# The Wiggum Scale: Rating 2025's Most Heartbreaking Moments

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Podcast: [The Solid Verbal College Football](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-solid-verbal-college-football-531996)
Published: 2026-03-24T09:00:00+00:00
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March Madness has a way of bringing old feelings back to the surface, and for college football fans, there's plenty of unresolved heartbreak left over from the 2025 season. In this college football episode, we introduce the Wiggum Scale, a Ralph Wiggum-inspired framework for rating the most devastating losses and collapses of the year. From Penn State's season-breaking double overtime loss to Oregon at a packed Beaver Stadium, to a South Carolina team that watched a 30-3 halftime lead against Texas A&M completely evaporate, to a botched extra point hold that may have cost Notre Dame a playoff berth, we make peace with more than a dozen moments that  some fans may never want to feel again. Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 7:43 - Omar Cooper Jr.'s catch 13:14 - Oregon derails Penn State's season 18:55 - West Virginia wins the Backyard Brawl 23:28 - Tyler Buchner's botched hold 30:54 - South Carolina gives away a 27-point lead 37:57 - Ole Miss falls just short against Miami 46:09 - Utah breaks Chris Klieman 51:27 - The 4th quarter of UNLV vs Air Force 53:40 - Georgia comes back on Tennessee 59:56 - Cal upsets SMU 1:04:13 - Rapid Fire: New Mexico beats SDSU, Montana State's wild FCS title, the Iron Bowl & the CFP National Championship Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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