Bored

It's looking like Ole Miss is going to potentially end Mississippi State's season as they are up 14-0 in the 4th. Edit: The Orgeron once again shows he's a complete idiot and goes for it on 4th down in their own territory. Bulldogs stop them and score a touchdown, 14-7 with 7:51 to go.

Next week (I think) the 2008 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot will be released. Last year I did individual entries on each player on the ballot and I plan on doing the same thing this year for the first ballot players. Of course there is no point in redoing the holdovers from last year's ballot, and I'm much too lazy to update them, so here's links to each entry listed in order of the percentage of the vote they received last year. None of my opinions have changed as I would still vote Mark McGwire, Bert Blyleven, and Alan Trammell. 1. Goose Gossage 71.2% (9th year on ballot) 2. Jim Rice 63.5% (14th) 3. Andre Dawson 56.7% (7th) 4. Bert Blyleven 47.7% (11th) 5. Lee Smith 39.8% (6th) 6. Jack Morris 37.1% (9th) 7. Mark McGiwre 23.5% (2nd) 8. Tommy John 22.9% (14th) 9. Dave Concepcion 13.6% (15th and final year) 10. Alan Trammell 13.4% (7th) 11. Dave Parker 11.4% (12th) 12. Don Mattingly 9.9% (8th) 13. Dale Murphy 9.2% (10th) 14. Harold Baines 5.3% (2nd)

The Fiesta Bowl will still take them in a heartbeat if they are an option. They will need Oregon to lose though to have that chance as they wouldn't get picked over USC as an at large.

Who You Should Root For Western Atlantic Championship #5 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 8-4) vs. #10 Boise State* (Vitamin X, 9-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK VA: Nebraska, Virginia, Kentucky, Clemson, Missouri BS: Colorado, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kansas Southeastern Seven Championship #1 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 10-2) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 7-5) SC: Colorado, Fresno State UTEP: Nebraska, Kansas State Big 8 Championship #3 Nebraska* (Mecca, 9-3) vs. Oklahoma* (Secret Agent, 6-6) NE: USC, Colorado, Hawaii, N.C. State, UCLA, Fresno State, Missouri OK: Arizona State, Nebraska, Boise State, Maryland, Oregon, Kansas State, Kansas Pac-8 Championship #7 Stanford* (Bored, 8-4) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 7-5) SU: USC, Boise State, N.C. State, Kentucky, Oregon, Fresno State, Clemson, Missouri UCLA: Arizona State, Hawaii, Maryland, Tennessee, UCLA, Kansas State, South Carolina, Kansas Big MAC Championship #8 Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 7-5) vs. Miami of Ohio* (Hawk 34, 7-5) RU: Vanderbilt MOH: Wake Forest

Big 8 Championship Picks Oklahoma - Secret Agent THURSDAY USC at Arizona State FRIDAY Nebraska at Colorado Boise State at Hawaii SATURDAY Virginia Tech at Virginia Maryland at N.C. State Tennessee at Kentucky Wake Forest at Vanderbilt Connecticut at West Virginia Oregon at UCLA Kansas State at Fresno State Clemson at South Carolina Missouri vs. Kansas Nebraska - Mecca THURSDAY USC at Arizona State FRIDAY Nebraska at Colorado Boise State at Hawaii SATURDAY Virginia Tech at Virginia Maryland at N.C. State Tennessee at Kentucky Wake Forest at Vanderbilt Connecticut at West Virginia Oregon at UCLA Kansas State at Fresno State Clemson at South Carolina Missouri vs. Kansas SE7 Championship Picks UTEP - Angel Grace Blue THURSDAY Arizona State FRIDAY Nebraska Hawaii SATURDAY Virginia Tech N.C. State Kentucky Wake Forest West Virginia Oregon Kansas State Clemson Kansas South Carolina - Cuban Linx THURSDAY USC at Arizona State FRIDAY Nebraska at Colorado Boise State at Hawaii SATURDAY Virginia Tech at Virginia Maryland at N.C. State Tennessee at Kentucky Wake Forest at Vanderbilt Connecticut at West Virginia Oregon at UCLA Kansas State at Fresno State Clemson at South Carolina Missouri vs. Kansas

