From The Rumble Seat - Duff'd It! Rankings and Other Accolades 2015Drinkin' whiskey clear since 2008.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52811/From_The_Rumble_Seat_Minimal.0..png2015-12-09T13:00:02-05:00http://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/rss/stream/91009402015-12-09T13:00:02-05:002015-12-09T13:00:02-05:00Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 14
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<p>FOR US CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND IS THE FESTIVAL OF LOSERS AND WE CELEBRATED QUITE IRRESPONSIBLY THANK YOU</p> <p>Championship weekend has come and gone, and sadly, unlike last year's slate, most of the championship games were actually pretty good. Except for one, but we'll get to that. We're madder about this than <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/12/5/9855770/clemson-north-carolinaacc-championship-game-dabo-swinney-punter-andy-teasdall" target="_blank">Dabo Swinney after watching his punter run an unauthorized punt on 4th and 15</a>.</p>
<p>As the Duff'd It council bids the 2015 college football regular season farewell, it's easy and understandable to feel a bit sad. But fret not. For the potential for duffing it isn't confined to college football. It's inside each and every one of us. And, failing that, the Jaguars are still playing for, like, an entire month. Imagine the possibilities!</p>
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<p><b>3. Florida.</b> When it comes to conference championship games, most teams aren't just "happy to be here", but Florida definitely was. And really, isn't that all you'd want knowing today is the day you're going to be smothered by Alabama. The good news for the Gators is they did manage to cover the spread of 17 points! The bad news is it was because Alabama had stopped caring at that point, allowing the Gators to pile up 99 yards and a touchdown in the final six minutes. (They finished with 180 yards. Total. The entire day. Those 99 yards were absolute dominance compared to the previous 54 minutes.)</p>
<p><b>2. Georgia Southern.</b> As expected, one GSU beat another 34-7 in Statesboro on Saturday. Oh, wait, you were expecting 20 point favorite Georgia Southern to win, weren't you? You might want to sit down for this.</p>
<p>Yes, that's right, not only did Georgia State - a team that lost to Liberty on its homecoming - spring the upset over their rivals to the east, they absolutely flattened them. At 0-2, that puts the school that's just GS and not GSU at the bottom of the Georgia state football standings. Yes, below Georgia Tech. Congratulations, Eagles!</p>
<p><b>1. Baylor.</b> Finally, Baylor's season-ending death spiral has crashed to the ground. Starting a third string quarterback and then <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/12/5/9854380/baylor-football-lynx-hawthorn-qb-wr-chris-johnson-injury" target="_blank">being forced to literally play the wildcat by placing a wide receiver named Lynx at the position</a> put the Bears in a 20-0 halftime hole against plucky little brother Texas, a hole from which Baylor could not recover. And everyone knows once you lose to Texas your season is over. Oh, and this loss cost the Bears a slot in the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/sugar-bowl">Sugar Bowl</a>.</p>
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<p>This year's Big Ten championship was on its way to finally erasing the 2006 ACC championship from the history books. Too bad they had to ruin it all by having an exciting ending.</p>
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<p>"Hey, why are the guys on the other side in white? I thought we were the away team. And why are all my teammates wearing green? And why do we have the ball? I have no idea what's going anymore."</p>
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<p><b>Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford</b></p>
<p>You want Christian McCaffrey to do a football thing for you? He'll do it. You want him to run? McCaffrey ran for 207 yards and a touchdown against USC in the Pac-12 championship. How about catching the ball? He had four receptions for 105 yards and touchdown. But surely he can't throw too? Yep, he threw an 11 yard touchdown pass to quarterback Kevin Hogan on a trick play. You want him to return, too? He notched 120 yards on 5 kick returns and another 29 on two punt returns. That's 461 all purpose yards on the day, which doesn't include the pass. McCaffrey has 3276 all purpose yards on the season, breaking the 27 year record set by one Barry Sanders and putting him more than 1000 yards ahead of the second place guy.</p>
<p>Christian McCaffrey is a 19 year old sopohomore. Which means we get at least one more year to enjoy watching him before the grown-ass version of him starts crushing NFL teams. And by "we", I am of course excluding the Pac-12. Good luck out there! Helpful tip: aim for the thighs.</p>
https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/12/9/9856166/duffd-it-rankings-and-other-accolades-going-out-with-a-fizzle-asCarter Templeton2015-12-02T13:04:01-05:002015-12-02T13:04:01-05:00Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 13
