Duke sharp again, but Astros win, 2-1

Pirates drop another game to the Astros
Kip Wells has 18 losses this season with two starts remaining, one against the Cubs and one against the Brewers, he still has a shot at reaching 20 losses

Pirates fall to 62-91
They are 33.5 games behind first place St.Louis and have lost three in a row. Their winning percentage is .405 worst in the national league, 2 games behind the Rockies and second worse in Major League Baseball. They will be unable to catch the 100 loss Kansas City Royals but the Pirates have the second overall pick on lockdown. With nine games remaining the Pirates can still run the table and also finish with 100 losses.

Handicapping the field for Pirate Managers
#1 Jim Leyland
#2 Art Howe
#3 Jim Tracy
#4 Ken Macha
#5 Pete Mckechin
#6 Dale Sveum

McLee credits his grandma for his life
This story ran in the post-gazette about WVU junior linebacker Colin Dunlap. Nothing to special here but what intrigued me was the fact that I got to watch this story come together at football interviews on Monday. I took a few pointers from Dunlap, he was very impressive and got a lot out of Boo.

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AFC Title Rematch
John Clayton is predicting a Stiller victory on Sunday at heyinz filled
The public is loading up on them too
Stillers -3 (-115) Very suprising line movement

College Football Rankings
npoc ranks all the NCAA Football Teams
Rank-Team- n score
No.1 USC 99
They take the fun out of the game, but they are fun to cheer against, they will soon be hated more than the Yankees, Rangers and Lakers combined.No. 2 Texas 94
I do not care if Mack Brown wins 11 games again this season, if he loses to Oklahoma, fire him!
No. 3 LSU 91
Arizona State is a VERY good team, LSU has only played one game but thats all it takes
No. 4 FLorida State 90
The quality road win at Boston College boosts them up
No. 5 Florida 89
Urban Meyer has taken back the swamp
No. 6 Georgia 87
That big win over Boise State meant a lot more than most people think
No. 7 Louisville 86
Their blowout win against Oregon State has too many people forgetting about their near choke up at Kentucky
No. 8 Virginia Tech 85
Opening season win against N.C. State was solid and then handled two cupcakes the best way they could.
No. 9 Purdue 82
No. 10 Notre Dame 79
No. 11 Wisconsin 77
No. 12 UCLA 73
No. 13 Michigan State 72
No. 14 Texas Tech 67
80 points!!!
No. 15 Arizona State 66
No. 16 Ohio State 65
No. 17 California 62
No. 18 Michigan 58
No. 19 Miami (Fla.) 49
No. 20 Oregon 46
No. 21 Iowa State 45
No. 22 Clemson 44
No. 23 Oklahoma State 41
No. 24 Washington State 38
No. 25 Toledo 33
No. 26 Colorado 31
No. 27 Iowa 30
No. 28 Alabama 28
No. 29 Virginia 27
No. 30 Boston College 24
No. 31 Tennesse 22
No. 32 Georgia Tech 21
No. 33 West Virginia 17
No. 34 Auburn 16
No. 35 Penn State 11
No. 36 Fresno State 8
No. 37 Nebraska 5
No. 38 UAB 3
No. 39 Kansas State 1
No. 40 Minnesota 1

Road to the Roses
Rising Stock
USC
Florida
Michigan State
Miami
UCLA
Florida State
Oregon
Louisville

Dropped out
Tennesse
Notre Dame
Clemson
Oklahoma
Boston College
Utah
Fresno State
Oregon State

Overall Contenders
USC
This week: at No. 20 Oregon
n's call: USC moves on

Texas
Bye week

LSU
Monday night football against Tennessee
Thank goodness LSU is fresh, this should have been their third game, but its just their second and they have had plenty of rest
n's call: LSU advances

Virginia Tech
Host No. 32 Georgia Tech
The Hokies will bring a blemished record into Morgantown

Florida State
Bye week
Who needs a quarterback to win a title? Not the 'noles

Big East Rankings
#1 Louisville 87
# 2 West Virginia 63
#3 Connecticut 52
#4 USF 31
#5 Syracuse 25
#6 Cincinnati 17
#7 Rutgers 5
#8 Pitt 1

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npocs system plays
fresh start to the college football season

Big 10 Game of the Year
College Football Game of the Month
10 Star play
Purdue +4
Minnesota is not that good, even against the pitiful schedule they have been through. They ALWAYS struggled in conference play and the last time the Gophers knocked off Purdue....1995.

5 units
Northwestern +8
Penn State has yet to face a half decent team or even leave Happy Valley, or face a conference opponent. Their little stroll through September comes to a screeching halt against the Wildcats. Take the points, although I do not think we are going to need them.

3 units
South Florida +21
Louisville is not that good. The public has a quick memory and nobody remembers when Kentucky nearly came back on won against them. USF will be ready to play at home in their Big East opener. USF's style of running the football will make it nearly impossible for Louisvilles offense to put up the kind of numbers they are used too. And the bulls have a decent defense too.

3 units
Kentucky +22.5
The Gators always seem to struggle in these spots coming off a big win and before a tough draw at Alabama. The Gators could only put up 16 last week, they'll be hard pressed to reach 30 here and even then they would always have to shutout Kentucky. The Gators have been unable to cover the spread against the Wildcats since 2001. Last time Kentucky was such a big dog, they hung 10 with louisville. Urban Meyer on the road for the first time with the Gators and Florida losing players to injury last week.

3 units
Oregon State +6.5
Hoping to get +7 on this one but I am not worried about buying the hook, I will take it either way. Arizona State blew out Northwestern last week and Oregon State was on the wrong end of a beating from Louisville. Thats why the number is here but those games are not indications of the teams on the field. The system never fails.

Tonight the system loved UL Monroe +7.5 but I layed off after sipping too much Omar Jacobs cool-aid. And of course UL Monroe wins. The system is 1-0 against the spread and even picked a touchdown+ underdog to win straight up. It is already at midseason form.



Odds to win the Rose Bowl
Alabama 30/1
Arkansas 600/1
Florida State 15/1
Florida 10/1
Notre Dame 11/1
Penn State 90/1
UCLA 25/1
USC 1/1
West Virginia 300/1

Odds to win the SuperBowl
Eagles 6/1
Stillers 8/1
Colts 4/1
Patriots 5/1

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