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1 | Week | Question | Answer | % Correct |
2 | 1 | What football team is alphabetically first in the MAC? For this question, disregard prefixes such as "University" and "The". For example, the University of Houston alphabetizes with an "H". | Akron | 81.99% |
3 | 1 | The FBS instituted new overtime rules for the 2019-2020 season following a nearly 5 hour game between LSU and Texas A&M. How many overtimes did the game last? | 7 | 86.03% |
4 | 1 | In the BCS era (1998-2014), the widest Vegas spread for a BCS championship game was 12 points. Which two teams were involved? (Teams required, not year) | Ohio State, Miami (2003 Fiesta Bowl) | 12.12% |
5 | 1 | "I want a name when I lose / They call Alabama the Crimson Tide / Call me Deacon Blues" is a Lyrics from a 1977 song by what band? | Steely Dan | 25.87% |
6 | 1 | Name either of the 2 schools involved in the former D2 Football rivalry known as the "Hubcap Game" from 2004-19 due to both schools sharing US Highway 2 between them, and competing for a hubcap as a trophy. | Bemidji State and Minnesota-Crookston | 6.77% |
7 | 2 | Suppose a team receives possession and has the ball at midfield on 1st down. How many feet must they gain to get another first down? | 30 | 95.34% |
8 | 2 | Before Joe Burrow transferred to LSU, which college did he play for? | Ohio State | 93.86% |
9 | 2 | What is the only team to play in at least 3 BCS Bowls without ever losing one? | West Virginia | 15.25% |
10 | 2 | The Motor City Bowl was the highest scoring game of the 2007 bowl season. Name one of the two teams who played in the 51-48 game. | Purdue, Central Michigan | 31.57% |
11 | 2 | Which Heisman Trophy Winner owned a chain of Hamburger restaurants in the suburban Baltimore area? | Alan Ameche | 6.14% |
12 | 3 | An American Football is sometimes referred to as a(n) ___skin, derived from the animal that at one point provided material for the balls used in the sport. | Pigskin | 99.57% |
13 | 3 | Which state has the most FBS schools? | Texas | 65.74% |
14 | 3 | What bowl stadium was used in parts of both the movie "The Waterboy" and the TV series "Coach"? | Camping World Stadium (will definitely accept Citrus Bowl as an answer). | 16.43% |
15 | 3 | The Arena Football League's Quad City Steamwheelers set a Pro Football scoring record with a 103-3 victory in 2000. The coach who set the record, Frank Haege, was later the head coach for 15 seasons of which D3 college nicknamed the Auggies? | Augsburg | 13.75% |
16 | 3 | Name the only non-D1 school to have a United States aircraft carrier named after one of its former football players. | Eureka College (Ronald Reagan) | 3.97% |
17 | 4 | What conference has Clemson, Duke, and NC State among its members? | ACC | 99.15% |
18 | 4 | How many states do not currently have any schools in the FBS? | 9 (AK, DE, ME, MT, NH, ND, RI, SD, VT) | 27.30% |
19 | 4 | Boise State was ranked as high as #2 by the AP Poll during their 12-1 season in 2010. Who is the only other team besides Notre Dame not currently in a power conference to reach as high as #2 in the AP Poll since 1998? | USF | 36.72% |
20 | 4 | Which FBS team holds the record for most games in program history of scoring 100+ points? | Oklahoma | 11.11% |
21 | 4 | What is the recognized FBS record for most turnovers lost by a single team in a game? The game was played long before the D1 split. # of turnovers required, not teams or year. Guesses within 1 accepted. | 13 (GT vs UGA, 1951) | 32.38% |
22 | 5 | What breed of dog is the nickname for Georgia, Yale, Dean, and other college football teams? | Bulldogs | 99.23% |
23 | 5 | What team was formerly known as the Citronauts? | UCF | 81.58% |
24 | 5 | Name the former MTSU and UAB quarterback that has produced 4 songs -- the most recent being "Body Like a Back Road" -- to reach the top of the Billboard US Hot Country charts. | Sam Hunt | 40.90% |
25 | 5 | What former North Alabama star is the D2 MVP Trophy named after, who also was the first pro athlete to play after surgery and recovery from a fully severed achilles tendon? | Harlon Hill | 14.91% |
