The Bottom 10 won't have James Franklin to kick around anymore
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The Bottom 10 won't have James Franklin to kick around anymore
"See: Last week's much-anticipated Pillow Fight of the Week of the Year Mega Bowl between what were then the Bottom 10 third-ranked UMess Minuetmen and fourth-ranked State of Kent. And we weren't alone in our anticipation of a close game. The wise guys in the desert with their calculators next to the shrimp buffet had Kent as a 1.5-point favorite, and our ESPN Analytics team's Ouija board Win Probability Index believed UMass had a 43.9% chance to emerge victorious."
"See, Part 2: Penn State, which just three weekends ago came within a couple of knuckles of beating Oregon in overtime, was facing its second consecutive Bottom 10 contender, Northworstern, having lost to the then-ucLa Boo'ins the week before. And the Nittany Lions lost again, their third straight defeat, then fired James Franklin, who had coached them to within three points of playing for the national title just 10 months ago."
Bottom 10 Headquarters sits behind storage trailers holding makeup and rubber noses used to make Glen Powell look unattractive in "Chad Powers." Staff sometimes struggle to recognize who and what is standing before them, leading to astonishment when true identities are revealed. A highly anticipated matchup between UMass Minutemen and Kent State was widely expected to be close; oddsmakers favored Kent by 1.5 points and ESPN Analytics gave UMass a 43.9% win probability. The game ended Kent State 42, UMass 6, producing a dramatic mismatch. Penn State lost again, marking a third straight defeat and prompting the firing of James Franklin. Unpredictable outcomes continue to upend pregame expectations.
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