Final 2025 college football Bottom 10: Final farewell to Lane Kiffin - ESPN

Inspirational thought of the week:

Hang on to your hopes, my friend
That's an easy thing to say
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend that you can build them again

Look around
The grass is high
The fields are ripe
It's the springtime of my life

Seasons change with the scenery
Weavin' time in a tapestry
Won't you stop and remember me?

Look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

— «Hazy Shade of Winter» by Simon & Garfunkel (or The Bangles, depending on how old you are)

Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind the bank of telephones used to raise money for the «Free Marty Smith From Oxford» fund, we once again look at the calendar and realize that it is conference championship weekend, which means it's time for the Bottom 10 to make like Lane Kiffin and run for the exit amid a shower of boos and middle fingers.

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Selection Committee is currently in session to determine the final 2025 rankings, to be revealed Wednesday morning. pic.twitter.com/WdIvj25gNW

Due to an unprecedented coaching carousel that was so bonkers we've renamed it the Coaching Tilt-A-Whirl, the candidates list for this year's Bottom 10 Selection Committee grew faster than Brian Kelly's lawyers' billable hours invoice. The final roster: me, my dad, Captain Morgan (aka my stepdad), Mike Gundy, current Northwest Oklahoma defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville and former Texas State Armadillos head coach Ed «Straight Arrow» Gennero. As our vote began, we were joined by Sam Pittman, who pulled up to our meeting spot, a truck stop behind the Gaylord Texan where the fancy-schmancy CFP committee was gathered, behind the wheel of a