"We're taking the train to Happy Valley Won't you come along there too It's beautiful there in Happy Valley With wonderful things to do The sun shines brightly the whole day long Every bird sings a different song There's no need to worry, there's joys untold In Happy Valley you'll never grow old -- "Happy Valley," Rodd and The Cavaliers"
"Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind the giant lake of frying grease that is held in a secret location in metro Dallas until the State Fair of Texas starts and it's time to cook balls of butter and funnel cake burgers, we used to roll our eyes at the term "unprecedented times." Why? Because we once believed that all times are precedented. As William Shakespeare once wrote, "Past is prologue.""
"A Coveted Fifth Spot team that earned that Coveted Fifth Spot by losing an OT game to a top-5 team, so we know the team isn't actually that bad, turns right around and loses to a Bottom 10 team that we know is actually that bad. Does that mean that team should be back in the Coveted Fifth Spot because it isn't actually that bad ... or does it graduate from the Coveted Fifth Spot into the actual Bottom 10 because it is actually that bad?"
A Bottom 10 team upset a Coveted Fifth Spot team, exposing conflicts between perceived quality and actual results. The Coveted Fifth Spot team had earned that spot after an overtime loss to a top-five opponent, indicating underlying strength. The upset raises whether the higher-ranked team should be reinstated to the fifth spot or demoted into the Bottom 10. The victorious Bottom 10 team may deserve promotion or may remain in the Bottom 10 depending on consistency. Playful imagery invokes 'Bottom 10 Headquarters' behind a giant lake of frying grease and quotes like 'Past is prologue.' The episode highlights ranking volatility and classification dilemmas in college football.
Read at ESPN.com
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