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Games to watch this week! 2/13/12 - 2/19/12

2012-02-13T19:09:00.000-05:00

This week, I'm going to do something different. I'm going to list all the games, and then edit it accordingly on a day-by-day basis, this way, if I forget one day, you still know what games to check out!

Monday February 13th

San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals
The Capitals are 1 point out of a playoff spot and 4 points behind division leading Florida. The Sharks on the other hand are leading their division by 1 point and are 8 points behind Vancouver for the second seed, odds are, they're not going to catch the Canucks. Both of the Alex's are scoring right now with a combined 9 points in their last three games while defensemen Dennis Wideman and John Carlson each have 3 points in their last three games. The Capitals will be without primary starter Tomas Vokoun as he's come down with the flu, so Michal Neuvirth will try to hold the fort down at home in the Verizon center. On the other side, the Sharks have two wins this month, and will need Antti Niemi to be his best if they want to beat the Caps. Brent Burns is the only guy picking up points on the back line for the Sharks, but their forwards have been phenomenal as of late. Joe Thornton has had 4 goals and 5 assists in his past 6 games. Logan Couture had an 8 game point streak snapped when St. Louis shut out the Sharks on Sunday, he had 5 goals and 7 assists over that span. Patrick Marleau has 3 goals and 3 assists in his last 6 games, as does Joe Pavelski. Ryan Clowe returned from injury and has provided six points in the past five games. Expect the Sharks to pelt the net with shots and Neuvirth will do his best to stand on his head.

Phoenix Coyotes vs Vancouver Canucks
The Coyotes are holding onto the 8th seed, 2 points ahead of Calgary and 4 points behind division leader San Jose. The Canucks on the other hand, are 14 points clear of their closest competitor in their division and are looking to take the west from the Red Wings whom they trail by 4 points. The back-up Jason LaBarbera will be in net to give Mike Smith a rest while Roberto Luongo will start opposite of him for the Canucks. Lou hasn't give up more than 3 goals since January 15th. Up front, the Coyotes will be led by Ray Whitney and Radim Vrbata who have been on some incredible scoring streaks. Ray Whitney is on an 8 game point streak with 2 goals and 10 assists over that span while Radim Vrbata is on a 7 game point streak with 4 goals and 5 assists. On the other side, the Canucks will counter with Henrik Sedin who has 6 points in his last 6 games and Ryan Kesler who has 5 goals in the past six games having his five game goal streak snapped against Calgary. Daniel Sedin and David Booth will also look to put up points as they each have four points in the last six games. On the back line, Alexander Edler has been setting up his teammates with five assists while Bieksa and Hamhuis each have three assists in their last six games. Bieksa also has a goal over that span. It looks like it'll come down the Canucks being able to stop Radim Vrbata and Ray Whitney from scoring while the Coyotes will have their hands full with all the firepower the Canucks possess.

Tuesday February 14th

New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins

Dallas Stars vs Detroit Red Wings

Chicago Blackhawks vs Nashville Predators

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Calgary Flames

Wednesday February 15th

Ottawa Senators vs Florida Panthers

Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Caucks

Thursday February 16th

Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Rangers

Winnipeg Jets vs Minnesota Wild

Calgary Flames vs Dallas Stars

Phoenix Coyotes vs Los Angeles Kings

Friday February 17th

Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers

Nashville Predators vs Detroit Red Wings

Boston Bruins vs Winnipeg Jets

Saturday February 18th

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers

Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vancouver Canucks

Dallas Stars vs Phoenix Coyotes

Calgary Flames vs Los Angeles Kings

Sunday February 19th

San Jose Sharks vs Detroit Red Wings

St. Louis Blues vs Chicago Blackhawks

Boston Bruins vs Minnesota Wild

Nashville Predators vs DallasStars

Colorado Avalanche vs Winnipeg Jets

NHL Games to watch 2/10/12-2/12/12

2012-02-10T18:43:00.002-05:00

Here's some of the more interesting match-ups to watch this weekend

Friday's Game

Chicago Blackhawks at San Jose Sharks
This is one of the bigger games of the season. Antti Niemi will be facing the team he took to the Stanley Cup two years ago. The Blackhawks currently sit in sixth behind the Blues and Predators in their own division and need this win to keep up pace with them. On the other hand, the Sharks are two points ahead of the Kings in the Pacific and need this win to put some breathing space between them. Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau have been on fire the past four games. Marleau has 3 goals and 3 assists while Thornton has 3 goals and 5 assists. Logan Couture is on a 7 game point streak with 5 goals and 5 assists. The Blackhawks have been on a miserable road stretch of late with six straight losses including getting lit up in Western Canada. They've been getting poor goaltending from both Corey Crawford and Ray Emery and the return of Patrick Sharp has not helped them. They really need a win if they want to retain any shot of winning the Central, much less, leapfrogging the Blues and Predators ahead of them.

Saturday's Games

Nashville Predators vs Boston Bruins
This essentially turns into Pekka Rinne vs Tim Thomas. Boston has been playing poorly of late with losses in three of their past four games and getting shut-out twice (once by Cam Ward, and once by Ryan Miller). They really need a big win to rebound from their losses. Nashville is also losers of three of their past four, but the problem is more of keeping the lead than a lack of scoring. They've blown chances against Ottawa and the Canucks the past two games and need a strong game to rebound. The good news is, that when you have Martin Erat playing well, the rest will follow. Look for Suter and Weber to also try and get goals for this Predators team that is looking to catch up to St. Louis in the standings.

Florida Panthers at New Jersey Devils
Florida is currently sitting on top of the Southeast division. New Jersey is currently in 5th in the East, 3rd in the Atlantic. Both team will be fighting for points. For Florida, this is a chance to get two clear of the Washington Capitals as a loss in regulation would have them swap spots with the Caps who are currently in 9th. For the Devils, they need to stay ahead of Pittsburgh and keep trying to catch-up with the Flyers. The Devils have been on fire as of late and it can be attributed to three guys. Ilya Kovalchuk, Zach Parise, and David Clarkson. In the past 6 games, Kovalchuk has 12 points and Parise and Clarkson both have 8 points. The real question will be who the Panthers put in net as neither Clemmensen nor Theodore have made a case to be #1.

New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers
This is the biggest match-up of the weekend. The top seed Rangers who are 4 points ahead of the Flyers will look to extend their lead while the Flyers look to shorten it. If you thought the Devils and Rangers fighting was big, wait til you see this one. I don't think we're going to go past 3 seconds after the puck drops before these two go at it. King Henrik will be looking to continue the Rangers winning ways while Ilya Bryzgalov will try to match him on the other end. The Flyers came off a big win with Brayden Schenn scoring the game winner against the Maple Leafs. These teams last met on Super Bowl Sunday when the Rangers beat the Flyers 5-2 in MSG. The Flyers look to return the favor in the Wachovia Center.

Winnipeg Jets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Winnipeg was very fortunate to get two points against the Caps on Thursday night, but Saturday will be a different story as the Penguins look to gain points on the Devils. The Jets need two points to get within one of division leading Florida, but they're going to need players to start scoring and their goaltending to bring it against Marc-Andre Fleury and the Pens. Should be a good game to watch.

Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues
The Avs are one point behind the 8th seed Coyotes while the Blues look to catch up with the Red Wings. Both teams come in on two game win streaks although the Blues haven't lost much recently as evidenced by their 7-2-1 record in their past 10 games. The real story is going to be the goaltending. Can the Blues continue to roll with both Halak and Elliott? Elliott will get the start, but expect the Avalanche to try and at least get a point out of this.

NHL Games to watch 2/6/12

2012-02-06T16:48:00.000-05:00

There's only one game to really watch tonight, unless you wanna see if James Reimer will continue his shutout streak, then go watch the Oilers play the Maple Leafs

Detroit Red Wings vs Phoenix Coyotes
This is probably the only game where both teams are jockeying for playoff position. The Red Wings come in with a huge goaltending problem now that Jimmy Howard will miss the next two weeks and the Coyotes have a chance to get within two points of the 8th and final playoff spot out in the West. The Red Wings aren't even going to their back-up, they're going to their call-up Joey MacDonald. The Coyotes will counter with Mike Smith who will be looking for his first win against Detroit this season. This is the final match-up between the two teams and the Coyotes would like to end it on a high note.

NHL Games to watch 2/4/12

2012-02-04T13:02:00.000-05:00

There's a ton of games today and several of them to watch

1. Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
Both teams have over sixty points and both teams are trying to catch the Rangers. This should be a good game, although, there's a lot of bad blood between the teams, so expect a lot of fireworks. Boston will be starting Tim Thomas and Pittsburgh will counter with Marc-Andre Fleury.

2. New Jersey Devils vs Philadelphia Flyers
The Devils are 7 points back of the Flyers in the standings, but if the season ended today, both would be in. New Jersey will be looking to continue their 2 game winning streak while the Flyers will not be looking to lose position to the Pens and Rangers.

