Bored

Their punter is incapable of kicking an extra point?

For such an early portion of the season, things went shockingly to form this week (except for #1 and #2 losing of course). Since the season is so young the rankings will be fluctuating quite a bit but for this week we have a former champion on top of the rankings. Speaking of champions, coming off the most dominate season in the history of the contest, Cuban Linx has started 0-2. Will the curse of the Bored Bowl champions continue? No former champ has even made it to a bowl game the season after they won it all. Big jump of the week comes from newbie still fly who tied for the most points this week (against me, asshole). For breaking these early season, virtual ties whichever team was ranked higher the previous week gets the higher ranking this week. Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 2 1. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 1.9 2. Arizona State - still fly 2.7 3. Ohio State - Gert T 2.8 4. Nebraska - Mecca 2.8 5. Ball State - Vampiro69 2.85 6. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 3.2 7. Arizona - UZI Suicide 3.75 8. Tennessee - Canadian Brandon 3.75 9. Texas - Broward83 4.1 10. N.C. State - AboveAverage484 5.2 Other Receiving Votes: Florida State (909), Fresno State (Agent Bond34), Indiana (Tzar Lysergic), Washington State (MrRant)

Week 2 Results #4 Ohio State (Gert T) 9, #1 Buffalo (Carnival) 9; Gert wins by tiebreak Indiana (Tzar Lysergic) 10, #2 Florida State (909) 10; Tzar wins by tiebreak #3 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 10, Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 9 #5 Texas (Broward83) 9, UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) 7 #6 Ball State (Vampiro69) 10, Navy (MarvinisaLunatic) 8 Notre Dame (KingPK) 9, #7 San Diego State (Saint of All Killers) 8 #8 N.C. State (AboveAverage484) 9, Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 9; AA wins by tiebreak #9 Nebraska (Mecca) 10, South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 9 #10 Fresno State (Agent Bond34) 9, Tulsa (Will Scarlet) 7 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 10, UCLA (phoenixrising) 9 Arizona State (still fly) 11, Stanford (Bored) 8 Arizona (UZI Suicide) 10, Kent State (JHawk) 7 Tennessee (Canadian Brandon) 10, Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 9 Washington State (MrRant) 10, Illinois (The Monkey Man) 8 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 9, Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi) 7 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 11, Michigan (Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy) 9 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 10, USC (Cartman) 7 Rutgers (the pinjockey) 8, Boise State (Vitamin X) 8; pinjockey wins by tiebreak Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 10, Florida (Urban Warfare) 8 LSU (teke184) 9, Washington (Smues) 7

Damn, ULM nearly pulled it out against Arkansas. I was fully expecting Bobby Petrino to resign after the game. Oh well maybe next week. USF/UCF heading to overtime.

I saw that last night and thought about bringing it up in the thread but I didn't want to admit that I was actually watching an A's/Orioles game. We also nearly had our first instant replay overturn on the grand slam as umps initially ruled the ball in play but corrected themselves before going to the replay. And tonight the A's won 5-1 to eliminate the Orioles from A.L. East race. You're welcome Rays.

On 4th down Ole Miss scores the tying touchdown with 1:01 to go and no excessive celebration penalty so they get a normal extra point to take the lead. I hate conference dick measuring, especially two weeks into the season, but god damn Wake really needs to pull this out to save some face for the ACC.

The officials might not survive the walk out of the stadium. I mean this is primarily NCAA's fault for forcing officials to make a call like that but you got to take into account the situation and swallow your whistle.

AND IT'S BLOCKED!

Jake Locker is the man. Touchdown with two seconds left to force overtime (maybe). Oh fuck you with the celebration call. Score a touchdown with two seconds left, YOU CAN'T CELEBRATE THAT!!! Now it's a 35-yard extra point try.

When the hell is FSN going to finally dump Barry Tompkins and Petros Papadakis? Jesus they are worse than Raycom's Three Dave's.

And just a reminder folks, San Diego State lost to Cal Poly last week. I'm starting to think Stanford beating Oregon State wasn't that big of a deal.

By request of AoO.

But the Octavio Dotel boner game of 2004 is what you think.

