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The Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week:In a lifetime made of memories I believe in destiny Every moment returns again in time When Ive got the future on my mind Know that youll be the only oneMeet me halfway Across the sky Out where the world belongs To only you and I-- Meet Me Halfway by Kenny Loggins from Over The TopThe 2016 college football season is trucking through its halfway point. The nations best handful of teams are beginning to separate themselves from the pack. Here at Bottom 10 headquarters, located in the attic above the octagon where Kirk Herbstreit spars with his Twitter followers, we dont care for such neat, clean breakaways. We like messy. We prefer to hit the midway portion of the calendar face-first, like Tim Tebow into an outfield wall.In our world, teams dont separate and depart upward and away like a rocket stage. They drop off the bottom like a discarded booster, doomed to either burn up during re-entry or sink to the bottom of the sea. To most football fans, by mid-October those teams are already doomed to be forgotten. To us, they shall never be forgotten. We shall continue to watch them and admire them, even when others become incredulous and believe they are entirely too awful to be worth our time. These teams are like a movie about a truck-driving deadbeat dad who seeks redemption through arm wrestling.With apologies to Lincoln Hawk and Steve Harvey, heres this weeks Bottom 10.1. FA(not I)U?(1-6)These Owls are firmly nested on a branch of a tree that overlooks Heartbreak Ridge. On Saturday, they lost to Bottom 10 Waiting List member Marshall 27-21 after surrendering a touchdown pass with less than two minutes remaining. Thats their fourth straight loss by six points or fewer. All but one of those losses came at the hands -- more accurately the talons, paws and hooves -- of current and/or former members of this years Bottom 10. The countdown is on for next months Pillow Fight of the Century (PFOC!) against ...2. Rice (0-6) The Other Owls lost Pillow Fight of the Week of the Year VI (PFOWY6) to R-O-C-K in the UTSA. This week, they host Prairie View, and the following week, they travel to Louisiana Tech. But honestly, those games are mere garnish for the Nov. 5 visit from FA(not I)U, aka The Owl Bowl. Its fitting that Halloween is here, and Tootsie Pop is running the old TV ads with the kid and the owl because the old, wise bird might as well be answering the question, How many weeks before the Pillow Fight of the Century? Wah-one ... tah-hoo ... tha-ree! Three.3. Kansas Nayhawks?(1-5) KU suffered its 38th consecutive road loss, breaking a tie with Wichita States 1964-71 teams for the longest road losing streak by any FBS team since the division was established in 1937. In related news, a pickup truck full of old dudes was spotted driving into Lawrence from Wichita flipping birds and blasting Kansas Carry On Wayward Son.?4. I-Ow!-A State?(1-6) Assuming Earth survives the Owl Bowl on Nov. 5, it will need to brace itself for what happens the following weekend, when Iowa State travels to Kansas for the You Cant Expand The Big 12 House Until You Fix The Basement Bowl.5. Notre Dame ... again?(2-5)After much debate about what to do with this weeks coveted fifth spot, we took to the streets, posting a Bottom 10 poll of people on Twitter. The choices were: Tennessee for turning the third Saturday in October into early Halloween, Purdue for a midseason coaching change, the ACC Coastal for reverting back to its standard spaghetti pile mode and the Irish. Just like a Stanford strength coach during postgame handshakes, the people spoke loud and clear.6. UMess?(1-6) In the time it takes you to read this sentence, Louisiana Tech wide receiver?Carlos Henderson?will have most likely broken free for another touchdown reception of 40-plus yards.7. Bowling Green (1-6) Its on like Donkey Kong in the MAC East. Not the original Donkey Kong, but rather, Donkey Kong Jr., the rightfully forgotten sequel in which Mario is a total jerk. There are six teams in the division, and three have one-win records. BGSU is 1-6 after losing to Toledo and next week takes on Kent, which is 2-5 after losing to My Hammy of Ohio, which is also 1-6 and next week takes on Bowling Green. Meanwhile ...8. Buffalo Bulls not Bills?(1-5) Buffalo, which is also in the MAC East, will travel to Northern Illinois, which is the lone 1-and-something member of the MAC West. The next weekend, NIU will host Bowling Green. Over the final three weeks of the season, Buffalo plays both My Hammy and Bowling Green, but only after Bowling Green plays Kent. Just imagine if UMass were still in the MAC this year.9. In a Rut-gers?