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THURSDAY Louisville FRIDAY Marshall North Texas SATURDAY Oklahoma Michigan State Pittsburgh South Carolina Kansas State N.C. State Air Force Indiana Nebraska Fresno State Colorado Virginia Tech Iowa Eastern Michigan Arizona Idaho Wyoming Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Marshall/Akron game? 47 Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Memphis' Danny Wimprine have against Louisville? 225

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NOT GAIL!

"Just tuning in?" It's four in the fucking morning, Wolf. Get off my television and stop stringing shit along.

To reiterate, I LOVE New Mexico. edit: NM will finish tomorrow; no recount needed.

Just STOP dragging it out, CNN. Wolf Blitzer, Larry King and the BUTT Buddy Company need to stop the double-talking and just present the cold hard facts.

The reaction from Larry King, when he realized that Nader just cost Kerry the New Mexico vote, was priceless.

I love New Mexico.

MVP: Kevin Garnett. ROY: Andre Iguodala. Def. MVP: Ben Wallace. Sixth Man: Brent Barry. Coach: Jim O'Brien. West: San Antonio East: Detroit Finals: SA 4, DET 3

The forfeit doesn't factor into your strength of schedule, which is weaker than most of the people in the top ten (including me). The point is, if MY strength of schedule is keeping me from the #1 or #2 slot, you're in worse shape than I am. You can't consider yourself the "uncrowned #1 or #2 seed" because you have beat a few weak opponents (weeks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9) on the way to an undefeated record since you took over. Actually, you're strength of schedule is sixth out of 32. The main component holding you back is your record. And looking once again at your handy-dandy results, if you'd played my "easy schedule" since I took over 6 weeks ago, you'd be 4-2, not 6-0. Actually, with your schedule (which you went 6-0) I would go 5-1, with more convincing wins. *Week Five tie with your opponent, Michigan State, had me winning the tiebreaker (MSU had 63, WSU had 40, tiebreaker score was 35). With my schedule, which I went 2-4 with, you would've gone 3-2-1 (Bored didn't release your tiebreakers from Week Nine due to the forfeit). Three of the games were tied (two you won). so although it helps your record, I wouldn't do much better with your picks. The best I could run with your stats is a (7,5,6), which isn't enough to get into the top two. So basically, it all comes back down to your strength of schedule, determined by OPPONENT'S POINTS, which keeps you from moving anywhere. Bored has the official numbers, but it's easy to pinpoint where you are. You have a 2 in the first column, are running worse than my 5 (which couldn't be much better without the forfeit) and are running worse than my 6 in your third column (I'd guess 12), so unless you have (2,6,7) you're not in the top two.

The forfeit doesn't factor into your strength of schedule, which is weaker than most of the people in the top ten (including me). The point is, if MY strength of schedule is keeping me from the #1 or #2 slot, you're in worse shape than I am. You can't consider yourself the "uncrowned #1 or #2 seed" because you have beat a few weak opponents (weeks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9) on the way to an undefeated record since you took over.

Neither needed the title, though. Show was already seen as a title threat, and would go on to win the title later that year. Kane never needed the reign, simply because he was seen as a title threat year in and year out. Gunn was seen as the next mid-carder to get the strong push (obviously in the vein of Austin, Helmsley and Shamrock), but blew that chance as quickly as one could.

But really, did they have anyone else to give it to that year? They were poised to give Gunn a push, which involved his win at KOTR and his interference to cost Rock the No. 1 Contendership at Fully Loaded.

So if he picks up the option, what happens? edit: That DOES mean they both have to agree to it, no?

In my opinion, Franco stays with the Braves out of loyalty. The last two years, he's been invited to spring training and was given a one-year contract.

He could make as much as $6 million through arbitration. I think if arby undervalues him, Atlanta will just hold onto him.