26 | 5 | What was the Armed Forces Bowl's first sponsor? | PlainsCapital Bank (Bell Helicopter was the first sponsor after being named the Armed Forces Bowl and was counted) | 16.12% |
27 | 6 | What is the name of the piece of protective gear worn by players that consists primarily of a padded shell, a face mask, and a chinstrap? | A helmet | 99.35% |
28 | 6 | What Conference USA team is in Huntington, the 2nd largest city in West Virginia? | Marshall | 89.23% |
29 | 6 | In 2015, Texas A&M went an entire season without playing a team from Texas for the first time in school history. Name one of the five non-SEC teams the Aggies played that season. | Arizona State, Ball State, Nevada, Western Carolina, Louisville | 22.74% |
30 | 6 | What FCS team plays its home games in Strawberry Stadium? The stadium is named as such because the city it's located in is referred to as the "Strawberry Capital of America", and has historically produced an abundance of the fruit. | Southeastern Louisiana | 14.69% |
31 | 6 | Who is the all time record holder for most Passing TDs in Northern Illinois's history? | Chandler Harnish | 7.29% |
32 | 7 | Lance Leipold is Kansas Football's new HC, what FBS school did he lead immediately prior? | Buffalo | 64.55% |
33 | 7 | How many times has the #1 seed won the college football playoff? | 2 | 44.89% |
34 | 7 | Two teams are recognized by the NCAA as 1966 National Champions, having played each other to a 10-10 tie on November 19. One team is Notre Dame, the other is Michigan State. Who won the Heisman that year? | Steve Spurrier | 26.02% |
35 | 7 | 2 separate schools in the MAC changed their team nicknames in the 1990s, to Eagles and RedHawks. Name the former nickname for either of the two teams. (Former nickname required, not team) | Hurons and Redskins | 41.25% |
36 | 7 | A former conference originally had seven current FBS teams, 2 of which are now P5 schools. This conference eventually had schools in five states and dissolved in 1962. What was this conference? | Mountain States Conference (or Skyline Conference) | 4.20% |
37 | 8 | What FBS university was created in 1954 after a commission led by Dwight Eisenhower concluded that similar universities in West Point, NY and Annapolis, MD could not fully meet the needs of one branch of the US Military? | Air Force | 94.30% |
38 | 8 | The Big 12 Coordinator of Officials recently announced that taunting opponents would be penalized in games this fall. What is the name of the taunt that got the most attention, often shown when playing against Texas? | Horns Down | 95.39% |
39 | 8 | The Alliance of American Football existed briefly in the spring of 2019. How many of the league's 8 teams played in a stadium also used as a home stadium by an FBS team in 2018? | 8 | 14.91% |
40 | 8 | Who has been the HC at D3 Aurora in Illinois since 2019? He became the first player at D2 Chadron State to score a TD in every game he played, and became the first NFL player ever to play in 6 Super Bowls. | Don Beebe (He actually only played in 4 of the 6, and was the first player to be a member of 6 Super Bowl teams) | 10.42% |
41 | 8 | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is one of the most popular green building certification programs used worldwide. Which team's stadium was the first football facility in the US to be awarded a LEED certification of any level? | Minnesota | 8.11% |
42 | 9 | 2 schools informed the Big 12 this week that they were not planning on remaining members of the conference after 2025. Name either one. | Oklahoma, Texas | 99.35% |
43 | 9 | Jerry Rice is NFL's all-time leading scorer amongst non-kickers. What school did he go to? | MVSU | 55.01% |
44 | 9 | Which FBS school's stadium is built on top of a fault line that is separating by .25 inches per year and is featured on the turf ? | California | 45.32% |
45 | 9 | Two members of the Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles' practice squad were also teammates at which NCAA D2 program? | Shepherd University (Tre Sullivan and Billy Brown) | 2.91% |
