DDT

DDT’s preseason pyramid of power is pretty much the usual suspects going into the 2016 campaign. The mighty Tuskers from Tuscaloosa are everybody’s pick at number one and a strong contendah for the Final Four. The Tigers from the Carolinas are a close second, with the Sooners from Boomer’s Paradise, represented in the modern era by a horse, are close at number three. Osceola the Seminole from the Sunshine State registers at number four. Bucky the symbol of the Buckeye State is at five, with the Tigers from Baton Rouge at number six. The Cardinal, that is the color Cardinal (singular, not plural as in cardinals the birds), of Palo Alto, whose surrogate is a tree, is at seven. DDT’s Cinderella pick in the preseason is the Cougars from the Bayou City at number eight. The Leprechauns of South Bend are nine, and Smoky the houn’ dog from the Volunteer State is at ten.

DDT’s Bottom Feeder Five. Numbers 124-128 in DivOne.

# 128: The Mean Green of North Texas. Once known as the Eagles and occasionally mean, the Green has had losing seasons in ten of the past eleven years. Time to reconsider their role in DivOne (FBS). Might be time to drop back to DivOneAA (FCS)

#127: The UMass Minutemen. Four years in DivOne. Four losing seasons. Record: 8-40. Time to reconsider their role in DivOne. Might be time to go back to FCS.

#126: ULM Warhawks: Formerly the Northeast Lousiana Indians, their nickname succumbed to political correctness. On the field they plummeted to 2-11 last year, and they haven’t been bowling in three years. With games on the road this year with Oklahoma and Auburn, it could be another long season.

#125: The Charlotte 49ers. Three years in DivOne. Three losing seasons. Time to reconsider their role in DivOne and why they wanted to try to run with the bigs. Big mistake.

#124: Eastern Michigan Eagles: Losing seasons in 19 of the past 20 years, with one of the lowest average home attendance figures in DivOne. Time to reconsider their role in DivOne. Time to consider dropping back to FCS or even DivTwo. Maybe time to join non-scholarship DivThree or maybe even drop football altogether.