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The Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week:You know, I was thinking though, one time, uh, it would really awesome if, like, you could slingshot me in for a win? Yeah, but, OK ... but, if you won, how am I gonna win? Yeah... Think about it. No, I was thinking about ... I mean, its not like youre finishing 18th. Nothing wrong with silver. Nothing wrong with silver at all. Yeah ... hey, Im just kidding, man. I dont wanna win. Ill just bury it down inside. Bury it deep down in there, and never bring it up again. Its painful! And I love you!-- Cal Naughton Jr. and Ricky Bobby, Talladega NightsIt was sometime around 2 a.m. Sunday, and I had finally made it to my truck after covering the Battle at Bristol between Tennessee and Virginia Tech. For a guy like me who covers both auto racing and college football, it had been an amazing yet mind-bending crossover experience. I felt like Leo DiCaprio in Inception except that I wasnt ending my experience staring at a spinning top, but rather at a group of overserved Tennessee students in Parking Lot B playing spin the bottle.I reflected back on all of the NASCAR events Ive covered at the Bristol Motor Speedway. I thought, as I often do, about the race teams that keep showing up week after week knowing deep down that they cant compete, the teams that make their living in the Conference-USA West end of the Sprint Cup garage. While Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing come to the racetrack backed by hundreds of employees and millions of dollars in sponsorship. The teams youve never heard of roll in with pit crews made up of guys who are cousins of the crew chief, and the only stickers on the car are the ones they bought at AutoZone while picking up some spare parts. And they all have one guy on the crew who looks like an extra from Pirates of the Caribbean. Its weird. But its admirable.As I paused to process those thoughts and let my mind blend those feelings with my warmth for the teams of the Bottom 10, a shadowy figure stumbled toward out of the Smoky Mountain mist. It was a bearded gentleman dressed in a Vanderbilt T-shirt.Hey ... youre the Bottom 10 guy, right?Why yes, yes, I am.Then get in your truck and get the hell out of here before I punch you in your smart-ass mouth.With apologies to Jean Girard and Steve Harvey, heres this weeks Bottom 10.1. Virginiugh (0-2) Back in July I asked new coach Bronco Mendenhall what had been the biggest adjustment hed made since moving from Provo, Utah, to Charlottesville, Virginia. At the time I thought the humidity. I need to go back re-listen to the interview. Maybe he said humility.2. North by Northwestern (0-2) For the second consecutive week, we were torn over where to rank the Wildcats in relation to other similarly disappointing teams. So again I took it to Twitter via the second-ever Bottom 10 Poll of the People. Northwestern couldnt win that, either.3. I-ow!-a State (0-2) The Cy-Hawk Trophy shall reside in Iowa City for the next year, as the Hawkeyes routed the Cyclones 42-3. In related news, I met two drunken tailgating Virginia Tech fans named Cy and Hawk on Saturday afternoon in the Battle at Bristol parking lot. As Id made the walk to my vehicle that night, I saw that Cy was still in the same chair he was sitting in before the game, passed out sunburned. A note was pinned to his tank top by local police saying that Hawk had been arrested for ticket scalping. And yet they both still had better a day than Iowa State.4. Warshington State (0-2) As this weeks rankings started stacking up, we recognized a pattern. Power 5 schools populated the top four positions of the Bottom 10. I sent an email to ESPN Stats & Info to see they might know the last time that happened. The response read: AUTO REPLY ... AGAIN. Please stop sending us questions. We are busy. We are always busy. We are always going to be busy. Why cant you take a hint? Then I called my ex-girlfriend to let her know that someone in ESPN Stats & Info had hacked her email account.5. The Big 12 While we were all so busy screaming about the SECs impending implosion, the poor Big 12 was driving itself into the Trinity River like a burrito food truck with no brakes. During Week 2, the conference went 0-2 against the MAC (Kansas, Oklahoma State) and is already down to only three undefeated teams (Texas, Baylor, West Virginia). Its all been so shocking that on Saturday, Big 12 replay officials in Stillwater spilled salsa all over their video equipment.6. FI(not A)U (0-2) The Panthers have lost to Indiana and Maryland and are now last in the Big Ten Division Formerly Known As Leaders despite playing in the Conference Formerly Known As The Metro.7. Rice (0-2) Army, which won only two games in 2015, is now 2-0 after defeating the Rice Owls. Army opened the season 1-0 after defeating the Temple Owls. In Mondays Flipping the Field I wondered aloud why they didnt schedule every Owl-based team. The