Boo Michigan!!!
I got a good laugh out of this. Every week during the college football season, ESPN publishes a bunch of polls. Most are the usual: AP Top 25, USA Today Top 25, ESPN Power Rankings, etc. The most interesting (read: funny), however, is the Bottom 10. In it, ESPN usually collects a group of nine college football programs that are on monumental loosing streaks or just really doing bad. Teams like Duke and "Directional Michigan" (Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, and Western Michigan) are perennial bottom feeders.
By now, you are probably thinking "OK, Bottom 10, nine teams. Doesn’t make much sense. Did they assign a bottom 10 mathematician to compile the list?" Well, let me finish. You see, the number five spot is reserved for programs that are just plain disappointing. These are teams that are normally in the top 25, but that have really sucked lately.
Anyway, guess who received the #5 ranking on the Bottom 10 last week? If you actually took the time to read the title of this post, you will be on the way to giving the right answer. It was great to see. To save you the trouble of clicking on a link, here’s a glimpse of Michigan’s entry:
It was also funny reading the user feedback for the week’s Bottom 10. It’s funny that U of M fans can’t even take a joke, or admit that their team just plain sucks this year. It’ll be great if this continues. It isn’t like it will hurt Michigan’s rankings any more.