Dirty Dozen: A Giving Thanks Edition.
This is the week of giving thanks; or to be thankful that you are not a fan of the 12 teams on the Dirty Dozen list. Thanksgiving week is also the penultimate week of the college football regular season. The time for looking back on the rapidly expiring regular season is here, and; for me, looking back on making this list every week. It has been a bumpy, ugly and; quite frankly, an embarrassment to make one of these lists the past 11 weeks. That being said, have enjoyed it thoroughly.
Any hoo; enough with the retrospecting and get on with this week's list. The Dirty Dozen welcomes back two of its familiar members in BYpU and In-a-Rutgers. 'The Best Conference in America' is holding steady with four teams, followed by the 'Little Ten' with three teams.
Can Baylored or Kansas, (is it basketball season yet) win an unprecedented fourth Dumpster Fire Award? Or will there be another team that sneaks in to the #1 spot?
Before we wade through the muck of this week's list, there are several Garbage Bag Medallions to hand out.
*Two Medallions go to Syracuse and Georgia Tech. Syracuse losing to Louisville; 56-10, and Georgia Tech getting wrecked by Duke; 43-20.
*Iowa has to get one by losing at home; 24-15, to Purdue. The same team that whacked Ohio State around two weeks before.
*The Minnesota Gophers weren't so golden with their five turnover, seven first down performance against Northwestern, putting up a donut, 39-0.
More Medallions are on the way, but this list is oozing to be presented. So without apology, the week 12 Dirty Dozen.
12 Floorida (4-6)
Beat UAB, 36-7. Florida State next.
*More Garbage Bag Medallions are to be given to the participants of 'Cupcake Weekend'. Florida gets one along with Alabama; (played Mercer), Auburn; (played Louisiana Monroe), South Carolina; (played Wofford) and Clemson; (played The Citadel.)
11 The Fighting Mike Rileys (4-7)
Lost to Penn State; 44-56. They host the Corn Bowl with Iowa, Friday.
10 Pitty (4-7)
*Pitt receives two Medallions in their loss to Virginia Tech; 14-20. One for the offense and one for the offensive play calling. After a completion to the one yard line in which the receiver should have scored, Pitt decided to run three running plays up the middle against a Hokie defense that was stopping Pitt cold all day when they attempted to run between the tackles.
Good luck with the visit from Miami, Friday.
9 In-a-Rutgers (4-7)
An old, familiar face returns. Getting dumped by Indiana; 0-41, will do that. Michigan State travels east.
8 Vanderbust (4-7)
Lost to Missouri; 17-45. A Dirty Dozen Darby is next at Tennessee.
7 The Fighting Bret Bieliemas (4-7)
Lost an A.D. and the master of the fumble, Mississippi State; 21-28. Hosts a hot Missouri Friday.
6 The used to be Fighting Butch Jones's (4-7)
Lost to LSU to open the Brady Hoke era; 10-33. They determine who stinks up the state the worst Saturday.
5 BYpU (3-9)
Lost the epic Independent battle against UMASS; 10-16. They shoot for their first ten loss season at Hawaii.
4 Oregano State (1-10)
The first of the ten loss titans, adding another against Arizona State; 24-40. It ends at Oregon Saturday.
3 Baylored (1-10)
Lost to Iowa State; 13-23. They travel to get Horned Frogged Friday.
2 Kansas (IT'S BASKETBALL SEASON!) (2-9)
Lost to Oklahoma and the poking the bear theory; 3-41. They attempt to shake hands at Oklahoma State next.
Before this week's Dumpster Fire Award winner is revealed; it has to be mentioned that we lost another member of the Dirty Dozen Coaching Academy this week. UCLA has entered the Chip Kelly sweepstakes by relieving coach Jim Mora of his duties. Now the son can join the father in the pursuit of the meaning of playoffs.
1 Illin ois (2-9)
A nine loss losing streak has finally earned the Illini its first ever Dumpster Fire Award. They go for two in a row as they welcome Northwestern.
Others Dumpster Diving... (Others receiving votes)
North Carolina (3-8 )
Syracuse (4-7)
Maryland (4-7)
UCLA (5-6)
Happy Thanksgiving!