WAC Championship Picks Boise State - Vitamin X THURSDAY USC FRIDAY Colorado Boise State SATURDAY Virginia Tech N.C. State Tennessee Wake Forest West Virginia UCLA Fresno State South Carolina Kansas Virgina - Edwin MacPhisto THURSDAY USC FRIDAY Nebraska Boise State SATURDAY Virginia N.C. State Kentucky Wake Forest West Virginia UCLA Fresno State Clemson Missouri Big MAC Championship Picks Rutgers - the pinjockey THURSDAY USC FRIDAY Colorado Boise State SATURDAY Virginia Tech N.C. State Tennessee Vanderbilt West Virginia UCLA Kansas State Clemson Kansas Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY USC at Arizona State FRIDAY Nebraska at Colorado Boise State at Hawaii SATURDAY Virginia Tech at Virginia Maryland at N.C. State Tennessee at Kentucky Wake Forest at Vanderbilt Connecticut at West Virginia Oregon at UCLA Kansas State at Fresno State Clemson at South Carolina Missouri vs. Kansas

While having the Syracuse/Ohio State game on as background noise I hear this SportsCenter tease: Check, please.

My Picks USC Nebraska Boise State Virginia Tech N.C. State Kentucky Wake Forest West Virginia Oregon Fresno State Clemson Missouri

Texans - 26 points Green Bay Dallas Indianapolis Buffalo Denver Cleveland Minnesota New Orleans Kansas City Seattle Tennessee Washington Arizona San Diego Philadelphia Pittsburgh

