Andy

This. Spared us a (more) miserable off-season.

Last night was the first. Not just first game, first minutes. They'll figure things out.

Tolbert is a potentially useful TD vulture because Carolina probably gives him the ball on 80 percent of plays inside the 5. I had Daniel Thomas last week and was pleased with him.

Compared to Kansas and Kentucky? You don't even know, UK. They were going to split the B1G basketball divisions just to keep Purdue and IU women's basketball away from each other.

In his PURE-ELO ratings, he has NIU 51st, which just displays how ridiculous the BCS computers are forced to be by the guys in charge.

How was Ellington available? I've been stashing him on multiple teams for a month. Between him, Peterson, Dez and Stafford, I had a nice day yesterday.

You're only looking at Saturday. Stanford/Oregon and Baylor/Oklahoma are both Thursday night. Good call. That's much better, then.

But, but, blackout uniforms!!!

If you're bummed out about this week's slate, you don't want to see next week's. 10 of the current BCS top 25 are on a bye next week and only 2 play each other (and that game, LSU/Bama, doesn't appear on paper to be a competitive matchup at all right now).

Top 25 games ------------------------ (7) Miami at (3) Florida State (8 pm, ABC) (4) Ohio State at Purdue (12 pm, BTN) (8) Clemson at Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPN) Tennessee at (9) Missouri (7 pm, ESPN) (11) Auburn at Arkansas (6 pm, ESPN2) UTEP at (12) Texas A&M (9 pm, ESPN2) Mississippi State at (14) South Carolina (12:20 pm, SECTV/ESPN3) (18) Oklahoma State at (15) Texas Tech (7 pm, FOX) Nevada at (16) Fresno State (10:30 pm, ESPNU) (17) Northern Illinois at UMass (12 pm, ESPN3) Colorado at (20) UCLA (7:30 pm, Fox Sports 1) (21) Michigan at (22) Michigan State (3:30 pm, ABC) (24) Wisconsin at Iowa (12 pm, ABC/ESPN2) Navy at (25) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- Cincinnati at Memphis (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) South Florida at Houston (7 pm Thursday, ESPN) Rice at North Texas (7:30 pm Thursday, Fox Sports 1) UL Monroe at Troy (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Arizona State at Washington State (10:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) USC at Oregon State (9 pm Friday, ESPN2) Virginia Tech at Boston College (12 pm, ABC/ESPN2) Illinois at Penn State (12 pm, ESPN) Army at Air Force (12 pm, ESPNU) Southern Miss at Marshall (12 pm, CBS Sports) Temple at Rutgers (12 pm, ESPN3) North Carolina at NC State (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Wake Forest at Syracuse (12:30 pm, FSN/ESPN3) Florida vs Georgia – in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, CBS) Minnesota at Indiana (3:30 pm, BTN – Regional) Northwestern at Nebraska (3:30 pm, BTN – Regional) Iowa State at Kansas State (3:30 pm, Fox Sports 1) West Virginia at TCU (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Arizona at California (3:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Kent State at Akron (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Hawaii at Utah State (4 pm, CBS Sports) New Mexico State at UL Lafayette (5 pm, ESPN3) Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech (7 pm, ESPNU) Eastern Michigan at Toledo (7 pm, ESPN3) Alabama State at Kentucky (7:30 pm, CSN South/ESPN3) Arkansas State at South Alabama (7:30 pm, ESPN3) Boise State at Colorado State (8 pm, CBS Sports)

I'm not a student of the rule book, but it doesn't sound like it does.

This is why I don't watch their playoff (or any) games. Much easier to remain detached when I don't see what new ridiculous way STL finds to be awarded a win as it happens.

I don't envy Mizzou fans. That's a terrible way to go. However, they do still control their own destiny in the SEC and probably don't need more than a loss by Oregon or FSU to get back into the title race.

Florida St leads NC State 28-0. Nine minutes into the game.

Tommy Rees cleared to practice today and expected to start at Air Force. Never thought I'd be so happy to see him behind center.

You're right. I thought I saw 3 years somewhere but that was wrong.

Well, to be fair, they also self-imposed 3 years of bowl bans while waiting for a decision.

That's a pretty wild table there. A whole bunch of teams in uncharted territory. This week will be the first game week which Carolina enters with a .500+ record since 2008, which is incomprehensible to me.

