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The White Tigers select: Anderson Varejao F(and C soon, hopefully)

I wonder how I'm going to lose this week... THURSDAY Clemson SATURDAY Missouri Indiana Florida State Syracuse Purdue Kent State Georgia Tech Florida Kansas State UCLA Washington Texas A&M Tennessee Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma/Missouri game? 54 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Tennessee's Erik Ainge have against South Carolina? 250

The White Tigers select: Hakim Warrick! Hopefully, he'll last longer than my last two 6th round picks(both of whom were injured after the first game in the season, IIRC.)

The White Tigers select: Leandro Barbosa G

I saw a pink Raiders hat once. That just seemed wrong on so many levels.

I am somewhat shocked this guy's still available(as far as I can tell anyway.) The White Tigers select: Bonzi Wells!

My team needs more Turkish players, so who better than this guy? The White Tigers select: Hedo Turkoglu G/F

Looks like I bombed this week. Not surprising, considering I had no faith whatsoever in my picks. Better to lose now, I guess...

THURSDAY TCU SATURDAY Texas A&M Air Force Tulane Texas LSU Colorado Oklahoma State Oregon State Texas Tech Toledo Georgia California New Mexico Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Texas/Oklahoma game? 51 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will LSU's JaMarcus Russell have against Florida? 215

I am going with... Ben Gordon!

The White Tigers select: David West(PF, Hornets) I couldn't really find a good funny picture of him, so please accept this one of his teammate Marc Jackson:

I don't mind, really. I have Miami later in the season, and, I believe, I also have a game against Oregon St in Week 7. That should help solve some of the controversy, I think. Besides, the Bored Bowl is still light years away. I am sure everything will smooth out before then. As an aside, I believe this is the straight year I was involved in some sort of controversy in this contest. Cool.

My OFFICIAL KEEPERS: Justin Morneau(8) Boof Bonser(undrafted) Anibal Sanchez(undrafted) BJ Upton (18)

I am taking Jameer Nelson. Sheesh. I could have just kept him and saved myself the trouble.

THURSDAY TCU FRIDAY Rutgers SATURDAY Connecticut Kent State Boise State Oregon Virginia Tech Texas A&M San Diego State Kentucky UAB Kansas State Ohio State Washington Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oregon/Arizona State game? 66 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Iowa's Drew Tate have against Ohio State? 200

As a fellow Hawaii fan, I'll back you on that one. They played Alabama close, and tore up UNLV last week, so I don't doubt that they'll have a chance in the Boise St. game. I am a bit worried about their chances of winning on the blue turf, but I think they'll capable of at least making a game of it. I just hope Ian Johnson doesn't run all over them like I saw him do against Oregon St.

FRIDAY Nevada SATURDAY Purdue Bowling Green Wake Forest Navy Arizona State Ohio State Arkansas UCLA Wyoming Kansas Notre Dame SMU Oklahoma State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Ohio State game? 48 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will California's Marshawn Lynch have against Arizona State? 100

By any chance, can I change my Pau Gasol keeper pick to Andrew Bogut?

I am still in as well, despite my season already being harmed by the Pau Gasol injury.

It looks like I avenged my bowl loss from last year, and got a conference win, too. That makes up for a bad picking week. Looking ahead, my next three opponents are a combined 1-8 this year, so maybe I'll be continuing my success for a few more weeks. Looking at the second half of my schedule, I am going to need all the wins I can get.

FRIDAY Kansas SATURDAY Syracuse Pittsburgh Notre Dame Miami Oregon Auburn TCU Mississippi East Carolina Florida State USC Florida Colorado State Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Oklahoma/Oregon game? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many receiving yards will USC's Dwayne Jarrett have against Nebraska? 101

For my team this week: The Good: Despite two picks that I felt were questionable a few minutes after I made them, I still managed to pull out a nice victory over a good team. The Bad: Because of those aforementioned bad picks, I cost myself a perfect week. C'est la vie.

If you think that's bad, some Bond fans are already proclaiming that it will be the greatest Bond film ever made just by what they've seen in the trailers. Yeah, no room for disappointment there.

I can't believe I get a no hitter in a week where my opponent probably won't even make the inning minimum. My keepers will likely be: Justin Morneau(8) Kelvim Escobar(12) Anibal Sanchez(undrafted) Mark Teahen(undrafted)

No chance of me getting near perfect this week... THURSDAY Boise State SATURDAY Missouri Notre Dame Boston College Tulsa Colorado State UAB California SMU Georgia New Mexico Ohio State Texas Tech Oregon Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Penn State/Notre Dame game? 48 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Ohio State's Troy Smith have against Texas? 201