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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)
Week 11: Washington Huskies (Wisconsin 13-10)
Week 12: South Carolina Gamecocks (Texas A&M 31-30)
Week 13 [TIE]: Florida State Seminoles (North Carolina State 21-11)
Week 13 [TIE]: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Pittsburgh 42-28)
Week 14: SMU Mustangs (California 38-35)
Week 15: Virginia Cavaliers (lost to Duke 27-20)
YEAR: Penn State Nittany Lions (6-6)
LAST WEEK: It wasn’t as unanimous or spectacular as Florida State’s fall from grace last year, but going from preseason #2 to 6-6 and lucky to be in the Pinstripe Bowl is one heck of a fall, and it makes the Nittany Lions a very deserved winner for the year. There were also a lot of votes for a certain ex-coach, which brings us to…
Today we are introducing the first of TWO new awards to the TJOTW repertoire. Welcome to the OFF-FIELD Tank Job of the Year. Similar to the Tank Job of the year, which awards the team that most humiliated itself consistently throughout the season on the field, this award goes to whoever managed to most embarrass themselves off the field. Unlike the on-field stuff, which is reserved for teams, the off-field award can be won by various entities, such as teams, individuals, or other institutions about this sport. This will basically be a semiannual thing, with the other award- Tank Job of the Offseason taking place just before the start of the next season and covering the events from now until August.
And yes, I realize that some of these are related to each other. After all, stupid begets stupid in this sport, as anyone who has watched a CyHawk game can tell you.
Also, some of these are obviously controversial, so let’s be civil.
NOTE: For ease of counting, please use carats to make your vote, like this: <Team>. Thank you for participating!
And now the nominees for the OFF-FIELD Tank Job of the Year Are…
THE ACC RUINS EVERYTHING
Like I said before, if you have a five way tie, your options are a genuine CFP contender, three more teams that are at least in or near the rankings, and a 7-5 mediocrity that got blasted by Illinois and lost to UConn, and your tiebreaking system points at the latter and says “we’ll take them” you have a bad tiebreaking system. One Virginia overtime loss later, and you’re looking at a lot of ridicule, the first power conference champion to be left out of the 12-team playoff, a second group of five sacrificial lamb in the bracket, and a snowball effect among the at-large teams that results in damaged relationships with one of your associate members.
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FORMAT
Yeah I know this has been discussed to death over the past three weeks and we’re all sick of hearing about it, but its gotta be on here. We’re going to lump everything in here- from the weekly rankings being setups for desired outcomes (like say Alabama just randomly jumping Notre Dame after a close win at Auburn to set up the Miami swap the next week), to the inconsistencies of values of losing a conference championship (Alabama’s not punished while BYU is), to the overall inclusion of G5 teams (I think we can all agree that there’s a difference between an undefeated team deserving a shot and a rematch against a team that already clobbered them by 5 touchdowns). In back to back years, the season has played out in such a way to expose gaping flaws in the system, any potential fix is probably going to lead to more unhappiness, and the number of people who actually trust the selection committee to make a fair and honest assessment of teams is dwindling by the day.
JEFF LANDRY HIJACKS THE BUS (AND RUNS OVER SCOTT WOODWARD)
Look, I get why you might be frustrated with the man responsible for the two biggest coaching buyouts in college football history (well, one of two men, but the other is Jimmy Sexton, and that’s kinda his job). And the Louisiana Governor is completely right that coaching buyouts are completely out of control. But completely burying Scott Woodward in a press conference is probably a bit much, especially when it leads to him taking his own sizeable buyout home with him. And then they immediately sign Lane Kiffin to a 7-year $91 million deal that’s 80% guaranteed, meaning nothing has changed. Oh, and they’re also paying him for Ole Miss’s successes in the playoffs, which is already up to a quarter-mil and counting.
LANE KIFFIN BURNS IT ALL DOWN, PART XXII
After burning his bridges everywhere he’s coached (save for FAU), Lane Kiffin does it again when he tries to play both sides of a potential move to LSU, gets slapped down, and starts throwing out ultimatums like my 4-year old niece throws Teddy Grahms in the car. Only there’s no handheld vac that can clean-up this mess.
NOTRE DAME RAGEQUITS
Whether you think they should have been in over Alabama/Miami or not, its undeniable the Irish had legitimate grievances when two losses by four points to top ten teams left them on the outside looking in of the college football playoff. But the Irish’s response also leaves a lot to be desired, from damaging their relations with the ACC (which affects every other sport they’re in) to angrily pouting their way out of the last dance of the season. For a team that prides itself so much on tradition, undermining one of the most unique and fun traditions in all of sports like the bowls seems like a spit in the face of fans.
PENN STATE LIVES IN THE MOMENT
James Franklin had gone 34-8 in his previous three seasons, leading the Nittany Lions to three Top-15 rankings, two NY6 bowls, and the semifinals of the first college football playoff. So to be fired just six games into the 2025 season is a stark indication of just how big mad Penn State and its fans were after back to back losses to UCLA and Northwestern. Okay, fair, but then came the question of- who’s next? And the question lingered, and lingered, and lingered, as all but two of Penn State’s incoming recruits decided they’d rather not wait around for the answer, many bolting straight to Franklin’s new gig at Virginia Tech. By the time early signing day rolled around, the Nittany Lions ranked 139th in the nation on 24/7- keeping in mind there’s only 136 teams in FBS. And sure, they ended up saving things somewhat by poaching perennial overachiever Matt Campbell, but that incoming cupboard is still pretty darn bare.
SHERRONE MOORE’S DOWNFALL
Michigan coach just straight up throws his career away thanks to an illicit affair with a staffer, and then after being busted and fired goes to her apartment and threatens self-harm to make sure the meltdown is total and complete and has turned losing his $12 million job into a potential felony charge.