ACC Bowls: BCS/Orange, Chick-Fil-A, Gator, Champs Sports, Music City, Meineke Car Care, Emerald, Humanitarian Locks: Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest Near Locks: None On the Bubble: Maryland, Miami, N.C. State Maryland/N.C. State is a loser goes home game this Saturday and the winner likely goes to a bowl. I only say likely because if Miami some how gets it's shit together and upsets Boston College that will give the conference nine eligible teams with eight bids. Even if Miami upsets BC they are a longshot as they played in the Humanitarian Bowl last year so they'd have to hope the Emerald Bowl grabs them over a 7-5 team and then the Humanitarian would have to pick that team over the Maryland/N.C. State winner. You can't officially rule out any conference yet at getting two BCS bids but the only scenario the ACC has is if Virginia Tech beats Virginia this week and then loses to Boston College in the conference title game. The Hokies conceivably could still be in the Top 14 at the end of the year, and definitely Top 18 if the BCS is forced to expand the at large pool. Now assuming Miami loses and the Virginia Tech scenario plays out where they get a BCS at large bid then that would leave the Humantarian Bowl as an open bid. Big XII Bowls: BCS/Fiesta, Cotton, Holiday, Gator or Sun, Alamo, Insight, Independence, Texas Locks: Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech Near Locks: None On the Bubble: Colorado, Kansas State, Nebraska I mistakenly said last week Oklahoma State had locked up a bid as for some reason I thought they already had six wins but they do. No changes from last week, Colorado/Nebraska will play for a bid on Friday, and Kansas State needs to beat Fresno State to become eligible. If they lose the Texas Bowl will be an open bid as there's no scenario where the Big XII doesn't get two BCS bids. Big East Bowls: BCS, Gator or Sun, Meineke Car Care, International, PapaJohns.com Locks: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Rutgers, South Florida, West Virginia Near Locks: None On the Bubble: Louisville Rutgers locked up a bid with their win over Pitt. Louisville needs UConn to beat West Virginia to win the Big East as that would likely give the conference two BCS bids as the Mountaineers would probably still be around the bottom of the Top 10. Then the Cardinals need to beat Rutgers a week from Thursday to become eligible. If West Virginia wraps up the Big East this Saturday, Louisville is done. Big Ten Bowls: BCS/Rose, Capital One, Outback, Alamo, Champs Sports, Insight, Motor City Locks: Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Ohio State Near Locks: Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue On the Bubble: None I have the three 7-5 teams as near locks because the Big Ten as things stand at the moment won't have enough bids for all three. Now it is still possible that Illinois, if enough things go there way, can slip into a BCS bowl which then would give the conference enough bids. If that doesn't happen Purdue is probably the odd team out but they'd be a good bet to grab the likely Armed Forces Bowl open bid. What they have to worry about is if the SEC ends up with a 7-5 team without a conference bid and if the Armed Forces ends up being the only open bid which then the Boilermakers could be sitting at home. Conference USA Bowls: Liberty, GMAC, Texas, PapaJohns.com, Hawaii, New Orleans Locks: East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulsa, UCF Near Locks: None On the Bubble: None Everything is set here beyond where everyone is going. Southern Miss and Memphis are ranked 86th and 90th respectively in the BCS yet they are locked up for bowls. MAC Bowls: Motor City, GMAC, International Locks: Bowling Green Near Locks: None On the Bubble: Ball State, Central Michigan, Miami of Ohio So in the MAC not everyone plays the some number of conference games, some play seven and some play eight. Now because of that the divisions are decided by divisional record only, not conference record. Follow me so far? Central Michigan and Ball State, the 1st and 2nd place teams in the West division, don't play each other this year. Who the fuck came up with this? As for the bids, Bowling Green is going, um, bowling and the rest is a mess. Mountain West Bowls: Las Vegas, Poinsettia, Armed Forces, New Mexico Locks: Air Force, BYU, Utah Near Locks: None On the Bubble: New Mexico, TCU While Conference USA steals bids, someone in the Mountain West is probably going to have it's heart broken and it will likely be an 8-4 New Mexico team (assuming they beat 2-9 UNLV). Now you'd think New Mexico would get to go to the New Mexico Bowl but the bowl put a rule in for itself that it couldn't pick the Lobos more than onece in three years. So because of that if TCU gets win #7 as expected over San Diego State, there will likely be no bowl game for New Mexico unless there ends up being three open bids or enough of the 6-5 teams lose their last game then they'd need two as obviously Purdue would get one before them. Again Memphis is ranked 90th in the country and is going to a bowl game, while an eight win team (or maybe an 7-5 SEC or Big Ten team) probably isn't. Pac-10 Bowls: BCS/Rose, Holiday, Sun, Las Vegas, Emerald, Armed Forces Locks: Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, USC Near Locks: None On the Bubble: Arizona, UCLA Before Dennis Dixon went all Boobie Miles on Thursday, the conference seemed assured two BCS bids. Now it's still a good bet but we have to wait and see how Oregon recovers this week against UCLA. If the conference doesn't get two bids that would be bad news for the open bids hopefuls as it seemed for a while now not only the Armed Forces Bowl would be open but also the Emerald Bowl. I'm reading conflicting reports where some indicate the Emerald picks before the Las Vegas Bowl this year which would leave Vegas open but I'm not so sure about that. In any event if Oregon is a shell of it's former self now without Dixon, then UCLA can get win #6. U of A is suddenly hot but they'll need to pull off another big upset against rival ASU in order to get eligible for the first time since 1998. SEC Bowls: BCS/Sugar, Capital One, Cotton, Outback, Chick-Fil-A, Music City, Liberty, Independence Locks: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee Near Locks: Arkansas, Kentucky On the Bubble: Alabama, Mississippi State, South Carolina I had Alabama as a lock the last couple of weeks as I though there was no way in hell they'd lose to ULM. Well so much for that. Now the conference is all but guaranteed two BCS bids so they'll have nine total but we could end up with nightmare scenario where we have six 7-5 teams with five available bids between them. Now any 7-5 SEC team will get picked over all others trying to get an open bid but there are scenarios where there could end up being no open bids so because of that I'm going conservative here. Auburn I have as a lock as I feel they'd be safe at 7-5 in that scenario while I could see Kentucky or Arkansas getting snubbed in this nightmare scenario. Hopefully either Auburn beats Alabama and/or Clemson beats South Carolina to send one of those schools to a very long offseason. The biggest shame would be if Mississippi State got snubbed in the nightmare scenario. Sun Belt Bowls: New Orleans Locks: None Near Locks: Troy On the Bubble: Florida Atlantic No changes, Troy/FAU play each other December 1st for the conference unless FAU is stunned by winless FIU this week. Hopefully Troy avoids the upset in that game as they deserve to go to a bowl game and a better one than the New Orleans Bowl against one of the awful 6-6 C-USA teams but that's not gonna happen. WAC Bowls: BCS?, Humanitarian, Hawaii, New Mexico Locks: Boise State, Hawaii Near Locks: Fresno State On the Bubble: Louisiana Tech, Nevada Of course the big game is this Friday. If your Louisiana Tech and Nevada your probably rooting for Hawaii as their chances are better than Boise's at getting into the Top 12 to get the BCS bid and a 4th bid for the conference. Neither has any business going to a bowl game mind you.

