21 Fresno State, 10:30/7:30 PM, ESPN2 Digital Cable/Satellite/GamePlan Schedule THURSDAY Tennessee Tech at Southeast Missouri State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU SATURDAY Navy at Duke, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU UL Lafayette at #24 Illinois, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Iowa State at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Montana State at Minnesota, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Southern Illinois at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* N.C. State at Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, Raycom*/GP Temple at Buffalo, Noon/9:00 AM, GP UAB at Tennessee, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Raycom*/GP Missouri State at Oklahoma State, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, FCS Central Stanford at TCU, 1;00 PM/10:00 AM, Mtn. Air Force vs. Houston (in Dallas), 3:30/12:30 PM, CBSCS Chattanooga at Florida State, 3:45/12:45 PM, ESPNU Hawaii at Oregon State, 4:00/1:00 PM, FCS Pacific Middle Tennessee at Kentucky, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Western Kentucky at #11 Alabama, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Virginia at Connecticut, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU Arizona at New Mexico, 8:00/5:00 PM, CBSCS North Texas at #7 LSU, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP #22 Utah at Utah State, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP Bowling Green at Boise State, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP UNLV at #15 Arizona State, 10:00/7:00 PM, FCS Pacific All Other Div. I-A Games FRIDAY Washington State at Baylor SATURDAY Ball State at Akron Toledo at Eastern Michigan Central Michigan at Ohio Delaware State at Kent State #14 East Carolina at Tulane Charleston Southern at Miami of Ohio North Dakota State at Wyoming Western Michigan at Idaho SMU at #12 Texas Tech Samford at Mississippi New Mexico State at Nebraska Rice at Vanderbilt Memphis at Marshall Southern Miss at Arkansas State Alabama A&M at UL Monroe Alcorn State at Troy

I'm actually not 100% sure about the Friday game as ESPN has yet to post it on their website but both the Mets and Braves sites have it scheduled so I'm going with it. I didn't even know ESPN was switching to a Friday schedule for the last month (although I guess they have to bow to their NFL overlords) until finding the D-Backs/Dodgers game on by accident last Friday. Also the 4th homerun that is hit tomorrow night will be #250,000 in MLB history. Who you got? Magic Numbers Angels: 3 Cubs: 16 White Sox: 18 Mets: 18 Dodgers: 19 Rays: 20 Red Sox: 14 (Wild Card) Brewers: 16 (Wild Card) ESPN/FOX/TBS Games to Poison Our Youth WEDNESDAY Rays (Andy Sonnanstine) at Red Sox (Josh Beckett), 7:00/4:00 PM EST, ESPN FRIDAY Rays at Yankees, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN SATURDAY Braves at Mets, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX Brewers at Phillies, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX Tigers at White Sox, 3:55/12:55 PM, FOX SUNDAY Blue Jays at Red Sox, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, TBS Tigers at White Sox, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN

MLB.com is giving free coverage of the game right now. And the second I turn it on, homerun Gabe Kapler. OMG YOU JINXED IT!!

New Pointless AP Top 25 Ohio State drops to #5, East Carolina jumps in at #14, and UCLA must have had a bad practice as they dropped out. Edit: The Coaches were far less impressed with ECU as they show up at #20.

Week 3 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, September 11th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game. Deadline #2: Friday, September 12th, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST -Lose out on Friday game. Deadline #3: Saturday, September 13th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak. Week 3 Match-ups #2 Arizona State* (still fly, 2-0) vs. #9 Texas* (Broward83, 2-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK #1 Georgia Tech* PM (iggymcfly, 2-0) vs. Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 1-1) #3 Ohio State* (Gert T, 2-0) vs. USC* PM (Cartman, 0-2) #4 Nebraska* PM (Mecca, 2-0) vs. Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 1-1) #5 Ball State* (Vampiro69, 2-0 vs. Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 1-1) #6 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 2-0) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 0-2) #7 Arizona* (UZI, Suicide, 2-0) vs. Tulsa* (Will Scarlet, 0-2) #8 Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 2-0) vs. Miami* (Spaceman Spiff, 1-1) #10 N.C. State* PM (AboveAverage484, 2-0) vs. Stanford* (Bored, 1-1) Indiana* PM (Tzar Lysergic, 2-0) vs. Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 0-2) Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 2-0) vs. Washington State* (MrRant, 2-0) Florida State* PM (909, 1-1) vs. Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 1-1) Buffalo* (Carnival, 1-1) vs. San Diego State* PM (Next USC #55, 1-1) Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 1-1) vs. Washington* PM (Smues, 0-2) Navy* PM (MarvinisaLunatic, 1-1) vs. Illinois (The Monkey Man, 0-2) LSU* PM (teke184, 1-1) vs. Boise State* (Vitamin X, 0-2) Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 1-1) vs. Minnesota* PM (Vern Gagne, 0-2) Notre Dame* (KingPK, 1-1) vs. Michigan* (Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy, 0-2) South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 0-2) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-2) UCLA* (phoenixrising, 0-2) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 0-2) Week 3 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY North Carolina at Rutgers FRIDAY Kansas at South Florida SATURDAY Navy at Duke Washington State at Baylor Michigan at Notre Dame Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Oregon at Purdue UCLA at BYU Air Force at Houston Hawaii at Oregon State Southern Miss at Arkansas State Virginia at Connecticut Ohio State at USC Wisconsin at Fresno State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/USC game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will BYU's Max Hall have against UCLA?