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1 | Week | Question | Answer | % Correct |
2 | 1 | What are the three FBS schools that use the acronym OSU? (Spell out the full names, "OSU" will get no credit) | Ohio State, Oklahoma State, and Oregon State | 97.93% |
3 | 1 | What P5 team recently sold naming rights of its football stadium to the grocery store chain Kroger? | Kentucky | 54.61% |
4 | 1 | Which NCAA team started its inaugural season in 2010 with a win against D2 Shorter and ended it with a loss against FBS Alabama? | Georgia State | 27.19% |
5 | 1 | During the Super Bowl Era (1967 to present), only two schools have had multiple QBs taken #1 overall. Can you name both rival schools that have earned the accomplishment? | California (Steve Bartkowski, Jared Goff) / Stanford - (Andrew Luck, John Elway, Jim Plunkett) | 18.51% |
6 | 1 | Located across from one of Americas busiest airports, what FBS conference shares its headquarters with a Brazilian Steakhouse? | Big Ten (or B1G) | 19.20% |
7 | 2 | In which state is Vanderbilt located? | Tennessee | 96.45% |
8 | 2 | Which QB led UCLA to a 10-2 record and a Cotton Bowl win in 1988, and afterwards was drafted #1 overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1989 NFL Draft? | Troy Aikman | 82.05% |
9 | 2 | Who was the only female play-by-play announcer on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 for college football for the 2017-18 season? | Beth Mowins | 56.66% |
10 | 2 | Jenks High School and Union High School in Oklahoma are longtime rivals located six miles from each other. Their annual rivalry game, the Backyard Bowl, is played at which FBS team's stadium? | Tulsa | 63.02% |
11 | 2 | Who is the only college football team not currently in FBS (discontinued or moved down) to ever have been ranked #1 in an AP Football Poll? | Cornell | 5.93% |
12 | 3 | Which Big Ten team's home stadium has the largest capacity? | Michigan | 90.38% |
13 | 3 | What Mountain West team plays in a stadium named after the now deceased owner of a rather large gaming and casino empire? | UNLV (Sam Boyd Stadium) | 62.00% |
14 | 3 | The Oscar-winning film "The Blind Side," featured the 2004 head coaches of Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Tennessee, each playing themselves. Of these 6, which 2 are still currently employed as the head coach of any FBS team? | Ed Orgeron, Nick Saban | 31.53% |
15 | 3 | Name both QBs taken 1st overall in the NFL Draft who attended University of Oklahoma at one point. | Sam Bradford and Troy Aikman (who eventually transferred) | 22.80% |
16 | 3 | By over 9,000 yards, Taylor Heinicke leads what FBS school in career passing yards with a career total of 14,959? | Old Dominion | 26.43% |
17 | 4 | Starting with the 2017 season, fans at which FBS school have begun a new tradition involving waving at the patients in the children's hospital that overlooks the team's stadium? | Iowa | 92.53% |
18 | 4 | Who is the current head coach of Fresno State, as well as a star QB at Fresno in 1981 and 1982? | Jeff Tedford | 39.02% |
19 | 4 | Of the 68 teams who qualified for the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, how many have never sanctioned varsity college football team (within 1)? Teams such as CSU Fullerton that had football in the past but eventually dropped do not count towards the total, but teams such as Radford that have had club level team but no varsity team do count. | 5: Lipscomb, Radford, UMBC, UNC Greensboro, Wright State | 24.63% |
20 | 4 | What FBS team's stadium has a unique set of luxury boxes from which you can watch football games, or turn around and watch men's basketball games, women's basketball games, and wrestling matches in the adjoining arena? | Oklahoma State | 14.63% |
21 | 4 | For each current P5 team, consider the US state from which that school signed the most recruits from 2013-17. For 61 out of 65 P5 teams, that state is within the team's conference footprint. Name 2 of the 4 teams for which this is not the case. Example: Navy (not P5) signed 24 recruits from Tennessee from 2013-17, more than it signed from any other state. Memphis is in the AAC, so Tennessee is in Navy's conference footprint, and so Navy would not qualify for this question if it were P5. | Kentucky (Ohio), Indiana (Florida), Purdue (Florida), Iowa St (Florida), also allowed Notre Dame (no conference) and Nebraska (tie) | 2.36% |
22 | 5 | Which sports apparel company supplies the most FBS teams, including every CFP participant to date? | Nike | 96.38% |
23 | 5 | The golfer who holds the all-time records for the most PGA major championship victories and most Masters Tournament victories had the nickname "The Golden Bear" even though he did not attend Cal. Who was this golfer, who was also the son of a former Ohio State football player? | Jack Nicklaus | 76.46% |