So who had Missouri/Kansas in the Biggest Game of the Year pool? It's a huuuuuuge week even without that game. We have a very rare important game on Thanksgiving in USC/ASU with Rose Bowl implications, then there's Boise State/Hawaii on Friday with a possible BCS bid on the line, early Saturday is Virginia Tech/Virginia with the winner going to the ACC Championship Game, Tennessee/Kentucky will decide the SEC East winner, and the winner of UConn/West Virginia clinches the Big East. And I will cry if Stanford loses to Notre Dame. Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Middle Tennessee at Troy, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY #11 USC at #6 Arizona State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN FRIDAY Nebraska at Colorado, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC Arkansas at # 1 LSU, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, CBS #13 Texas at Texas A&M, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC #19 Boise State at #15 Hawaii, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Miami at #14 Boston College, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN #8 Virginia Tech at #16 Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #18 Tennessee at Kentucky, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, CBS Utah at #25 BYU, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Versus #20 Connecticut at #3 West Virginia, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2* #7 Georgia at Georgia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2* #9 Oregon at UCLA, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Notre Dame at Stanford, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN Kansas State at Fresno State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN2* Oklahoma State at #10 Oklahoma, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN Florida State at #12 Florida, 5:00/2:00 PM CBS #22 Clemson at South Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Washington State at Washington, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN #4 Missouri vs. #2 Kansas, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC Alabama at Auburn, 8:00/5:00 PM ESPN Digital Cable/Satellite/Gameplan Schedule FRIDAY Central Michigan at Akron, 11:00 AM/8:00 AM, ESPNU Mississippi at Mississippi State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LFS/GP Wyoming at Colorado State, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, Mtn. Toledo at Bowling Green, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, ESPNU SATURDAY Maryland at N.C. State, Noon/9:00 AM, LFS/GP #23 South Florida at Pittsburgh, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Miami of Ohio at Ohio, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, GP Duke at North Carolina, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Nevada at San Jose State, 4:00/1:00 PM, GP UNLV at New Mexico, 5:30/2:30 PM, Mtn. Florida Atlantic at FIU, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP Cincinnati at Syracuse, 7:15/4:15 PM, ESPNU All Other Div. I-A Games SATURDAY Tulane at East Carolina Buffalo at Kent STate SMU at Memphis Wake Forest at Vanderbilt UTEP at UCF Temple at Western Michigan Tulsa at Rice Arkansas State at Southern Miss Utah State at Idaho Texas Southern at Houston Western Kentucky at North Texas Ball State at Northern Illinois UAB at Marshall Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette TCU at San Diego State

