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2008 Worst College Football Programs – a year to forget

"Without losers, there would be winners" – author unknown, but probably a loser.

As we approach the climax of the college football season, the sage of college football (your humble author) suggests we direct our attention for a few moments to those programs that once held such promise in the late summer months, only to hit their noodles on the grass artificial reality frozen in December. For some teams, the season ending games end with the ritual of starting down the goalposts. Other results at school without using the sale of hot dogs deep freeze stage to starve the students who spent their student loan money on beer.

At the professional level, teams that finish in the bottom refer to this time of year as the start of golf season. And given the salaries of most Players and coaches do not have to worry much about competing with retirees tee times. The one disappointment in 2008, has been that, when writing about the game of college, Wise can not slam the Detroit Lions. The unfortunate old motor franchise in the city seems to finally have burned all his joints and even the ownership of the team seems to care. At least the Lions players are paid something to lose. Professional players have a salary coming in and a holiday to look forward. At the university level, however, players of losing teams are forced to visit their respective departments Religious Studies to find inner peace. Coaches seek employment.

The varsity losing fans also use the low season for contemplative reflection. One of the most interesting observations occurs when the over-dedicated fan reviews how much money was spent following the team into the toilet. Season tickets, beer and liquor, nachos and hot dogs and associated medical bills really accumulate.

Mental health experts concluded long ago that the effort to spend too much time and money on a computer is also difficult relationships. For those fans lucky enough to have identified a different sex partner to share the misery of a disastrous season, this presents a double-edged sword. For a hand, the fan can have someone to share the burden of recovery. On the other hand, the left on the accounts and debit accounts on the card can run double. And for what? Seeing his team scraped together one or two wins against lower division rivals?

Sports Information Office use is time to find new ideas for promotion. The wise have always wanted to be in a meeting at SIO after January 1 and 11 of the campaign. The new promotion ideas in general, focus on how to convince alumni to ignore the annual season ticket price increase. Or … How to inform alumni that their places creatively of parking that has been in the family for generations, have been discontinued for the school can build a new kiln for the Art Department. The names of the Alumni who have agreed to buy back their seats at inflated prices are delivered to the Office of University Development for immediate inclusion in the collection effort fund du jour.

A common technique used by the loss of institutions is to disturb the record last year by introducing a new coach. Individuals agree to take these jobs generally extract huge sums of money for it. Standing before confused and bewildered fans and players and undertakes to right the ship by "change our way of thinking" and "Bringing a winning attitude is something that should generate a huge salary alone same. Saying these things very seriously takes talent. Detroit Lions ownership should take note … this is at least something to prove.

The university staff Washington has a unique challenge this year. The Huskies raced an abysmal 0-12 season ended with a 48-7 thrashing at the hands of Cal – hardly the kind of game wants to end a season. At least one player, in Berkeley. Adding insult to misery, the Huskies Perfect record set a new mark of futility in Pac-10. The wise old sage of College Football (your humble author) I can not wait to see how it turns institution. The Huskies have already completed your search a new coach and convinced a man Steve Sarkisian to give up some good weather in southern California to take over the Pac-10 doormat program. The Sage wishes Coach Sark a hearty "good luck." You can learn to appreciate the fog that rolls into Husky Stadium. Makes the players, coaches and the future difficult see.

The Huskies, however, are not the only college team with a lot of mind since 2008. And it is time to put the last nail in the coffin of 2008 for these teams. Looking ahead, some of these programs will leave the ranks of the worst to achieve respectability. Others stumble and fall into his snooters out of the locker room for the spring game.

What is the will of pride then, that the Sage of College Football has its picks for the worst 10 college football teams. However, you must first review a few rules. First, the only teams that really harbor any ambition to become in BCS qualified or sigh of competition for the national championship one day, are included. Secondly, only the major conferences are included. When was the last U.S. Mid-America or Conference team that had a shot at a big title? The wise man is not thinking that Eastern, Central or West Michigan seriously entertain thoughts of a national championship. So .. without further ado, here takes the Wise for the 10 worst college football teams American 2008.

1. Washington Huskies – Obviously …. The Color Purple Northwestern dogs found a way to do the work in all games this year, including some monumental losses to Notre Dame, USC and UCLA. It is true that these games are cherry-picked, but steeped in the Seattle dogs lost these games by a combined score of 116-14. In the process, the team sent its poor purple fans out to Starbucks at the beginning of each home game. Although the Huskies maintained a close game or two a while, even took a grand total of 136 points more than they scored in seven games at home this year.

2. Washington State Cougars – Usually a good season if the Pumas won a Pac-10 foe Washington in the annual campaign. Unfortunately for the Cougars, who was their only conference win. Curiously, the only another Cougar victory came in September against a team from Portland State. The Sage is sure when the Big Sky Conference boasted of its domestic competitor the past. Washington State deserves an honorable mention in 2008 FirstWorst ranking this year for the production of two of the field performances saddest story.

