Bored

Texans - 17 points Baltimore Buffalo Chicago New Orleans Indianapolis Minnesota New England Kansas City Pittsburgh St. Louis Philadelphia Washington Detroit Seattle San Diego N.Y. Giants

The Backyard Brawl has been fun video game football tonight. Pat White has 192 yards passing, 181 yards rushing, and 4 total touchdowns so far. There was also an insane punt return for a touchdown by Darrelle Revis of Pitt in the second quarter that you have to see highlights for.

UTBroward and Loaded Glove are late with their picks. I'll use Angel Grace Blue for Penn State instead. PM'd Picks Florida - Urban Warfare THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Miami N.C. State Iowa Syracuse Maryland Illinois Oklahoma State Auburn Ohio State Kansas State Virginia Tech Utah USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 41 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 85 USC - Cartman THURSDAY Pittsburgh SATURDAY Virginia N.C. State Iowa Connecticut Boston College Northwestern Texas Tech Auburn Ohio State Kansas Wake Forest Utah USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 86 Oregon - nogoodnick THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Miami N.C. State Iowa Connecticut Boston College Northwestern Texas Tech Auburn Ohio State Kansas State Wake Forest Utah USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 49 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 102 San Diego State - The Last Samurai THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 45 Temple - Ortonsault THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Virginia North Carolina Minnesota Syracuse Boston College Illinois Oklahoma State Auburn Ohio State Kansas State Wake Forest Utah USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 56 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 90 UCLA - phoenixrising THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Miami N.C. State Minnesota Connecticut Boston College Northwestern Texas Tech Auburn Ohio State Kansas State Wake Forest Utah California Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 35 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 110 San Jose State - kkktookmybabaway West Virginia Miami N.C. State Minnesota Connecticut Boston College Illinois Texas Tech Alabama Ohio State Kansas State Wake Forest Utah USC 59 99 Arizona State - Spicy McHaggis THURSDAY West Virginia SATURDAY Miami North Carolina Iowa Connecticut Boston College Illinois Texas Tech Auburn Michigan Kansas State Wake Forest Air Force USC 31/103 Miami - Spaceman Spiff THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 55 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 87 LSU - teke184 THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 59 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 111 Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 46 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 111 Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff West Virginia Miami North Carolina State Minnesota Conneticut Boston College Northwestern Oklahoma State Alabama Ohio State Kansas Wake Forest Air Force California TB #1: 37 TB #2: 112 Texas A&M - Secret Agent THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? 38 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State? 95

My Picks West Virginia Miami North Carolina Minnesota Connecticut Boston College Northwestern Oklahoma State Auburn Michigan Kansas Wake Forest Utah USC 43/90

Okay if it really is $10 million/year with a possible third year then the best of luck to him because that's just too much even in this insane free agent market where everyone is going to be overpaid.

edit: treble beat me to it ESPN.com is reporting that the Blue Jays are close to signing Frank Thomas to a two-year deal. It'd be very dissapointing for him not be back with the A's next season. Sure it is a risk by any team signing him that he'll be healthy back-to-back seasons but I was hoping for the chance to possibly see him hit his 500th homerun in person next year. A's are also risking taking a major p.r. hit right now with the Oakland loyalists out there who are mad about the Fremont move, the eventual loss of Zito, and now possibly not bringing the Big Hurt back. Nevermind the p.r. hit the but also losing Thomas would once again give them a complete lack of a serious homerun threat in the line-up.

FSU boosters pay Jeff Bowden to resign

The A's had their press conference today announcing the move to Fremont and they mentioned that the name of team will included "of Fremont" just like the Angels with Anaheim. Oh fucking hell.

Yet they managed to give 12 first place votes to Trevor Hoffman.