women at Bryn Mawr College had the perfect response.8. UMess (0-2) Every season theres one fan base that gets very chippy very early in the season and very much loves to send me very large quantities of emails and tweets to express said chippiness. After Week 1, the group that stepped into that role was Minutemen supporters. They angrily pointed to the teams decent showing at The Swamp as evidence that they should not be included on this list. Then came Week 2. I dont know how many yards rushing your team had on Saturday, but it was more than UMass. It mustered negative 23 yards on the ground vs. Boston College in the Battle of the Bay State. Up next, the Pillow Fight of the Week of the Year II (PFOWY2) against FI(not A)U.9. Huh-why-yuh (1-2) Heads up ... only 74 days until UMass visits Hawaii.10. State of Kent (0-2) The Buffalo Bills, er, Bulls took on Open Date U., so their spot was taken over by another MAC team. Actually, it could have been taken over by multiple MAC teams, as the league is currently the refugee camp for three of the nations dozen 0-2 teams. Clearly those three teams also need to start scheduling Big 12 schools.Waiting list: My-hammy of Ohio (0-2); NIU (0-2); Georgia State not Southern (0-2); Charlotte 1-and-1ers (1-1); North Texas Forty (1-1); Kansas Nayhawks 1-1; untimed downs, playing poorly enough to give a team a chance to beat you via an untimed down. Fake Yeezy 700 . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Cheap Air Max 97 Wholesale . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.fakejordancheap.com/wholesale-air-max-97-china.html . - Chris Tierney snapped a tie with a power-play goal late in the third period as the London Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Erie Otters 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday. Fake Air Max 97 . 1, meaning problems for the doping controls at both major international sports events next year. The World Anti-Doping Agency provisionally suspended the Moscow Antidoping Center on Sunday, saying its operations must improve or a six-month ban on the facilitys accreditation will be imposed. Fake Jordan 11 . Jeff Green scored 13 points and Kris Humphries 12 for the Celtics, who nearly blew an 18-point, second-half lead. Sullingers 20-20 was the first by a Celtics player since Kevin Garnetts first game in Boston in 2007. Garnett was dealt -- along with Paul Pierce -- to Brooklyn during the off-season. EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings do not necessarily have a one-size-fits-all approach to discipline within their organization, and coach Mike Zimmer says he isnt aiming for one.Zimmer said Wednesday the team required defensive coordinator George Edwards to make a huge monetary commitment, among other things, after he was charged with misdemeanor DWI in May. Edwards pleaded guilty to misdemeanor careless driving on Aug. 30, and the St. Paul Pioneer Press first published the news of Edwards incident on Tuesday, the same day practice squad guard Isame Faciane was released for a misdemeanor DWI charge during the teams bye week.The Vikings were criticized in some circles for dealing differently with their defensive coordinator than they did the guard. But Zimmer said the difference in punishment was because of how differently Edwards and Faciane handled their respective DWIs, not because of the differences in their standing within the organization.Every situation is different, and I dont really care about being consistent; I care about being right, Zimmer said. When this happened with George, George was given a lot of things to do, including a huge monetary commitment that he had to make, and he fulfilled all his obligations. This last situation [with Faciane], I told the players in the meetting the day they left to make sure they stay out of trouble, do the right things.dddddddddddd I told them again [on] the field when they left. I had the coaches text them and make sure to remind them to stay out of trouble. Then, when this did happen, on the very same day, he was told to call me twice and did not call me.So every situation is different, and I like Isame. If he fulfills his obligations, Im not opposed to bringing him back, as well.Asked if Edwards future was in doubt beyond this season, Zimmer said, Well, if he messes up again, his future will be [in doubt]. But right now, hes fulfilled all his commitments.Edwards blood alcohol content was 0.11 at the time of his arrest, over Minnesotas legal limit of 0.08. He was fined $1,000 and placed on a one-year probation after pleading guilty, and the Vikings said in a Tuesday statement that Edwards notified the organization immediately after his arrest.Faciane, whose blood alcohol content was 0.13 when he arrested in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, last Wednesday, was charged with fourth-degree DWI, driving without a valid license and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content over the states legal limit. ' ' '