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Can someone explain to me why the computer's averages are so different from the BCS poll? What do you mean exactly? Why do the computers disagree with the polls so much, causing the huge difference in the poll? Or do you mean that the top team gets 25? In the computer averages, 25 is best. If you get a 25, that means you're #1 in that poll-all the way down to 1 point, which means you're number #25 in that computer poll actually. Edit: That is of course until it says the entire computer average: then you want to be #1.

Thank you Moose for the fantasy boost!

I'm sorry for your pain. I hope Dierdorf likes the Bears, because if not you are going to want to come through the TV at him. I had to turn him down one week it was so bad. Gumbel isn't bad though.

BTW, did everybody hear about what Wisconsin did at the end of the first half yesterday? Pretty funny if you ask me-I'll explain more if somebody wants to know. That was a great way to expose the new clock rules (it could have happened with the old clock rules also, it just would have been harder).

Well, it really depends on how your defense scores, but I would take the San Diego D. Of course I'm biased, but the big thing is that the Colts do not turn the ball over very much (only 4 times through 7 games) and they don't let Peyton get sacked very much. That doesn't give many extra points for the defense.

Do you know which announcing team you have? A couple of them are actually good. You're right though, with the quality of your game (because Miami is so bad) you probably got one of the lesser announcing crews, and most of them are simply horrible.

May I ask where the origin of this rant came from? It's actually pretty good-one harsher concluding sentence, and it might be Denny Green territory (not close to Jim Mora territory though) :D By the way, Boston College losing last night is bad news for those who wanted to see their team get a BCS at-large bid. Since the ACC winner is now going to even be further down in the BCS, they might stay behind Boise State. If Boise State stays ahead of the ACC winner, then they only need top 16 status to get a BCS bowl. So 2 of the likely 10 BCS teams are going to be either Wake Forest, Maryland, Georgia Tech from the ACC plus Boise State. Or all they need to be is top 12. If Boise runs the table they are almost a lock. Currently they are 14 in the BCS. Tennessee lost yesterday and are ranked 11th, Boise will jump them this week and probably be 13th. Rutgers is right in front of Boise at 13, if/when they lose Boise has their top 12. USC or Cal is going to lose 1 more because they play each other and USC/ND is going to lose one more because of the same thing. Wisconsin's win yesterday might jump then in front of Boise and it doesnt look like they will lose again this year. That might help prevent Boise but with the ND/USC/CAl scenarios still in place they might be top 12 even with Wisconsin ahead of them. I think that will be the case, but I'm not completely confident of that for a couple of reasons. 1)If Rutgers splits with WV/Louisville, they could very well stay ahead because they will probably actually go up in the polls because of the signature win. 2)Teams from behind-specifically Wisconsin, LSU, and Oklahoma-I think with strong finishes they could jump Boise State-they all got very good wins this week which will help them a great deal in both the polls and the computers. Don't be surprised if LSU makes a jump in the BCS to 12th or 13th. They were only 24th in the computers before this week-the win over Tennessee will vault them probably between 15 and 20, which combined with their good poll ranking will give them a significant jump. Those could offset the teams from ahead. I think that Boise State will get to the top 12 and stay there, but I'm not completely sure yet.

The funny thing is that another board that I'm on asked a fantasy question about TE's this week: they asked if they should start Dez or Kellen Winslow, just to get a feel to what some other fans are thinking is the value. In my mind, Gates should be starting unless there is a clear reason why not. I can't see that with Dez against Miami, so I say Gates.

May I ask where the origin of this rant came from? It's actually pretty good-one harsher concluding sentence, and it might be Denny Green territory (not close to Jim Mora territory though) :D By the way, Boston College losing last night is bad news for those who wanted to see their team get a BCS at-large bid. Since the ACC winner is now going to even be further down in the BCS, they might stay behind Boise State. If Boise State stays ahead of the ACC winner, then they only need top 16 status to get a BCS bowl. So 2 of the likely 10 BCS teams are going to be either Wake Forest, Maryland, Georgia Tech from the ACC plus Boise State.

LOL..I was watching the Oklahoma State guy return a kickoff. He caught it on the left side, and immediately started going straight right. I was screaming "What are you doing? You'll just get tackled inside the 20" when he promptly takes it for a TD. Now that's a mistake, but I don't mind :D Still 23-10 Texas though.

UCLA scores to tie it at 7. UCLA could probably be even more effective if they weren't penalizing themselves so much. The drive before the TD drive they had 3 separate holding penalties on the same drive.

