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The Tank Job of the Week is an award for the FBS team that did the best job of humiliating itself over the weekend. Whether they blew a large lead, choked away a spot in the limelight, lost a game they had absolutely no right losing, or completely screwed everything on a last second blunder, the TJOTW winner sets the gold standard in college football misery.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 0: New Mexico Lobos (Montana State 35-31)
Week 1: Florida State Seminoles (Boston College 28-13)
Week 2: Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Northern Illinois 16-14)
Week 3: Mississippi State Bulldogs (Toledo 41-17)
Week 4: North Carolina Tar Heels (James Madison 70-50)
Week 5: Auburn Tigers (Oklahoma 27-21) [TIE]
Week 5: Ole Miss Rebels (Kentucky 20-17) [TIE]
Week 6: Alabama Crimson Tide (Vanderbilt 40-35)
Week 7: Marshall Thundering Herd (Georgia Southern 24-23)
Week 8: USC Trojans (Maryland 29-28)
Week 9: Liberty Flames (Kennesaw State 27-24)
Week 10: Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Southern Nazarene 18-17) [TIE]
Week 10: Texas A&M Aggies (South Carolina 44-20) [TIE]
Week 11: Utah Utes (BYU 22-21)
LAST WEEK: First of all, my feelings are hurt because I worked darn hard on that Jacksonville State /Louisiana Tech poem and like two people mentioned it. I read it to my Mom over the phone to make me feel better. She said the meter was off, and asked why I thought Jacksonville was a state when its a city in Florida.
As for the actual vote… ya’ll surprised me. I was certain it was going to be Oklahoma for literally regifting the win back to Missouri. But it was knives out for Utah. GOOD LORD it was knives out for the Utes. I always thought of Utah as one of the more babyface teams in FBS- an up-and-coming grinder that’s fun to watch, but genuinely unfun to play against. Was last week their heel turn? Have they always been heel? They did begin their ascent under Urban Meyer after all.
**Remembers it was Utah that came up with the Pac-12 counteroffer that caused ESPN to to tell the conference to go to hell and break off negotiations completely**
OH MY GOD IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW.
Onto this week and…. Wow. The sheer number of good (or at least decently ranked) teams getting punked by bad teams is pretty impressive.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- South Carolina made everyone super nervous by imploding a 21-9 lead to Mizzou, but salvaged it. Also, nice tackling on the winning touchdown, Tigers.
- Oregon nearly got exposed as the frauds they are after another Dan Lanning go-for-it special, but a tipped interception bailed them out. Guess the Huskies will have to do it themselves.
- Georgia Southern was only 7 point favorites, Troy just outplayed them, and the Trojans were much better than their 2-7 record indicated, so the 28-20 loss isn’t quite worthy of a nomination. Still it bears noting that Clay Helton has gone 2-10 in games played after November 1 while in Statesboro.
- The Houston Bounceback Party came to an abrupt and tragic end after getting pasted 27-3 by Arizona.
- Even though they led 14-0 early, its not a surprise that San Jose couldn’t hold off Boise and ended up losing 42-21. Those four turnovers sure didn’t help though.
- Liberty tried doing it again but stopped a Massachusetts 2-point conversion to salvage a 35-34 win.
- Sam Houston needed overtime to survive Kennesaw State
- I’m not sure what the record is for yardage disparity between two FBS teams but Texas State outgaining Southern Miss 703-194 is definitely up there.
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And the nominees for Week 12 are…
BYU COUGARS (lost to Kansas 17-13)
BYU had been playing with fire over the past month or so, and it finally burned them as they gained over 100 yards more than the Jayhawks, but were sabotaged by two critical mistakes- first an interception in the end zone to end the half, and a muffed punt that set up the Jayhawks on the 3 for what would prove to be the winning touchdown. The Cougars did have a chance to win at the end, but for once Kansas didn’t actually implode (not to mention the goal line playcalling left a lot to be desired).
LOUISIANA RAGIN’ CAJUNS (lost to South Alabama 24-22)
At 8-1 with a close loss to Tulane, the Cajuns were revving up into a possible appearance in the CFP rankings, if not actually posing as a threat to make the playoffs. South Alabama put an end to that, roaring out to a 24-6 halftime lead in Lafayette. The Cajuns did try to fight back, but fell short when they couldn’t connect on a 2-point conversion with 1:13 left.
LOUISVILLE CARDINALS (lost to Stanford 38-35)
Its one thing to lose as a three touchdown favorite, but Louisville took it to the next level. The Cards were ahead 35-21 with nine minutes to go, but gave up two Cardinal TD’s over the final seven minutes to tie the score. With only forty-six seconds left, Louisville quickly drove into Stanford territory, went for it on 4th and 10 from the Tree 45, didn’t get it, and then promptly gave up 20 yards worth of penalties to set up a 52 yard field goal, which Emmet Kenney just managed to squeak over the bar to complete this total meltdown.
NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (lost to Tulane 35-0)
Everyone spent the last few months talking about red waves and blue waves, but apparently it was the Green Wave we needed to worry about, because our fleet was just straight up SUNDERED by a tsunami with no survivors. Middies ended up with a pathetic THIRTEEN YARDS of offense in the second half, and just 113 yards on the entire day. Jon Sumrall did in sixty minutes what whole nations haven’t come close to doing in 248 years.
OREGON STATE BEAVERS (lost to Air Force 28-0)
Oregon State had the ball for eighteen minutes, had just 175 yards, and the only time they even got inside the Falcon 30-yard line was on a fourth down run that still ended up four yards short of the sticks. Pathetic effort on all fronts.
WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (lost to New Mexico 38-35)
Okay let’s be honest- the Cougs weren’t making the playoffs at 11-1, no matter how much we all wanted them to crash the party. Still, the glorious fantasy is over after the Cougs stall out in the third quarter, allowing New Mexico to erase a 28-14 lead, then fall behind with just over four minutes left on a Lobo field goal. The Cougs quickly retook the lead, but left way too much time left for a final, fatal New Mexico drive, and didn’t leave themselves enough time when Dickert refused to call a timeout during that drive, letting the Lobos nearly drain the entire clock in the process.
WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS (lost to Lousiana Tech 12-7)
I have no earthly idea how this would even happen and I still kinda think that this is actually just the halftime score and reality just kinda glitched out afterwards. If you have any loved ones in Bowling Green, Kentucky please contact them to make sure they’re okay and the city hasn’t been sucked into some 1632-esque time rift.