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<p>IN MEMORY OF ALL THE COACHES WHO WERE FIRED THIS WEEKEND, OR THOSE WHO FINALLY DIED FROM DUFFING IT TOO MUCH</p> <p>We have finally made it to the end of the regular season (-ish, but no one cares about Saturday's Sun Belt Special), and the end of many, illustrious careers. College football's Black Monday was a mere two days ago, and the size of this year's coaching firesale was the largest it's ever been. Godspeed, Mike London, now you can answer your true calling as a private investigator. Farewell, Kyle Flood, one of many victims of Rutgers' deadly but necessary house cleaning. Goodbye, Mark Richt, please go somewhere that will keep you far away from Atlanta for the rest of your life.</p>
<h3>Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 13</h3>
<p><b>5. Oklahoma State.</b> After Baylor went down to TCU in a cold, wet, and miserable game in Fort Worth, the winner of the Big 12 came down to Bedlam. And at Bedlam, Oklahoma State did what they always do: lose to Oklahoma. Death, taxes, Oklahoma State losing Bedlam: these are the three guarantees in life, children. Bury Pistol Pete with his guns, and his playoff hopes.</p>
<p><b>4. Navy.</b> The Midshipmen were a game away from an excessively patriotic AAC championship game, but Houston had other plans. For once, a team of red devils stood up to America and won. This also makes UConn the transitive AAC West champion. THANKS, COMMIES.</p>
<p><b>3. Florida.</b> The Gators scored twenty fewer points against Florida State than Georgia Tech did. That is two points, total. Florida is officially dead last in the ACC Coastal.</p>
<p><b>2. Notre Dame.</b> You could call <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/28/9812896/stanford-notre-dame-review-deshone-kizer-touchdown-conrad-ukropina-field-goal">being awarded a touchdown that <i>clearly </i>should have been overturned on review</a> the luck of the Irish. But when that leaves enough time on the clock to allow your opponent to drive down the field and kick a game winning field goal, that's, what, the shadenfreude of the Welsh? The moons of Scotland?</p>
<p><b>1. Michigan.</b> Last week, Jim Harbaugh <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/24/9796538/jim-harbaugh-buckeye-hammer-video-bo-schembechlers-grave">smashed a buckeye on Bo Schemechler's grave</a>. He thought he could get away with it. He didn't know that buckeye had a loving family. He didn't know that family would be seeking its revenge. He didn't know that they would, in turn, crush <i>his </i>nuts.</p>
<p><b>Honorable mention: Georgia. </b>I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN PUT THIS INTO WORDS</p>
<p>GEORGIA FIRED THEIR COACH BECAUSE I GUESS THEY WERE TIRED OF WINNING OR SOMETHING</p>
<p>I GUESS WHEN YOU WIN TEN GAMES A SEASON EVERY SEASON IT STARTS TO GET BORING?</p>
<p>FROM A FANBASE WHO WAS TORTURED BY YOUR PRESENCE FOR FIFTEEN YEARS: GOOD BYE, MARK RICHT. PLEASE FIND A NICE NEW JOB SOMEWHERE ON THE WEST COAST. I HEAR THE SUNSETS THERE ARE LOVELY.</p>
<h3>ACC Conference Plays of the Week</h3>
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<p>Finally, <i>finally</i>, the police caught an FSU quarterback.</p>
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<p>It is laudable of TCU punter Ethan Perry to chase a punt snap he bobbled, pick the ball up, and get a punt off. Unfortunately for him, Baylor's Shawn Oakman was there to ensure Perry would never again be able to take a punt snap without instinctively assuming the fetal position.</p>
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<p><b>Ty Summers, LB, TCU</b></p>
<p>In the cold, dark, and wet environs of Amon Carter Stadium on Friday, nothing was colder than Ty Summers's heart. As Baylor lined up to go for it on 4th and inches in double overtime, Summers sat in wait. Devin Chafin took the handoff and ran forward - right into Summers's arms, the last of his school record 23 tackles. And then, suddenly, the stadium was bathed in the warming glow of sweet, vengeful victory.</p>
https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/12/2/9826944/duffd-it-rankings-and-other-accolades-paying-our-respectsCarter Templeton2015-11-25T13:00:23-05:002015-11-25T13:00:23-05:00Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 12
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<p>THE DUFF'D IT RANKINGS HAVE FOUND A NEW ENEMY</p> <p>Y'all hear about LSU? They lost three games in a row, which sucks. Now they're going to maybe fire their coach! Yes, that coach, who's won one national championship and been to another national championship and has seven ten-win seasons in eleven years. Les Miles. That coach.</p>
<p>LSU fans might be nuts. We need to do some research on the side effects of overconsumption of cayenne pepper.</p>
<h3>Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 12</h3>
<p><b>5. Memphis.</b> Remember when Memphis was good? It was so long ago. They scored zero touchdowns against Temple last week. Temple might actually be dead at this point. Their finale is against SMU, so we'll find out for sure: a living Temple team will blow out the Mustangs; a Temple team comprised of shambling zombies will still win by a touchdown.</p>
<p><b>4. Houston.</b> Everything was going perfectly for the Cougars. They just had one game between them and an AAC SHOWDOWN OF EPIC PROPORTIONS against Navy. And then they lost to UConn. UConn? Thanks for ruining everything, Canada.</p>
<p>The good news for Houston is they still have a very good coach in Tom Herman, and <a href="http://www.garnetandblackattack.com/south-carolina-gamecocks-football-coaching-search/2015/11/11/9716776/tom-herman-kirby-smart-rich-rodriguez-south-carolina-gamecocks-football-coaching-search" target="_blank">there's definitely no chance of losing him to a power five school this year no way at all noooooope</a></p>