3. Toronto Maple Leafs vs Ottawa Senators
The Maple Leafs are holding onto the 8th spot by 2 points and the Senators are 3 points ahead of the Leafs. This will be a tough game between 2 Canadian teams. Craig Anderson and James Reimer will face-off in net and Mikhail Grabovski has been on a tear as of late, so expect him to have a monster game

4. Minnesota Wild vs Dallas Stars
Minnesota is ahead of Dallas by 3 points for the 8th and final playoff spot. This game could contribute to determining that final spot at the end of the season. The Wild are once again facing a team directly behind them in the standings, after disposing of Colorado in their previous game. The Stars barely missed out on the playoffs last season, and they don't want to do so again this year

5. St. Louis Blues vs Nashville Predators
This is going to be the biggest game of the night. St. Louis is holding onto fourth place by 1 point over Nashville. The Blues also have two games in hand, so Nashville will need to play to win 2 points in regulation. The Blues have great goaltending in Halak and the Predators will counter with Rinne, expect this to be a low-scoring game as both goalies know what's at stake in this game. The Predators have won the first three match-ups, but two were in the SO, so if St. Louis can win in regulation, it'll go a long way towards helping them win the tie-breaker against the Predators.

NHL Games to watch 2/3/12

2012-02-03T10:42:00.000-05:00

Didn't get last night's games in, but there were a few that were good, Flyers-Predators, Red Wings-Canucks.

Anyways, tonight's games, only two to really watch

Los Angeles Kings vs St. Louis Blues
These are two teams fighting for playoff seeding. The Blues currently sit in 5th with 65 points while the Kings sit in 7th with 60 points. It's really going to be a battle of goaltending as the Kings will send out Jonathan Quick and the Blues will most likely counter with Halak who's playing second fiddle to Elliott, but still a damn good goaltender. Expect a 1-0 or 2-1 victory, and it may come in the shootout.

Chicago Blackhawks vs Calgary Flames
Chicago continues their roadtrip of Western Canada and they'll head to Calgary tonight. Calgary is in 11th place in the West, but only 5 points back of Minnesota's 8 spot. Speaking of 8, the Blackhawks got lit up last night by Sam Gagner who tied a record for second-most points in a game with 8 (4 goals, 4 assists). Ray Emery will most likely be in net tonight as the Blackhawks look to rebound from last night's loss.

NHL Games to watch 2/1/12

2012-02-01T16:51:00.000-05:00

There's not many games tonight, but there's two games tonight that could have big implications on the playoffs down the stretch.

Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers
This is a game that could have huge ramifications in the Southeast Division. Washington is only 1 point ahead of Florida who have a game in hand. Should Florida win tonight, they would be in the driver's seat going down the stretch and Washington would slip into the #8 seed. If Washington can get a clean win, they would be three points clear while an overtime or shootout win would only give them a 2 point lead and Florida would still have a game in hand. If the Caps win, they would also have gotten a possible 5 out of 6 points with Ovechkin out of the lineup.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Last night, these two teams battled in Pittsburgh with the Pens coming back from a 4-1 deficit to pull out the win in the shootout. For Toronto, this has gotta hurt as they were ready to walk out of the Consol Energy Center with 2 points and prevent Pittsburgh from getting any. They have a chance for retribution tonight. Look for Phil Kessel to get on the scoreboard tonight. The Maple Leafs really have to take 2 points tonight if they want to make the playoffs.

NHL after the All-Star Break

2012-01-31T23:17:00.000-05:00

Looking at the NHL Standings going into the All-Star break, they look like this.

Eastern Conference
1. New York Rangers - 66pts
2. Boston Bruins - 64pts
3. Washington Capitals - 55pts
4. Philadelphia Flyers - 63pts
5. Pittsburgh Penguins - 60pts
6. Ottawa Senators - 60pts
7. Florida Panthers - 55pts
8. New Jersey Devils -55pts
9. Toronto Maple Leafs - 55pts
10. Winnipeg Jets - 50pts
11. Tampa Bay Lightning - 46pts
12. Montreal Canadiens - 45pts
13. New York Islanders - 45pts
14. Buffalo Sabres - 45pts
15. Carolina Hurricanes - 45pts

Western Conference
1. Detroit Red Wings - 67pts
2. Vancouver Canucks - 64pts
3. San Jose Sharks - 60pts
4. St. Louis Blues - 65pts
5. Nashville Predators - 64pts
6. Chicago Blackhawks - 64pts
7. Los Angeles Kings - 58pts
8. Minnesota Wild - 55pts
9. Colorado Avalanche - 54pts
10. Dallas Stars - 52pts
11. Calgary Flames - 52pts
12. Phoenix Coyotes - 52pts
13. Anaheim Ducks - 43pts
14. Edmonton Oilers - 41pts
15. Columbus Blue Jackets - 32pts

Breaking down the Eastern Conference
To be honest, there's no team that's actually out of it yet. 10 points separate the 8th place team and last place team and the Atlantic Division is going to have a lot of games down the stretch to beat up on each other which may end up costing one of the four currently in playoff positioning to fall out the chase for Lord Stanley, most likely the New Jersey Devils. The Canadiens, Islanders, Sabres, and Hurricanes have an uphill road to climb, but one of them could slip into the #8 seed. I like the Rangers and Bruins to win their divisions, but Pittsburgh and Philly will make a hard push for the title, but with Philly's goaltending problems and the Penguins' inability to maintain healthy (although Letang is now back), I doubt they can maintain healthy the rest of the season. Washington is in trouble with trying to win their division this season in what has mostly been an up-and-down season along with Backstrom and Green being on the shelf and Ovie suspended. They had a great win over the Bruins before the break, but they can't expect to maintain this the rest of the season. Florida has a great team they bought this off-season and have a very good chance to win the division if they can maintain their pace. Florida, New Jersey, and Toronto are all tied with 55 pts, but likely only 1 of them will make the playoffs. Ottawa has had strong play of late from Craig Anderson and has gotten up to 6th in the rankings, but Craig Anderson is going to have to carry them for the rest of the season to get to the playoffs. (Didn't he do that a few years back with the Avalanche?) Tampa Bay ran all the way to the Conference finals on the back of Dwayne Roloson, but now they're going to have to rely on Garon if they want to get back. My eight teams to make the playoffs (in order)
1. Boston Bruins
2. New York Rangers
3. Washington Capitals
4. Pittsburgh Penguins
5. Philadelphia Flyers
6. Florida Panthers
7. Tampa Bay Lightning
8. Ottawa Senators

Breaking down the Western Conference
The Western Conference is pretty much dominated by the central division. The Blue Jackets are definitely out, the Oilers, after Khabibulin went to crap has blown any chance of a playoff spot this season along with a ton of injuries and suspensions (Andy Sutton anyone?) They'll be a good team, but not this season. Anaheim could have a shot if their cards fall right, but four spots are going to the central division for the chase for the cup. The Red Wings are going to win the division, they have the best record at home this season (20-2-1!) and have no deficiencies on the team. The Canucks will most likely win the NW seeing as how they've always won it. The Sharks will probably win the Pacific thanks to their only challenge being the Kings who can't find a way to score goals. The Blues, Predators, and Blackhawks are ALL going to get spots because they're that damn good. I don't think the Wild will get that last spot because of up and down play by their goalies and injuries. The Kings will most likely stay in the playoffs because Justin Williams has been on fire as of late and the Kings are finally starting to score. The Flames (aka lames) just can't get their act together and the Coyotes are where they are due to Mike Smith being injured. Here's my projections for the final standings.
1. Detroit Red Wings
2. Vancouver Canucks
3. San Jose Sharks
4. Chicago Blackhawks
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Dallas Stars
7. Nashville Predators
8. Los Angeles Kings

I'll have more posts about games every night for the rest of the season that will impact the playoff standings. Also, I have to break up the Fantasy Hockey rankings because there are just too many players and I have been away for too long unfortunately.

Updates

2012-01-23T02:18:00.000-05:00

So... I was outta the country up until MLK weekend, and then I came back and had a ton of stuff to take care of. Anyways, the NHL All-Star game is this weekend, I will have player rankings up for hockey on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Here's the final rankings on the BCS Pick'em. It was a fun thing to do and hopefully I can set up something online for people to use next time around. I'm also working on baseball rankings and I hope to put them up in Mid-March. More to come later!