3. Idaho Vandals, The Sage has endured a season waiting in vain for Idaho to change its unfortunate name. The name "vandals" usually inspires images a horde of savage looting and taking people to oppose the cheerleaders. This team does not provide much – which is not a good excuse to take a cold a few of the local Git N Go The only victories of vandalism (surely a contradiction in terms) occurred in matches against other horrible programs in the State of New Mexico State of Idaho.

4. New Mexico State Aggies – Wise thought that all the programs called "Aggies" had been forced to change by disgruntled alumni. Especially for someone who lives a short distance with the smell of Las Cruces, you know there is not much of agribusiness that take place there except for Feedlots miles along I-10. One might think that the school would be eager to change the name and maybe try to attract a quality recruit or two. Unfortunately for these Aggies, the team of 2008 should have been forced off the field. Despite the victory against archrival decent El Paso, Texas, the Aggies could only most points in games against Alcorn and Nevada.

5. Indiana Hoosiers – It is alternately a joy and a bit of a disappointment to include a ranking Big Ten FirstWorst. One of the most storied conferences of college football has a tradition of great rivalries and exciting games. Unfortunately, in Indiana, rivalry is with the basketball program to see who can attract more fans to one game. Since the departure of Bobby Knight, although this has become interesting. However, basketball Indiana attracts great athletes who may be able to give the football team a good game. Indiana deserves credit for trying to follow a safe path toward respectability. After programming of games with Western Kentucky and someone named Murray State (also from Kentucky), the Hoosiers travel to minimize the payment to someone who visit the school and lose. After a 2-0 start, the Hoosiers back to reality, managing more than one conference win – on its Homecoming game at Northwestern.

6. Duke Blue Devils-The blue Devils have been a favorite whipping boy of the FirstWorst rankings in recent years. As they play in one of monster football conferences, winning stations are few and far between. But I think it would be one with all the power of the brain of Duke, the program should at least compete for more than the last. To his credit, Duke managed a couple of reasonably good quality wins over Virginia and Vanderbilt. Imagine calling a victory over the Cavaliers and Commodores "quality" wins.

7. These Louisville Cardinals-Cardinals had a really good schedule in his 2008 campaign to return the bowl picture. But by giving up nearly 200 points in his last five games sealed their place in the ranking FirstWorst. The Cards finished strong with a five-game losing game in a row, including losses to Syracuse and a 64-14 smackdown at the hands of Rutgers.

8. Syracuse Orange teams with singular team names (Orange or If Stanford "Cardinal") deserve to lose. Football is a team game played by several players. Although it may be grammatically correct to call a team a name singular, the practice diverges from the well-established tradition and the teams that depart from tradition deserves to hit. But I digress … Syracuse managed to beat # 7 Louisville in 2008. He also managed a victory over the powerhouse program at Northeastern. For each team, there is a game that justifies the annual influx of season price increase, and Syracuse did not disappoint, by delivering a solid effort in a thrilling victory over Notre Dame in late November. Yet a victory Quality do not make a season.

9.San Diego State Aztecs, Oh Oh! A season with victories over Idaho and Nevada in Las Vegas can not be considered as a year exceptional. Yet the Aztecs play in San Diego and the recruits who signed up to play are thanking their lucky stars he did not sign with Buffalo or somewhere place where it gets cold. And after a defeat, the Aztec players can still go to the beach and oogle girls in bikinis. The Aztecs had some decent games on the schedule for the year 2008, and succeeded by the loss of most of them – including a 21-13 defeat to Notre Dame in two weeks. The Aztec is the best came against efforts Brigham Young, in which the Aztecs uncharacteristically issued a strong road win 41-12. Alumni Call for price increases in the mail shortly.

10. Wyoming Cowboys-All home teams play in brown uniforms are going to have problems in the field. Recruiting players to the cold and the wind Laramie is hard enough without dressing up in the same colors as, well – the part of the prairie cold and windswept that is used by the cows. For many years one of the tallest buildings in Wyoming was the football stadium. And now the Cowboy faithful can expect to pay a little more for their seats at the War Memorial Stadium, due to the victory over the Cowboys (I can not believe I'm writing this) Tennessee Volunteers. Of course, UT had a difficult year, but losing to Wyoming? Owee! Anyway .. Cowboys managed a top ten finish FirstWorst managing only one win and west of the mountain over San Diego State.

So college football season 2008 comes to an end for the programs on the bottom. In the preseason coaches will be filled with work and looking for players looking for cheerleaders. No doubt the Lions Detroit coaching staff will be surveying the ranks of schools FirstWorst scouring for players willing to continue their losing tradition.

While college football fans wait for spring games and find ways to build a false hope for 2009, the Sage will continue to bring side wild and terrible to lose.

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