<p><b>3. Georgia Southern.</b> You were the chosen ones, Eagles. In its hour of need, America turned to you to vanquish Georgia, and you punted from the Georgia 40 rather than even attempt a game winning field goal.</p>
<p>But then! Just when you couldn't disappoint more, you do. You went for it on fourth and short in overtime, which is good! And then you telegraphed your play by moving into the Wildcat formation. We're all very disappointed in you, Georgia Southern. We've already begun forgetting who you are.</p>
<p><b>2. Ohio State.</b> YOU NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY TWO THINGS ABOUT OHIO STATE'S PERFORMANCE AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE. FIRST IS THE BUCKEYES WERE HELD TO 132 TOTAL YARDS, INCLUDING JUST 33 FROM STAR RUNNING BACK EZEKIEL ELLIOTT, WHO WAS SO UNHAPPY WITH THE PLAYCALLING SATURDAY <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/21/9776604/ezekiel-elliott-ohio-state-coaches-michigan-state-play-calling" target="_blank">HE IS LEAVING COLUMBUS FOR THE NFL AFTER THE SEASON</a>.</p>
<p>THE SECOND IS WHEN SPARTAN KICKER MICHAEL GEIGER WAS CALLED UPON TO KICK THE GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL, HE, IN HIS OWN WORDS, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJlDsysMRfw" target="_blank">F**KING DRILLED IT</a>. CONGRATS TO YOU, MICHAEL GEIGER, BUT KNOW THAT DRILLING IT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF DUFFING IT, AND THUS WE WILL FOREVER BE SWORN ENEMIES.</p>
<p><b>1. South Carolina.</b> You see, Gamecocks, the thing about the SEC-SoCon challenge is - the SEC is supposed to sweep every year. You get to dodge ridicule about the whole thing by saying "no, look, we're just giving ourselves a bye week before the last game of the season!" when that happens. When you lose, everyone rightfully laughs at you.... for like a week, and then the SEC-ACC challenge and everyone laughs at the ACC now matter how well they do.</p>
<p><b>Honorable mention: Arkansas.</b> <a href="http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2012/1/3/2678939/the-curious-index-1-2-2012" target="_blank">You play for kicks, you get kicked.</a> After starting at their own 11 and throwing almost all the way down the field, Arkansas.... called three straight rushes and settled for kicking a field goal. It was blocked, and Mississippi State won. Finally, we've reached the greatest part of the year: Novembert.</p>
<h3>ACC Conference Play of the Week</h3>
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<p>When running a trick play, every little thing has to go exactly as planned. Starting with, I dunno, maybe the snap? That's <i>supposed </i>to be the swinging gate play, but it looks like <a href="https://youtu.be/tV8ohkRGPaA?t=43s" target="_blank">somebody left the gate ooooooopennnnnnnn</a></p>
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<p><b>Dak Prescott, QB, Mississippi State</b></p>
<p>Mississippi State scored seven touchdowns in their game against Arkansas, and Dak Prescott was involved in all of them. Prescott threw for 508 yards and five touchdowns on a 38 for 50 performance against Arkansas, and ran for another 46 yards and two touchdowns, earning him the second biggest accomplishment by a Dakota in the past decade. (North Dakota has NDSU and the Bison's terrifying FCS Dynasty. South Dakota, you're seriously slackin'.)</p>
<p>So congratulations, Dak Prescott! And thank you for making this a Novembert to remembert.</p>
https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/11/25/9786574/duffd-it-rankings-and-other-accolades-weve-found-our-polar-oppositeCarter Templeton2015-11-18T14:00:02-05:002015-11-18T14:00:02-05:00Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 11
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<p>CHAOS ALWAYS WINS IN THE END IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN AND HOW</p> <p><i>♫ IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIIIIIIME OF THE YEARRRRRRR ♫</i></p>
<p>Ahem. Sorry. I'm not getting into the Christmas spirit early. Christmas season doesn't start until you've been horribly humiliated by your rival the weekend of Thanksgiving. No, I'm merrily celebrating 2015's week of CHAOS. That's the week where all the top ten teams lose and you stay up until 2:30 watching UCLA lose to Washington State. It is America's finest tradition.</p>
<h3>Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 11</h3>
<p><b>5. Utah. </b>The Utes were the newcomer in the Pac-12. Rising from mid-major status, they came to shake up the establishment, man. They'd already beaten Alabama in a <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/sugar-bowl" class="sbn-auto-link">Sugar Bowl</a>. Now they were going to show everyone they could win it all. And then USC told them to know their role and shut their mouth.</p>
<p>And then Arizona kicked them when they were down, just because.</p>
<p><b>4. Baylor. </b>The Bears attempted to do many weird things against Oklahoma on Saturday, including a <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/17/9747622/baylor-trick-kick-play-oklahoma" style="background-color: #ffffff;">trick play kickoff featuring a drop kick</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/2015/11/14/9737080/celebrating-laquan-mcgowan-touchdown-baylor-OU-piesman-gif" style="background-color: #ffffff;">throwing a touchdown pass to a 410 pound golem</a>. What did OU defensive tackle Matt Dimon think about all that?</p>
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<p>Hmm. I'm not going to interpret his lip reading for y'all, but I will say it was not Baptist friendly.</p>