Date	Game	Points	Suny	Scott	Josh	Mat
17-Dec	Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Temple vs Wyoming	0.6748	Temple	Wyoming	Temple	Temple
	Famous Idaho Bowl: Ohio vs Utah State	0.8505	Ohio	Utah State	Utah State	Utah State
	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: San Diego State vs Louisiana-Lafayette	0.9988	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State
20-Dec	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl: Florida International vs Marshall	0.1323	Marshall	FIU	Marshall	FIU
21-Dec	SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl: TCU vs Louisiana Tech	3.4734	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU
22-Dec	Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: Arizona State vs Boise State	2.5444	Boise State	Boise State	Boise State	Boise State
24-Dec	Sheraton Hawai'I Bowl: Nevada vs Southern Miss	1.6662	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss
26-Dec	Advocare Independence Bowl: Missouri vs North Carolina	2.8138	Missouri	UNC	Missouri	Missouri
27-Dec	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Western Michigan vs Purdue	0.1713	Purdue	Purdue	Western Michigan	Purdue
27-Dec	Belk Bowl: Louisville vs NC State	1.9004	Louisville	NC State	NC State	NC State
28-Dec	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman: Toledo vs Air Force	0.6982	Toledo	Toledo	Toledo	Toledo
28-Dec	Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl: California vs Texas	2.8996	Texas	Texas	California	Texas
29-Dec	Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State vs Notre Dame	3.6686	Florida State	Florida State	Notre Dame	Florida State
29-Dec	Valero Alamo Bowl: Washington vs Baylor	3.3758	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor
30-Dec	Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl: BYU vs Tulsa	2.8879	BYU	BYU	BYU	Tulsa
	New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers vs Iowa State	2.9738	Iowa State	Iowa State	Rutgers	Rutgers
	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Mississippi State vs Wake Forest	1.5023	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Mississippi State
	Insight Bowl: Iowa vs Oklahoma	3.0011	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
31-Dec	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Texas A&M vs Northwestern	1.7092	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M
	Hyundai Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs Utah	2.3571	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech
	AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Cincinnati vs Vanderbilt	2.5835	Cincinnati	Vanderbilt	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois vs UCLA	1.1939	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois	UCLA
	Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia vs Auburn	3.4305	Auburn	Auburn	Virginia	Auburn
2-Jan	TicketCity Bowl: Houston vs Penn State	4.496	Houston	Houston	Houston	Houston
	Outback Bowl: Michigan State vs Georgia	4.9293	Georgia	Georgia	Michigan State	Georgia
	Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs South Carolina	4.7732	Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska	South Carolina
	Gator Bowl: Ohio State vs Florida	1.8848	Florida	Florida	Florida	Ohio State
	Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio: Wisconsin vs Oregon	5.4679	Wisconsin	Oregon	Wisconsin	Oregon
	Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Stanford vs Oklahoma State	5.8739	Stanford	Stanford	Stanford	Oklahoma State
3-Jan	Allstate Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs Virginia Tech	5.1869	Virginia Tech	Michigan	Michigan	Virginia Tech
4-Jan	Discover Orange Bowl: West Virginia vs Clemson	4.3243	Clemson	West Virginia	Clemson	Clemson
6-Jan	AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Kansas State vs Arkansas	5.5577	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas
7-Jan	BBVA Compass Bowl: SMU vs Pittsburgh	0.7997	SMU	Pittsburgh	SMU	SMU
8-Jan	GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs Northern Illinois	3.1533	Arkansas State	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois
9-Jan	Allstate BCS National Championship game: LSU vs Alabama	6.0456	Alabama	LSU	Alabama	Alabama
	Total	100	58.0611273	64.1939315	65.4771984	75.2542604
		75.254	17.1931332	11.0603289	9.77706207	0

BCS Pick'em! Update 1/1/12

2012-01-01T12:06:00.000-05:00

According to the Mayan Calender, so begins the final year of our existence, no worries, we'll still be picking bowl games to the end!

Date	Game	Points	Suny	Scott	Josh	Mat
17-Dec	Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Temple vs Wyoming	0.6748	Temple	Wyoming	Temple	Temple
	Famous Idaho Bowl: Ohio vs Utah State	0.8505	Ohio	Utah State	Utah State	Utah State
	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: San Diego State vs Louisiana-Lafayette	0.9988	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State
20-Dec	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl: Florida International vs Marshall	0.1323	Marshall	FIU	Marshall	FIU
21-Dec	SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl: TCU vs Louisiana Tech	3.4734	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU
22-Dec	Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: Arizona State vs Boise State	2.5444	Boise State	Boise State	Boise State	Boise State
24-Dec	Sheraton Hawai'I Bowl: Nevada vs Southern Miss	1.6662	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss
26-Dec	Advocare Independence Bowl: Missouri vs North Carolina	2.8138	Missouri	UNC	Missouri	Missouri
27-Dec	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Western Michigan vs Purdue	0.1713	Purdue	Purdue	Western Michigan	Purdue
27-Dec	Belk Bowl: Louisville vs NC State	1.9004	Louisville	NC State	NC State	NC State
28-Dec	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman: Toledo vs Air Force	0.6982	Toledo	Toledo	Toledo	Toledo
28-Dec	Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl: California vs Texas	2.8996	Texas	Texas	California	Texas
29-Dec	Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State vs Notre Dame	3.6686	Florida State	Florida State	Notre Dame	Florida State
29-Dec	Valero Alamo Bowl: Washington vs Baylor	3.3758	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor
30-Dec	Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl: BYU vs Tulsa	2.8879	BYU	BYU	BYU	Tulsa
	New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers vs Iowa State	2.9738	Iowa State	Iowa State	Rutgers	Rutgers
	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Mississippi State vs Wake Forest	1.5023	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Mississippi State
	Insight Bowl: Iowa vs Oklahoma	3.0011	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
31-Dec	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Texas A&M vs Northwestern	1.7092	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M
	Hyundai Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs Utah	2.3571	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech
	AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Cincinnati vs Vanderbilt	2.5835	Cincinnati	Vanderbilt	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois vs UCLA	1.1939	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois	UCLA
	Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia vs Auburn	3.4305	Auburn	Auburn	Virginia	Auburn
2-Jan	TicketCity Bowl: Houston vs Penn State	4.496	Houston	Houston	Houston	Houston
	Outback Bowl: Michigan State vs Georgia	4.9293	Georgia	Georgia	Michigan State	Georgia
	Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs South Carolina	4.7732	Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska	South Carolina
	Gator Bowl: Ohio State vs Florida	1.8848	Florida	Florida	Florida	Ohio State
	Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio: Wisconsin vs Oregon	5.4679	Wisconsin	Oregon	Wisconsin	Oregon
	Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Stanford vs Oklahoma State	5.8739	Stanford	Stanford	Stanford	Oklahoma State
3-Jan	Allstate Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs Virginia Tech	5.1869	Virginia Tech	Michigan	Michigan	Virginia Tech
4-Jan	Discover Orange Bowl: West Virginia vs Clemson	4.3243	Clemson	West Virginia	Clemson	Clemson
6-Jan	AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Kansas State vs Arkansas	5.5577	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas
7-Jan	BBVA Compass Bowl: SMU vs Pittsburgh	0.7997	SMU	Pittsburgh	SMU	SMU
8-Jan	GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs Northern Illinois	3.1533	Arkansas State	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois
9-Jan	Allstate BCS National Championship game: LSU vs Alabama	6.0456	Alabama	LSU	Alabama	Alabama
	Total	100	39.2772592	34.1229069	33.4237928	39.086887
		39.277	0	5.15435224	5.85346639	0.19037219

In the bottom, I've placed a row showing the difference between 1st place and the other competitors
Not many consensus games left, we'll see how it goes from here because there's a ton of points available on the 2nd and then after that, it'll be a race down the homestretch.

NFL Pick'em! Final Week!

2012-01-01T11:58:00.000-05:00

We can all but be assured that Dan will win this (he's got an 8 point lead), and Scott will finish second, so now it's a race for who can't get it right. Here's the rest of the standings.

1st - Dan 35pts
2nd - Scott 43pts
3rd - Josh 48.5pts
4th - Chris 49pts
5th - Suny 49.5pts

Game	Suny	Josh	Scott	Chris	Dan
Redskins vs Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles
Bills vs Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
49ers vs Rams	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers
Ravens vs Bengals	Ravens	Ravens	Bengals	Ravens	Ravens
Jets vs Dolphins	Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets
Panthers vs Saints	Saints	Saints	Panthers	Saints	Saints
Buccaneers vs Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons
Lions vs Packers	Lions	Lions	Lions	Packers	Packers
Colts vs Jaguars	Jaguars	Jaguars	Colts	Colts	Jaguars
Titans vs Texans	Titans	Texans	Texans	Texans	Texans
Steelers vs Browns	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers
Bears vs Vikings	Bears	Vikings	Bears	Vikings	Vikings
Chiefs vs Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Chiefs
Chargers vs Raiders	Raiders	Chargers	Chargers	Raiders	Raiders
Seahawks vs Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Seahawks	Cardinals	Cardinals
Cowboys vs Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants

The only picks that really matter are mine, Josh's and Chris's. In the event of a tie, it will be broken by aggregate wins and losses percentage which looks like this right now.

