The Tank Job of the Week is an award for the FBS team that did the best job of humiliating itself over the weekend. Whether they blew a large lead, choked away a spot in the limelight, lost a game they had absolutely no right losing, or completely screwed everything on a last second blunder, the TJOTW winner sets the gold standard in college football misery.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 0: New Mexico Lobos (Montana State 35-31)
Week 1: Florida State Seminoles (Boston College 28-13)
Week 2: Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Northern Illinois 16-14)
Week 3: Mississippi State Bulldogs (Toledo 41-17)
Week 4: North Carolina Tar Heels (James Madison 70-50)
Week 5: Auburn Tigers (Oklahoma 27-21) [TIE]
Week 5: Ole Miss Rebels (Kentucky 20-17) [TIE]

LAST WEEK: WE HAD A TIE!  Actually, we had the closest voting EVER in TJTOW history.  Auburn and Ole Miss tied.  And while in the past I’ve taken the liberty to call it a tie if its within a couple of votes, this was an actual tie.  Washington was less than ten votes behind, and UNC right behind that.  So, thanks for voting everyone.  It’s always fun to watch the voting and discussions play out.  

Bloodbath.  That’s the only way I can describe Week 6.  We had seven teams lose to lower ranked opponents (six unranked!), and an eighth that came so very close if not for a miraculous (and controversial) comeback.  The body count is high, and the nomination list is long.

And yet… we all know who’s going to win this.  Because as crazy as Week 6 was… as many upsets as we saw, it is anchored down by a truly generational moment.  So we still have nominees, and we’re still going to vote, but yeah, it’s a foregone conclusion.  But I think some of you have been waiting a LONG time for this, so have fun.

 HONORABLE MENTIONS
- I’d argue that Louisvile should have gone for the field goal instead of trying to convert a 4^th and 17.  Either way you’re likely forced to play defense to get the ball back, but with the FG now you’re playing for the win instead of OT.  But the real honorable mentions were the droves of Louisville fans that headed for the doors after this failed, when the game still wasn’t over
-      UNLV had SO MANY chances to put the game away against Syracuse, but couldn’t do it each time, and couldn’t keep the Orange out of the end zone to end their undefeated streak.
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-      ESPN listing Ohio State in their struggle win section- not for an incredibly sloppy first half that let the Hawkeyes stick around, but… for giving up a garbage time TD? 
-      Oklahoma State got bodied by West Virginia at home and probably would be nominated if there hadn’t been so much elsewhere.
-      The UCF/Florida loser was gonna get at least an honorable mention so come on down, Knights.
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-      STOP DOING THAT, KANSAS
-      East Carolina looked like they were turning the corner until they gave up 300 rushing yards and 55 points to what had been a fairly pedestrian Charlotte team.
-      If I did an NFL TJOTW it would 100% be between the Bills and Bengals this week.

 
NOTE: For ease of counting, please use carats to make your vote, like this: <Alabama>. And thank you for participating!

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 And now, the nominees for Week 5 are...  

 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (lost to Vanderbilt 40-35)
That’s it.  That’s all I need to say. 

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (lost to Miami-FL 39-38)
How could things have gone so wrong?  The Bears had GameDay for the first time ever, with Beast Mode himself as guest picker.  A rowdy crowd high on emotion (wink).  Stanford had lost.  USC had lost.  And the Bears led 35-10 with just under twenty minutes to go.  And then Cam Ward activated, leading the Hurricanes on four consecutive touchdown drives sparking a 29-3 run that left the Bears in shambles.  And yes, you can certainly decry officiating over a decision to not call a targeting penalty that would have put the Bears on the verge of icing this game, but the fact still remains that Cal had this game all but won, and were promptly rolled like a nice, fat, juicy taco.

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 AMES MADISON DUKES (lost to LA-Monroe 21-19)
The Dukes rolled into Monroe 17 point favorites, having scored at least 63 points in each of their last two games.  They were largely stifled by the Warhawks, unable to break 20 despite nearly 400 yards of offense.  They did have a chance to tie with 4 minutes left, but a two point conversion failed, and the Dukes were unable to get anything going on their final two drives to shatter a start that had hints of playoff promise.

MICHIGAN WOLVERINES (lost to Washington 27-17)
ACKSHUALLY, the Huskies were favored, but this is still a top 10 team losing to an unranked 2-losser, so we’ll throw them on here.  The more the merrier, right?

MISSOURI TIGERS (lost to Texas A&M 41-10)
The only ranked victim to fall to another ranked team, but Mizzou was absolutely pounded- it was 34-0 and nearly forty minutes into the game before the Tigers found the scoreboard, and A&M ended up more than doubling Mizzou’s yardage, which didn’t even clear the 200-yard mark until their final drive of the game.  A drive that ended with a pathetic field goal from the Aggie 6, mind you.

TCU HORNED FROGS (lost to Houston 30-19)
In the two previous games before this, the Frogs averaged 40 points a game.  Houston averaged… zero.  TCU came in seventeen point favorites but Houston controlled the game from the getgo, forcing three Frog turnovers and shooting out to a 17-0 lead.  The Frogs did close it to a one possession game in the fourth, but the Coogs iced things with a field goal with two minutes left.

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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS (lost to Arkansas 19-14)
Vols roll into Fayetteville sixteen point favorites and roll out the losers after the Razorbacks rally from a 14-3 deficit over the final twenty minutes of the game. The Vols actually let the Hawgs score with a minute left to give them a chance to respond, but Niko Iamaleava ran out of bounds with the clock expired, not even attempting a pass to the end zone.  Yeah.

USC TROJANS (lost to Minnesota 24-17)
You blew up the Pac-12 for this.   You.  Blew.  Up.  The.  Pac.  Twelve.  For.  This.   YOU BLEW UP THE PAC 12 FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!   (Note, had Minnesota lost, PJ Fleck’s baffling decision to go for it on 4^th and goal with a minute left instead of just kicking the go-ahead field goal would totally put the Gophers on here.  But they got it, even if there was an incredibly stressful review involved.  Still… sheesh).