Derwood

Did I miss the part where Bochy is no longer the manager of the padres?

I thought I was registered when I got my new driver's license, but apparently not. Now it's too late. CRAP

Wow, talk about 4 games that I could give a crap about

This is what happens when you have two coaches at the same school with names that too much a like! Petino is the supervillain created when Pitino and Petrino's DNA was mixed after a toxic waste mishap at Louisville's homecoming parade

Agreed. What we were saying is if Arkansas and Auburn both win out, and then Arkansas loses to Florida in the SEC title game, who should go to a BCS bowl? Rutgers :P

The difference between a 1-loss Arkansas team vs. a 1-loss other SEC team would be is that Arkansas would be undefeated in the SEC (the 1 loss coming to USC) while the others would have a conference loss.

Arkansas has to play S. Carolina, Tenn, Miss St and LSU. If they win all those games and go 11-1 and then lose in the championship to Florida they deserve to go over Auburn, LSU, or Tenn IMO. They won't like you said but they would deserve to. I don't think they would deserve to go over Auburn in that case. Florida beat Arkansas Arkansas beat Auburn Auburn beat Arkansas It would be one of those triangles in that case. The difference between Auburn and Arkansas at that point would be that Auburn would only have 1 loss, while Arkansas would have 2. It would be close, but I think a 1 loss team with a similar schedule would have to take precedence, even with the head to head. When did Auburn beat Arkansas unless you have them playing in the SEC Championship Game which I would agree with you. Can Auburn play Arkansas in the SEC title game? Are they in the same division? EDIT: No, Auburn and Arkansas are in the same division, so they can't play in the SEC title game.

Apparently Louisville barely beat Georgetown College. At least that's what Petino said during the "revolving guests in the booth" at the WVU/Louisville game last night

Well, Michigan did take out the number 2 team earlier in the season, and WV will be ranked about the same spot as the team that Michigan destroyed on the road. So why does Louisville get to jump ahead of them based on one game again? The thing is, if Louisville gets ranked behind Texas or Florida, I support you completely if you're upset. Why does Louisville automatically go ahead of Michigan though? Because they beat WV at home? Michigan beat ND on the road Because they beat Miami at home? Michigan beat Wisconsin at home, Penn State on the road and Iowa at home. Those are really the only impact games that either team has played. Michigan has more of them, and they have had more chances to be impressive because of that. Right now, IMO Michigan deserves to be ahead of Louisville. If you think Louisville should be ahead, fine. There certainly are good reasons to argue the other way though. I agree with what you wrote but it just makes no sense regarding the "leapfrog" of another team. If you think a team is better than you should rank them as that but just because one team is ahead of them being the reason why they can't move ahead, I just don't agree with that logic, I'm not saying you said this but talking about the polls in particular. The undefeated teams should be at the top and what worries me is if Michigan and Ohio State go to overtime people will want that game to be the BCS Championship game too. If Rutgers runs the table I know they will not play in that game and I think they should if they beat Louisville and WV. This brings me to another pet peeve. The teams with a Championship Game send in a possible 2-5 loss team to the BCS and the team with the best record goes. The Big East will only get 1 team no matter how good the second place team is even if WV wins the rest of their games and ends up 11-1 and Rutgers ends up 10-2. I think WV would have a shot to get into a BCS bowl at 11-1. It would really depend on how all the other conferences shook out. There are 4 at-large spots in the BCS. One of those will likely be taken by Notre Dame, and another one will be taken by Boise State. That leaves 2 at-large spots-but remember, for most of these 1 loss teams, that means they will win their automatic conference bid. If Texas stays at 1 loss, that means they would be already be automatically going. The same goes for a team like Florida. The winner of the USC/California game gets the automatic spot, and the loser will have 2 losses. The competition for the 2 at-large spots would be WV, either Auburn or Tennessee (no more than 2 conference schools can make it into the BCS in a year, so both of these teams cannot go along with Florida), and the OSU/Michigan loser. Your best hope then is for either 1)Boise State to lose, which means they won't make the BCS-2)Notre Dame to lose twice, 3)Auburn and Tennessee losing again before the end of the year (which is certainly possible, especially if Auburn makes the SEC title game) or 4) somehow OSU or Michigan losing twice. Any one of those 4 scenarios will send WVU to a BCS bowl game. Let me ask you this. What happens if Rutgers beats Louisville, WV beats Rutgers. What makes Florida or the winner of the SEC, winner of the Big 12, or the winner of the Pac 10, or Notre Dame if they run the table automatically better than a 1 loss BE team? The Big East team HAS to go undefeated to go while other conferences can have a loss. Because of the preconceived notion that the Big East is weak and the SEC is strong, no matter what the teams in the Big East are proving otherwise.

I think Boise St. could run the table and not get a BCS bid (unless they finish in the automatic top 8 ). Other mid-major type conferences have been shut out of the BCS picture simply because advertisers want no part of Boise St. in their game

Eckstein is scrappy, he hustles and he tries really hard when he throws the ball over to first base. He has more clutch throws to first than anyone....except maybe Jeter. unlike that crappy A-Rod, who only makes assists and put outs in garbage time

David Ortiz was the best defensive DH in the league

They need to stop talking about all these "1-loss teams". By season's end, there won't be many. ND plays USC, USC plays Cal, Florida may play Auburn in the SEC title game, etc., etc. There won't be a half dozen 1-loss teams vying for the NC

I admire Louisville's coach being aggressive with the lead. How many times have we seen Big 10 coaches "play not to lose" late in games and end up blowing games?

This game is starting to resemble Arena Football. Hello, defense anyone?

Slaton could stick the ball down his pants at this point, Louisville can't stop him

WHY IS KIRK HERBSTREIT YELLING SO MUCH?

disagree. all the websites/message boards in the entire universe that i read haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate bonds fixed

Im totally watching this game. Should be a entertaining one. I'll tune in after The Office

*waits for the awesome photoshop* *from Derwood* Quick and Dirty: http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/derwood/figgins.jpg

Penn State lost their leading scorer in the first 10 minutes of the first exhibition game. Geary Claxton broke a bone in his pinkie finger when he wacked it off the rim on a tip in. He's expected out only 2 weeks. PSU and DePaul are the teams I'll be following this year.

and that Ben Wallace hates adjusting

Don't get too excited. It's one game. But yes, the team certainly has carried over its confidence from last year, and if they start out well (unlike the last two years) they will be very competitive into the playoffs.

Well, they shot like 4 of 18 or something from the field in the 1st quarter. The interior defense has been unbelievable.

I love the way Pax does it. I've had faith in him for a couple of years now. Angelo has had some really good moves but delaying on getting a backup QB and other stuff were always perplexing. I still consider him a good GM though. Paxson has made it a point to draft players who are used to winning. I would rather take a good player from a winning program than a better player from a losing program, if that makes sense. Draft history: Kirk Hinrich - Kansas (Final 4) Luol Deng/Chris Duhon - Duke (Always winning) Tyrus Thomas - LSU (Final 4) Ben Gordon - UConn (National Champs) and so on