Josh: 151-72
Scott: 151-72
Dan: 149-74
Suny: 148-75
Chris: 147-76

Let's see how it turns out!

BCS Pick'em! Update 12/26/11

2011-12-27T04:22:00.000-05:00

Here's our updated picks and standings after the Missouri-UNC game

Date	Game	Points	Suny	Scott	Josh	Mat
17-Dec	Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Temple vs Wyoming	0.6748	Temple	Wyoming	Temple	Temple
	Famous Idaho Bowl: Ohio vs Utah State	0.8505	Ohio	Utah State	Utah State	Utah State
	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: San Diego State vs Louisiana-Lafayette	0.9988	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State
20-Dec	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl: Florida International vs Marshall	0.1323	Marshall	FIU	Marshall	FIU
21-Dec	SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl: TCU vs Louisiana Tech	3.4734	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU
22-Dec	Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: Arizona State vs Boise State	2.5444	Boise State	Boise State	Boise State	Boise State
24-Dec	Sheraton Hawai'I Bowl: Nevada vs Southern Miss	1.6662	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss
26-Dec	Advocare Independence Bowl: Missouri vs North Carolina	2.8138	Missouri	UNC	Missouri	Missouri
27-Dec	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Western Michigan vs Purdue	0.1713	Purdue	Purdue	Western Michigan	Purdue
27-Dec	Belk Bowl: Louisville vs NC State	1.9004	Louisville	NC State	NC State	NC State
28-Dec	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman: Toledo vs Air Force	0.6982	Toledo	Toledo	Toledo	Toledo
28-Dec	Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl: California vs Texas	2.8996	Texas	Texas	California	Texas
29-Dec	Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State vs Notre Dame	3.6686	Florida State	Florida State	Notre Dame	Florida State
29-Dec	Valero Alamo Bowl: Washington vs Baylor	3.3758	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor
30-Dec	Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl: BYU vs Tulsa	2.8879	BYU	BYU	BYU	Tulsa
	New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers vs Iowa State	2.9738	Iowa State	Iowa State	Rutgers	Rutgers
	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Mississippi State vs Wake Forest	1.5023	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Mississippi State
	Insight Bowl: Iowa vs Oklahoma	3.0011	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
31-Dec	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Texas A&M vs Northwestern	1.7092	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M
	Hyundai Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs Utah	2.3571	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech
	AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Cincinnati vs Vanderbilt	2.5835	Cincinnati	Vanderbilt	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois vs UCLA	1.1939	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois	UCLA
	Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia vs Auburn	3.4305	Auburn	Auburn	Virginia	Auburn
2-Jan	TicketCity Bowl: Houston vs Penn State	4.496	Houston	Houston	Houston	Houston
	Outback Bowl: Michigan State vs Georgia	4.9293	Georgia	Georgia	Michigan State	Georgia
	Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs South Carolina	4.7732	Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska	South Carolina
	Gator Bowl: Ohio State vs Florida	1.8848	Florida	Florida	Florida	Ohio State
	Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio: Wisconsin vs Oregon	5.4679	Wisconsin	Oregon	Wisconsin	Oregon
	Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Stanford vs Oklahoma State	5.8739	Stanford	Stanford	Stanford	Oklahoma State
3-Jan	Allstate Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs Virginia Tech	5.1869	Virginia Tech	Michigan	Michigan	Virginia Tech
4-Jan	Discover Orange Bowl: West Virginia vs Clemson	4.3243	Clemson	West Virginia	Clemson	Clemson
6-Jan	AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Kansas State vs Arkansas	5.5577	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas
7-Jan	BBVA Compass Bowl: SMU vs Pittsburgh	0.7997	SMU	Pittsburgh	SMU	SMU
8-Jan	GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs Northern Illinois	3.1533	Arkansas State	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois
9-Jan	Allstate BCS National Championship game: LSU vs Alabama	6.0456	Alabama	LSU	Alabama	Alabama
	Total	100	12.1553581	7.684065	11.3049037	11.1726372

It's close between Mat, Josh, and myself. Scotty is trailing a bit, but he still has opportunities to catch up! Scott is 4.47 points behind while Josh trails by 0.85 pts and Mat trails by 0.98 pts.

NFL Picks Week 16!

2011-12-24T13:26:00.000-05:00

Here's our picks for this week.

Game	Suny	Josh	Scott	Chris	Dan
Texans vs Colts	Texans	Texans	Texans	Texans	Texans
Browns vs Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens
Broncos vs Bills	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos
Buccaneers vs Panthers	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers
Cardinals vs Bengals	Bengals	Cardinals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals
Raiders vs Chiefs	Chiefs	Chiefs	Chiefs	Raiders	Raiders
Dolphins vs Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
Giants vs Jets	Jets	Jets	Giants	Giants	Giants
Rams vs Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers
Jaguars vs Titans	Titans	Titans	Jaguars	Titans	Titans
Vikings vs Redskins	Redskins	Redskins	Redskins	Redskins	Redskins
Chargers vs Lions	Lions	Lions	Lions	Chargers	Lions
Eagles vs Cowboys	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	Cowboys	Eagles
49ers vs Seahawks	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers
Bears vs Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers
Falcons vs Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints

Here's the standings
1st: Dan - 34pts
2nd: Scott - 40pts
3rd: Josh - 43.5pts
4th: Chris - 46pts
5th: Suny - 46.5pts

Barring some crazy stuff, Dan is going to finish in first, up to the rest of us to fight for the scraps of second place.

Updated BCS Pick'em! 12/23/11

2011-12-23T13:51:00.001-05:00

Here's everyone's picks and updated standings! Just a reminder, picks can be updated at any point leading up to the game!

Update: 6:29 PM - Matt changes his pick from Nevada to Southern Miss for the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl

Date	Game	Points	Suny	Scott	Josh	Mat
17-Dec	Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Temple vs Wyoming	0.6748	Temple	Wyoming	Temple	Temple
	Famous Idaho Bowl: Ohio vs Utah State	0.8505	Ohio	Utah State	Utah State	Utah State
	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: San Diego State vs Louisiana-Lafayette	0.9988	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State
20-Dec	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl: Florida International vs Marshall	0.1323	Marshall	FIU	Marshall	FIU
21-Dec	SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl: TCU vs Louisiana Tech	3.4734	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU
22-Dec	Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: Arizona State vs Boise State	2.5444	Boise State	Boise State	Boise State	Boise State
24-Dec	Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl: Nevada vs Southern Miss	1.6662	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss
26-Dec	Advocare Independence Bowl: Missouri vs North Carolina	2.8138	Missouri	UNC	Missouri	Missouri
27-Dec	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Western Michigan vs Purdue	0.1713	Purdue	Purdue	Western Michigan	Purdue
27-Dec	Belk Bowl: Louisville vs NC State	1.9004	Louisville	NC State	NC State	NC State
28-Dec	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman: Toledo vs Air Force	0.6982	Toledo	Toledo	Toledo	Toledo
28-Dec	Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl: California vs Texas	2.8996	Texas	Texas	California	Texas
29-Dec	Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State vs Notre Dame	3.6686	Florida State	Florida State	Notre Dame	Florida State
29-Dec	Valero Alamo Bowl: Washington vs Baylor	3.3758	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor
30-Dec	Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl: BYU vs Tulsa	2.8879	BYU	BYU	BYU	Tulsa
	New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers vs Iowa State	2.9738	Iowa State	Iowa State	Rutgers	Rutgers
	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Mississippi State vs Wake Forest	1.5023	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Mississippi State
	Insight Bowl: Iowa vs Oklahoma	3.0011	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
31-Dec	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Texas A&M vs Northwestern	1.7092	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M
	Hyundai Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs Utah	2.3571	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech
	AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Cincinnati vs Vanderbilt	2.5835	Cincinnati	Vanderbilt	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois vs UCLA	1.1939	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois	UCLA
	Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia vs Auburn	3.4305	Auburn	Auburn	Virginia	Auburn
2-Jan	TicketCity Bowl: Houston vs Penn State	4.496	Houston	Houston	Houston	Houston
	Outback Bowl: Michigan State vs Georgia	4.9293	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Michigan State	Georgia
	Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs South Carolina	4.7732	Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska	South Carolina
	Gator Bowl: Ohio State vs Florida	1.8848	Florida	Floriad	Florida	Ohio State
	Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio: Wisconsin vs Oregon	5.4679	Wisconsin	Oregon	Wisconsin	Oregon
	Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Stanford vs Oklahoma State	5.8739	Stanford	Stanford	Stanford	Oklahoma State
3-Jan	Allstate Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs Virginia Tech	5.1869	Virginia Tech	Michigan	Michigan	Virginia Tech
4-Jan	Discover Orange Bowl: West Virginia vs Clemson	4.3243	Clemson	West Virginia	Clemson	Clemson
6-Jan	AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Kansas State vs Arkansas	5.5577	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas
7-Jan	BBVA Compass Bowl: SMU vs Pittsburgh	0.7997	SMU	Pittsburgh	SMU	SMU
8-Jan	GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs Northern Illinois	3.1533	Arkansas State	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois
9-Jan	Allstate BCS National Championship game: LSU vs Alabama	6.0456	Alabama	LSU	Alabama	Alabama
	Total	100	7.67537422	6.01784279	6.82491984	6.69265339

BCS Pick'em! Update 12/20/11

2011-12-20T01:11:00.002-05:00

Here's our current picks, and the score at the bottom, notice that Scott when O-fer on the first day. Should be an interesting next couple of days. Also, the score is posted at the bottom.