Oh ya and Michigan at Ohio State is also this week but who cares about that? Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Ball State at Toledo, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY Miami of Ohio at Bowling Green, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY #8 West Virginia at Pittsburgh, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN SATURDAY #19 Maryland at #20 Boston College, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Michigan State at Penn State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #17 Oklahoma at Baylor, Noon/9:00 AM, FSN Army at #5 Notre Dame, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, NBC #2 Michigan at #1 Ohio State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC #14 Auburn at Alabama, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Kansas State at Kansas, 3:30/12:30 PM, FSN San Diego State at TCU, 4:00/1:00 PM, Versus Washington at Washington State, 6:45/3:45 PM, FSN #21 Virginia Tech at #16 Wake Forest, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #6 Rutgers at Cincinnati, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #15 California at #3 USC, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC UCLA at Arizona State, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN Basic Cable/Gameplan Schedule THURSDAY Akron at Ohio, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU FRIDAY Central Michigan at Northern Illinois, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPNU SATURDAY Indiana at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Classic Buffalo at #9 Wisconsin, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Miami at Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, LF/GP N.C. State at North Carolina, Noon/9:00 AM, LF/GP Western Carolina at #4 Florida, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Iowa at Minnesota, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Connecticut at Syracuse, Noon/9:00 AM, GP Temple at Navy, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, CSTV #22 Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LF/GP Middle Tennessee at South Carolina, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, GP Arizona at #24 Oregon, 3:30/12:30 PM, GP Arkansas State at Troy, 7:00/4:00 PM, GP South Florida at #10 Louisville, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU UAB at Southern Miss, 8:00/5:00 PM, CSTV Mississippi at #11 LSU, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP All Other Division I-A Games FRIDAY Eastern Michigan at Kent State SATURDAY Illinois at Northwestern, ESPN360 Louisiana-Monroe at Kentucky Duke at #18 Georgia Tech Western Michigan at Florida State Missouri at Iowa State Houston at Memphis Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Central Florida at Tulane Utah at Air Force #7 Arkansas at Mississippi State Utah State at #12 Boise State East Carolina at Rice Tulsa at SMU Oregon State at Stanford New Mexico at #25 BYU UTEP at Marshall Idaho at Fresno State Louisana-Lafayette at FIU Wyoming at UNLV Florida Atlantic at North Texas Nevada at Louisiana Tech San Jose State at Hawaii

I have a couple of volunteers to help me out next week so probably don't need anymore but thanks to everyone who asked to help.

Your reading it wrong, the rankings are reversed. A 2 means they ranked 24th by that computer ranking.

Edit: Found a couple of people to help me with the contest next week. This is the last week of the contest for several of you and if you post picks this week you will be reserved a spot next year, if I do the contest again. "Probation" team assignments this week, I'm including FIU in case Vitamin X no shows again. Connecticut - Cartman Oregon State - Danville Wrestling Michigan - phoenixrising Maryland - Vampiro69 Penn State - Angel Grace Blue Florida International - Kingofthe909 Week 12 Deadlines Deadline #1: Thursday, November 16th, 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST -Lose out on Thursday game Deadline #2: Saturday, November 18th, Noon EST/9:00 AM PST -Replacement picks, can't win by tiebreak Week 12 Match-ups #1 Miami* PM (Spaceman Spiff, 7-4) vs. #4 Virginia* (Edwin MacPhisto, 10-1) - GAME OF THE WEEK #2 Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 9-2) vs. Boise State* (bravesfan, 2-9) #3 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 8-3) vs. Connecticut* PM (Cartman*, 6-5) #5 South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 8-3) vs. Kent State* (JHawk, 6-5) #6 Oregon* PM (nogoodnick, 8-3) vs. San Diego State* PM (The Last Samurai, 5-6) #7 Hawaii* (Will Scarlet, 5-6) vs. San Jose State* PM (kkktookmybabyaway, 7-4) #8 Stanford* (Bored, 6-5) vs. Oregon State* (Danville Wrestling*, 7-4) #9 Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 6-5) vs. Buffalo* (Carnival, 3-9) #10 Alabama* PM (AlwaysPissedOff, 4-7) vs. Auburn* (Agent of Oblivion, 4-7) Michigan* PM (phoenixrising*, 8-3) vs. Ohio State* (Gert T, 3-9) Arizona State* PM (Spicy McHaggis, 7-4) vs. UCLA* PM (phoenixrising, 8-3) Rutgers* (the pinjockey, 4-7) vs. Oklahoma* (Vampiro69, 5-6) Texas (UTBroward, 5-6) vs. Texas A&M* (Secret Agent, 5-6) Notre Dame* (Lando Griffin, 6-5) vs. USC* PM (Cartman, 6-5) Kentucky* (Danville Wrestling, 7-4) vs. Tennessee* (Sex Machine Gun, 5-6) LSU* PM (teke184, 6-5) vs. Florida International* (Kingofthe909*, 2-9) Temple* PM (Ortonsault, 4-7) vs. Maryland* (Vampiro69*, 5-6) Florida* PM (Urban Warfare, 5-6) vs. Florida State* (Kingofthe909, 2-9) Miami of Ohio* PM (Hawk 34, 4-7) vs. Penn State (Angel Grace Blue*, 4-7) Kansas State (Loaded Glove, 4-7) vs. UTEP* (Angel Grace Blue, 4-7) Week 12 Games to Make Picks For THURSDAY West Virginia at Pittsburgh SATURDAY Miami at Virginia N.C. State at North Carolina Iowa at Minnesota Connecticut at Syracuse Maryland at Boston College Illinois at Northwestern Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Auburn at Alabama Michigan at Ohio State Kansas State at Kansas Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Utah at Air Force California at USC Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Michigan/Ohio State game? Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Michigan's Mike Hart have against Ohio State?