<p>The Bears ended up losing by ten, definitely due to the power of hurtful words, and not because Jarred Stidham is a true freshman making his second start.</p>
<p><b>3. LSU.</b> If there's anything you should remember about this series, it's that given the opportunity Arkansas will upset a much better LSU team for absolutely no reason. Last year, it was LSU losing 17-0 and giving Bert his first SEC victory. This year, it's losing by 17 at home and giving the Razorbacks the tiebreaker for second place in the SEC West. (It's true, check the standings.) Stop strumming that banjo in the middle of the woods, LSU. In fact, just set the banjo on fire.</p>
<p><b>2. Temple.</b> Okay, Owls, all you needed to do to book a trip to the AAC championship was beat USF on Saturday. A USF team that was 9-27 from 2012-14. A USF team what was looking forward to beating hapless UCF next week to earn bowl eligibility.</p>
<p>Look, I'm not gonna beat around the bush here, Temple. You Temple'd this. You Temple'd this badly.</p>
<p><b>1. Boise State. </b>You can trust the Mountain West to have a certain level of consistency. Air Force will run the ball a lot and challenge for the conference championship. The best teams will eventually leave the conference. And Boise State will dominate everything. See, we've paid them zero mind all year and <a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/playbyplay?gameId=400787281">oh my god what in the sweet blue hell happened here?</a></p>
<p>How does this happen? Against New Mexico?? This result doesn't make sense even after looking at the box score. (The Broncos outgained the Lobos by 238 yards!) I can't trust you with anything, Mountain West.</p>
<p><b>Honorable mention: Stanford. </b>Not even Pac-12 refs could save Stanford on Saturday, as the Cardinal's playoff hopes were torpedoed by Oregon, who was secretly working with Arizona the whole time to keep the Pac-12 out of the playoff entirely. According to America's most trusted news source, this is the sixth time in the past seven years either the Cardinal or the Ducks have eliminated the other from national title contention. Stanford and Oregon are college football's Spy vs. Spy.</p>
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<p><i>"YOU LIED TO ME, BENCH! I TRUSTED YOU AND YOUR STUPID PUNTING ADVICE AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!"</i></p>
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<p><i>Okay, here comes the ball and oh no oh no</i></p>
<p><i>okay I can fix this here I'm just going to set the ball like this and wait he didn't kick it oh no oh no</i></p>
<p><i>okay fine I'm just going to run with it I can do this I'm going to be the big hero against Ohio State I can just OH NOOOOOOOOO</i></p>
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<p><b>DeAndre Washington, RB, Texas Tech</b></p>
<p>Texas Tech is coached by the world's most handsomest college football coach, and his football team.... well, okay, the team is 6-5 and their defense has a face only a mother could love. But their offense? <i>Cest tres magnifique.</i> DeAndre Washington strode like a gazelle 27 times for 248 yards and three touchdowns, and even caught four passes for 36 yards, keeping his stat of 9 yards per touch intact.</p>
<p>So congratulations, DeAndre Washington! Now, can you please tell coach Kingsbury to call us back? Please?</p>
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<p>ACTUALLY, FORGET THE BLACKJACK. AND THE HOOKERS. AND THE PLAYOFF. YOU CAN'T PLAN ON SOMEONE DUFFING IT.</p> <p>College football is chaos. That's what's so great about it. But then in comes this committee of executives and bigwigs. And they want to bring some semblance of order to everything, using things like "game control" and "body clock index".</p>
<p>To hell with all that! College football defies your order, college playoff committee. All of your models and predictions will fail you. When all of college football has duff'd it, you will look up and shout "save us!", and I'll look down and whisper, "no".</p>
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<p><b>5. Memphis.</b> There is no greater duty than serving one's country. A close second is allowing yourself to get dunked on by a service academy, ruining an undefeated season and likely torpedoing a shot at a New Year's Six bowl. That's what Memphis did Saturday against Navy, and for that, Tigers, we salute you.</p>
<p><i>*21 eagles scream while firing guns*</i></p>
<p><b>4. TCU.</b> <i>Doctson, Doctson/Give me the news/You hurt your wrist against Okie State/And Trevone Boykin threw four picks</i></p>
<p>Yeah, that doesn't rhyme. Or fit the lyrical structure of the song. It's a work in progress.</p>
<p><b>3. Michigan State.</b> The Spartans saw their undefeated season (and likely their playoff hopes as well) go down in flames when Nebraska decided <i>they </i>would be the ones to clinch the improbable 4th quarter comeback, for once. The Cornhuskers grabbed the lead in the final seconds on a play that <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/7/9690418/nebraska-michigan-state-touchdown-out-of-bounds" target="_blank">might have been illegal</a>. Was it actually illegal? Is it possible the Illuminati are behind this? Who knows.......</p>
<p><i>*begins blinking in Morse code*</i></p>
<p><i>*the blinks just translate to "DUFF'D IT" over and over*</i></p>