Date	Game	Points	Suny	Scott	Josh	Mat
17-Dec	Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Temple vs Wyoming	0.6748	Temple	Wyoming	Temple	Temple
	Famous Idaho Bowl: Ohio vs Utah State	0.8505	Ohio	Utah State	Utah State	Utah State
	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: San Diego State vs Louisiana-Lafayette	0.9988	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State
20-Dec	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl: Florida International vs Marshall	0.1323	Marshall	FIU	Marshall	FIU
21-Dec	SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl: TCU vs Louisiana Tech	3.4734	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU
22-Dec	Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: Arizona State vs Boise State	2.5444	Boise State		Boise State	Boise State
24-Dec	Sheraton Hawai'I Bowl: Nevada vs Southern Miss	1.6662	Southern Miss		Southern Miss	Nevada
26-Dec	Advocare Independence Bowl: Missouri vs North Carolina	2.8138	Missouri		Missouri	Missouri
27-Dec	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Western Michigan vs Purdue	0.1713	Purdue			Purdue
27-Dec	Belk Bowl: Louisville vs NC State	1.9004	Louisville			NC State
28-Dec	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman: Toledo vs Air Force	0.6982	Toledo			Toledo
28-Dec	Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl: California vs Texas	2.8996	Texas			Texas
29-Dec	Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State vs Notre Dame	3.6686	Florida State			Florida State
29-Dec	Valero Alamo Bowl: Washington vs Baylor	3.3758	Baylor			Baylor
30-Dec	Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl: BYU vs Tulsa	2.8879	BYU			Tulsa
	New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers vs Iowa State	2.9738	Iowa State			Rutgers
	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Mississippi State vs Wake Forest	1.5023	Mississippi State			Mississippi State
	Insight Bowl: Iowa vs Oklahoma	3.0011	Oklahoma			Oklahoma
31-Dec	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Texas A&M vs Northwestern	1.7092	Texas A&M			Texas A&M
	Hyundai Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs Utah	2.3571	Georgia Tech			Georgia Tech
	AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Cincinnati vs Vanderbilt	2.5835	Cincinnati			Cincinnati
	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois vs UCLA	1.1939	Illinois			UCLA
	Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia vs Auburn	3.4305	Auburn			Auburn
2-Jan	TicketCity Bowl: Houston vs Penn State	4.496	Houston			Houston
	Outback Bowl: Michigan State vs Georgia	4.9293	Georgia			Georgia
	Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs South Carolina	4.7732	Nebraska			South Carolina
	Gator Bowl: Ohio State vs Florida	1.8848	Florida			Ohio State
	Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio: Wisconsin vs Oregon	5.4679	Wisconsin			Oregon
	Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Stanford vs Oklahoma State	5.8739	Stanford			Oklahoma State
3-Jan	Allstate Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs Virginia Tech	5.1869	Virginia Tech			Virginia Tech
4-Jan	Discover Orange Bowl: West Virginia vs Clemson	4.3243	Clemson			Clemson
6-Jan	AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Kansas State vs Arkansas	5.5577	Arkansas			Arkansas
7-Jan	BBVA Compass Bowl: SMU vs Pittsburgh	0.7997	SMU			SMU
8-Jan	GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs Northern Illinois	3.1533	Arkansas State			Northern Illinois
9-Jan	Allstate BCS National Championship game: LSU vs Alabama	6.0456	Alabama			Alabama
	Total	100	1.52526498	0	0.6748106	0.6748106

NFL Picks Week 15!

2011-12-18T13:16:00.000-05:00

Here's our picks for this week.

Game	Suny	Josh	Scott	Chris	Dan
Jaguars vs Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons
Cowboys vs Buccaneers	Cowboys	Cowboys	Cowboys	Cowboys	Cowboys
Dolphins vs Bills	Dolphins	Bills	Dolphins	Bills	Dolphins
Seahawks vs Bears	Seahawks	Seahawks	Bears	Seahawks	Bears
Panthers vs Texans	Texans	Texans	Texans	Texans	Panthers
Titans vs Colts	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans
Packers vs Chiefs	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers
Saints vs Vikings	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints
Redskins vs Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants
Bengals vs Rams	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals
Lions vs Raiders	Lions	Lions	Lions	Raiders	Lions
Browns vs Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals
Patriots vs Broncos	Broncos	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
Jets vs Eagles	Eagles	Jets	Jets	Eagles	Eagles
Ravens vs Chargers	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens
Steelers vs 49ers	49ers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	49ers

Look to see how it turns out after Monday's game!

BCS Pick'em!

2011-12-16T23:55:00.000-05:00

So here's the BCS Pick'em! it's five bucks from the four of us and the winner gets the pot of 20 bucks! Yes, it's really exciting because I devised a formula for how to score each game and it's going to be a lot of fun and I hope that more of you will do so next year. I hope we actually set up a system for this in the future as well, but we'll get to that when it comes. Anyways, ya'll already know Scott and Josh, I'm introducing Mat from the left coast! Here's how it looks right now, the picks will constantly be updated as news comes out on new games and etc. Also, the points are listed as well for those of you who want to play along and keep score at home! Of note, the point values are rounded to four decimal places. I have provided the other contestants in the league a spreadsheet with the exact numbers posted, they're actually really long. This is so that everyone can keep track. I will do my best to keep it updated in a timely manner! A lot of us were busy, so we'll fill out the rest of the picks over the weekend and have them up in time for the next day of Bowl games on December 20th.

Date	Game	Points	Suny	Scott	Josh	Mat
17-Dec	Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Temple vs Wyoming	0.6748	Temple	Wyoming	Temple	Temple
	Famous Idaho Bowl: Ohio vs Utah State	0.8505	Ohio	Utah State	Utah State	Utah State
	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: San Diego State vs Louisiana-Lafayette	0.9988	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State	San Diego State
20-Dec	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl: Florida International vs Marshall	0.1323
21-Dec	SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl: TCU vs Louisiana Tech	3.4734
22-Dec	Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: Arizona State vs Boise State	2.5444
24-Dec	Sheraton Hawai'I Bowl: Nevada vs Southern Miss	1.6662
26-Dec	Advocare Independence Bowl: Missouri vs North Carolina	2.8138
27-Dec	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Western Michigan vs Purdue	0.1713
27-Dec	Belk Bowl: Louisville vs NC State	1.9004
28-Dec	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman: Toledo vs Air Force	0.6982
28-Dec	Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl: California vs Texas	2.8996
29-Dec	Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State vs Notre Dame	3.6686
29-Dec	Valero Alamo Bowl: Washington vs Baylor	3.3758
30-Dec	Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl: BYU vs Tulsa	2.8879
	New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers vs Iowa State	2.9738
	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Mississippi State vs Wake Forest	1.5023
	Insight Bowl: Iowa vs Oklahoma	3.0011
31-Dec	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Texas A&M vs Northwestern	1.7092
	Hyundai Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs Utah	2.3571
	AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Cincinnati vs Vanderbilt	2.5835
	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois vs UCLA	1.1939
	Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia vs Auburn	3.4305
2-Jan	TicketCity Bowl: Houston vs Penn State	4.496
	Outback Bowl: Michigan State vs Georgia	4.9293
	Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs South Carolina	4.7732
	Gator Bowl: Ohio State vs Florida	1.8848
	Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio: Wisconsin vs Oregon	5.4679
	Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Stanford vs Oklahoma State	5.8739
3-Jan	Allstate Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs Virginia Tech	5.1869
4-Jan	Discover Orange Bowl: West Virginia vs Clemson	4.3243
6-Jan	AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Kansas State vs Arkansas	5.5577
7-Jan	BBVA Compass Bowl: SMU vs Pittsburgh	0.7997
8-Jan	GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs Northern Illinois	3.1533
9-Jan	Allstate BCS National Championship game: LSU vs Alabama	6.0456
	Total	100

Let's see how this turns out!

Picks and Updated Standings

2011-12-11T16:45:00.001-05:00

So here's an updated score coming into the week...

1st - Dan with 31 points
2nd - Scott with 34 points
Tied for 3rd - Chris and Josh with 37.5 points
And of course, I'm in last, here's the picks from this week.

