College football Bottom 10 after Week 12 – Louisville’s failed finish

Inspirational thought of the week:

Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin’ me down
Lost my money playin’ poker, so I had to leave town
But I ain’t a-turnin’ back to livin’ that old life no more
So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey … mama rock me
Yeah, rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey … mama rock me
— “Wagon Wheel,” Old Crow Medicine Show

Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located in the quickly emptying vault where Pat McAfee keeps the cash he didn’t think he’d have to hand over to so many “College GameDay” guest kickers, we are all about the drama that comes with weird timing.

Like deciding to take your dog on a walk just as it starts raining. Or going on ESPN Radio and declaring with great conviction that NC State and Kansas will make the College Football Playoff. Or asking your girlfriend to marry you earlier than you had planned because you were terrified that if you waited any longer you were going to lose the ring and in your panic didn’t even look at the calendar and thus ended up proposing on April Fools’ Day.

And just so we’re clear, those aren’t hypothetical. I did all that.

And there is a day and night like Tuesday of this week. When Kent State and Akron, legit Bottom 10 title contenders, one having started the season ranked top/bottom No. 1 (Akron) and the other having kept that spot on lock nearly all fall (Kent State), decided they should play out the latest chapter of their century-old rivalry on a Tuesday night, hours after this sportswriter typically would have filed these very rankings.

Well, much like a wagon that is missing one of its wheels so that it can used for a trophy, me writing this late at night is going to be a little wobbly. Because the only ones here who might offer help in steadying my legs are my 12-pound dog and Captain Morgan. Where’s my wife, you ask? Oh, she used that April Fools’ Engagement Clause a long time ago.

With apologies to Bob Dylan, Darius Rucker, Captain Jack Sparrow and Steve Harvey, here are the post-Week 12 Bottom 10 rankings.

And … in that very Tuesday night game, the Golden(plated) Flashes lost 38-17 at home to their biggest rival, which is located…