Now I know what you're thinking. If A-Fraud had the best third baseman season of the last 30 years, he had to have had the best shortstop season. But thankfully my Judeo-Christian friends we have been saved! But not be Jeter!? This is an outrage! Obviously our Lord and Savior is saving his best for last. Top 20 Shortstop Seasons since 1979 (per Win Shares) 1. Robin Yount, 1982 - Milwaukee Brewers 38.6 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 +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 1982 26 MIL AL 156 635 129 210 46 12 29 114 14 3 54 63 .331 .379 .578 166 367 4 10 2 1 19 2. Alex Rodriguez, 2000 - Seattle Mariners 37.2 3. Alex Rodriguez, 2001 - Texas Rangers 36.8 4. Cal Ripken, 1984 - Baltimore Orioles 36.7 5. Alex Rodriguez, 2002 - Texas Rangers 35.5 6. Derek Jeter, 1999 - New York Yankees 35.3 7. Cal Ripken, 1983 - Baltimore Orioles 35.3 8. Alan Trammell, 1987 - Detroit Tigers 35.1 9. Alex Rodriguez, 1996 - Seattle Mariners 34.0 10. Cal Ripken, 1991 - Baltimore Orioles 33.7 11. Ozzie Smith, 1987 - St. Louis Cardinals 32.9 12. Derek Jeter, 2006 - New York Yankees 32.7 13. Robin Yount, 1983 - Milwaukee Brewers 32.6 14. Rich Aurilia, 2001 - San Francisco Giants 32.6 15. Alex Rodriguez, 2003 - Texas Rangers 32.5 16. Barry Larkin, 1992 - Cincinnati Reds 32.3 17. Miguel Tejada, 2002 - Oakland A's 32.0 18. Nomar Garciaparra, 1999 - Boston Red Sox 31.6 19. Barry Larkin, 1996 - Cincinnati Reds 30.6 20. Barry Larkin, 1995 - Cincinnati Reds 30.4

You're all lucky, at least you aren't stuck in Pro Football Hell that is the San Francisco Bay Area. I always look forward to a bye week or like Week 1 this year with the Raiders on MNF sloppy seconds which is the only time we get any sort of variety in our football coverage. Unfortunately one of the two games tomorrow morning before the Cardinals/49ers suckfest will be the Favre love in on CBS so I guess I'll be sticking with Seahawks/Bills.

If Ohio State is some how still trailing in the 4th quarter I predict Chris Spielman will run from the sidelines and tackle an Ohio player during a play.

Buffalo - Carnival THURSDAY South Carolina at Vanderbilt FRIDAY Navy at Ball State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Boston College BYU at Washington Cincinnati at Oklahoma Mississippi at Wake Forest Air Force at Wyoming West Virginia at East Carolina Texas A&M at New Mexico California at Washington State South Florida at UCF Northwestern at Duke Minnesota at Bowling Green Miami at Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game?61 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami?210

So that's six straight losses in conference for South Carolina, two of them against Vandy. How much longer before Ol' Ball Coach gives up?

