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November 14, 2007: Week 9 & 10 Football Notes

Quest for Perfection

Undefeated Teams, College (Div 1-A)
Kansas, Hawaii

Winless Teams, College (Div 1-A)
Utah State, Florida International

Undefeated Teams, NFL
New England

Winless Teams, NFL
Miami

Language Guide Additions

Space Atheist - Someone who thinks the 1969 moon landing was a hoax and/or that the entire space program is of little value.

Example:
Steamboy - "There goes NASA with their convenient lies."
Diesel - "Quit being such a space atheist."

Gayzona - Refers to Arizona State football fans that are also gay. They are usually dressed in yellow and are typically seen slapping each other playfully.

Question
In the Roger "Pig" Clemens commercial where he is using a cell phone to ask his wife permission to play baseball again, is that his real wife?

WRussian, BNature, and Diesel all say yes, Sandman says no.
Actual - Yes, this is his real wife, Debbie

Week 9 Quotes from Minnesota vs. San Diego

"Any Given Sunday is more than just the name of a bad movie."
     Greg Gumbel

"And Brad Childress – you can fry an egg on the top of his head!"
     Dan Dierdorff after Antonio Cromartie returned a missed field goal 109 yards for the touchdown and the longest play in NFL history

Prediction Tracker
On NFL Draft Day and on the first Saturday of the college football season, the BMTG Big Four made the following predictions. These predictions will be tracked throughout the season.

1. Who will be the National Champions and who will they beat?

White Russian – Louisville over LSU
Brother Nature – Texas over Oklahoma
Diesel – Wisconsin over Georgia
Sandman – USC over West Virginia

How the predicted champions have done so far:

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Louisville (5-5)
Week 10 – bye
Week 11 – Loss to West Virginia 38 to 31
Preseason Rank: 10
Current Rank: out of the top 25

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Texas (9-2)
Week 10 – Win over Oklahoma State 38 to 35
Week 11 – Win over Texas Tech 59 to 43
Preseason Rank: 4
Current Rank: 13

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Wisconsin (8-3)
Week 10 – Loss to Ohio State 38 to 17
Week 11 – Win over Michigan 37 to 21
Preseason Rank: 7
Current Rank: 25

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006USC (8-2)
Week 10 – Win over Oregon State 24 to 3
Week 11 – Win over California 24 to 17
Preseason Rank: 1
Current Rank: 11

2. Who will win the Heisman?

White Russian – DeSean Jackson, California
Brother Nature – John David Booty, USC
Diesel – Brian Brohm, Louisville
Sandman – Darren McFadden, Arkansas

How the predicted Heismans have done so far:

DeSean Jackson, California:
Week 10 – 5 rec for 45 yds, 2 runs for 21 yds (vs. Washington State)
Week 11 – 5 rec for 64 yds, 1 punt ret for 0 yds (vs. USC)
Total – 56 rec for 650 yds and 6 TD, 13 runs for 158 yds and 1 TD, 11 punt ret for 110 yds and 1 TD

John David Booty, USC:
Week 10 – 19 for 33, 157 yds, 2 TD (vs. Oregon State)
Week 11 – 11 for 20, 129 yds, 1 TD (at California)
Total – 143 for 228, 1525 yds, 15 TD, 8 INT, 1 lost fumble

Brian Brohm, Louisville:
Week 10 – BYE
Week 11 – 27 for 46, 345 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT, 1 rushing TD (at West Virginia)
Total – 278 for 414, 3574 yds, 28 TD, 9 INT, 2 rushing TD

Darren McFadden:
Week 10 – 34 runs for 321 yds and 1 TD, 1 rec for 4 yds, 1 comp for 1 att, 23 yds and 1 TD, 2 kick ret for 30 yds (vs. South Carolina)
Week 11 – 22 runs for 117 yds, 3 rec for 17 yds, 0 comp for 1 att, 2 kick ret for 39 yds (at Tennessee)
Total – 244 runs for 1431 yds and 12 TD, 17 rec for 114 yds, 2 for 4 passing for 65 yds and 2 TD, 8 kick ret for 142 yds

3. What are your draft day predictions?

White Russian Marshawn Lynch will have a better season than Adrian Peterson. Brady Quinn gets caught with a prostitute.
Brother Nature Leon Hall shocks everyone and kicks ass.
Diesel Ginn plays 3 games. Quinn outperforms JaMarcus Russell.*
Sandman Adrian Peterson is Rookie of the Year.
* Diesel maintains that he said Quinn outperforms Russell, but there are conflicting accounts of the official prediction, as it is possible that he said the "Detroit rookie QB" (Drew Stanton) would outperform Russell. Let this be a reminder to mean what you say and say what you mean.

How the players have done so far:

Marshawn Lynch, RB, Buffalo:
Week 9: 29 runs for 153 yds and 1 TD, 1 rec for 7 yds, 1 comp for 1 att, 8 yds and 1 TD (vs. Cincinnati)
Week 10: 19 runs for 61 yds and 1 TD, 3 rec for 24 yds (at Miami)

Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota:
Week 9: 30 runs for 296 yds and 3 TD, 1 rec for 19 yds, 1 fumble lost (vs. San Diego)
Week 10: 11 runs for 45 yds, 3 rec for 14 yds (at Green Bay)

Brady Quinn, QB, Cleveland:
Week 9: Did not play
Week 10: Did not play

Leon Hall, CB, Cincinnati:
Week 9: 5 tackles, 1 INT (at Buffalo)
Week 10: 7 tackles, 1 INT (at Baltimore)

Ted Ginn, Jr., WR, Miami:
Week 9: BYE
Week 10: 1 rec for 12 yds, 1 run for 0 yds, 2 kick ret for 29 yds, 2 punt ret for 16 yds (vs. Buffalo)

Detroit rookie QB (Drew Stanton):
Out for season - knee surgery - 0 games played

JaMarcus Russell:
Week 9: Did not play
Week 10: Did not play

4. Name the NFL final four (prediction made on draft day). Includes their current record.

White Russian AFC - New England (9-0) & San Diego (5-4)
NFC - Philadelphia (4-5) & San Francisco (2-7)
Brother Nature AFC - San Diego (5-4) & Indianapolis (7-2)
NFC - St. Louis (1-8) & New Orleans (4-5)
Diesel AFC - Cincinnati (3-6) & Indianapolis (7-2)
NFC - Chicago (4-5) & St. Louis (1-8)
Sandman AFC - New England (9-0) & Baltimore (4-5)
NFC - New Orleans (4-5) & Dallas (8-1)

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