As posted on YourTeamStinks.com.

When asked if stepping down was his decision, Willingham flatly said, “No.” He stated that he never considered resigning, even after his team lost to Notre Dame this past Saturday. That loss kept the Huskies winless for the season, now at 0-7. 

Willingham came to Washington after being fired from Notre Dame back in 2004. In his four seasons with the Huskies he has an overall record of 11-32. That would get any coach fired, or “forced to resign” in this instance. The decision came after the Huskies were embarrassed on national television, losing to the Fighting Irish 33-7.

Willingham never won more than five games in a season at Washington. He was brought to Washington with the thought that he would turn the program around and bring respect to it nationally. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. While he brought some stability to the job, he just couldn’t put together any successful seasons as the losses continued to pile up.

Willingham had one more year left on his contract, and because of that he will receive a $1 million buyout according to Washington athletic director, Scott Woodward.

There was an outcry in the court of public opinion when Willingham was fired from Notre Dame. A lot of people said he was given the axe unfairly and even made it a race issue, being that Willingham is African American. The fact of the matter was that while he had one really good year at Notre Dame, he couldn’t bring any success to such a storied program as Notre Dame. His success with the Fighting Irish came mostly due to the fact that he inherited good players from Bob Davie who coached before him. Unfortunately he didn’t get that luxury when he was given the job at Washington.

The way his career ended at Notre Dame and the way things went at Washington just goes to prove that he’s not as great a coach as many thought when he was the head coach at Stanford.

Washington hosts No. 5 USC this Saturday.

The 2008 Bengals season could be historic, but not for the reason many fans want to hear about. The team is halfway home on being the first team in league history to go 0-16 and even more impressively they have the inside track on being the worst-ever team in the mediocre history of the laughable franchise. Here’s the competition:

2002 BENGALS (2-14)
Head coach: Dick LeBeau
This team started 0-7, but they were able to go into Houston and win their eighth game against the then expansion Texans, something this ’08 version has failed to do. Only four teams in the NFL scored fewer points than the Bengals and no team in the league yielded more points. Jon Kitna started 12 of the team’s 16 games that season as proved a more capable option than the team’s other options Gus Frerotte and Akili Smith. Corey Dillon and Chad Johnson both were members of the 1000-yard club. The defense lacked playmakers though, particularly in the secondary that may have been amongst the worst in franchise history.

1993 BENGALS (3-13)
Head coach: Dave Shula
The ‘93 version of the Bengals started 0-10 before going 3-3 down the stretch.  The David Klinger era began behind one of the worst of the offensive lines in league history. The second-year quarterback was sacked an amazing 40 times in 13 starts (3 times per game). The running game wasn’t much better as starting running back Harold Green totaled just 589 yards on 2.7 yards per carry and failed to score a TD. The offense was dead last in scoring and the defense wasn’t much better as the unit gave up nearly 19.7 points per game.  Rookie defensive end John Copeland was a bust and veterans cornerback Rod “Toast” Jones earned his nickname on weekly basis, getting burned over and over again.

1998 BENGALS (3-13)
Head coach: Bruce Coslett
A 2-3 start wasn’t terrible, but a seven-game losing streak would set in and doom the franchise once again. Bengals’ fans were starting to drink the ‘Bruce Juice’ after a 7-9 finish the year before, but after Boomer Esiason called it quits the team turned to Neil O’Donnell.  The veteran wasn’t terrible, but the team once again struggled to score (27th out of 30) and stop the opponent from scoring (30th).  Rookies Takeo Spikes and Brian Simmons gave hope for the future on defense, but the secondary continued to be the team’s Achilles’ heal.

1991 BENGALS (3-13)
Head coach: Sam Wyche
Team owner Paul Brown passed away prior to the start of the season, officially beginning the Mike Brown Era.  The team dropped its first eight games and 11 of its first 12 as the wheels began to fall off of the franchise, setting it in a tailspin that it would still be trying to climb out of nearly two decades later. Just three years removed from a 12-4 Super Bowl season, things were getting ugly quickly in the Queen City. Esiason struggled under constant pressure. James Brooks gave way to a younger Harold Green and Ickey Woods blew out his knee once again and the shuffling would come to an end. The team got outscored on the year by 172 points (10.8 ppg) and had a -11 give-away/take-away ratio.  New owner Mike Brown would fire Wyche on Christmas Eve in his first of many questionable moves.

1979 BENGALS (4-12)
Head coach: Homer Rice
It’s hard to imagine what might have happen with the franchise had Paul Brown promoted Bill Walsh to the post when he stepped down after the ‘75 season rather than him naming Bill Johnson the head coach. Homer Rice took over for Johnson in the ‘78 season and was able to keep the job after a hot finish. Rice, however, could not carry over the success. The Bengals started 0-6 and the defense gave up more points than any other unit the league. Fullback Pete Johnson did manage 15 touchdowns and rookies Max Montoya and Dan Ross showed some potential.  The team fired Rice after the season, naming Forrest Gregg as their head coach.

New 49ers' head coach Mike Singletary addresses winning and Vernon Davis after his game as coach:
 

Let's take a look at what running backs are getting utilized the most in the Red Zone (TwoMinuteWarning.com):

1	Marion Barber III, RB	DAL	192	39.81	28	46.55	9
2	LaDainian Tomlinson, RB	SDC	183	41.31	39	44.64	6
3	Adrian Peterson, RB	MIN	176	36.37	26	43.91	5
4	Jamal Lewis, RB	CLE	145	36.03	30	43.80	14
5	Larry Johnson, RB	KCC	99	23.04	23	42.92	7
6	Frank Gore, RB	SFO	180	39.04	29	41.98	7
7	Ronnie Brown, RB	MIA	114	28.04	26	41.19	11
8	Michael Turner, RB	ATL	150	34.29	28	39.67	8
9	Matt Forte, RB	CHI	181	39.89	22	39.53	6
10	LenDale White, RB	TEN	83	23.66	18	37.93	10
11	Chris Johnson, RB	TEN	124	35.35	17	35.82	2
12	Ryan Grant, RB	GBP	142	33.27	20	35.53	5
13	Marshawn Lynch, RB	BUF	154	37.50	17	35.24	3
14	Steven Jackson, RB	STL	154	39.10	10	34.36	3
15	Clinton Portis, RB	WAS	199	38.14	24	34.10	7