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Note Gert T will not get credit for tonight's game as again I don't take partial picks. I'll post Carnival's picks once Gert submits his full picks. Edit: Carnival picked South Carolina for tonight. Who You Should Root For #1 Buffalo (Carnival, 1-0) vs. #4 Ohio State (Gert T, 1-0) - GAME OF THE WEEK UB: Ball State, Boston College, Wake Forest, Wyoming OSU: Navy, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Air Force Tiebreaks: 61/65, 210/270 #2 Florida State (909, 1-0) vs. Indiana (Tzar Lysergic, 1-0) FSU: Ball State, Georgia Tech, Wyoming, Wazzu IN: Navy, Boston College, Air Force, Cal Tiebreak: 48/65 #3 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly, 1-0) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 1-0) GT: Wake Forest, Wyoming, Cal BC: Ole Miss, Air Force, Wazzu #5 Texas (Broward83, 1-0) vs. UTEP (Angel Grace Blue, 0-1) TX: Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Air Force, Texas A&M UTEP: Boston College, Wake Forest, Wyoming, New Mexico Tiebreaks: 70/54, 468/265 #6 Ball State (Vampiro69, 1-0) vs. Navy (MarvinisaLunatic, 1-0) BS: Vandy, Ball State, Wyoming, Northwestern Navy: South Carolina, Navy, Air Force, Duke Tiebreaks: 56/70, 284/223 #7 San Diego State (Next USC #55, 1-0) vs. Notre Dame (KingPK, 0-1) SDS: Navy, Georgia Tech, Wyoming, New Mexico, USF ND: Ball State, Boston College, Air Force, Texas A&M, UCF #8 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 1-0) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 1-0) NCS: Ball State, Boston College KY: Navy, Georgia Tech Tiebreaks: 54/52, 322/300 #9 Nebraska (Mecca, 1-0) vs. South Carolina (Cuban Linx, 0-1) NE: Georgia Tech SC: Boston College #10 Fresno State (Agent Bond34, 1-0) vs. Tulsa (Will Scarlet, 0-1) FS: Air Force, Texas A&M Tulsa: Wyoming, New Mexico Tiebreak #2: 289/250 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 1-0) vs. UCLA (phoenixrising, 0-1) VA: Boston College, Texas A&M, Minnesota UCLA: Georgia Tech, New Mexico, Bowling Green Stanford (Bored, 1-0) vs. Arizona State (still fly, 1-0) SU: Boston College, Wake Forest, Wyoming, West Virginia, New Mexico ASU: Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Air Force, ECU, Texas A&M Arizona (UZI Suicide, 1-0) vs. Kent State (JHawk, 0-1) AZ: Boston College, Air Force, Cal, USF, Minnesota KS: Georgia Tech, Wyoming, Wazzu, UCF, Bowling Green Tennessee (Canadian Brandon, 1-0) vs. Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 0-1) TN: Texas A&M MN: New Mexico Washington State (MrRant, 1-0) vs. Illinois (The Monkey Man, 0-1) WS: Wake Forest, Northwestern IL: Ole Miss, Duke Tiebreaks: 45/57, 376/309 Syracuse (CanadianChris, 0-1) vs. Georgia (Obi Chris Kenobi, 0-1) SU: South Carolina, Ball State, Boston College, BYU, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Cal, USF, Northwestern, Bowling Green GA: Vandy, Navy, Georgia Tech, Washington, Ole Miss, ECU, Wazzu, UCF, Duke, Minnesota Tiebreak: 59/18 Michigan (MFerXtreme87, 0-1) vs. Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34, 0-1) MI: South Carolina, Wyoming MOH: Vandy, Air Force Tiebreaks: 52/66, 372/328 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 0-1) vs. USC (Cartman, 0-1) AL: Georgia Tech, Air Force, Northwestern USC: Boston College, Wyoming, Duke Tiebreak: 59/50 Rutgers (the pinjockey, 0-1) vs. Boise State (Vitamin X, 0-1) RU: Ole Miss, Air Force BS: Wake Forest, Wyoming Tiebreaks: 60/48, 360/324 Florida (Urban Warfare, 0-1) vs. Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 0-1) FL: Wyoming, West Virginia UM: Air Force, ECU Tiebreaks: 65/55, 331/290 LSU (teke184, 0-1) vs. Washington (Smues, 0-1) LSU: Ball State, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Air Force, West Virginia, New Mexico, USF, Duke WA: Navy, Boston College, Ole Miss, Wyoming, ECU, Texas A&M, UCF, Northwestern Tiebreak: 78/67

N.C. State - AboveAverage484 THURSDAY South Carolina at Vanderbilt FRIDAY Navy at Ball State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Boston College BYU at Washington Cincinnati at Oklahoma Mississippi at Wake Forest Air Force at Wyoming West Virginia at East Carolina Texas A&M at New Mexico California at Washington State South Florida at UCF Northwestern at Duke Minnesota at Bowling Green Miami at Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game? 54 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami? 322 Nebraska - Mecca THURSDAY South Carolina at Vanderbilt FRIDAY Navy at Ball State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Boston College BYU at Washington Cincinnati at Oklahoma Mississippi at Wake Forest Air Force at Wyoming West Virginia at East Carolina Texas A&M at New Mexico California at Washington State South Florida at UCF Northwestern at Duke Minnesota at Bowling Green Miami at Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game?55 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami?287