46 | 9 | St. Augustine's and Shaw are both HBCUs in the D2 CIAA located in which state capital? | Raleigh, NC | 16.90% |
47 | Playoff | After a year in the ACC, Notre Dame will once again be an FBS Independent for the 2021-22 season. Name any other FBS Independent for this coming season. | Army, BYU, Connecticut, Liberty, New Mexico State, UMass | 92.87% |
48 | Playoff | What is the only FBS conference that has not yet won the Bowl Challenge Cup in the 19 year history of the award (highest winning percentage in bowl games)? | Sun Belt | 24.40% |
49 | Playoff | How many regions are the Heisman Trophy voters formally divided into? | 6: Far West, Mid Atlantic, Mid West, North East, South, South West | 30.32% |
50 | Playoff | Among FBS teams that have been to at least 25 bowl games, which team has the best bowl game winning percentage? | Ole Miss | 7.13% |
51 | Playoff | With 8 different players finishing as a season leader in at least one category, which FBS school has produced the most different quarterbacks to lead a college football season in passing yards, passing touchdowns, or passer rating in a single season? | BYU | 7.13% |
52 | Semi | Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame have combined for 22/28 CFP Semifinal appearances. Name any of the other 6 FBS teams to ever qualify for the CFP. | Oregon, Florida State, Michigan State, Washington, Georgia, LSU | 97.41% |
53 | Semi | What team that currently has the largest home stadium capacity in the Big 12? | Texas | 76.10% |
54 | Semi | As of the end of the 2020-21 season, there are only 3 FBS teams with 600 wins that have winning percentage below .500. Name one. | Kentucky, Rutgers, Vanderbilt | 32.17% |
55 | Semi | 1964 ACC Player of the Year Brian Piccolo, who was the subject of the 1971 and 2001 movies "Brian's Song". He played his college games at which stadium currently used by a D2 Football team? (give either the stadium name or the D2 team, not the ACC team) | Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston Salem) | 10.56% |
56 | Semi | The 1925 NFL Championship was initially won by the Pottsville Maroons, but they were suspended by the league, handing the Championship by default to the Chicago Cardinals. The reason they were suspended was due to a controversy over an unapproved game against a team of alumni from a current FBS school. What team's all-stars did Pottsville play? | Notre Dame | 21.41% |
57 | Final | Name any MAC Football team. | Fill these in | 94.22% |
58 | Final | What is Auburn University's "battle cry"? | War Eagle | 96.96% |
59 | Final | The Birmingham Terminal Railroad in Alabama uses a logo based off of what FBS schools mascot? | UAB | 59.33% |
60 | Final | Up until his retirement on June 30, 2021, what FBS conference had the highest-paid commissioner? | Pac-12 | 68.66% |
61 | Final | How many total computer ranking systems were a part of the computer average of the BCS formula in the final years of the BCS System? | 6 | 23.43% |
62 | Final | Dubs II, Washington's live mascot, is what AKC breed of dog? | Alaskan Malamute | 20.49% |
63 | Final | What venue hosted the Heisman Trophy ceremony from 2005 until its closure in 2019? | PlayStation Theater | 11.05% |
64 | Final | Name either team that play in the State Fair Classic – the FCS rivalry game normally played the week before the Red River Shootout. | Prairie View A&M and Grambling State | 18.97% |
65 | Final | Name any FBS schools to have a former football player win the WWE Championship belt or WWE Universal Championship belt since 2015. | Georgia Tech (Roman Reigns - WWE Champion) / Georgia (Bill Goldberg - WWE Universal Champion) / Troy (Bray Wyatt - WWE Champion). Two edge cases did not make the cut here: Arizona Football's Rob Gronkowski won a WWE 24/7 Championship, but this is not one of the things mentioned in the question. Minnesota's Brock Lesnar won a Championship, but never played Football for Arizona. | 17.75% |
66 | Final | Crowd shots for the 1925 movie "The Freshman" were filmed during what famous rivalry game in 1924? | Big Game between California and Stanford | 9.43% |