Inspirational Thoughts of the Week:
we’ve been going through this for so long
Just trying to make the pain go away, oh yeah
But lovers always come and lovers always go
And no one’s really sure who’s letting it go today, going away
If we can find time to put it on the line
I could just rest my head knowing that you’re mine, totally mine
nothing lasts forever
And we both know that hearts can change
And the candle is hard to hold
rain in cold november
— “November Rain,” Guns N’ Roses
Here at Bottom 10 HQ, housed in the very empty wardrobe box labeled “shirts for Pat McAfee to wear for his final game pick,” we love college football most for its devotion to tradition.
Like Alabama fans screaming “Dixieland Delight” and pretending the song isn’t actually about Tennessee. Or a season of Auburn football writing more drama than a season of “General Hospital.” Or people stopping me at the airport to explain why Lane Kiffin was going to leave Ole Miss altogether to take a job at his alma mater. Or Spirit Halloween tweets are always fun… unless you’re a Clemson fan.
“Death Valley” pic.twitter.com/77Q4LRXj6v
– Duke Football (@DukeFOOTBALL) 1 November 2025
And, of course, the greatest, most unstoppable, must-happen college football tradition of them all. No, I’m not bothering another QB by doing a “College GameDay” feature on him. ,my bad, Brendan Sorsby!) In fact, I’m getting so tired and irritable as we enter Week 11 that as soon as I realize what month it is, I just act lazy and automatically fill out the inspirational thought of the week with the lyrics to “November Rain.”
With apologies to the Cincy D-Linemen eliza gunnnaval security aaron roseWyoming defensive end Axel RamzanKordell “Slash” Stewart and Steve Harvey, here are the bottom 10 rankings after Week 10.
The Minuetmen sat out last weekend for two reasons. First, they were rested for their #MACtion trip to the artist formerly known as Achronmonious on Tuesday night, which resulted in a 44-10 loss. Second, the Commonwealth told them to schedule a bye because, and I quote, “Between the Salem Witch Trials, pumpkin lagers, and the Celtics from 3-point range, Halloween is already scary enough here.”
For several weeks in a row on the calendar we’ve built up excitement for this weekend’s clash with Oregon State. But the Beavers exceeded our expectations as they won consecutive championships. Curses!
The Woof Pack also had the weekend off, but still lost by two touchdowns.
Georgia State, whose stadium was used as the home field for the South Georgia Catfish in the Hulu TV series “Chad Powers” starring Glen Powell, spent its bye week ahead of a trip down the road to Coastal Carolina this weekend, sources tell Bottom 10 JortsCenter. atlanta falcons Practice with makeup kit while trying to explain to Powell Michael Penix Jr.To try on rubber noses, wigs and Georgia State uniforms for a “trip to the beach with free concessions.”
In related news, Georgia Tech is around the corner from Georgia State, the Falcons and Chad Powers is investigating if, like Powers, maybe someone against NC State replaced the entire Yellowjackets defense and secretly joined a group of old guys in disguise.
The Niners travel from Down East to EC-U for an American competition. I like that description, the American competition. It makes it look like a group of people dressed like Uncle Sam will be playing cornhole and drinking longnecks while Lee Greenwood sings and bald eagles circle overhead. And if you’ve ever tailgated in Greenville, North Carolina, you know there’s a 99% chance you’ll actually see him.
The good news is that BC’s last two games, both losses, came against ranked opponents. The bad news is that its last home loss to Clemson, 41-10, is aging like a bottle of truck stop merlot.
This year’s coaching carousel is not a carousel at all. It’s the gravitron ride at the county fair that spins so fast that your feet no longer touch the floor and your girlfriend vomits on the stranger next to her. But sometimes a spin cycle is exactly what you need to finally find that matching sock that has been missing for too long. It’s really a long shot for me to say that a team that calls itself the Pokes should totally hire Hugh Freeze.
Speaking of perfect fits, a reminder that MTSU hosts Sam Houston State on Week 13. Kickoff time is listed as TBD, meaning Totally Badass Day.
When the Golden Hurricane beat Oklahoma State during Week 4, it seemed like a bigger deal than it was. And as we looked ahead to their Week 12 trip to Oregon State, it seemed like a bigger Bottom 10 deal than it was going to be. This is the college football equivalent of my single dating days, when all those poor girls thought this evening was going to be a bigger deal than it was.
waiting list: Utepid, Oregon Trail State (you’ve died of dysentery), Wisconsin bad-gurs, Northern ill-ugh-noise, EMU emus, limits of Arkansas, South Alabama redundancies, tortilla toss.