UPDATE: Standings are as follows
1st - Dan with 33 points
2nd - Scott with 36 points
3rd - Josh with 39.5 points
4th - Chris with 42 points
5th - Me with 44.5 points, I blame the refs

Game	Suny	Josh	Scott	Chris	Dan
Browns vs Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Browns	Steelers
Colts vs Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens
Falcons vs Panthers	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons
Texans vs Bengals	Texans	Texans	Bengals	Bengals	Texans
Vikings vs Lions	Lions	Lions	Lions	Lions	Lions
Buccaneers vs Jaguars	Buccaneers	Buccaneers	Jaguars	Buccaneers	Buccaneers
Eagles vs Dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins	Eagles	Dolphins
Chiefs vs Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets
Saints vs Titans	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints
Patriots vs Redskins	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
49ers vs Cardinals	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers
Bears vs Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos
Raiders vs Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers
Bills vs Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers
Giants vs Cowboys	Cowboys	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants
Rams vs Seahawks	Seahawks	Seahawks	Seahawks	Seahawks	Seahawks

Heads up on what's going on....

2011-12-08T23:38:00.000-05:00

So folks... it's that time of year... FINALS! Anyways, here's what my schedule looks like....

Monday December 12th - Project due at midnight
Friday December 16th - Exam
Monday December 19th - Exam

It's not really until after that exam on the 19th that I'll be good to update fantasy hockey rankings.

Also, I will have the football games listed this Sunday, stupid Dan McClain decided to send me his picks right before game time for each hour block on Sunday. We're going to have a BCS Pick'em. If you're interested, shoot me an e-mail. DagetAwayMaN421@gmail.com. It's going to be quite interesting, I figured out a formula for picking games. It'll be out of 100 and each game will get a certain amount of percentage points. I will have a special edition of fantasy hockey rankings probably Tuesday/Wednesday. The picks and updated rankings will be up on Sunday. Also just to let you know, Chris was the only one to pick the Browns

Thursday Afternoon Goalies - Week 9

2011-12-01T11:17:00.000-05:00

As I look at the most recent rankings, one thing really jumps out at me. The Predators are overworking Pekka Rinne, and as a result, his performance has started to slip. I really feel as though he's still an elite goalie, but now, he's returned to be a top-5 goalie and not far and away the best goalie in the league. That being said, let's look at the newest rankings....

Goalie Rankings
1.   Jonathan Quick (↑3)
2.   Pekka Rinne (↓1)
3.   Mike Smith (↓1)
4.   Jimmy Howard (↑1)
5.   Henrik Lundqvist (↑1)
6.   Kari Lehtonen (↓3)
7.   Tim Thomas
8.   Niklas Backstrom (↑5) (Finally started playing like the goalie that he always was)
9. Miikka Kiprusoff (↑3)
10. Marc-Andre Fleury (↓2)
11. Jose Theodore (↓2)
12. Antti Niemi (↑3)
13. Nikolai Khabibulin (↑1)
14. Cam Ward (↓3)
15. Carey Price (↓5)
16. Craig Anderson (↑2)
17. Tomas Vokoun (↓1)
18. Ondrej Pavelec (↓1)
19. Jonas Hiller (↑1)
20. Corey Crawford (↓1)
21. Brian Elliott (↑2)
22. Semyon Varlamov (NEW)
23. Cory Schneider (NEW)
24. Ilya Bryzgalov (↓2)
25. Johan Hedberg (↓1)
OUT: Dwayne Roloson, Jhonas Enroth

Week 12 Picks!

2011-11-27T12:30:00.001-05:00

So here's our picks from Week 12...

Game	Suny	Josh	Scott	Chris	Dan
Packers at Lions	Packers	Lions	Packers	Packers	Packers
Dolphins at Cowboys	Dolphins	Cowboys	Cowboys	Dolphins	Cowboys
49ers at Ravens	Ravens	49ers	49ers	Ravens	49ers
Vikings at Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons
Panthers at Colts	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers
Browns at Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals
Bills at Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets
Texans at Jaguars	Texans	Texans	Texans	Texans	Texans
Buccaneers at Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans	Buccaneers
Cardinals at Rams	Rams	Cardinals	Rams	Rams	Rams
Redskins at Seahawks	Seahawks	Seahawks	Seahawks	Seahawks	Seahawks
Bears at Raiders	Raiders	Bears	Raiders	Raiders	Raiders
Patriots at Eagles	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
Broncos at Chargers	Broncos	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers
Steelers at Chiefs	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers
Giants at Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints

Alll of us had similar picks with very few discrepancies. Dan picked the Bucs to beat the Titans, Josh picked the Cardinals to beat the Rams and the Bears to beat the Raiders. I picked the Broncos to beat the Chargers. Chris and Scott made the exact same picks after Thanksgiving, so they're going to end up splitting points. Josh could conceivably win this week, same with me or Dan depending on how it goes. Also, here's the standings.

In first place, Dan is running away with 22.5 points. (Remember, you want the fewest points!) Chris is in second with 29 points. Scott is in third with 31. Josh is right behind him with 31.5 points, and I'm bringing up the rear with 36 points.

In terms of aggregate wins and losses
Josh: 101-43
Chris: 99-45
Scott, Dan, and myself: 96-48 (Dan did not make any picks week 3, so this is kind of a miracle for him)

Saturday Night Forwards - Week 8

2011-11-27T00:14:00.002-05:00

This is the first week of comparing forwards. A couple of guys have made some really big jumps, Sidney Crosby hasn't cracked the top forwards rankings yet. However the top line of the Oilers have gone nuts and forced their way into the rankings. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle combined for 23 points this past week, although most of them came from the monster game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Top Forwards Ranking
1.   Phil Kessel (↑1)
2.   Claude Giroux (↑3)
3.   Thomas Vanek (↓2)
4.   Steven Stamkos
5.   Joffrey Lupul (↑7)
6.   James Neal (↓3)
7.   Kris Versteeg (↑4)
8.   Jamie Benn (↑7)
9. Ryan Smyth (↑8)
10. Tyler Seguin (↓3)
11. Patrick Sharp (↑5)
12. Marian Gaborik (↓6)
13. Daniel Sedin (↓5)
14. Jonathan Toews (↑10)
15. Teemu Selanne (↑6)
16. Joe Pavelski (↓7)
17. Johan Franzen (↑5)
18. Patrick Kane (↓5)
19. Corey Perry (↑1)
20. Marian Hossa (↓10)
21. Nicklas Backstrom (↑6)
22. Patrick Marleau (↑13)
23. Stephen Weiss (↑20)
24. Ryan Callahan (↑4)
25. Tomas Fleischmann (↑8)
26. Anze Kopitar (↓7)
27. Jason Pominville (↓13)
28. Vincent Lecavalier (↓2)
29. Scott Hartnell (↑16)
30. Brad Marchand (↓7)
31. Alex Ovechkin (↓1)
32. Loui Eriksson (↓3)
33. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (↑38)
34. Radim Vrbata (↑12)
35. Ryane Clowe (↓3)
36. John Tavares (↓18)
37. Evgeni Malkin (↑18)
38. Pavel Datsyuk (NEW)
39. Mike Richards (↑17)
40. Evander Kane (↑2)
41. Max Pacioretty (↓16)
42. Tomas Plekanec (↓8)
43. Jason Spezza (↓5)
44. Jeff Skinner (↓7)
45. Patrik Elias (↓4)
46. Henrik Sedin (↓15)
47. Taylor Hall (NEW)
48. Alexander Steen (↑5)
49. Craig Smith (↓5)
50. Joe Thornton
51. Milan Michalek (↓11)
52. Rick Nash (↑21)
53. Logan Couture (↓2)
54. Milan Lucic (↓15)
55. Jordan Eberle (NEW)
56. Patrice Bergeron (↓4)
57. Vaclav Prospal (↑6)
58. James van Riemsdyk (↓9)
59. Andrew Ladd (NEW)
60. David Backes (↑6)
61. Danny Briere (↑3)
62. Pascal Dupuis (NEW)
63. Martin St. Louis (↓4)
64. Shane Doan (↓6)
65. David Clarkson (↓18)
66. Milan Hejduk (↓18)
67. Jordan Staal (↓10)
68. Ray Whitney (↓14)
69. Zach Parise (↓8)
70. Jason Chimera (NEW)
71. Matt Read (NEW)
72. Jaromir Jagr (↓36)
73. Matt Duchene (↑1)
74. Dustin Brown (↓12)
75. Brad Richards (↓6)
Out: Jason Williams, Dany Heatley, Olli Jokinen, Patric Hornqvist, Derek Roy, Simon Gagne, Brandon Dubinsky

Phil Kessel looks like he's on pace for 57 goals while Giroux could hit 48 this year. Pavelski, Seguin, and Stamkos look like they'll hit 47 and James Neal could finish with 46 goals. Nicklas Backstrom looks like he could return to his monster season with 70 assists. Daniel Sedin, Joe Thornton, Jamie Benn, Claude Giroux, Jason Pominville, and Jordan Eberle look like they could hit 60+ assists as well. Looks like the only guys that'll break 100 points this season though are Phil Kessel and Claude Giroux.