Any doubt that USC will be #3 in the BCS is gone now as the Harris Poll has them hopping Florida to #3. Rutgers did get a little more respect here finishing at #7. Link

Nah, let's not go crazy. They'll probably end up 6-10, maybe 7-9 if they get lucky.

49ers win back-to-back games for the first time since 2002 2003 2005. Edit: Yes I forgot last year.

Frank Gore has 148 yards rushing and there is still five minutes left in the first half.

In my need to always find content after the 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot is released I plan on doing individual entries on each player on the ballot, even the ones that have no business being on it. The profiles will mainly just be useless information on each player and then a short opinion by me on whether or not I'd vote for them into the Hall of Fame. So as a test run I decided to do one on an active player and Gary Sheffield seemed like a good choice since he has recently been in the news. Gary Sheffield - Outfielder/Third Baseman Milwaukee Brewers 1989-1991 San Diego Padres 1992-1993 Florida Marlins 1993-1998 Los Angeles Dodgers 1998-2001 Atlanta Braves 2002-2003 New York Yankees 2004-2006 Detroit Tigers 2007- Awards 1992 Sporting News ML Player of the Year 1992 NL Silver Slugger - 3B 1996 NL Silver Slugger - OF 2003 NL Silver Slugger - OF 2004 AL Silver Slugger - OF 2005 AL Silver Slugger - OF All-Star Selections: 9 (1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005) League Leader 1992: Batting Average, Total Bases 1996: On Base Pct., OPS, OPS+ Career Ranks OBP: 64th SLG: 52nd OPS: 47th Runs: 70th TB: 54th HR: 31st RBI: 46th BB: 37th OPS+: 48th RC: 39th Hall of Fame Stats Black Ink: Batting - 4 (401) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Gray Ink: Batting - 118 (164) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) HOF Standards: Batting - 57.7 (37) (Average HOFer ≈ 50) HOF Monitor: Batting - 132.0 (98) (Likely HOFer > 100) Similar Batters in HOF: 5 (Willie Stargell, Billy Williams, Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews) Other Similar Batters: Jeff Bagwell, Ken Griffey Jr., Fred McGriff, Frank Thomas, Jim Rice Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacment Level (WARP3) 1988: 2/0.3 1989: 6/1.8 1990: 20/5.2 1991: 1/0.2 1992: 32/11.9 1993: 16/4.9 1994: 15/5.0 1995: 13/4.3 1996: 34/10.6 1997: 22/7.1 1998: 30/7.7 1999: 24/7.7 2000: 31/8.8 2001: 30/8.8 2002: 26/6.8 2003: 35/11.0 2004: 30/8.5 2005: 31/8.4 2006: 3/1.2 Total Wins Shares: 401 Total WARP3: 120.3 Would he get my vote? Yes. Whether your a career voter or a peak voter Sheffield measures up. Although he never won an MVP and his black ink number is very low, the overall consistentcy of performing at a high level is deserving of a spot in the Hall of Fame. On the other hand because of his personality and some steroid questions due to his brief association with BALCO he might not be a slam dunk in the view of the baseball writers. But with now over 400 career Win Shares he should be.

Six. One week left in the regular season and then their is the conference championships which will take two weeks. After that the bowls will be set.

About the Ohio State/Michigan situation and if there should be a rematch, if Michigan beats Ohio State under no circumstances should their be a rematch. Why should Michigan be forced to beat them again on a neutral field after beating them on the road? That was why I dreaded a potentional Ohio State/Texas rematch as OSU already beat them convincingly on the road. Coaches Poll has been released...West Virignia is #7, Rutgers is #8. The hell? Link

Okay I've decided trying to figure out all the scenerios for the conference championships is too much to do tonight. Here are the few things that I know for sure: -Southeastern Seven Championship game will be Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) vs. South Carolina (Cuban Linx). -Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) has locked up a spot in the Western Atlantic title game. -USC (Cartman) has locked up a spot in the Pac-8 title game. I might try to figure everything out tommorrow but don't hold your breath especially when it comes to the Big MAC. Edited: I just realzied the WAC title game is not set.