I honestly can't see the Braves NOT re-signing Drew if they're so adamant on finding a viable team to take Andruw Jones off their hands. Drew has always been an injury risk, so it may depend on what the market will spend on him, to make a decision for Schuerholtz. The team that doesn't strike it rich in the "Beltran Sweepstakes" will be looking for an second option, and that's where Andruw comes in. Andruw and Rafael may have had the best postseasons of the entire lineup, and they've done enough to warrant their contracts, but they're the easiest players to move on the roster. I think I'm going to do a write-up on the Braves offseason sooner or later, but the gist of it is: --Re-sign: Jaret Wright, Julio Franco --Watching: J.D. Drew --Moving On: Antonio Alfonseca, Russ Ortiz, Paul Byrd --Tradebait: Andruw Jones, Rafael Furcal (arbitration) --FA Targets: Middle relief, possible replacements for Jones. EDIT: If Drew gets offers of more than $12 million, he SHOULD leave.

Week Nine: #3 Washington State (bravesfan) 13, USC (Cartman) 11 Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 11, Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) 0; Tennessee forfeits (which becomes 10) Week Eight: Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 15, Penn State (therealworldschampion) 11 Texas (Flyboy) 16, #4 Washington State (bravesfan) 16; Texas wins by tiebreak Week Seven: Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 13, #3 Ohio State (Gert T) 12 #10 Stanford (Bored) 13, #6 Washington State (bravesfan) 13; Stanford wins by tiebreak Week Six: Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 13, #6 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 9 #9 Oregon (nogoodnick) 12, #3 Washington State (bravesfan) 8 Week Five: Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 15, Michigan State (Dangerous A) 13 West Virginia (Loaded Glove) 17, #6 Washington State (bravesfan) 13 Week Four: Washington State (bravesfan) 14, #3 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 13 Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 13, #6 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 9 Week Three: Washington State (bravesfan) 12, Bowling Green ("Hail" bps21) 0; forfeit (which becomes 11) Week Two: #3 Washington State (bravesfan) 11, #8 Kent State (JHawk) 10 Bowling Green ("Hail" bps21) 12, Florida State (2GOLD) 10 Week One: Washington State (bravesfan) 18, #8 Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 16 Oklahoma (Damaramu) 19, Bowling Green ("Hail" bps21) 14 bravesfan: Points forced: 118 Points allowed: 119 Iggy: Points forced: 106 Points allowed: 105 You're behind me in both, and even with my weak strength of schedule, whereas you have worse, you still wouldn't be ANYWHERE near the top two.

And instead of the Pittsburgh/New England game, the west coast broadcast receives an early Christmas present...San Diego and Oakland. Kill me now.

Why do I keep on neglecting to submit my picks?

Then I guess you don't keep up with their finances. Considering the XFL (2001-2002) and World (2002-2003) are off the books, in addition to Wrestlemania XX bringing nearly $30 million (shady on the figure) to the company, they're going to turn a higher profit than either year. Just a shame that those were one-off occurances. Wrestling revenue is down. But the bottom line is the profit, which Linda and Vince will turn a blind eye to until they go into the red for a calendar year.

Armageddon: 195,000 Puerto Rican PPV: 165,000 Royal Rumble: 235,000 Armageddon will do MUCH WORSE, but Rumble should do 300,000 easy based on its name. Yes, because although it's at a lower price, the WWE gets the same cut due to the pay-per-view providers taking their fees. EDIT: I was under the assumption that a 1.0 was 400,000 buys, which is why I said the Rumble could garner 300,000 buys (2004 Rumble did a .98 on the 400,000 buys scale).

Then I guess you don't keep up with their finances. Considering the XFL (2001-2002) and World (2002-2003) are off the books, in addition to Wrestlemania XX bringing nearly $30 million (shady on the figure) to the company, they're going to turn a higher profit than either year.

EDIT: Umm...let's go Florida...I've got 3-1 odds on you guys.

Grand Theft Parsons (6.0/10) A really weird movie.