R. Rich

It's too bad Wilcots has to endure Schein. The guy has sounded so ignorant w/ his "Whitner was a reach" rants that still continue. Hey Adam, the pick was made 4 months ago; find something else to whine about. On the plus side, @ least Wilcots is on and not Jerry Rice. Ugh! I'm telling you, there's something about these 49ers when it come to broadcasting. They suck. Rice, Brent Jones, Cross, and the worst of them all, Ronnie Lott.

Too bad they didn't draft the guy who can throw the football 70 yards from on his knees.

Jeff George was certainly no Todd Blacledge, but... All kidding aside, you're right. I did wonder how he was the top overall pick that year.

Ease up on 'em. They couldn't help it that nobody else responded to the thread @ that time. It's not like he called her out ("Hey Lana...") in the thread title or anything.

I'll be interested to see how UB does this year.

My wife and I honeymooned @ Disney, Ed. We didn't stay @ one of the expensive places like the Yacht Club or the Grand Floridian, but we had a blast. We stayed @ the Port Orleans, and it was great. The thing about Disney is that you get first class service no matter which place you stay, so why spend the extra dough?

Sounds like a plan. Thanks for buying.

Here we go again. The college football season is upon us, so it's time for the media and the coaches to annoint someone as the best team. Here's a link to ESPN's listing of both the AP and USA Today list of the top 25 teams. For those who can't access the link, here they are: AP TOP 25 1. Ohio State (35) 0-0 1,558 2. Notre Dame (10) 0-0 1,470 3. Texas (8) 0-0 1,411 4. Auburn (3) 0-0 1,395 5. West Virginia (6) 0-0 1,354 6. USC (3) 0-0 1,345 7. Florida 0-0 1,178 8. LSU 0-0 1,144 9. California 0-0 975 10. Oklahoma 0-0 960 11. Florida State 0-0 949 12. Miami (FL) 0-0 893 13. Louisville 0-0 844 14. Michigan 0-0 824 15. Georgia 0-0 743 16. Iowa 0-0 720 17. Virginia Tech 0-0 614 18. Clemson 0-0 479 19. Penn State 0-0 386 20. Nebraska 0-0 332 21. Oregon 0-0 324 22. TCU 0-0 257 23. Tennessee 0-0 215 24. Arizona State 0-0 182 25. Texas Tech 0-0 181 USA TODAY TOP 25 1. Ohio State (28) 0-0 1,487 2. Texas (11) 0-0 1,378 3. USC (1) 0-0 1,348 3. Notre Dame (9) 0-0 1,348 5. Oklahoma (13) 0-0 1,320 6. Auburn (1) 0-0 1,206 7. West Virginia 0-0 1,202 8. Florida 0-0 1,054 9. LSU 0-0 1,037 10. Florida State 0-0 874 11. Miami (FL) 0-0 839 12. California 0-0 798 13. Louisville 0-0 785 14. Georgia 0-0 784 15. Michigan 0-0 778 16. Virginia Tech 0-0 591 17. Iowa 0-0 519 18. Clemson 0-0 493 19. Penn State 0-0 406 20. Oregon 0-0 373 21. TCU 0-0 270 22. Nebraska 0-0 261 23. Tennessee 0-0 216 24. Alabama 0-0 210 25. Texas Tech 0-0 198 Michigan could be better than where they're ranked. Too early to say, but they've got the potential to be a darkhorse this year in terms of the national title. Ohio State, on paper, looks to be the class of the field, but I still believe they're going to lose one or two. It's going to be a tough season for whoever wins the Big 11, and I don't think anyone will sweep their way to the title. Texas has another strong recruiting class coming in (Mack Brown can recruit), so they should be in the mix. Their conference is in a down period, so they shouldn't have a whole lot of difficulty getting to their conference final again. Cal and West Virginia are wild cards. I personally feel they will justify their rankings and could even surpass them, especially the Mountaineers. Their impressive bowl win last year when many (myself included) thought they didn't deserve to be there spoke volumes. Yeah, yeah, "that school" is going to be very good. They feature perhaps the best offensive player in the country in Quinn (though I think the guy on the team they'll face in their opener, Georgia Tech's Calvin Johnson, could end up being more dominant) and if their defense improves, they'll be tough for any team to beat. Another outstanding recruiting class and the great strides they made in Year 1 of the Charlie Weiss era has to give the golden domers hope. Be on the lookout for OU. I think AD is ready to have a monster season and put them back in the spotlight. My team? Well, the return of Posluszny was great and I do think Morelli will be okay @ QB, but the loss of such a great secondary is going to sting. Up front, they'll be okay, but they're going to need for the young guys in the secondary to step up HUGE! We'll find out very shortly, when they travel to the midwest to play "that school" (way to gouge people w/ the high ticket prices!), just how much we'll miss Zemaitis, Lowry, Harrell, and Phillips. I'm really looking forward to this season. It should prove very exciting, as I can see quite a few teams in the mix for this year's national title.

