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Posted at 1:40 p.m., Monday, October 22, 2007

CFB: Golden Go-fers Slide to No. 1 in Bottom Ten

By Steve Harvey
The Los Angeles Times

Minnehaha football coach Tim Brewster referred to the North Dakota State Bisons as "the little guys in green" and grumbled that he wanted "to play a nonconference schedule that would help me with recruiting."

Well, it's North Dakota State that should gripe about wasting its time with pushovers like Minnehaha. The Bison won, 27-21, pushing the Golden Go-fers to No. 1 in the Bottom Ten. No wonder the Big Ten didn't change its name when Penn State joined the conference; Minnehaha is no longer considered a member.

Meanwhile, formerly winless Colorado State pulled a choke job by crushing UNLV, 48-23, ending its chances for a BT title. Debuting at No. 10 after a 14-36 loss to Texas A&M was fading Nebraska, amid speculation that interim athletic director Tom Osborne will be asked to step down after his winless reign.

Incidentally, the BT electors were unable to explain how winless Florida International (0-7), last week's leader, could fall to No. 2 despite losing. Then again, who can explain the BCS?

Wreck, Record; Last Loss; Next Loss

1. Minnehaha (1-7); 21-27, North Dakota State; Michigan

2. Florida Int. (0-7);14-28, La. Monroe; Arkansas

3. Utah State (0-7); 28-31, Nevada; La. Tech

4. Idaho (1-7); 31-45, New Mexico State; Nevada*

5. Marshall (0-7); 24-33, Southern Miss.; Rice

6. Rice (1-6); 35-38, Memphis; Marshall

7. Notre Dame (1-7); 0-38, USC; Navy

8. The SMUs (1-6); 34-41, Two Lane; Tulsa

9. Duke (1-6); 0-35, Idle; Florida State

10. Nebraska (4-4); 14-36, Texas A&M; Texas

11. Ancient Miss (2-6); 12. Arizona (2-6); 13. Iowa State (1-7); 14 (t). Washington State (2-5) and Washington (2-5); 16. Brown (2-4); 17. Alabama Birmingham (2-5); 18. Columbia (1-5); 19. Princeton (2-4); 20. Prefers to remain anonymous.

(asterisk) Made you look, made you look.

Rout of the Week: Minnehaha (1-7) vs. Michigan (6-2)

Crummy Game of the Week: Marshall (0-7) vs. Rice (1-6) (national title implications here).

Why analysts get the big bucks: ESPN's Lee Corso warned last week, "USC has to be careful — Notre Dame's wearing green." The special uniforms enabled Notre Dame to lose just 38-0.

Most polite team: Iowa State has been penalized an average of 30.6 yards a game, the least in Division I. What does that get you? Iowa State is 1-7.