Washington State - MrRant THURSDAY South Carolina FRIDAY Ball State SATURDAY Georgia Tech Washington Oklahoma Wake Forest Wyoming West Virginia Texas A&M California South Florida Northwestern Minnesota Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game? 45 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami? 376 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY South Carolina at Vanderbilt FRIDAY Navy at Ball State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Boston College BYU at Washington Cincinnati at Oklahoma Mississippi at Wake Forest Air Force at Wyoming West Virginia at East Carolina Texas A&M at New Mexico California at Washington State South Florida at UCF Northwestern at Duke Minnesota at Bowling Green Miami at Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game? 66 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami? 328 LSU - teke184 THURSDAY South Carolina at Vanderbilt FRIDAY Navy at Ball State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Boston College BYU at Washington Cincinnati at Oklahoma Mississippi at Wake Forest Air Force at Wyoming West Virginia at East Carolina Texas A&M at New Mexico California at Washington State South Florida at UCF Northwestern at Duke Minnesota at Bowling Green Miami at Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game? 78 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami? 255 Washington - Smues South Carolina Navy Boston College BYU Oklahoma Mississippi Wyoming East Carolina Texas A&M California UCF Northwestern Bowling Green Florida Tiebreak #1: 67 Tiebreak #2: 319

Navy - MarvinisaLunatic THURSDAY South Carolina FRIDAY Navy SATURDAY t Boston College BYU Oklahoma Wake Forest Air Force West Virginia Texas A&M California South Florida Duke Bowling Green Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game? 70 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami? 223 San Diego State - Saint of All Killers THURSDAY South Carolina at Vanderbilt FRIDAY Navy at Ball State SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Boston College BYU at Washington Cincinnati at Oklahoma Mississippi at Wake Forest Air Force at Wyoming West Virginia at East Carolina Texas A&M at New Mexico California at Washington State South Florida at UCF Northwestern at Duke Minnesota at Bowling Green Miami at Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game? 54 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami? 322 Notre Dame - KingPK THURSDAY South Carolina FRIDAY Ball State SATURDAY Boston College BYU Oklahoma Wake Forest Air Force West Virginia Texas A&M California UCF Northwestern Bowling Green Florida Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Cincinnati/Oklahoma game? 65 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards (passing + rushing) will Florida's Tim Tebow have against Miami? 350

This list is a travesty as we have the least clutchiest player in the history of mankind on top. I'm ashamed, your ashamed, and Jeter is ashamed. Now if I did this list during 2007, the #1 spot would have been a big shock. Top 20 Third Baseman Seasons since 1979 (per Win Shares) 1. Alex Rodriguez, 2007 - New York Yankees 38.7 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 +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 2007 31 NYY AL 158 583 143 183 31 0 54 156 24 4 95 120 .314 .422 .645 177 376 0 9 11 21 15 2. Howard Johnson, 1989 - New York Mets 38 3. Scott Rolen, 2004 - St. Louis Cardinals 37.9 4. Ken Caminiti, 1996 - San Diego Padres 37.8 5. Mike Schmidt, 1980 - Philadelphia Philies 37.4 6. George Brett, 1985 - Kansas City Royals 37.3 7. Adrian Beltre, 2004 - Los Angeles Dodgers 37.1 8. Wade Boggs, 1986 - Boston Red Sox 36.8 9. Mike Schmidt, 1982 - Philadelphia Phillies 36.6 10. Alex Rodriguez, 2005 - New York Yankees 36.6 11. George Brett, 1980 - Kansas City Royals 36 12. Mike Schmidt, 1983 - Philadelphia Phillies 35.1 13. Terry Pendleton, 1992 - Atlanta Braves 35 14. David Wright, 2007 - New York Mets 34.4 15. Wade Boggs, 1983 - Boston Red Sox 33.7 16. Miguel Cabrera, 2006 - Florida Marlins 33.6 17. Mike Schmidt, 1979 - Philadelphia Phillies 33.3 18. George Brett, 1979 - Kansas City Royals 32.8 19. Wade Boggs, 1987 - Boston Red Sox 32.5 20. Gary Sheffield, 1992 - San Diego Padres 32.4