I tivo'd it, but never watched it. I have College Game Day set to automatically record when it's on, but since I haven't watched it, I'm sure it's about to be erased, especially since I'm going to tivo the Bills-Browns game today. And for you fans of "that school", remember that you get plenty of love from all over the country: from your wealthy and vast alumni, from scores of media disciples, and, of course, from your own network deal. Cry us a river.

I may be there @ that time. If not, it won't be much later.

I never miss, Steven. You would do well to remember that.

Happy birthday

Well, it did give our buddy Adam Schein something else to rant about for a while. "Jeff George? Jeff George? Jeff George? Jeff George? Jeff George? (repeat ad nauseum)"

Due to some serious technical difficulties, our draft got off to a later start (9:20pm) than we hoped for (7:30pm). Because of this, we completed just 15 of the 20 rounds. The last 5 rounds will be completed next Monday, September 4th, @ 7:30pm.

Faustus Avenger BuffBills#1 Me That's who is in the chat room now. I PM'd a guy over on BillsZone (Shop Wreckers) to let him know we're back up now. Still waiting for you, Paul, and the 3 others.

And awaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy we go!!!!!

Good news! I'm in the site too. Stand by; maybe we'll be able to get this done tonight after all.

How did you manage to get in, fellas? Or, were you still in from before? I knew I shouldn't have re-booted my computer...

That does suck. Hopefully, then can get this straightened out soon so we can still draft tonight.

How late can everyone go here? If the site is up and running by around 9pm, could you all still do the draft? I could.

Well, I'm kinda on the site. I have the Fanball page up, but I still cannot access anything: Maybe it's on the way back?

It would be tough w/out the lists, but doable.

Everyone, This sucks, and I really wish we were 15 minutes into our draft, but there's nothing I can do about it right now. I'm prepared to stay online for a while, to see if we can draft tonight. If the site comes back up, I'm prepared to get this done. The draft should take not much longer than an hour, I'd say. So, if we can get into Fanball soon, I'll be ready to go. Also, there's been some concerns over whether the draft will "begin w/out us", leaving us all w/ players we don't want. It will NOT! The draft has to be activated by yours truly, so although the room is set up, nothing will happen until I start it. Absolut Power corrupts, absolutely. I see there's a few of us here tonight, so I can only hope you'll all brave it out w/ me in the hopes that we can draft tonight. Paul, I saw that you're going to be out of town after tonight, so I really hope we can get this done before you leave. If not, is there any time between now and the beginning of the regular season that will work for you? I'm flexible in terms of scheduling the draft, so I'll bow to the will of the league, so to speak. Anyway, whoever from our league is here and ready to draft, please post here and let me know. Thanks.

Until I activate our draft, nothing will happen. I set up the draft room, but you don't set a time to begin. You just hit a "start draft" option when you're all ready to go. Don't worry.

It must be. I just can't believe that I was able to access this site numerous times today, even from WORK, and now when it's time to draft, nothing. This sucks.