SB Nation User Blog: bs.uf15bosox9bears23

Gregg Zaun?

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:34:27 -0000

Gregg Zaun?

He wants to come to Boston. Anyone interested?

Brian Fuentes a Bargain?

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:54:07 -0000

Brian Fuentes a Bargain?

Olney has us as the number 4 option for Fuentes, who effectively shut down lefty batters last year, holding them to a .184 average and striking out 20/49 batters.

Boras Translations

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:50:33 -0000

Boras Translations

Having trouble understanding why one man is making an entire sport go insane? Maybe you just need a translation from Satanic to English, which is exactly what Stan McNeal is providing.

ESPNU + AccuScore Playoff

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:48:04 -0000

Sorry ESPNU and AccuScore, I think I broke...

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:46:50 -0000

Sorry ESPNU and AccuScore, I think I broke your system.
http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls08/bracket
Source: http://i34.tinypic.com/30kbsle.jpg

HEISMAN EXPANDED VOTING

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:46:53 -0000

Player Name	School Name	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3st Place Votes	Total Points
Sam Brad"frod"	Oklahoma	300	315	196	1726
Colt McCoy	Texas	266	288	230	1604
Tim Tebow	Florida	309	207	234	1575
Graham Harrell	Texas Tech	13	44	86	213
Michael Crabtree	Texas Tech	3	27	53	116
Shonn Greene	Iowa	5	9	32	65
Patrick White	West Virginia	3	1	8	19
Nate Davis	Ball State	0	1	8	10
Rey Maualuga	USC	2	1	1	9
Javon Ringer	Michigan State	1	0	5	8
Total # of Ballots	2648 (total number of votes)	902	893	853	5345

Bold numbers indicate leader in category.

Maybe I'm wrong here, but if you have a Heisman ballot, aren't you supposed to fill out a 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place vote? I mean, there are spots on the ballot for each:

via media.tbo.com

Then can someone please explain the 9 voters who didn't bother to fill in a 2nd place vote after submitting a 1st place vote? Or maybe the additional lack of 40 voters who failed to submit a 3rd place vote? According to Heisman.com, 926 ballots were sent out. The same site says that 90.4% of the votes were for the top 3 players. That would mean that out of 2648 votes, they received 2394. Wait...

300+315+196+266+288+230+309+207+234 = 2345

Where are they getting the extra 49 votes from? Are they maybe the 49 votes of 2nd and 3rd place that are missing from certain ballots? The top 3 really only got 88.6% of the votes. Okay, maybe that's not important.

Unfortunately, we cannot hold the voters accountable, because the vote is "anonymous," even though you can clearly see that the ballot has plenty of ways of contacting the voters. I want to know who the 24 voters who did not vote at all are (SPOILED SOBs, I"LL TAKE YOUR DAMN VOTE!!!) and who the above mentioned 49 voters are.

Anybody for starting a petition to make the vote publicly available?

Players Ripe for the Picking

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:00:58 -0000

Players Ripe for the Picking

List of NonTendered Players so far. These players are now free agents, and many of them are interesting.

Tim-may says Mullen's not calling plays

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:54:27 -0000

Tim-may says Mullen's not calling plays

Good job, Timmy. Drop the bombshell while the other team's biggest star is having his shining moment. I hope you get to call all the plays, and decide to play Linebacker for a play to lay out Bradford.

December 13, 2008

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:09:15 -0000

December 13, 2008

December 12, 2008

bs.uf15bosox9bears23 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:54:52 -0000

December 12, 2008