<p><b>2. LSU. </b><i>"LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING PAWWWWWWL </i><i>THEM LSU TIGERS MAY HAVE HAD LEONARD FOURNETTE BUT AT ALABAMA HE COULD HAVE BEEN FIFTEENETTE AT LEAST UNTIL JANUARY WHEN THE TIDE RECLAIM WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY THEIRS"</i></p>
<p><i></i><i>"LSU COMES FROM THAT FIREY PIT OF HELL KNOWN AS BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA AND YOU KNOW IT IS THE DEVIL'S CAPITAL BECAUSE ITS NAME IS IN FRENCH THE LANGUAGE OF SATAN HIMSELF AND THAT IS WHY LSU STILL CANNOT DEFEAT GOD'S BLESSED ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE"</i></p>
<p><b>1. Ole Miss. </b>Thanks for making a Cards Against Humanity card real, Rebels. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/7/9689982/bret-bielema-hopping-on-the-wife-sensual-football" target="_blank">And this.</a> Mississippi remains the worst state.</p>
<p>On the bright side, Alabama now has transitive losses to both Memphis and Arkansas! That's really going to hurt their resume in the eyes of the CFP committee.</p>
<p><b>Honorable mention: Duke.</b> Look, Blue Devils, I know this football thing is still strange and foreign to most of you, but holding your opponent to 66 points is only good in basketball. In football, it is very bad. David Cutcliffe said the 66-31 loss to UNC made him feel like he was in the Big 12. So, congratulations, Duke! You're now Kansas.</p>
<h3>ACC Conference Plays of the Week</h3>
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<p>I don't blame Christian Hackenberg one bit here. He's following the time-honored marching band adage: if an official is in your way, <i>you run them the hell over. </i>Yes, in marching band, officials aren't real people.</p>
<p>.....maybe that explains a lot.</p>
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<p>Zach Vraa didn't just snatch the ball from behind that poor Western Illinois DB's head. He took his soul. #58's now lifeless body only continues moving due to inertia.</p>
<h3>Employee of the Month of the Week</h3>
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<p><b><span>Derrick Henry</span>, RB, Alabama</b></p>
<p>Once again, Alabama is a soulless, relentless killing machine. And once again, they're slapping down an LSU team foolish enough to think they can topple the giant. This year, that giant is Derrick Henry, who ran for 210 yards on 38 carries for 210 yards and scored all three of Alabama's touchdowns on Saturday. This machine now has its sights set on Mississippi State next week, and oh god no she's coming back help</p>
<p><i>"LEMME JUST TELL YOU ONE MORE THING PAWWWWWWWWWL-"</i></p>
https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/11/11/9705606/duffd-it-rankings-well-make-our-own-playoff-with-blackjack-and-hookersCarter Templeton2015-11-04T13:00:02-05:002015-11-04T13:00:02-05:00Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 9
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<p>AFTER REVIEWING THE REVIEW, WE'VE DECIDED TO REVIEW THE REVIEW PROCESS TO DETERMINE IF THE REVIEW PROCESS NEEDS MORE REVIEWING, AT WHICH POINT WE WILL REVIEW THE REVIEW OF THE REVIEW</p> <p>The ACC has just released this memo regarding the referees in the Duke-Miami game:</p>
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<p>WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERRORS BY OUR REVIEW CREW. THOSE RESPONSIBLE HAVE JUST BEEN SUSPENDED.</p>
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<p>Hey, that's great! It really doesn't do anything to fix the problems with the end of that game, but it gives us all the illusion the ACC cares and is really serious about this. A two game suspension! That's really putting them through the racks, ACC.</p>
<p>Hold on. The ACC has just released another memo regarding the referees in the Duke-Miami game:</p>
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<p>WE APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR THE ERRORS BY OUR REVIEW CREW. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUSPENDING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST BEEN SUSPENDED, HAVE JUST BEEN SUSPENDED.</p>
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<p>Well, there you have it, folks. That should make everything better! Right, Duke fans?</p>
<h3>Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 9</h3>
<p><b>5. Washington State.</b> <i>Sigh.</i></p>
<p>Look, Cougars. Last year Connor Halliday <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/10/5/6909779/connor-halliday-ncaa-game-yardage-passing-record" target="_blank">wrote his name into history</a> and you let him down when you missed a field goal in the final seconds that would have won the game.</p>
<p>This year.... look, guys. You'd battled #8 Stanford the entire game. You were looking at a long field goal to finish off one of the biggest upsets in your recent history. All I could think while watching was: "Don't do this again, you crimson bastards."</p>
<p>You did it again.</p>
<p>More importantly: you did this to <i>me. </i>It was late, you were the last game on, and you'd gotten me emotionally invested in your football team. <i>Again. Stop doing this to me.</i></p>
<p><b>4. Georgia. </b>Who would have guessed benching the first string quarterback, starting the third string (for his first ever start), and having the second string punt would have worked out poorly for the Bulldogs in Jacksonville? You just need to keep switching them around until you find the winning combination, Mark Richt. Next week, have your second string quarterback start, your first string kick field goals, and your third string.... I dunno, fair catch punts? That's not something you've tried before, is it? <a href="http://atlanta.sbnation.com/2010/7/1/1545901/aint-no-fair-catch-like-a-logan" target="_blank">It is?</a></p>
