That's A Wrap

Wow….Just when you thought college football couldn’t get any stranger:

Bama wins a "great" game over Texas without a QB. I turn the game on, tuck the kids in bed and come back and say to myself, "Gee, I have been watching Texas all year and I could have sworn McCoy wore number 12." Then it dawns on me that it's not Colt out there, but a frosh who hasn't seen a snap on the world's largest stage in the biggest college game that there is. Great, just great. That's what the season comes down to. Oh well, I watched, rooted for the comeback in the 2nd half, and then shook my head in disgust to see Texas give it away...As much as I wanted Mack to win it, too. $atan'$ Warriors, $atan'$ ways and means will all soon become NCAA fodder for investigation and rule re-writing. Time and everyone else challenging Bama's practices will hopefully cure the evil disease that is Bama Ball....But enough on that.

Tubberville to Texas Tech for the recently ousted Mike Leach. Tubberville has ties to the program and is a natural fit in the Big 12. Look for Tech to keep that fun offense alive and add the Defensive element that Tubberville will bring. I think the Big 12 just got a little tougher and the best team in Texas in three years might not be Orange – it might be Red…

Nothing official, but it’s so close to official that your MMQ needs to treat it as official – Pete Carroll leaves USC for the Head Coaching position for the Seattle Sea Hawks. Okay. I didn’t know that 4 losses would crush Carroll’s spirit – I’ve said it before and it bears repeating: you get inside the ropes at the LA hotspots when you’re winning National Titles but when your losing 4 games in a season and not playing in a BCS bowl, you’re essentially an out of work actor begging for a handout. And I was correct in suggesting that Sarkisian (former USC O-coordinator and Washington Huskie Head Coach) was a bigger part of that USC offense than Pete ever was... I think I was right. Of course, the NCAA keeps looking at USC and there was the Wuzzle’s rumor of Pete living with a grad student getting some strange which may have all played into it as well…Who knows, really…

What else can happen? I suppose $atan could announce that he’s leaving Bama and going to USC. He’s the type of guy that just might make that move. Of course, that would be coming out of left field, but you never know what NCAA violations that $atan has made knowingly and unknowingly and he might decide it’s just better to bolt and start his evil doings (over signing recruits, kicking non-productive scholarship players off the team) elsewhere than face the wrath of an NCAA investigation.

Michigan, well, Michigan was less than good this year. One Rivalry victory that seems very hollow and empty right now. Everything else needed to and must improve. Again, I could go into gory details, but there’s enough of that out there already. New AD may have a tough job on his hands, and I think he was on the same team as Les Miles…But if that was the case and Brandon was “pulling” for Rodriguez, what gives with Les Miles? It has to have something to do with someone and something.

What else, in no particular order – and from memory, I might add, did we see in this wacky football season - these all need to be original or unique to the season…

1. Domers can the Wuzzles Tuna (in a really big can)
2. Mangino resigns as most successful head coach at Kansas
3. Gill takes Kansas job and will be eyeing Pelini at Nebraska for the top spot in Big 12 north
4. Michigan goes bowl less (again).
5. Urban Legend retires and unretires in 24 hours…
6. Bobby gets shown the door after being the guy that built FSU’s program to what it is today…
7. Carrol calls it quits…Still trying to process that one.
8. Leach canned as a result of Closet Scandal
9. Tubberville Hired at Texas Tech
10. Stanford upsets everybody, but can’t win their bowl game…
11. Tiger isn’t Tiger any more…
12. Sparty loses heartbreaker after heartbreaker – and then the team does something completely Sparty-like and everyone gets booted off.
13. Kelly gets hired in the “Best Coaching Job in all of the Land.”
14. The end of Tebow-ism as we know it…(thankfully)
15. The beginning (hopefully) of The Forcier being With You.
16. OSU and the Big 10 getting some respect (finally)
17. Seeing Skanks repeatedly in the main stream press as a “common” term used to refer to slutty, sleep around chicks looking for a conquest.
18. Boy’s State playing TCU in a BCS bowl….weird…
19. Oregon losing and then punching the lights out at Boy’s State
20. The armed forces Teams competing successfully throughout the season…

Idle Thoughts From the Bowl Season - Season

1. NFL Wild Card Play-offs are BORING…Okay, Arizona and Green Bay made it interesting, but I had already turned it off before turning it on in the 4th quarter to catch the end.
2. Which Bowl will be the first to have a game on the 2nd Saturday after New Years? That’s an open night, after all.
3. More Games on New Year’s isn’t a bad thing, people in charge. I’m sitting there, watching. If your game is on all by itself on some other December 20-something day or evening, I might not and probably won’t be tuning in-unfortunately.
4. Because I missed some good ones.
5. Tebow and everything related to Tim is finally over.
6. Michigan was really bad. And I’m afraid it’s not going to get any better any time soon.
7. So, anyone want to bet how long David Brandon sits on his hands?
8. Over-Under is 8 games. Then you’ll know what he thinks, either on or off the record.
9. What’s with Braylon Edwards and the whole “Lloyd Carr’s University of Michigan” intro? I don’t like it…
10. Will the Domers ever accept the fact that without a conference, they’re simply Boise State and TCU if they are undefeated?
11. Not till it happens, if it ever happens.
12. Who will USC get as head coach? Pete left them in a bit of a bind
13. Early top 5 for next year: Bama, Suckeyes, Va-Tech, CornSuckers, Michigan…
14. Yeah, Michigan. Let’s not forget I’m the MICHIGAN MMQ…
15. It’s the Rod’s 3rd year…Put up or shut up
16. Will it ever be great to be a Michigan Wolverine again?
17. When will Tebow get drafted?
18. Who’s going to be sorry for “not taking him when they had the chance?”
19. Bradford doesn’t get me excited.
20. Wuzzles to Kansas City as O-coordinator?
21. Did Pete really live with a grad student? Was that part of the reason for the move?
22. Will the college Post Season ever be as good as the regular season?
23. All the changes, all the scandals…Is it the end of the innocence?
24. Do we look at coaches, players, celebrities in general and say, “What’s she hiding or what’s (who) he done?”
25. I guess we’ll always have Joe Pa…

The Hot Seat

If there's one thing I do, week in and week out, is I struggle very hard, sometimes into the wee hours of the night, searching for your Hot Seat Mascot weekly nominees. It's not a job that I love, but I feel compelled to do it for you, the readers. And I will continue with this endeavor, with your help (feel free to send in suggestions) and we will crown another hot seat mascot next year!

Erin Andrews, without a doubt, is the run away Hot Seat Mascot of the Year. We had some good ones, and the votes suggest that there was some early confusion, but for the most part, Erin was the one….But It wouldn’t be any fun to just have Erin in the Season Wrap, so, here is a sampling of the top vote getters for the year - a Mascot Review if you will.

HOT SEAT RANK

GONE LIST:
1. Wuzzles
2. Groh
3. Bowden
4. Mangino – Resigned before the Ax could get him…Unfortunate, really…
5. Leach
6. Carroll
7. Groh
More than we can list, really…

2010 Season Hot List

Rich Rod – top spot. He is the only guy left the presss can talk about.
Dantonio – Yep. After the Sparty Shenanigans at the post season bust and party are finally figured out, Dantonio may get some heat.
Whoever USC hires


Next Year (Pre-Season)

1. $atan’$ Warrior$’
2. Suckeyes
3. Va Tech
4. Corn Suckers
5. Oregon
6. TCU
7. Boise State
8. LMU
9. Arkansas
10. Michigan

Sleepers: Purdon’t, Cincinnatti, Gatorland, Domers, USC, Washington, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Laters…