Projecting Defensemen

2011-11-25T23:20:00.002-05:00

With the first quarter of the season completed, a lot of defensemen are looking like they can put up some monster years. Below are the players listed in terms of Goals, Assists, and Points, and it includes previous years for comparision. As you will notice, the spreadsheet's not pretty, but it gets the job done.

Goals:

Season	30+ goals	20+ goals	15+ goals
2005-2006		Mathieu Schneider (21)	Bryan McCabe (19)
		Dion Phaneuf (20)	Lubomir Visnovsky (17)
			Nicklas Lidstrom (16)
			Philippe Boucher (16)
			Zdeno Chara (16)
			Dan Boyle (15)
			Paul Mara (15)
			Marc-Andre Bergeron (15)
2006-2007		Sheldon Souray (26)	Philippe Boucher (19)
		Dan Boyle (20)	Lubomir Visnovsky (18)
			Dion Phaneuf (17)
			Shea Weber (17)
			Scott Niedermayer (15)
			Bryan McCabe (15)
			Filip Kuba (15)
2007-2008			Dustin Byfuglien (19)
			Mike Green (18)
			Dion Phaneuf (17)
			Zdeno Chara (17)
			Andrei Markov (16)
			Brent Burns (15)
			Jay Bouwmeester (15)
2008-2009	Mike Green (31)	Sheldon Souray (23)	Zdeno Chara (19)
		Shea Weber (23)	Nicklas Lidstrom (16)
			Dan Boyle (16)
			Mark Streit (16)
			Anton Babchuk (16)
			Jay Bouwmeester (15)
			Bryan McCabe (15)
			Dustin Byfuglien (15)
2009-2010			Mike Green (19)
			Dustin Byfuglien (17)
			Drew Doughty (16)
			Shea Weber (16)
			Dan Boyle (15)
			Lubomir Visnovsky (15)
2010-2011		Dustin Byfuglien (20)	Lubomir Visnovsky (18)
			Brent Burns (17)
			Nicklas Lidstrom (16)
			Shea Weber (16)
2011-2012 (proj)	Jason Garrison (31)	Nicklas Lidstrom (25)	Brent Burns (17)
		Niklas Kronwall (25)	Ian White (16)
		Oliver Ekman-Larsson (21)	Dustin Byfuglien (16)
		Ryan Suter (20)	Sheldon Souray (16)
			Jordan Leopold (16)
			Sami Salo (16)
			Kris Russell (16)
			Jack Johnson (15)
			Steve Montador (15)

What does this tell us? We could have our second 30+ goal scorer who's a defenseman since the lockout. This could also be the first time we have four 20+ goal scorers and nine 15+ goal scorers. You can look at the table and recognize some familiar names up there that have charted before. This could be the shift that many of us might be missing with defensemen scoring more goals than ever and creating another weapon on the ice for many teams.

Assists:

Season	60+ Assists	50+ Assists	45+ Assists
2005-2006	Nicklas Lidstrom (64)	Sergei Zubov (58)	Bryan McCabe (49)
		Tomas Kaberle (58)	Sergei Gonchar (46)
		Lubomir Visnovsky (50)
		Scott Niedermayer (50)
2006-2007		Scott Niedermayer (54)	Nicklas Lidstrom (49)
		Sergei Gonchar (54)	Tomas Kaberle (47)
			Brian Rafalski (47)
			Chris Pronger (46)
			Ryan Whitney (45)
2007-2008	Nicklas Lidstrom (60)	Brian Campbell (54)	Mark Streit (49)
2007-2008		Sergei Gonchar (53)	Tomas Kaberle (45)
2008-2009		Andrei Markov (52)	Brian Rafalski (49)
			Scott Niedermayer (45)
			Brian Campbell (45)
			Niklas Kronwall (45)
2009-2010		Mike Green (57)	Chris Pronger (45)
2009-2010		Duncan Keith (55)
2010-2011		Lubomir Visnovsky (50)	Keith Yandle (48)
2010-2011			Nicklas Lidstrom (46)
2011-2012 (proj)	Erik Karlsson (66)	Marc-Andre Bergeron (57)	Zdeno Chara (49)
	Brian Campbell (66)	Kris Letang (56)	Nick Leddy (48)
		Dmitry Kulikov (55)	Shea Weber (47)
		Dion Phaneuf (52)	Sergei Gonchar (47)
		Alexander Edler (51)	Kimmo Timonen (47)
			Keith Yandle (45)

The only guy that's hit 60+ assists is Nick Lidstrom, but this year we could have a pair of them and neither being Nick Lidstrom. Both Karlsson and Campbell have 17 assists thus far and with more than half coming on the Power Play, they'll have many opportunities to continue putting up assists at their current pace. We could also have five defensemen put up 50+ assists, with Letang's suspension, and Kulikov missing one game, they could potentially put up a few more assists...

Points:

Season	70+ Points	60+ Points	55+ Points
2005-2006	Nicklas Lidstrom (80)	Bryan McCabe (68)	Mathieu Schneider (59)
	Sergei Zubov (71)	Lubomir Visnovsky (67)	Sergei Gonchar (58)
		Tomas Kaberle (67)	Chris Pronger (56)
		Scott Niedermayer (63)
2006-2007		Scott Niedermayer (69)	Ryan Whitney (59)
		Sergei Gonchar (67)	Chris Pronger (59)
		Sheldon Souray (64)	Lubomir Visnovsky (58)
		Dan Boyle (63)	Tomas Kaberle (58)
		Nicklas Lidstrom (62)	Bryan McCabe (57)
			Kimmo Timonen (55)
			Brian Rafalski (55)
2007-2008	Nicklas Lidstrom (70)	Sergei Gonchar (65)	Andrei Markov (58)
		Mark Streit (62)	Mike Green (56)
		Brian Campbell (62)	Brian Rafalski (55)
		Dion Phaneuf (60)
2008-2009	Mike Green (73)	Andrei Markov (64)	Nicklas Lidstrom (59)
			Scott Niedermayer (59)
			Brian Rafalski (59)
			Dan Boyle (57)
			Mark Streit (56)
2009-2010	Mike Green (76)	Duncan Keith (69)	Drew Doughty (59)
			Dan Boyle (58)
			Chris Pronger (55)
2010-2011		Lubomir Visnovsky (68)	Keith Yandle (59)
2010-2011		Nicklas Lidstrom (62)
2011-2012 (proj)	Brian Campbell (74)	Marc-Andre Bergeron (69)	Shea Weber (59)
	Erik Karlsson (70)	Nicklas Lidstrom (66)	Ryan Suter (59)
		Kris Letang (63)	Dmitry Kulikov (59)
		Alexander Edler (62)	Nick Leddy (56)
		Zdeno Chara (62)	Dustin Byfuglien (55)
		Dion Phaneuf (60)	Sergei Gonchar (55)

Brian Campbell and Erik Karlsson, in addition to breaking 60 assists, could also break 70 points. Campbell is more likely than Karlsson based on Campbell's two goals to Karlsson's one. Still, there's going to be a lot of defensemen putting up points and getting one of those projected to put up mass points is well worth it.

Friday Evening Defensemen - Week 8

2011-11-25T03:43:00.041-05:00

I typed up the rankings after I finished the goalie rankings, but I couldn't figure out what I wanted to put in this piece up top. I spent today experimenting with the goalie ranking a bit, anyways, here's some projection numbers I pulled out:

Jason Garrison - 31 goals (proj)
Erik Karlsson and Brian Campbell - 66 assists (proj)
Brian Campbell - 74 points (proj)
Theo Peckham - 172 PIMs (proj)
Dustin Byfuglien - 301 Shots on goal (proj)
Jason Garrison - 16 PPG (proj)
Brian Campbell - 43 PPA (proj)

Anyways... to the rankings...