TV Schedule for the Week of 11/19 - 11/25 Again taking out the ESPN games for this week and a couple of Versus games. It's Thanksgiving Week so that means an ass load of preseason tournaments. MONDAY Maui: Marquette at Chaminade, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, ESPN2 Maui: LSU vs. Oklahoma State, 5:00/2:00 PM, ESPN2 CBE: Maryland vs. UCLA, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Maui: Princeton vs. Duke, 9:00/6:00 PM ESPN2 Maui: Illinois vs. Arizona State, 11:30/8:30 PM, ESPN2 TUESDAY Maui: Marquette vs. Oklahoma State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Maui: Duke vs. Illinois, 9:30/6:30 PM, ESPN CBE Championship: UCLA vs. Michigan State, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY Maui: LSU vs. Arizona State, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 Maui: Oklahoma State vs. Illinois, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN2 NIT: Texas A&M vs. Washington, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 NIT: Ohio State vs. Syracuse, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 Maui Championship: Marquette vs. Duke, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN Alaska: Michigan vs. Butler, 11:30/8:30 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY Old Spice: South Carolina vs. Penn State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Old Spice: N.C. State vs. Rider, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 Old Spice: Villanova vs. UCF, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Old Spice: George Mason vs. Kansas State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 Anaheim: San Diego vs. USC, 11:59 PM/8:59 PM, ESPN2 FRIDAY Old Spice: Penn State vs. Rider, 10:30/7:30 AM, ESPN2 Old Spice: South Carolina vs. N.C. State, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN2 Anaheim: Mississippi State vs. Southern Illinois, 3:00 PM/Noon, ESPN2 NIT: Washington vs. Syracuse, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN Old Spice: Villanova vs. George Mason, 5:00/2:00 PM, ESPN2 NIT Championship: Texas A&M vs. Ohio State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Legends: New Mexico State vs. Texas, 7:00/4:00 PM, Versus Legends: West Virginia vs. Tennessee, 9:00/6:00 PM, Versus Anaheim: Miami of Ohio vs. USC, 12:30 AM/9:30 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Legends Championship: Texas vs. Tennessee, 7:00/4:00 PM, Versus Las Vegas Championship: BYU vs. North Carolina, 10:30/7:30 PM, ESPN2 GAS Championship: Butler vs. Texas Tech, 12:30 AM/9:30 PM, ESPN2 SUNDAY Old Spice: South Carolina vs. George Mason, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN2 Old Spice Championship: N.C. State vs. Villanova, 6:30/3:30 PM, ESPN2 Arizona at Kansas, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN Anaheim: Mississippi State vs. Miami of Ohio, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 Anaheim Championship: Southern Illinois vs. USC, 11:30/8:30 PM, ESPN2

Good lord, Moss might actually make a run at Jerry Rice's single season receiving touchdown record of 22 which no one has ever came close enough to warrant paying attention to. Now Rice did it only 12 games in the '87 strike season so Moss needs 6 in the next two and half games to match that feat.

A reminder as to how the conference championships work as we have one player who was not part of the contest last year when I changed to this format. There will be a total of 20 games, for this first week there will be 12 games to make picks for and next week there will be 8 games plus the two tiebreaker questions, which I will post those games in this thread next Sunday. All picks must be sent to me by PM with the exception of phoenixrising because he's my opponent and there's no point in sending his picks by PM. For you phoenix my picks will be up Wednesday night, you are free to wait to make your picks until then if you so choose. It probably won't matter anyways as I think I always lose to you. For rest of the match-ups I will post the picks only when both players have submitted picks to me. Now this year I did include the Thanksgiving game as it was too big of a game to skip so it might be a good idea to get your picks in the day before so you don't forget. For those of you not playing in the conference champions but who have locked up bowl bids or are holding out hope to get the last bid, the bowls will be announced at the conclusion of the conference championships two weeks from now. I'm only setting one deadline but it will basically work the same way as any other week in terms of losing out on a game if you don't get your picks in on time. Week 13 Deadline Thursday, November 22nd, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST Week 13 Match-ups Western Atlantic Championship #5 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 8-4) vs. #10 Boise State* (Vitamin X, 9-3) - GAME OF THE WEEK Southeastern Seven Championship #1 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 10-2) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 7-5) Big 8 Championship #3 Nebraska* (Mecca, 9-3) vs. Oklahoma* (Secret Agent, 6-6) Pac-8 Championship #7 Stanford* (Bored, 8-4) vs. UCLA* (phoenixrising, 7-5) Big MAC Championship #8 Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 7-5) vs. Miami of Ohio* (Hawk 34, 7-5) Week 13 Match-ups to Make Picks For - Part 1 THURSDAY USC at Arizona State FRIDAY Nebraska at Colorado Boise State at Hawaii SATURDAY Virginia Tech at Virginia Maryland at N.C. State Tennessee at Kentucky Wake Forest at Vanderbilt Connecticut at West Virginia Oregon at UCLA Kansas State at Fresno State Clemson at South Carolina Missouri vs. Kansas

