College Football Lowlights Countdown Week 5

10. Showing up ready to play and still losing 59-0 – New Mexico St. really is awful. Along with cross-state rival New Mexico (see number 9), they make up the single worst state we have ever seen in college football. Hosting Boise St. was never going to end well and while this is worse than normal, its not that much worse (Boise St. won the three previous meetings by a combined score of 149-7) and Boise St. is better. The Aggies were actually ready to play, but there is just no hope there.

9. Weekly New Mexico futility update – The Lobos finally showed a pulse this season. After being obliterated in its first four games, New Mexico left the first quarter tied at 14 before giving up the next 24 points. Even with 20 points, there are still major issues though. The offense only scored seven points (special teams had 13) and the team was out gained by nearly 200 yards again. The only spot of good news: next week brings a chance for a win again cross-state toilet bowl dweller New Mexico St. in the competition for worst team in all of college football.

8. Losing to FCS schools – San Jose St. lost to UC Davis 14-13. I would come up with something humiliating and snarky, but its not really worth it since this team was lucky to beat FCS Southern Utah two weeks ago. Next up is likely another trip to this countdown next week after Nevada lights them up for 500 yards rushing and 60 points on Saturday night.

7. Rutgers – Big East teams can't lose to Conference USA alsorans. Rutgers has squandered all of its momentum from its great 2006 season. They look like old Rutgers again. While that might get them back to a bowl game in the watered down Big East, they are back to being awful. And to think, the rest of the league had a perfect record this week and might have even made the Highlights countdown if not for this debacle.

6. BYU – The Cougars are bad, really bad. And they leave their conference to go independent and play bigger national games next season. The rest of this season should be all about young players and getting them experience. This season isn't going anywhere and next year needs to be a big year.

5. Jump-pass, really. Just run the darn offense Florida – I don't blame Trey Burton at all for the absolutely stupid jump pass interception on 4^th and goal. He just executed the play that was called when everyone on the Alabama coaching staff knew exactly what was coming. Why do I say that? Because I knew what was coming and if I know what the play call is before the ball is snapped, I think the best defensive coaching staff in college football has an idea too. For Florida, the stuffing of Burton as the quarterback in the Tebow package was going to happen. Alabama has seen Tebow for the last few years and the Gators stupidly unleashed it last week giving Alabama some film time to break it down with a different trigger man. Also, John Brantley is your quarterback. He is not a spread option quarterback. He is more in the Sam Bradford/Chase Daniel spread quarterback mold: Good passer, can get some yards on the ground when a play breaks down, not a good choice to be running the option or zone read except in rare circumstances to keep the defense honest. See how Stanford uses Andrew Luck as a runner for a good example.

4. I can only hope my quarterback can not fumble when trying to run out the clock and if he does, at least get hit first please – Oklahoma was just awful trying to kill the Texas game. There was never any doubt the Sooners would win except for one moment: when quarterback Landry Jones rolled out to the right (why I have no idea) and fumbled before he was touched. Even though Texas couldn't cover the ball, insured Texas would get the ball back instead of Oklahoma running the clock out. The main reason Oklahoma still won is because...

3. … Someone needs to teach Texas players how to catch a punt – This starts last week with the Longhorns fumbling a punt inside the five yardline against UCLA giving the Bruins their first touchdown. This week is was a muffed punt with a chance to win the game. The first thing before thinking about a return of anything else of the sort is catch the ball. Especially when you have to have the ball to win the game because your team is behind with under a minute to go.

2. Running with no timeouts at the end of the game and trailing is generally not advised – This, of course is dealing with the LSU situation. The screw-up here with the running of players on and off the field and generally having your team running around confused like chickens with your heads cut off would likely have been number one on the season ending lowlights countdown if not for ...

1. ...the other team forgetting that only 11 men are allowed on the field at once – 13 players? How do you end up with 13 players on the field. 12 is unforgivable in that situation but 13 is illegal in Canadian football (where 12 are allowed on the field at once). What on Earth was the Tennessee coaching staff thinking trying to make personnel changes there when LSU was obviously in chaos and what deity of either football or luck does Les Miles have compromising pictures of to keep getting away with nonsense like this?

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