<p><b>3. Texas.</b> There are many words you could use to describe Texas getting shut out by Iowa State. Humiliating. Rock bottom. Balls. But not embarrassing, nooo. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.burntorangenation.com/2015/11/2/9659938/charlie-strong-texas-longhorns-iowa-state-cyclones-embarrassing">Charlie Strong certainly wouldn't use that word.</a></p>
<p>"Wait," I hear some of you asking. "Wasn't Texas Perma-Duff'd earlier this season?" To which I say: shut up, I make the rules. And the rules say: if you upset your heavily favored rival in a nationally televised game, you get off the list. Besides, it's not like I was not going to list Texas getting shut out by Iowa State when they'd lost to the Cyclones once before. Ever. It shouldn't happen, and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/2/9658472/paul-rhoads-iowa-state-texas">even Paul Rhodes agrees</a>!</p>
<p><b>2. Minnesota.</b> <a href="http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2015/11/2/9658958/how-dumb-was-this-minnesota-michigan" target="_blank">My gods, Gophers</a>, I haven't seen someone screw up an ending that badly since the Wachowskis finished the Matrix Trilogy.</p>
<p><b>1. The ACC.</b> A week after the best ending to a college football game this season, we got the best ending to a college football game this season that totally should not have counted. And in true, classic #goacc fashion, the conference looked at the play, said, "oh, yeah, this totally shouldn't have counted", and then put the biggest s***-eating grin on its face as it added "<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/2/9659258/acc-honors-miami-players-amazing-td-while-admitting-it-shouldnt-have" target="_blank">.....but it was still totally awesome, wasn't it!</a>" Y'all know everyone's going to look at stuff like this when it comes to renegotiating contracts, right? They'll be like, "well, we thought about creating an ACC TV Network, but there was that one time their refs botched the ending to a game and the conference celebrated it anyway."</p>
<p>Clemson's pretty much put the kibosh on #Clemsoning the past few years, but the ACC has ensured #goacc will remain prominent for years to come.</p>
<p><b>Honorable mention: West Virginia.</b><b> </b>TCU demolished the Mountaineers last Thursday, but Dana Holgorsen may have cemented himself as the least mad losing coach in college football history with this <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/29/9641494/boykin-wvu-juke-holgorsen-high-five" target="_blank">game recognize game moment</a>. <span>Trevone Boykin</span> is a goddamn sorcerer, and Holgo knew well to pay his respects.</p>
<h3>ACC Conference Plays of the Week</h3>
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<p>What the hell? Saquon Barkley just airwalked into the endzone. He stepped on at least two things that weren't actually there. This is the cheapest <i>NCAA </i>glitch ever.</p>
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<p>Hi Syracuse! We were wondering how much it would suck to be FSU's first opponent after losing their first regular season game in three years. It turns out that even without their top quarterback and running back, it still sucks a lot! Thanks for being our guinea pig.</p>
<h3>Employee of the Month of the Week</h3>
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<p><b><span>Deshaun Watson</span>, QB, Clemson</b></p>
<p>Remember two minutes ago when I mentioned Clemson has pretty much buried #Clemsoning into the ground at this point? <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/10/9495531/dabo-swinney-clemson-clemsoning-meme-twitter-narrative" target="_blank">(If you forgot, mentioning it to Dabo Swinney makes him mighty unhappy.)</a> Watson is the guy operating the scoop truck with the last, gigantic mound of dirt to put on its grave. Watson tossed for 383 yards and 5 touchdowns vs. NC State on Saturday, and added 54 rushing yards and another touchdown on top. Clemson is kind of actually really good, and if they defeat FSU this week, you can expect to see lots of Dan Radakovich in his orange-clad ass prancing about.</p>
<p>So, congratulations, <span>Deshaun Watson</span>! You're number one! Really. That's what the rankings say. And who are we to doubt rankings?</p>
https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/11/4/9661994/duffd-it-rankings-at-least-were-better-at-reviewing-things-than-accCarter Templeton2015-10-28T13:00:02-04:002015-10-28T13:00:02-04:00Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 8
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<p>WE WEREN'T TALKIN' 'BOUT THEM ENOUGH FOR NOLE FANS SO HERE Y'ALL GO</p> <p>If there's one thing the Duff'd It! Rankings is guilty of doing in the 2.5 season history of the column, it's that it hasn't been Talkin' 'Bout the Noles enough. It's been really hard to Talk 'Bout the Noles here, what with Florida State's only loss in that entire span being to Oregon in last year's <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/rose-bowl">Rose Bowl</a>.</p>
<p>UNTIL NOW, BABY! THE NOLES HAVE ARRIVED IN THE DUFF'D IT! RANKINGS AND BOY I CANNOT WAIT TO TALK ABOUT SOME NOLES TODAY.</p>
<h3>Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 8</h3>