West Virginia hops Missouri but that isn't too big of a deal as if Missouri were to beat Kansas they will probably jump to #2. BCS Rankings 1. LSU 2. Kansas 3. West Virginia 4. Missouri 5. Ohio State 6. Arizona State 7. Georgia 8. Virginia Tech 9. Oregon 10. Oklahoma 11. USC 12. Florida 13. Texas 14. Boston College 15. Hawaii 16. Virginia 17. Illinois 18. Tennessee 19. Boise State 20. Connecticut 21. Wisconsin 22. Clemson 23. South Florida 24. Cincinnati 25. BYU

What I can't understand is how is this supposedly not reviewable? It makes no sense if that's the rule that you can't review a field goal attempt. But I guess the referees are allowed to discuss it and reverse their call without review. And it's been reversed, overtime.

Fairly significant announcement today as the BCS will expand the eligible at large pool from the Top 14 to the Top 18 if the scenario plays out where there are not enough teams to fill the 10 BCS spots due to the no more than two teams from one conference rule. This is great news for Hawaii and Boise State and also Illinois.

A's traded Marco Scutaro to the Blue Jays for a couple of nothing minor league pitchers. His "clutchiness" shall be missed but he was arb eligible and they have cheaper options who can fill the back up utility infielder spot.

Which means also I can't count as there are in fact 17 of 18 bids locked up and that means Secret Agent holds all the cards when it comes to the final spot. MORE DRAWMUH~!

Not hate, trying to be funny and really all of them need you to lose. That's the reality of their situation right now. FEEL THE DRAWMUH~!

The regular season is over but the race for the Bored Bowl certainly isn't. Obviously Cuban Linx is still #1 and controls his own destiny. On the other hand we have an incredibly close race for #2 as teke184, despite losing, hangs on to the spot by the closest of margins. Mecca was the big winner of the week and just misses out on grabbing the #2 spot. Not too far behind them is AboveAverage484 but because he does not play in his championship game, it will be very difficult for him to jump both teke and Mecca but I suppose anything is possible. teke also doesn't play in his championship game so he'll be rooting for Secret Agent the next two weeks to upset Mecca. Edwin MacPhisto is at #5 and will need help to get to #2 but I wouldn't rule him out. And no do not ask me to go over possible scenarios. Bowl picture follows the rankings. Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 12 1. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 3.25 2. LSU - teke184 3.9 3. Nebraska - Mecca 3.95 4. N.C. State - AboveAverage484 4.25 5. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 4.95 6. Florida State - King 7.0 7. Stanford - Bored 7.25 8. Rutgers - the pinjockey 8.25 9. Texas - UTBroward 8.45 10. Boise State - Vitamin X 8.55 Other Receiving Votes: Kent State (JHawk), Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34), Syracuse (CanadianChris), UCLA (phoenixrising) Bowl Picture (Edited because I can't count) We have 16 teams (not counting Hawaii) who have seven wins or more but have 17 of 18 bids locked up. Every conference has three designated bids and the Pac-8 only has two teams with 7+ wins so UZI Suicide (Arizona) will get their 3rd bid over the walkin' dude (San Diego State) by having the better conference record. That leaves two open spots left with Secret Agent (Oklahoma) in the unenviable position of having to win his conference championship game to lock up a spot and holding the fate of another team in his hands. The final one or two spots will be determined based on BCS rankings. Okay here it is: Secret Agent wins, he's in. If he loses, someone else is. Locked In Arizona Boise State Florida State Kent State LSU Miami of Ohio Michigan N.C. State Nebraska Rutgers South Carolina Stanford Syracuse Texas UCLA UTEP Virginia Must Win Oklahoma Rooting Against Secret Agent Ball State Buffalo Georgia Tech San Diego State USC

