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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: Stanford Cardinal (Hawai’i 23-20)
Week 1: Alabama Crimson Tide (Florida State 31-17)
Week 2: Florida Gators (South Florida 18-16)
Week 3: UCLA Bruins (New Mexico 35-10)
Week 4: Illinois Fighting Illini (Indiana 63-10)
Week 5: Arkansas Razorbacks (Notre Dame 56-13)
Week 6: Penn State Nittany Lions (UCLA 42-37)
Week 7: Penn State Nittany Lions (Northwestern 22-21)
Week 8: Memphis Tigers (UAB 31-24)
Week 9: Mississippi State Bulldogs (Texas 45-38)
Week 10: Auburn Tigers (Kentucky 10-3)
LAST WEEK: Gonna be honest, I thought Houston being ranked and celebrating one of their greatest teams ever only filling half their stadium and then getting punked by West Virginia was a surefire winner, and it did garner a significant amount of votes. But Auburn/Kentucky was such an abomination plus Hugh Freeze’s icy sendoff that it stole the show, and the award. Overall, this was one of the most-diverse votes we’ve ever had, with Auburn (57), Miami (43), Houston (41) and Boise State (33), and Georgia Tech (27) all getting significant vote totals. Also a belated nod to South Dakota State for pulling an all-timer of an FCS faceplant, which unfortunately went missed.
Alright, let’s be honest. College Football is a stupid sport. There is nothing about this sport that has ever made sense, and any attempt to fix that has made even less sense. That’s not an indictment- it’s an enticement. We love this sport because it is stupid. This is a sport that has had two teams fighting for the last century over a jug that one team bought because they thought the other team might try to poison them. And every year, there seems to be a week we are reminded that nothing about this has, does, or ever will make sense. This is that week. God Bless it.
NOTE: For ease of counting, please use carats to make your vote, like this: <Team>. Thank you for participating!
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- FCS Eastern Washington was on the doorstep of a massive upset of Montana but fumbled the spike to stop the clock.
- BYU was facing an uphill battle in Lubbock but sheesh their offense looked completely lifeless against TTU.
- Tulane nearly blew a 21 point fourth quarter lead to Memphis but held on. Either way, Operation Get James Madison Into The Playoffs is in full swing as the American continues to cannibalize itself.
- It took Omar Cooper Jr defying every possible law of physics for Indiana to remain undefeated against Penn State, but the Lions also deserve some side-eye for sabotaging their final drive with one of the dumbest timeouts I’ve ever seen called.
- Mission IX turned out to be the first ever failed UCF Space Game after Vitor Belfort’s son made an ill-advised chuck into the endzone for an easy pick after the Knights were already in tying field goal range.
And now, the nominees for Week 11 are…
FLORIDA GATORS (lost to Kentucky 38-7)
I know its been 5-3 in favor of the Wildcats over the past eight years, but it still seems like just yesterday that Florida absolutely dominated this series. Either way, this is Florida’s worst loss to UK since some guy named Bear Bryant coached the Cats. You can’t even blame the Gators four turnovers because UK coughed up a quartet of their own. They were just that thoroughly beaten by a Kentucky team that had previously just been bobbing in the water.
LOUISVILLE CARDINALS (lost to California 29-26)
Cards entered the game 19-point favorites at home, but couldn’t shake the Bears, who outgained UL by 70 yards and jumped out by as much as 7 after the only turnover of the game led to a Cal field goal. Then in overtime, penalties wrecked Louisville’s drive and forced them to settle for three. Cal, however, got to fourth and goal on the 3 and decided to end things there like a glorified two point conversion. They got it, and put Louisville’s ACC and playoff hopes on life support.
OREGON STATE BEAVERS (lost to Sam Houston 21-17)
This might honestly be one of the most unfathomable losses I’ve ever seen in my life. Oregon State had won two in a row and had just upset Wazzu to take the Pac-12 lead. The Bearkats were winless, twenty-one point underdogs, outgained by a 3:1 ratio, and down 17-0 midway through the second quarter, and walked out of Corvallis the winner thanks to two returns for a touchdown- one the second half kickoff and the other a blocked punt. Sam Houston even offered to bail the Beavers out by throwing an interception in their own territory while trying to run out the clock, but the Beavers only went five yards before downing out to seal this disaster.
SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (lost to Hawai’i 38-6)
Sean Lewis’s Great Island Adventure sounds like a terrible direct to video comedy movie, but in truth it was a straight up tragedy- at least where the formerly one-loss Aztecs were concerned. Even before the Aztecs coughed up four turnovers in the second half, the Warriors had this one well in control with a 24-6 first half domination. And the Mountain West has now officially played its way out of playoff contention.
VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (lost to Wake Forest 16-9)
Well you can’t say you didn’t see this coming considering they’ve been flirting with a nomination-worthy loss for the last month or so. Neither team could score an offensive touchdown and were forced to kick three field goals, but the Deacons managed a punt return for a TD and that made all the difference.
WASHINGTON HUSKIES (lost to Wisconsin 13-10)
I don’t wanna talk about it.