College football Bottom 10 Week 8: Texas gets a little
- Ryan McGee, ESPN Elder WriterOct 23, 2024, 07:50 AM ET Close Senior author for ESPN The Publication and ESPN.com
- 2-time Sports Emmy winner
- 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year
Inspirational idea of the week:
So put me in the ground
Put me six foot down
And let the stone say
“Here lies the woman whose only crutch, Was caring one male simply a little too much”
If you precede I do, I’m gon na tell the gravedigger that he better dig two
Dig 2
— “Much Better Dig 2”– The Band Perry
Here at Bottom 10 Head office, situated in the medical tent where the neck braces are stored to help Joey Galloway recover from whiplash after whole Saturdays of rapidly turning his head to go “WTH?” after every point made by Dan Mullen, we know that the college football seasons make the clubhouse turn into the back 9, the room where we live can end up being a quickly emptying place.At the start of
each fall, coaches love to remind us that every group in the land is starting the season with an absolutely no in the loss column. However never ever do they attempt go through the Bottom 10 looking glass and permit themselves to be advised that every group in the land likewise begins with a zero on the other side of that hyphen, or dash, or whatever it is, in the win column.Editor’s Picks
1 Associated So, while those who declare to enjoy the game continue to count and state the decreasing number of FBS programs that remain unbeaten, we here, who genuinely adore this sport on a much deeper level, like to remind everyone of the other countdown of records. Those teams who are still seeking their very first victory of the fall.The space of undefeateds is still in double digits, a whopping 10. So, what’s the point in applauding that? Here in the Bottom 10 Cinematic Universe, we are down to just 2 winless squads. The unbeaten room is so crowded we are going to call the fire marshal. Our room, the beaten space, college football’s most unique club, only requires a fire extinguisher.With apologies to Deuce McAllister, David “The Deuce”Palmer, Duce Staley, Rob Base and Steve Harvey, here are the post-Week 8 Bottom 10 rankings: The Golden(plated)Flashes lost their 16th straight game, to four-loss Boiling Green after losing a Pillow Battle of the Week to four-loss Baller State and now they deal with three-loss Western Not Eastern Or Central Michigan, who sit atop the #MACtion standings. This is awesome if you’ve ever imagined seeing someone fall up a flight of stairs.
The New Owls on the Block (NO ² TB) came off their bye week and resumed their chase of Kent as the country’s only staying oh-fer teams. Now Kennesaw Mountain will spend Wednesday night traveling to Liberty Mountain, where the unbeaten Flames open every game with a prayer before leaving challengers without one.
The Eagles makes a big jump/fall in these rankings, thanks in part to being the first FBS program to fire its head coach and also since they found a possible Enjoyable Belt dancing partner for a prospective season ending Pillow Battle of the Week of the Year of Century, or PFOWYOC, pronounced “puh-fow-yok,” which is also what Will Hall angrily called everybody in the front office as he was accompanied out. And who is that PFOWYOC versus?
The East Coast Trojans, who have actually charged into the top bottom four after 3 straight Fun Belt losses and now face the Fightin’ Butches of Arkansaw State, the same group that simply ended Will Hall’s tenure in Hattiesburg.
A yellow flag was tossed on the field. Then Horns fans tossed a lot of things onto the field. Then the flag was picked up off the field. Then the trash was picked up off the field. But … there was never ever another flag tossed since of the things tossed on the field?
The good news for the Blazers is that even though they keep losing, nobody can see it since the entire state of Alabama is shrouded in thick white smoke from the dumpster fire on the Plains and the anxiety attack in Tuscaloosa.
The Other Aggies continue their 2026 Pac-12 Admittance celebration by playing like a 2022 Pac-12 team, falling to 1-6 after losing New Mexico’s non-Aggies. Now, while we were consuming over current #MACTion PFOWYs and future Fun Belt PFOWYOCs, Utah State is hitting the road for a showdown that has actually snuck up on us, versus …
The Chowboys understood the method to San Jose, however regrettably, Spartans wideout Nick Nash understood the method to the end zone for the seventh straight game. If Wyoming is going to fulfill its imagine three-peating as Arizona Bowl champs, it can’t lose again this season.
New Duke head coach Manny Diaz has now successfully beaten the coach who humiliated him at Texas, UNC’s Mack Brown, his university FSU, and in two weeks has a possibility to mess up the year for the school that fired him three years earlier, Miami. The last time someone went through ACC country like this, they were carrying orders from Sherman.
The Buttermakers are 1-6 and 0-4 in conference play. After an open date, they host Northworstern, which is 3-4 and 1-3 in the conference. With all the changes in college football, specifically in the Big Ten, this game is like being wrapped up in an old blanket from your granny’s home. Sure, it requires to be cleaned and it smells like a gym sock dipped in cat litter and VapoRub, however at least it’s familiar.Waiting list: UMess, FI
(notA)U, UTEPid (aka the team that just beat FIU), Temple of Doom, Residing On Tulsa Time (aka the group that simply lost to Temple of Doom), Whew Mexico State, Me-dle Tennessee, Fa-la-la-la-la La-la-la-Tech, Baller State, Miss Sus Hippie State, Snore Eagle, Akronmonious, flopping.