No. -10 UCLA . . . People laughed and Bruins fans were enraged when it was reported that UCLA interviewed Temple’s Al Golden twice after Karl Dorrell got blown out following the 2007 regular season. Well … fast-forward to today and the Owls are on a six-game winning streak and set to play in their first bowl game since 1979. The Bruins, meanwhile have lost all five of their Pac-10 games in rapid succession and are barely relevant under the direction of Rick Neuheisel. Rock bottom will arrive on Saturday when Washington, which was 0-12 last season, beats UCLA in Pasadena.
No. -9 Michigan State-Minnesota game . . . The 50,805 fans who came to TCF Bank Stadium last weekend saw a little bit of Big Ten football, but a lot of the refs. Officials called 26 penalties and marched off 230 total yards. The Golden Gophers apparently did the most cheating and got flagged 17 times. They also somehow managed to win, 42-34.
No. -8 The Oh-for-Eights . . . Eastern Michigan, New Mexico, Rice and Western Kentucky are all 0-8. We’re tired of mentioning them individually from time to time, so we’ll just package them up this week. The Lobos and Hilltoppers each came through with come-from-ahead losses last Saturday to keep their “spotless” records intact. Handicapping the race to 0-12 perfection, the “Worst of the Weak” has to go with Western Kentucky right now. The Hilltoppers were the lowest of the low last weekend, surrendering 68 points and 583 total yards to North Texas, which came in 1-6.
No. -7 Mark Mangino . . . On the same day that Iowa was handsomely rewarded for sticking with Ricky Stanzi after he threw five interceptions, Kansas’ big bossman basically tossed in the towel against Texas Tech by 
No. -5 Black fetish . . . We know it was Halloween, but that’s still no excuse for Georgia and Tennessee to break out the black unnecessarily. The Bulldogs’ black helmets were disgusting in defeat and the Vols’ black jerseys were an abomination in victory. Traditional SEC powerhouses look terribly cheap when they spit on decades of tradition and take ill-advised fashion risks. Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton has already said that 
No. -1 Michigan . . . If you don’t count
their ridiculous scheduling of and victory over Delaware State (we certainly never will), the Wolverines haven’t won a game since squeaking past Indiana, 36-33, on Sept. 26. Last week’s 38-13 loss at Illinois was an utter disgrace, raising the distinct possibility of another bowl-less season for Michigan, which is precariously perched at 5-4. The pressure is really on for Saturday’s game against Purdue, which itself is on the “Worst of the Weak” waiting list after gaining only 141 yards at Wisconsin during an ugly 37-0 Halloween massacre. After hosting the Boilermakers, the Wolverines have only losses to Wisconsin and Ohio State to finish up with.
UVM guy, so naturally I love the Catamount reference, but I’m not sure where it’s coming from.
Enjoy your feature, but perhaps you should add yourself to this week’s list for failing to mention the name of either team you were talking about in item No. 2.
Regards.
all of the blatantly dishonest officiating in every conference and fixed game outcomes makes us wonder so many people and companies that advertise actually pay to put on and watch college football games under the current corrupt and dishonest systems.
the saying is that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time.
just as the days of reckoning came in the civil courts for the con artists who used to run the enron and mci worldcom scams, the days of reckoning in the civil courts have arrived for every person and entity involved in crooked college sports enterprises.
just imagine, next season, everyone who loves college football and college sports and the student athletes who play these sports will finally be able to watch and participate in athletic contests in which the outcomes are determined by the student athletes on the field and the honest coaches who will still be coaching.
as for the individuals and entites weho have been hauling in tons of cash from operation crooked college sports enterprises, those who do not settle and fess up immediately will be stripped of their material possesions(no matter how well they think they have hidden them) in the civil courts and will be out on the streets begging for food with no free room and board at any prison facilities.
that is how the civil rico statutes work by empoyering those who know how to use them to act as private attorney generals.