Week 12 Results #3 N.C. State (AboveAverage484) 9, Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 6 #1 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 9, Washington (Smues) 8 UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) 11, #2 LSU (teke184) 8 #4 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 8, Buffalo (Carnival) 8; Edwin MacPhisto wins by tiebreak Hawaii (UZI Suicide*) 11, #5 Boise State (Vitamin X) 5 #6 Florida State (King) 9, Florida (Urban Warfare/Nate*) 4 #7 Nebraska (Mecca) 10, Oklahoma (Secret Agent) 9 #8 Stanford (Bored) 10, Notre Dame (KingPK) 6 #9 Rutgers (the pinjockey) 10, Ball State (Vampiro69) 8 Texas (UTBroward) 11, #10 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 9 UCLA (phoenixrising) 8, USC (Cartman) 7 Kent State (JHawk) 8, Temple (Ortonsault) 5 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 9, Ohio (Will Scarlet) 7 Michigan (MFerXtreme87) 9, Ohio State (Gert T) 9; MFerXtreme87 wins by tiebreak Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 9, Penn State (Smues*) 8 San Diego State (the walkin' dude) 8, TCU (Nate) 5 Arizona (UZI Suicide) 11, Oregon (nogoodnick) 6 Tennessee (kkktookmybabyaway) 8, Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 6 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 10, Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 7 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 10, Auburn (Tzar Lysergic) 10; AlwaysPissedOff wins by tiebreak Final Conference Standings Big 8 1. Nebraska (6-1, 9-3) 2. Oklahoma (4-3, 6-6) 2. Michigan (4-3, 7-5) 4. Texas (3-4, 8-4) 4. Minnesota (3-4, 5-7) 4. Notre Dame (3-4, 4-8) 7. Ohio State (2-5, 3-9) Penn State (3-4, 6-6) - probation Big MAC 1. Miami of Ohio (5-2, 7-5) 1. Rutgers (5-2, 7-5) 3. Syracuse (4-3, 7-5) 3. Ball State (4-3, 6-6) 3. Buffalo (4-3, 6-6) 6. Kent State (3-4, 8-4) 7. Temple (2-5, 5-7) 8. Ohio (1-6, 3-9) Pac-8 1. UCLA (6-1, 7-5) 2. Stanford (4-3, 8-4) 2. Arizona (4-3, 6-6) 2. Washington (4-3, 5-7) 5. San Diego State (3-4, 6-6) 5. USC (3-4, 6-6) 5. TCU (3-4, 4-8) 8. Oregon (1-6, 4-8) Southeastern Seven 1. South Carolina (5-2, 10-2) 1. UTEP (5-2, 7-5) 1. LSU (5-2, 9-3) 4. Alabama (4-3, 4-8) 5. Florida (3-4, 5-7) 5. Tennessee (3-4, 5-7) 7. Kentucky (2-5, 3-9) 8. Auburn (1-6, 2-10) Western Atlantic 1. Boise State (5-2, 9-3) 1. Virginia (5-2, 8-4) 1. Florida State (5-2, 8-4) 4. N.C. State (4-3, 8-4) 5. Georgia Tech (3-4, 6-6) 6. Miami (2-5, 4-8) 7. Boston College (1-6, 2-10) Hawaii (3-4, 7-5) - probation

Actually it's 32 (if you include the BCS Championship, which it is a bowl to itself), so you'll see the lower half as well especially when six Conference USA teams get to go to bowls.

Iowa is finished. If we assume that the Big Ten doesn't get a second team in the BCS, Illinios has a very slim shot, they will have seven bids. They currently have eight teams with seven wins or more which will leave either Indiana, Michigan State, or Purdue looking for an open bid (Armed Forces Bowl is likely, Emerald and Texas Bowls also could have one). Hopefully no nightmare scenario happens to the Hoosiers where they get left out in the cold. They haven't been to a bowl game since the 1993 Independence Bowl.

1. Head-to-Head -You beat VX, VX beat Edwin, Edwin beat you, so it's a wash. 2. Overall Record -VX is 9-3, you and Edwin are 8-4 so VX qualifies. Then it goes back to head-to-head where Edwin beats you.