Buffalo outdoes Akron in futility, wins Bottom Ten title

Ahead 22-7 in the fourth quarter, the funny little Zips of Akron reverted to form for a while. They gave up a late touchdown to Buffalo, then saw the Bulls recover an on-side kick and march to the Akron 17.

But Buffalo lost a fumble and the game, 14-22. And Akron (1-11), by winning, lost its bid for the Bottom Ten title.

Is there anything sadder than a last-game victory to mar a perfect season?

Instead, the chumpionship went to vanishing Buffalo (2-10), which had previously pulled off crucial late-season defeats to Fum-Ball State (4-8) and Eastern Michigan (2-10).

Rk.; Wreck, Record; Last Loss; Bowl Invite

1. Buffalo* (2-10); 14-22, Akron; None

2. Memphis (1-11); 17-37, Central Florida; None

3. New Mexico (1-11); 17-66, Texas Christian; None

4. Eastern Michigan (2-10); 3-71, Northern Illinois; None

5. Bowling on the Green (2-10); 7-41, Western Michigan; None

6. New Mexico State (2-10); 24-59, Hawaii; None

7. Mountain West Conference; Texas Christian; Stay tuned

8. Vanderbilt (2-10); 13-34, Weak Forest; None

9. Colorado State (3-9); 0-44, Wyoming; None

10. Fum-Ball State (4-8); 21-59, Northern Illinois; None

11. Akron (1-11); 12. North Texas (3-9); 13. (tie) Texas (5-7) and Central Michigan (3-9); 15. Western Kentucky (2-10); 16. Washington State (2-9); 17. Florida Atlantic (4-7); 18. Kansas (3-9); 19. Placed in Witness Protection Program; 20. Poor Ole Miss (4-8).

*Official 2010 Bottom Ten chump.

Rout of the weak: Boise State (10-1) over Utah State (4-7).

Crummy game of the weak: USC (7-5) at UCLA (4-7).

Quotebook: “We do not play the Little Sisters of the Poor,” said Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee, bragging about the Buckeyes’ allegedly tough schedule. Ohio State’s opponents this year included Marshall, Ohio University, Eastern Michigan and the usual Big Ten stumblebums Indiana, Purdon’t and Minnehaha.

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