Not trending: Oklahoma State, Oregon, Florida Atlantic
Colleges
The only major college football team with a winless record, Florida Atlantic came through with a 7-34 loss to ancient Troy (Ala.) to remain atop the Bottom Ten. But now the question is whether the myopic Owls can avoid victory when they go up against No. 8 Alabama (Birm.) (3-8) Saturday.
Switching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, No. 4 Tulane is expected to record its 11th loss against Hawaii, which has the home-island advantage.
In other action, Columbia University announced it was suspending the school band for serenading the beleaguered football team (1-8) with such lyrics as, Why are we even trying?/ We always lose lose lose/ But we take solace in our booze.
But officials changed their mind before gametime after the band apologized. Perhaps the school didn't want to be flagged for brass interference. And Columbia won won won.
Wreck, Record..................Last Loss..............Next Loss
1. Fla. Atlantic (0-10).............. 7-34, Troy................. Alabama (Birm.)
2. Akron (1-10)........................ 10-51, Buffalo............ Western Michigan
3. Columbia (1-9).................... Def. Brown 35-28..... Done
4. Tulane (2-10)...................... 7-19, Rice.................... Hawaii
5. UNLV (2-8)......................... 17-45, Air Force........ San Diego State
6. New Mexico (1-10)............. 10-31, Wyoming........ Boise
7. Indiana (1-10)..................... 3-55, Mich. State....... Purdon't
8. Alabama (Birm.) (3-8).......Def. So. Miss, 34-31..Florida Atlantic
9. Memphis (2-9)................... 22-23, Marshall..........Southern Miss
10. Idaho (2-9)....................... 42-49, Utah State....... Nevada
11. La. Monroe (3-8); 12. Maryland (2-9); 13. Colorado (2-10); 14. B.C. (3-8); 15. Duke (3-8); 16. Kentucky (4-7); 17. Central Michigan (3-9); 18. The Pitts (5-5); 19. Attending last episode of ``Live! with Regis and Kelly"; 20. William and/or Mary (5-6).
Pros
And, so, the number of sidelined quarterbacks grew, including Houston's Matt Schaub (bad foot), Chicago's Jay Cutler (bad thumb) and Washington's John Beck (bad passes).
Still, it was a surprise when the NFL Network announced it would no longer cover the games themselves but would concentrate solely on injuries and rename itself, Hospital Zone!
Two fascinating streaks will be on the line this Thanksgiving weekend. No. 1 turkey Indianapolis (0-10) goes up against No. 4 Carolina (2-8), a team the Dolts could actually defeat.
And New Orleans will try to snap an 0-11 record on coin flips (including one in overtime). The Saints denied that coach Sean Payton's job is in danger because of his failure to develop a prescient coin-toss caller. No doubt this issue will be covered by the ESP network.
Wreck, Record..........Last Loss..........Next Loss
1. Indianapolis (0-10).... Idle....................... Carolina
2. St. Louis (2-8)............ 7-24, Seattle........ Arizona
3. San Diego (4-6)......... 20-31, Chicago..... Denver
4. Carolina (2-8)........... 35-49, Detroit...... Indianapolis
5. Arizona (3-7)............. 7-23, San Fran.......St. Louis
6. Buffalo (5-5); 7. Minnehaha (2-8); 8. Jacksonville (3-7) ; 9 Grampa Bay (4-6); 10. Rex Ryan's predictions (5-5).
Crummy Games of the Weak: Carolina (2-8) at Indianapolis (0-10); Arizona (3-7) at St. Louis (2-8).
Fantasy Flops: Tennessee's Chris Johnson chalked up 28 no-purpose yards, 13 on the ground in 12 carries and 15 through the air on 3 receptions, in a 17-23 loss to Atlanta.
Famous Last Words: ``The biggest thing for the secondary is for us not to fall asleep," said Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis before their game against Tim Tebow and the Broncos. ``It can get boring, especially if a team keeps on just running the ball, series after series, play after play." The boring Broncos whipped the Jets, 17-13.
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