(2-5)Look on the bright side, Scarlet Knights, youll still be uber-relevant when the postseason arrives. The College Football Playoff selection committee loves to talk about the importance of the common opponent component (say that 10 times fast, Condoleezza). When their meetings begin in a few weeks and they throw Washington, Ohio State and Michigan up on their computer screens, theyll have to have the Who beat Rutgers worse, and what does that mean? debate.10. Pur-dont?(3-3)If you had the Boilermakers in your offices Who Will Fire Their Coach First To Get The Inside Track On Les Miles? pool, then congratulations. Also, I need to come to work at your office because your pools are awesome.Waiting list: UTEP (1-5), My Hammy of Ohio?(1-6), NI-Whew?(1-6),?Fres-No State (1-6), Georgia State Not Southern (1-5), getting smacked in the face by a ref, failure to expand. Wholesale Basketball Jerseys . 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SAN DIEGO -- Deep in a rebuilding mode, the San Diego Padres on Wednesday welcomed the first wave of top prospects that they hope will help form their core in the near future.The Padres called up catcher Austin Hedges, infielder Carlos Asuaje and outfielders Manuel Margot and Hunter Renfroe from Triple-A El Paso.After a day to get acclimated, those four will be in the starting lineup on Thursday night when the Padres open a four-game home series against the San Francisco Giants, who are fighting for a postseason berth.They have every opportunity to become a part of our core, manager Andy Green said before the Padres played the Arizona Diamondbacks in the finale of a three-game series. I think thats the message that should be out there right now. Were hopeful that theyre our core group of guys. When you think about talent arriving at this level, theyre our first wave, and how they perform on this field will determine how much of the core they are going forward, and there will be another wave of talent coming behind them. I think most of our talent after you get past this wave, a lot of it is down at the lower levels. Theyre going to have time and opportunity to perform.The four prospects helped El Paso win the Pacific Coast League championship. The Chihuahuas lost to International League Scranton-Wilkes-Barre in the Triple-A showdown on Tuesday night in Memphis.The Padres, who will miss the playoffs for the 10th straight season, have retrenched with youth after failing to win with several veterans obtained in a wild spree of trades and signings after the 2014 season. They loaded up then with Matt Kemp, Justin and Melvin Upton, James Shields, Wil Myers, Derek Norris and Craig Kimbrel.Only Myers, a first-time All-Star, and Norris remain. Justtin Upton left as a free agent after last season and Kimbrel was traded to Boston.dddddddddddd Kemp, Melvin Upton and Shields were traded this season in a salary dump.Asuaje and Margot were among the four prospects the Padres got from the Red Sox for Kimbrel in November.Renfroe was the teams first-round draft pick in 2013. Hedges was a second-round pick in 2011.The Padres also loaded up on international signings during the summer.Hedges made his major league debut in 2015, playing in 56 games, including 41 behind the plate.Its the first career callups for Margot, Renfroe and Asuaje.Its great for them. This is where theyve tried to be their entire life and theyre finally here, Green said. Their phones are blowing up right now. Theres 1,000 distractions for them to not pay attention to. They need to go about playing baseball. Every bit of experience at this level is useful. It will also kind of give us a little bit of a road map for the offseason.The Padres entered Wednesday nights game in fourth place in the NL West at 64-87, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.San Diego will finish with its sixth straight losing season. It has had only two winning seasons since making consecutive postseason appearances in 2005 and 2006.The Padres also called up left-handers Buddy Baumann and Jose Torres from El Paso.Last week, Major League Baseball suspended Padres general manager A.J. Preller for 30 days without pay, an unprecedented punishment for failing to disclose medical information when pitcher Drew Pomeranz was traded to the Boston Red Sox in July.---Follow Bernie Wilson on Twitter at http://twitter.com/berniewilson ' ' '