Inspirational thought of the week:
Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there’s still a chance for you?
‘Cause there’s a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on, show ’em what you’re worth
Make ’em go, “Oh, oh, oh”
As you shoot across the sky
— “Firework,” Katy Perry
Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located beneath the 6-foot tall pile of pierogi crusts left by the “College GameDay” crew after last week’s show in Pittsburgh, we believe that it is important to celebrate all life’s victories, whether those triumphs be large or be they small.
Won a national title? Hoist that big gold Eye of Sauron-looking trophy and savor the moment.
Won a Heisman Trophy? Hug that bronze stiff-armed man, load him in the car and drive him around with you to take selfies with people on the street, à la 1980 winner George Rogers.
Kicked a field goal with 6:13 remaining in your inevitable 14th consecutive loss that cut the lead from 45-0 to 45-3?
Even when a season goes south, it’s great to know that a team can still lean on the bedrock of college football: Classic regional rivalries that have been played for generations. You know, like Oklahoma State traveling to UCF.
The Beavs have created quite the tumbler of Bottom 10 conundrums. They started 0-6 to seize the top bottom spot. Then they won two in a row, including an upset of fellow 2Pac member Warshington State. Then they lost two in a row, first falling to the then-second ranked Bottom 10 team, aka the next team in these current rankings, and last weekend to then-Bottom 10 Wait Listers Living on Tulsa Time. Now they face the Fightin’ Byes of Open Date U. before an in-season rematch with, yes, Warshington State. The actual Oregon Trail was a smoother ride.
Kurious about the earlier komment koncerning the Pillow Fight Of The Week But Not Of The Year Like We Thought It Was Going To Be? That’s bekause the Bearkats kast a kink into the effekt of this klash by winning konsekutive kontests. But that still kouldn’t kompletely katapult them from these rankings.
The Minors return to these rankings after a long absence. Well, long for them, at least. Their only FBS win this season came against Sam Houston, thus our refusal to rank them ahead of the Kats. But SHSU just beat I’m In … Delaware and those same Hens will be roosting with UTEP in their season finale. So if Sam Houston loses out via defeats to MTSU and Florida International … but UTEP also loses out via an “L” to Delaware … then to sort out the final Bottom 10 standings, we’re going to need to spend Thanksgiving weekend with that unmarked jar of “holy water” that Granddaddy keeps by his chair during the holidays.
Waiting List: No-vada, San No-se State (aka the team that just lost to No-vada), Pur-don’t, Colora-duh State, Arkansaw Fightin’ Petrinos, blowing a 27-point halftime lead.