Uh oh...CONTROVERSY~! Edwin MacPhisto is snake bitten by the rankings again this week as he gets hopped by two teams, despite winning and now having an outstanding 10-1 record. But next week it's huge match-up against Spaceman Spiff and then a potential WAC title game that will likely decide who ends up in the BCS Title Game. Less than 2 rating points seperate 1 thru 4 so major changes can still happen. Another shocker in this week's rankings is who's #10...4-7, AlwaysPissedOff. All I can say is APO is in Top 10 in correct picks and all the drop outs have completely fucked the bottom of the rankings. Really just pay attention to the Top 6 and ignore the rest at this point. If I do the contest for a 4th year I already have an idea of what changes will be made. Just want to stress next week even for those who are out of bowl contention or only cared about winning the contest, pleasssssssse post your picks for the final week even if you've lost interest. I had six dead teams this week and I can't afford to have anymore. Bored Championship Series Rankings thru Week 11 1. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 4.55 2. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 5.4 3. Syracuse - CanandianChris 5.65 4. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 6.25 5. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 7.45 6. Oregon - nogoodnick 10.1 7. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 10.9 8. Stanford - Bored 12.15 9. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 14.15 10. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 15.8 Other Receiving Votes: Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis), Notre Dame (Lando Griffin), Rutgers (the pinjockey), Texas (UTBroward) Locked Up Bowl Bids Virginia Georgia Tech Syracuse South Carolina Oregon UCLA Miami Arizona State Kentucky San Jose State Bowl Eligible Stanford Minnesota Notre Dame LSU USC Kent State So now 10 out of 18 bids are locked up with 6 who can lock up bids with a win next week. There's at least 8 other teams who still can become eligible but there is possibly more once I figure out the conference title tiebreaks.

USC has blown it open against Oregon so safe to call that game and post the results now. I'll go over the conference title game scenerios after the BCS Rankings post...if I can figure out all the tiebreaks. Week 11 Results #3 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 8, #7 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 7 #1 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 7, Maryland (Cartman*) 6 #2 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 7, Kent State (JHawk) 5 #4 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 9, Rutgers (the pinjockey) 8 #5 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 6, Florida (Urban Warfare) 4 USC (Cartman) 6, #6 Oregon (nogoodnick) 6; Cartman wins by tiebreak Florida State (Kingofthe909) 9, #8 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 7 Oregon State (bravesfan*) 7, #9 UCLA (phoenixrising) 5 Penn State (Angel Grace Blue*) 6, #10 Temple (Ortonsault) 5 Connecticut (Agent of Oblivion*) 6, Oklahoma (Vampiro69) 4 Michigan (Danville Wrestling*) 6, Buffalo (Carnival) 6; Michigan wins by tiebreak Stanford (Bored) 8, San Diego State (The Last Samurai) 7 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 9, LSU (teke184) 6 Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 10, Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 7 Ohio State (Gert T) 6, Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 3 Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 7, Florida International (Vitamin X/Gert T*) 6 Tennessee (Sex Machine Gun) 6, Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 6; Kotz wins by tiebreak Texas (UTBroward) 8, Kansas State (Loaded Glove) 7 Texas A&M (Secret Agent) 7, UTEP (Angel Grace Blue) 6 San Jose State (kkktookmybabyaway) 8, Boise State (bravesfan) 8; kkk wins by tiebreak Conference Standings * - not eligible for conference title/bowl games Southeastern Seven 1. Kentucky (5-1, 7-4) 2. South Carolina (5-2, 8-3) 3. Alabama (4-2, 4-7) 4. LSU (3-3, 6-5) 4. Auburn (3-3, 4-7) 6. Florida (3-4, 5-6) 7. Tennessee (2-4, 5-6) 8. FIU (0-6, 2-9) Western Atlantic 1. Virginia (5-1, 10-1) 2. Georgia Tech (5-1, 9-2) 3. San Jose State (4-2, 7-4) 3. Miami (4-2, 7-4) 5. Hawaii (3-3, 5-6) 6. Boise State (1-5, 2-9) 7. Florida State (1-6, 2-9) Maryland* (2-5, 5-6) Big MAC 1. Kent State (4-3, 6-5) 1. Temple (4-3, 4-7) 3. Minnesota (3-3, 6-5) 3. Miami of Ohio (3-3, 4-7) 3. Ohio State (3-3, 3-8) 6. Buffalo (2-4, 3-8) Michigan* (5-1, 8-3) Penn State* (2-4, 4-7) Pac-8 1. USC (5-1, 6-5) 2. Oregon (4-2, 8-3) 3. UCLA (3-3, 8-3) 3. Arizona State (3-3, 7-4) 3. Notre Dame (3-3, 6-5) 6. Stanford (2-4, 6-5) 6. San Diego State (2-4, 5-6) Oregon State* (2-4, 7-4) Big 8 1. Texas (4-2, 5-6) 1. Syracuse (4-2, 8-3) 3. Texas A&M (3-3, 5-6) 3. Oklahoma (3-3, 5-6) 5. UTEP (2-4, 4-7) 5. Kansas State (2-4, 4-7) 5. Rutgers (2-4, 4-7) Connecticut* (4-2, 6-5)

Thank God we won't have to worry about an Ohio State/Texas rematch anymore. If USC wins, this is my not so educated guess as to what the BCS Top 10 will look like tommorrow: 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. Florida 4. USC 5. Notre Dame 6. Rutgers 7. Arkansas 8. Louisville 9. West Virginia 10. LSU

San Jose State now up 20-12 on Boise State early in the 4th.