<p><b>5. Texas A&M. </b>The Aggies are looking very pedestrian again after a 23-3 loss to Ole Miss in which starting quarterback <span>Kyle Allen</span> went 12-34 passing for 88 yards. That's a passing attack so bad Georgia Tech is lapping you, Aggies. With a quarterback controversy brewing again between Allen and Kyler Murray, one must ask the question: what if the Aggies simply don't have enough Kyle at quarterback? Must they find.... they Kylest?</p>
<p><b>4. Mizzou. </b>"Hello, hi, yes, is this the Columbia police? For Missouri, yes, not South Carolina. I already had to contact them about another issue. Anyway, I'd like to file a missing person report. It's not really a person, per se, but, well... it's the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.rockmnation.com/">Missouri Tigers</a> offense. That's right. They were last seen in Columbia on October 3rd in the first quarter of their game against South Carolina. Yes, there have been no touchdowns scored by them since then. Yes, I know the longer you wait to start a search the less likely a person is to be found alive. Yes, I'd like this to be anonymous."</p>
<p><b>3. Utah. </b>The Utes' 42-24 loss to 3-3 and unranked USC shocked <i>everyone</i>..... everyone except Vegas, that is. The Trojans had started as a betting favorite and over the week the line moved <i>towards </i>them, not away. Somehow, they knew.</p>
<p>HOW DID YOU KNOW, VEGAS? WHO IS THE ILLUMINATI? WHAT IS THEIR PLAN??</p>
<p><b>2. Miami. </b>Some losses you can feel good about because your team put up a valiant effort. Some are just total ass-whippings. Some are last second heartbreakers. <a href="http://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/10/21/9573975/duffd-it-rankings-and-other-accolades-yep-michigan-michigan-state-why/in/9100940" target="_blank">Some leave you feeling like jumping off a bridge is a reasonable thing to do.</a></p>
<p>Miami-Clemson was none of these. It was a construction crew in bright orange and hard hats conducting a full scale demolition, the likes of which haven't been seen in Miami since the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/orange-bowl">Orange Bowl</a> was knocked down. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/24/9607920/miami-clemson-game-2015-final-score-worst-loss" target="_blank">And this was so, so much worse.</a> Miami's in a bad spot. They're not good, fans aren't showing up, and the ones that are would rather fight in the stands. And, as a result of this game, they fired their head coach. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/26/9612632/miami-football-coaching-search-dwayne-the-rock-johnson" target="_blank">Hopefully they have some good ideas on who to hire next.</a></p>
<p>So how does such a result only land at number 2 on the Duff'd It! Rankings? <i>WELLLLLLLLLLLL........</i></p>
<p><b>1. Florida State. </b>OHHHH SEMINOLES</p>
<p>ALL YOU HAD TO DO TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED WAS BEAT GEORGIA TECH</p>
<p>A TEAM THAT DOESN'T PLAY DEFENSE, DOESN'T PLAY SPECIAL TEAMS, AND ISN'T GREAT ON OFFENSE BY THEIR OWN STANDARDS</p>
<p>SO WHAT DID YOU DO</p>
<p>YOU SCORED SIXTEEN POINTS</p>
<p>WERE OUTGAINED BY NEARLY FIFTY YARDS</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/27/9613236/georgia-tech-florida-state-field-goal-return-miracle-on-techwood-drive">AND LET THIS HAPPEN</a></p>
<p>YOU TURNED GEORGIA TECH INTO COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S HERO FOR A WEEK, AND FOR THAT I THANK YOU</p>
<p><b>Honorable Mention: Nebraska. </b>What have you done, Cornhuskers?? You can't lose more than four games, it'll upset the entire balance of the universe! Everything will be chaos! Cats and dogs living together! Washington State could be one game away from bowl eligibility after losing to an FCS team!</p>
<h3>ACC Conference Plays of the Week</h3>
<p>USC wide reciever <span>JuJu Smith-Schuster had quite the #goacc day on Saturday.</span></p>
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<p><i>You. Hey, you. Yeah, you. Come here. I have a special surprise for you.</i></p>
<p><i>PSYYYYYYYYYYCH. Eat turf, loser.</i></p>
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<p><i>Oh man, they're closing in. Quick! Deploy the tactical shoe!</i></p>
<p><i>.....Damn it, that's the regular shoe. The tactical shoe was on the other foot.</i></p>
<h3><span>Employee of the Month of the Week</span></h3>
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<p><b><span>Jamal Golden</span>, DB, Georgia Tech</b></p>
<p>After more than 35 installments, a Georgia Tech player has finally won the EotMotW award! Yes, one of their top running backs..... oh, wait, it's a defensive player?</p>
<p>Yes! Jamal Golden helped limit FSU to 70 rushing yards and 280 overall with nine tackles, seven of which were solo efforts, plus one pass break-up and <a style="background-color: #ffffff;" target="_blank" href="https://cmgajcgeorgiatech.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/102515-tech-game-bs29.jpg?w=640&h=479">the first pick</a> Everett Golson's thrown all season. Yes, Golson threw his first pick of the season to Georgia Tech's defense. <i>Isn't that just perfect?</i></p>
<p>So congratulations, Jamal Golden! Please keep taking balls that don't belong to you, because you're good at that and I like when you do it.</p>
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https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/10/28/9610870/duffd-it-rankings-you-bet-your-ass-were-talkin-bout-the-nolesCarter Templeton2015-10-21T14:00:02-04:002015-10-21T14:00:02-04:00Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 7
