I feel your pain: On being a ranker for the tankers | hairgut the Dawg's Blog

As I sit here in my University of Georgia T-shirt, drying my eyes and knocking back one Coke Zero after another, a thought came to me. My Daddy always says, if you think you have it bad, somebody else always has it worse. Suddenly, visions of other big letdown teams flooded my mind. These are the programs that get big preseason hype, then manage to disappoint everyone when the season gets underway. Here are the biggest ones, in order of magnitude so far:

1) Michigan. You all know the story. Biggest stadium in the country, most wins in college history, the Big House, the preseason top 5, the 3 Bull Studs coming back to win a title-all flushed down the toilet after the Appy State game. Then, that wonderful follow up performance yesterday. Lloyd Carr is safe, says the AD. When your boss likes you, nothing else really matters.

2) Notre Dame. Just ask Stewart "Irish Stew" Mandell. This media darling (Notre Dame, not Stewart) gets tons of free press just for being Notre Dame. All the hacks think they are God's gift to college football, the closest thing the Pope has to a football team. They have their own freakin' network, for Chr- for Pete's sake, I mean. Charlie Weis can't break wind without a score of reporters furiously analyzing the scent. 2 horrific games later, and the spin is creating a gale force wind out of South Bend. When I did a casual blog about these guys, it got over 500 views. Jesus!

3) Boise State. Everybody's favorite Cinderella, the most desired party crashers, the longest win season. Will they ever lose? Uh, yeah. By 2 touchdowns to the unranked Huskies. Did I just hear a glass slipper shatter?

4) Georgia. My boys. The professionals had them contending for an SEC title bid after manhandling the Cowboys. Then, they can't score a TD on South Carolina and Ball Coach. See my related blog. I am very, very bitter about this.

5) Auburn. I guess Tubby thought USF was a non conference cupcake. Stewart is acting like he saw this coming all along-but why was Auburn in the top 25? Cadillac and company are gone, y'all.

6) Miami. I work with a guy named Chuck. He paid $78 for a replica Michael Irvin Miami jersey. He told me last week that Miami will contend for the national title. Let's ask Oklahoma what they think about this..

I am sure there are others, but I am far too lazy to do the required research. Misery loves company.