I've figured out the difference-Texas doesn't make the huge mistakes that have absolutely killed Ok State so far. 17-0 Texas after a fumble on the kickoff led to an easy score.

Is anybody watching the Texas-Oklahoma State game? It certainly doesn't feel like 2 dramatically different teams.

Well, it looks like 1 of the 1 loss teams has just gone down. They are definitely starting to thin out a little bit.

LSU is trying to let this game slip away. 4 turnovers for them now, and that time it cost them.

I hope not. Brady is piling up great numbers against turds like UNC. That shouldn't count for much. Who has Troy put his numbers up against? Edit: That was a little rash, I'm just saying that Brady has had 1 terrible game and all the rest good to great, and Troy has had 2 bad games and all the rest good to great. If Troy has 1 more bad game and Brady doesn't, then I think those 3 bad games are worth more than 1 terrible game.

Does anybody think that Brady Quinn could possibly catch Troy Smith in the Heisman race now if Troy has a bad day against Michigan and Brady has a good day against USC? After today, Brady has about 500 more yards passing, 3 more TDs passing, 1 more TD running Smith leads him with 1 less INT, about 170 more yards rushing (although that is hurt bigtime by how many sacks Quinn takes, which in college is counted in rushing yards) and a little better completion percentage. So what do you think?

Ok-shifting to the LSU-UT game-Russell has played another subpar game in a big game for LSU as normal-2 TDs, but 3 INTs now-and that one was huge.

If that Illinois player hadn't over-run that, he would have recovered that onside kick-now they might have 15-20 seconds at most.

This is a big win for UK, 1st time in many years against UGA. If they can beat Vandy next week, UK will be in the Music or Indy Bowl. Vandy and UK are pretty close as far as talent and coaching, but they also have UL-Monroe and UT (loss). Congrats to UK. Georgia has now dropped both games against the bottom of the SEC. I'm standing by my statement that Tech will be stunned in Athens by a crap Georgia team. It's certainly possible. Georgia's defense is still pretty good at forcing turnovers, and Reggie Ball is turnover prone-so if Georgia could get some short field or defensive TD's, they could win that game.

The Illinois defense has done a good job to not make it a regular Ohio State blowout. Troy Smith with only 110 yards in the air today-he'll still be in the lead for the Heisman after today, but you have to think that his lead will be a little bit smaller.

That is completely ridicilous. Louisville has beat up on the likes of Temple, Kansas St, Middle Tenn, Cincinnati, and Syracuse. The only half-way decent teams they've beaten are the vastly over-rated Miami and West Virginia. They would get pounded by any number of teams below them including Texas Tennesse ND Auburn USC The Big East is a joke of a Football Conference. When they play in the title game, if they beat the might Rutgers team, they are going to get crushed. How do you know West Virginia is overrated? The way Michigan has played recently, they don't deserve the #2 ranking. Unless something big changes and changes quickly they are going to get hammered by Ohio State. Maybe, but their schedule includes not-that-difficult road wins over Notre Dame and Penn State, as well as handing Wisconsin their only loss. Meanwhile, Louisville has only played two games that could be considered tough, both of them at home, and they won both. If you're going to tell me that Louisville belongs at #2, then I need evidence that they've earned that ranking. Looking at their schedule, I just can't say they have. Michigan may be playing poorly right now, but they've shown more than Louisville has this year. That's how I feel as well. Michigan might not be playing well, but their entire season and who they've beat is still better than Louisville. It's not like Louisville hasn't had a close call or two this season anyway as well-it's just that Michigan has had them lately while Louisville has had them earlier. I think the poll should be who has had the best season, not necessarily which teams are playing the best currently.

Does it really matter? He's stated he's going to play both sports. IMO, the only way he doesn't is if some team drafts him and sweatens the pot so he doesn't play baseball. I think in that type of scenario he'd have to drop baseball eventually. Maybe he'd be able to be in the minors for a year or two, but his resolve would give out when he's making lots of money in the NFL before he ever got to the majors in MLB.

The ND offense and the ND defense is jaw-dropping-I just wish one wasn't that way in a good way, and the other way in a bad way. You truly never know what you're going to get from minute to minute-it's just a huge roller coaster the entire season.

BTW, for those who wanted Samardzija's draft status to be hurt, it doesn't really look like that's going to be the case this year, especially now with his 177 and a TD so far today. The only thing that will really hurt him now is his interest in baseball-let's just hope that's enough to knock him down a ways.