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<p>SERIOUSLY YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN AND READ ABOUT IT A HUNDRED TIMES BY NOW</p> <p>This may surprise some of you, but I neither watch nor write about college football for a living. I am simply a lover of the game who tries to shove as much college football into his eye sockets as he can for a few Saturdays each fall. But I am only human, and after a long Friday night and absorbing another Georgia Tech loss, I fell asleep watching Michigan-Michigan State.</p>
<p>But then, I woke up. Maybe it was my Duff'd Sense tingling. I'm not sure. Somehow, my body knew. The biggest Duffing of the season was about to happen. And there was no way I was napping through it.</p>
<h3>Duff'd It! Rankings, Week 7</h3>
<p><b>5. Boise State.</b> The Broncos had enough turnovers Friday night to feed two families of four. Or a family of eight. Maybe it's a really Catholic family, I dunno. Boise's loss eliminated them and the Mountain West from New York Six bowl contention, so now the conference gets to spend the rest of the season with Conference USA in mid-major obscurity.</p>
<p><b>4. Ole Miss.</b> "Oh, but Memphis is good, they're 6-0 now and have a good chance of getting slotted into a New Year's 6 bowl!" I hear you protest. To which I reply: Yes! This is true! The AAC is very good this year and has several talented teams. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=they+supposed+to+be+sec&oq=they+supposed+to+be+sec&aqs=chrome..69i64j69i57.3543j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8">But I'll let former Western Kentucky linebacker Andrew Jackson explain why Ole Miss belongs here this week.</a></p>
<p>The AAC now has a transitive win over Alabama. That rumbling sound you're hearing is tens of thousands of Bama fans attempting to call into Finebaum at once to challenge the conference to a 12-teams-on-one football game.</p>
<p><b>3. UCLA.</b> The Bruins were eviscerated by Stanford so badly even two garbage time touchdowns didn't bring them back to within 20. But don't worry, UCLA, this game started at 10:30 Eastern on a Thursday, so no one saw it! <i>It's like our little secret!</i></p>
<p><b>2. Kansas State.</b> The Wildcats lost 55-0 at home to the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. It was their worst home shutout loss in history. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/k-stated/article40257171.html">After the game, coach Bill Snyder wrote a heartfelt letter to the university and the student body apologizing for the loss.</a> He then went home, put on a mask, and ventured into the mountains to murder several innocents. Everyone has their own preferred outlet for venting.</p>
<p><b>1. Michigan.</b> What more needs to be said about this game? Some losses you can feel good about because your team put up a valiant effort. Some are just total ass-whippings. Some are last second heartbreakers.</p>
<p>And then you have Michigan-Michigan State. There are some losses that leave you thinking jumping off a bridge is a reasonable thing to do. For Michigan, this was one of those games. If it makes y'all feel any better, Wolverines, you're still in prime position to pop Ohio State at the end of the season. Unless they finally figure out their quarterback situation, which, maybe they have now?</p>
<p><b>Honorable mention: Ball State. </b>Well hey there, Cardinals! No, I'm not really sure why you're here either. Just give me a second to look at the paperwork....</p>
<p>//looks at paperwork</p>
<p>//looks back up</p>
<p>//looks back at paperwork</p>
<p>//looks back up</p>
<p>...you know you're not supposed to lose to Georgia State, right?</p>
<h3>ACC Conference Plays of the Week</h3>
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<p>This first play comes from a school I'm not familiar with. I'm told it's in Indianapolis? Well, IUPUI doesn't play football, so this must be Butler, with their blue and white uniforms. They're really innovating some new trick plays down in FCS, apparently.</p>
<p>Okay, wait, now I'm hearing this happened in the NFL? Quit joking around, guys. The NFL is full of professionals. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/10/18/9565897/the-colts-ran-what-may-be-the-worst-trick-play-in-nfl-history" target="_blank">They'd never try a trick play this poorly conceived and executed.</a></p>
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<p><i>"Hey man, wait, you're supposed to throw the ball."</i></p>
<p><i>"Oh yeah! Catch!"</i></p>
<p><i>"no what are you doing now they all know and you're throwing it in front of me I'm not going to be able to catch this help"</i></p>
<h3>Employee of the Month of the Week</h3>
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<p><b><span>Christian McCaffrey</span>, RB, Stanford</b></p>
<p>Look at Christian McCaffrey run! He notched 25 carries for 243 yards and 4 touchdowns, which is even more impressive when you consider the rest of the offense totaled 198 yards and three touchdowns (and 4 of those yards were on a reception by McCaffrey, to boot). And since no one on the east coast saw it, I took it upon myself to give McCaffrey the recognition he deserves.</p>
<p>So congratulations, Christian McCaffrey! Your prize is the satisfaction of knowing the coastline you live on is far prettier than the one on the other side of the country. Take lots of pictures to make those jerks in Connecticut jealous.</p>
https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/10/21/9573975/duffd-it-rankings-and-other-accolades-yep-michigan-michigan-state-whyCarter Templeton