Defenseman Rankings
1. Zdeno Chara
2.   Dustin Byfuglien (↑3)
3.   Shea Weber
4. Sheldon Souray (↓2)
5.   Ryan Suter (↑6)
6.   Erik Karlsson (↓2)
7.   Nicklas Lidstrom (↓1)
8. Dan Boyle (↓1)
9.   Dion Phaneuf (↑3)
10. Kris Letang (↓2)
11. Jason Garrison (↑3)
12. Alexander Edler (↓2)
13. Brian Campbell (↑2)
14. Marc-Andre Bergeron (↓1)
15. Keith Yandle (↑6)
16. P.K. Subban (↑1)
17. Dennis Wideman (↓1)
18. Kyle Quincey (↓9)
19. Niklas Kronwall (↑9)
20. Ian White (↑4)
21. Sergei Gonchar (↑6)
22. Sami Salo
23. Dmitry Kulikov (↓3)
24. John Carlson (↑6)
25. Dan Hamhuis (↑4)
26. John-Michael Liles (↓1)
27. Christian Ehrhoff (↑7)
28. Kevin Shattenkirk (↓10)
29. Mark Streit (↓10)
30. Mark Giordano (↑1)
31. Alex Pietrangelo (↑5)
32. Duncan Keith (↓6)
33. Kevin Bieksa (↓10)
34. Marc-Edouard Vlasic (↑11)
35. Brent Burns (↓2)
36. Jack Johnson (↓13)
37. Shane O'Brien (↑13)
38. Matt Carle (↑2)
39. Jay Harrison (↑8)
40. Yannick Weber (↓2)
41. Ryan Wilson (↑5)
42. Grant Clitsome (↑10)
43. Joe Corvo (↓1)
44. Chris Pronger (↓3)
45. Ryan McDonagh (↓6)
46. Kimmo Timonen (↓9)
47. Johnny Boychuk (↓12)
48. Fedor Tyutin (NEW)
49. Nick Leddy (↓1)
50. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (NEW)
Out: Dan Girardi, Steve Montador

And then I wanted to compare the stuff I said above to previous years...

Just for comparison to previous seasons:
Last season, only Dustin Byfuglien reached the 20 goal plateau. The year before that (the 2009-2010 season) no one reached 20. During the monster season of 2008-2009, Mike Green hit 31 goals and Sheldon Souray and Shea Weber both got 23 while no one else got above 20... and I've found the source for my next article, look out for it later tonight!

Thursday Afternoon Goalies - Week 8

2011-11-25T03:18:00.002-05:00

So, Happy Thanksgiving, I hope ya'll had a wonderful time. Anyways, I'm late with the rankings no thanks to Black Friday. Good new is though, that the FEDs are done, so that'll be up for sure tomrorow. Also, had to deal with the picks and thanksgiving stuff... long story short, we all got a turkey and sides. Going back to the goalies, you've got your main dish (generally the turkey), you sides (second-tier), the sides you hate (bottom-tier), throw some cider there (fourth-tier, unfortunately, there was no alcohol in my household), and finish off with the pie (third-tier) and "boom" you've got your meal. Putting that in terms of goalies...

Pekka Rinne would be my turkey, he's huge, is the best goalie in the league, and the center piece of the table. My sides would be stuffing (Kari Lehtonen, because he's had the stuffing beaten outta him a bit this season), mashed potatoes (Mike Smith, since many thought he'd be a potato in net, Jonathan Quick would be my corn, Jimmy Howard probably cranberry sauce, Lundqvist would be my gravy because he's good no matter what team he's on, or in this case, which dish! Tim Thomas would be my sweet potato because even though it's great to eat, you can't have too much, which is what the Bruins have been doing with him. I'd have Varly and Ryan Miller be my green beans and squash respectively, along with Brodeur and Luongo being other squashes. Fleury and Thedore would be my drinks (google Fleury wine and St. Theodore wine if you don't believe me). As for pie, there's apple (Vokoun), blueberry (Niemi), cherry (Ward), pumpkin (Khabibulin), and pecan (Enroth)

Goalie Rankings

1.   Pekka Rinne
2.   Mike Smith (↑1)
3. Kari Lehtonen (↓1)
4. Jonathan Quick
5.   Jimmy Howard (↑1)
6.   Henrik Lundqvist (↓1)
7.   Tim Thomas (↑5)
8. Marc-Andre Fleury (↓1)
9.   Jose Theodore (↑7)
10. Carey Price (↑2)
11. Cam Ward (↑4)
12. Miikka Kiprusoff (↓1)
13. Niklas Backstrom
14. Nikolai Khabibulin (↓5)
15. Antti Niemi (↑7)
16. Tomas Vokoun (↓8)
17. Ondrej Pavelec (↑3)
18. Craig Andreson
19. Corey Crawford (↓6)
20. Jonas Hiller (↓3)
21. Jhonas Enroth (NEW)
22. Ilya Bryzgalov (↓1)
23. Brian Elliott (↓4)
24. Johan Hedberg (↓3)
25. Dwayne Roloson (NEW)
Out: Ryan Miller, Semyon Varlamov

UEFA Champions League

2011-11-23T17:57:00.001-05:00

With a bit more down time, I can discuss other sports that also interest me, and perhaps you the reader as well. So here's a breakdown of UEFA's Champions League Qualifying with only 1 game left in the group stage. Also, the team in third place will enter the Europa League in the round of 32. The last place team is done

Group A
Matches:
Manchester City vs Bayern Munich
Villarreal vs Napoli

Qualification:
Bayern Munich has qualified for the round of 16 will be seeded
Napoli qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Napoli wins
-Napoli draws and Manchester City draws
-Napoli loses and Manchester City draws or loses

Manchester City qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Manchester City wins and Napoli draws or loses

Villarreal cannot qualify

Group B
Matches:
Inter vs CSKA Moscow
Lille vs Trabzonspor

Qualificiation:
Inter has qualified and will be seeded in the round of 16

Trabzonspor qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Trabzonspor wins
-Trabzonspor draws and CSKA Moscow draws or loses
Lille qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Lille wins
CSKA Moscow qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-CSKA Msocow wins and Lille and Trabzonspor draw

Group C
Matches:
Benfica vs Otelul Galati
FC Basel vs Manchester United

Qualification:
Benfica has qualified
Benfica will be seeded if:
-Benfica wins
-Benfica draws and Manchester United draws
Benfica will be unseeded if:
-Benfica draws or loses and Manchester United wins
Manchester United will qualify and be seeded if:
-Manchester United wins and Benfica draws or loses
Manchester United will qualify and be unseeded if:
-Manchester United wins and Benfica wins
-Manchester United draws and Benfica draws
Basel will qualify and be seeded if:
-Basel wins and Benfica draws of loses
Basel will qualify and be unseeded if:
-Basel wins and Benfica wins
Otelul Galati cannot qualify

Group D
Matches:
Ajax vs Real Madrid
Dinamo Zagreb vs Lyon

Qualification:
Real Madrid qualifies and will be seeded:
Ajax qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Ajax wins
-Ajax draws
-Ajax loses and the difference between Lyon's winning margin and Real Madrid's winning margin is less than 7 goals
Lyon qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Lyon wins and Ajax loses and the winning margin of Lyon's win and Real Madrid's win is 7 goals or greater
Dinamo Zagreb cannot qualify

Group E
Matches:
Chelsea vs Valencia
Genk vs Bayer Leverkusen

Qualification:
Bayer Leverkusen has qualified
Bayer Leverkusen will be seeded if:
-Bayer Leverkusen wins
-Bayer Leverkusen wins and Chelsea and Valencia draw

Bayer Leverkusen will be unseeded if:
-Bayer Leverkusen draws or loses and Chelsea and Valencia do not draw
Chelsea qualifies and will be seeded if:
-Chelsea wins and Bayer Leverkusen does not win
-Chelsea draws 0-0 and Bayer Leverkusen loses
Chelsea qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Chelsea wins and Bayer Leverkusen wins
-Chelsea draws with no goals scored
Valencia qualifies and will be seeded if:
-Valencia wins and Bayer Leverkusen does not win
-Valencia draws with at least 1 goal scored and Bayer Leverkusen loses
Valencia qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Valencia wins and Bayer Leverkusen wins
-Valencia draws with at least one goal scored and Bayer Leverkusen wins or draws
Genk cannot qualify

Group F
Matches:
Borussia Dortmund vs Marseille
Olympiakos vs Arsenal

Qualification:
Arsenal has qualified and will be seeded

Marseille qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Marseille wins
-Marseille draws and Olympiacos draws or loses
-Marseille loses and Olympiacos loses
Olympiacos qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Olympiacos wins and Marseille draws or loses
-Olympiacos draws and Marseille loses by at least 2 goals
Borussia Dortmund qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Borussia Dortmund wins by 4 goals or more and Olympiacos loses

Group G
Matches:
APOEL vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Porto vs Zenit St. Petersburg

Qualification:
APOEL has qualified
APOEL will be seeded if:
-APOEL wins
-APOEL draws or loses and Zenit and Porto draw
APOEL will be unseeded if:
-APOEL draws and Zenit wins
-APOEL loses and either Zenit or Porto wins
Zenit qualifies and will be seeded if:
-Zenit wins and APOEL loses
Zenit qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Zenit wins and APOEL wins
-Zenit draws
Porto qualifies and will be seeded if:
-Porto wins and APOEL loses
Porto qualifies and will be unseeded if:
-Porto wins and APOEL wins or draws
Shakhtar Donetsk cannot qualify

Group H
Matches:
Barca vs BATE Borisov
Viktoria Plzen vs AC Milan

Qualification:
Barca qualifies and will be seeded
AC Milan qualifies and will be unseeded