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Bottom 10: Things got even grimmer in Not-So-Happy Valley

While Paul Finebaum doesn't expect James Franklin to be fired at Penn State, he does believe the coach is in "peril." (0:47)

We're taking the train to Happy Valley
Won't you come along there too
It's beautiful there in Happy Valley
With wonderful things to do

The sun shines brightly the whole day long
Every bird sings a different song
There's no need to worry, there's joys untold
In Happy Valley you'll never grow old

Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind the giant lake of frying grease that is held in a secret location in metro Dallas until the State Fair of Texas starts and it's time to cook balls of butter and funnel cake burgers, we used to roll our eyes at the term "unprecedented times." Why? Because we once believed that all times are precedented. As William Shakespeare once wrote, "Past is prologue." And as my Uncle Willie once said to me, shaking a spear of asparagus, "Don't get all worked up, Ryno. Ain't nothing gonna happen that ain't never happened before."

Winners and losers: Arch Manning and Texas flirting with disaster now, and Penn State is right there with them

Were the playoff hopes of Penn State and Texas dealt a fatal blow on Saturday?

The No. 7 Nittany Lions fell behind by 20 in the first half on the way to a 42-37 upset loss at previously winless UCLA while No. 9 Texas lost 29-21 at Florida as the Gators snapped a three-game losing streak.

Texas and Penn State entered the season as the top two teams in the preseason AP Top 25. Texas was ranked No. 1 before the season for the first time in school history while Penn State opened in the top two for the first time since it was No. 1 start the 1997 season.

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It’s a nauseating feeling when what is supposed to be The Year for a team dissolves into a disaster almost immediately. After all the months of preparation—from roster building to workouts to implementing offenses and defenses—you find out the plan was flawed. Badly flawed. It took all of six weeks to become a disaster.

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