UPDATE: My roster is screwed. Lost Cobb last week for 4-6 weeks, Cutler for 4-6 weeks this wee, Bradford (not great, but better than any waiver wire crap out there) for the season with an ACL, and also lost Reggie Wayne for the season with an ACL last night. So much for my 4-1-1 record and #2 spot in total points. Uh, wow. That's about as bad as it gets. That sucks.

Yeah, last year in the same league my Spiller/Wilson fiascos are happening in this year, I went 5-8 but led the league in scoring in four different weeks, meaning I was 1-8 when ANYONE outscored me. Still can't believe it.

My opponent this week grabbed Roy Helu off the scrap heap just because he had no one else to start. 22 points. Barring a Cruz/Nicks offensive explosion tonight, I will be 1-6 in that league (that's what happens when you get C.J. Spiller and David Wilson as your RBs). In another league, I entered the week 1-5 and the 3rd-highest scoring team in the league (out of 12), and I'm losing again. Crummy year. Even my 6-0 team will lose this week because my opponent had Calvin Johnson and Vincent Jackson, both of whom eclipsed 30 points.

Confirmed by Schefter.

Yeah, he can't challenge. Not sure why NBC was saying he could. Would've been a Jim Schwartz situation. That should have been reviewed.

Switching to BCS rankings the rest of the way. Top 25 games ------------------------ Tennessee at (1) Alabama (3:30 pm, CBS) NC State at (2) Florida State (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) (12) UCLA at (3) Oregon (7 pm, ESPN) Penn State at (4) Ohio State (8 pm, ABC) (21) South Carolina at (5) Missouri (7 pm, ESPN2) (6) Stanford at (25) Oregon State (10:30 pm, ESPN) Wake Forest at (7) Miami (12 pm, ESPNU) (8) Baylor at Kansas (7 pm, ESPNU) (9) Clemson at Maryland (3:30 pm, ESPN) (10) Texas Tech at (15) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, FOX) Florida Atlantic at (11) Auburn (7:30 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) Furman at (13) LSU (7 pm, ESPN3) Duke at (14) Virginia Tech (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Vanderbilt at (16) Texas A&M (12:20 pm, SECTV/ESPN3) (17) Fresno State at San Diego State (10:30 pm, ESPN2) Eastern Michigan at (18) Northern Illinois (3:30 pm, CSN Chicago/ESPN3) (19) Oklahoma State at Iowa State (12 pm, FSN) (20) Louisville at South Florida (12 pm, ESPN2) UConn at (23) Central Florida (12 pm, ESPN3) (24) Nebraska at Minnesota (12 pm, ESPN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- UL Lafayette at Arkansas State (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Kentucky at Mississippi State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Marshall at Middle Tennessee (7:30 pm Thursday, Fox Sports 1) Boise State at BYU (8 pm Friday, ESPN) Houston at Rutgers (12 pm, ESPNEWS) Northwestern at Iowa (12 pm, BTN) Ball State at Akron (12 pm, ESPN3) Georgia Tech at Virginia (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Pittsburgh at Navy (1 pm, CBS Sports) Miami (OH) at Ohio (2 pm, ESPN3) Toledo at Bowling Green (2:30 pm, ESPN3) Western Michigan at UMass (3 pm, ESPN3) Michigan State at Illinois (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) Boston College at North Carolina (3:30 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) Buffalo at Kent State (3:30 pm, ESPN3) West Virginia at Kansas State (3:45 pm, Fox Sports 1) Utah at USC (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) Temple at SMU (4 pm, ESPN3) Troy at Western Kentucky (4 pm, ESPN3) Notre Dame at Air Force (5 pm, CBS Sports) UNLV at Nevada (6 pm, ESPN3) Georgia State at UL Monroe (7 pm, ESPN3) South Alabama at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN3) Texas at TCU (7:30 pm, Fox Sports 1) Idaho at Ole Miss (7:30 pm, CSN South/ESPN3) Arizona at Colorado (8 pm, Pac-12 Network) Abilene Christian at New Mexico State (8 pm, ESPN3) California at Washington (11 pm, Fox Sports 1)

Nice cheap shots by two different Rams on two straight plays. We'll take those yards, thanks.