24 | 5 | Four former full members of the WAC are now in P5 Conferences for football. Name any two of them. | Arizona, Arizona State, TCU, Utah | 59.15% |
25 | 5 | Which QB led Georgia Tech to a 10-3 record during the 2014 season and was named MVP in their Orange Bowl victory over Mississippi State? He shares a name with the current #2 ranked golfer on the PGA Tour. | Justin Thomas | 47.23% |
26 | 5 | Who was the most recent FBS school to win both the AP football national championship and Division I Men's Golf championship in the same academic year? Please format your answer like: 2017-18, Alabama | 2012-13, Alabama | 22.31% |
27 | 6 | Which school, which had an NCAA D1 College Football team until 1973, shares a name with the mind-reading mutant who leads the X-Men? | Xavier | 86.15% |
28 | 6 | Which FCS school has a football rivalry against Yale and a hockey rivalry against Cornell that are both called "The Game"? | Harvard | 90.94% |
29 | 6 | Name 1 of the 3 current Major League Baseball stadiums that hosted bowl games during the 2017-2018 bowl season. | Tropicana Field (Rays), Chase Field (Diamondbacks), Yankee Stadium (Yankees) | 81.50% |
30 | 6 | Name 1 of the 3 current Major League Soccer stadiums that hosted bowl games during the 2017-2018 season. | Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta United FC),Toyota Stadium (FC Dallas), Yankee Stadium (New York City FC) | 41.34% |
31 | 6 | D3 Widener College in Pennsylvania has produced three CFB Hall of Famers, including safety Tom Deery in 1998 and Coach Bill Manlove Jr. in 2011. Their first inductee came in 1996 and played RB at Widener, and afterwards wowed people during a 12 year pro career at WR/KR with dazzling TD celebrations and distinctively colored sneakers. Who was this inductee? | Billy "White Shoes" Johnson | 19.38% |
32 | 7 | What does ACC stand for? | Atlantic Coast Conference | 97.19% |
33 | 7 | What is the name of the building material Virginia Tech uses on the exterior on many of its campus buildings, and sometimes as a design element on some of its helmets and jerseys? | Hokie Stone | 29.23% |
34 | 7 | What was the first year (within one) was the overtime system expanded to all DI-A games football, eliminating ties? | 1996 | 40.17% |
35 | 7 | Although their current live mascot is a longhorn steer named Bevo, Texas' first live mascot was actually a dog with which farm animal name? | Pig | 23.69% |
36 | 7 | The Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Hudson Bay comprise the four major drainage areas in the continental United States. Name 1 of the 2 D1 Football teams located in the Hudson Bay drainage area. A drainage area is the area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet. | North Dakota / North Dakota State | 12.30% |
37 | 8 | What state is home of NCAA Football teams with nicknames that include Bengals, Broncos, Coyotes, and Vandals? | Idaho | 92.84% |
38 | 8 | Heisman-winner Chris Weinke joined Florida State after a six-year career in which other sport? | Baseball | 91.07% |
39 | 8 | Which FBS conference most recently had 3 separate quarterbacks win the Heisman Trophy, be named the National Championship Game MVP, and be the first QB selected for the NFL Draft during the same academic year? | ACC | 34.64% |
40 | 8 | In 2017, Co-National Champions Alabama and UCF led FBS in fewest points allowed and most points scored per game, respectively. In 2016, the FBS season leaders in these same categories actually met in Week 2. Name both teams involved in this 2016 matchup. | Alabama & WKU | 6.39% |
41 | 8 | By sorting them longitudinally (east-west), which two ACC *football* teams' home stadiums lie in the center (The 7th and 8th-most eastward)? | Pittsburgh (Heinz Field) & Miami (Hard Rock Stadium) | 0.38% |
42 | 9 | Sharing its name with a famous Revolutionary War battlefield, which city is home to the University of Kentucky? | Lexington | 92.31% |
43 | 9 | In remembrance of a tornado that devastated Tuscaloosa in April of 2011, a ribbon was painted onto Alabama's home field. What was the pattern on the ribbon? | Houndstooth | 60.10% |
44 | 9 | What was the name of Pepperdine Football's home stadium in 1948? The stadium later housed the Los Angeles Angels, and shares a name with a different stadium in Chicago. | Wrigley Field | 37.34% |
45 | 9 | Of the 8 FBS QBs who threw for over 4000 yards in 2017, only one played at a school in the Eastern Standard Time Zone. Who was he? | McKenzie Milton (UCF) | 16.11% |
46 | 9 | Tulane's costumed mascot is a pelican named Riptide. What nickname originally won the student vote but was overruled by the administration? | Pecker | 7.39% |
47 | P1 | Name all three service academies with an FBS football team. | Air Force, Army, Navy | 99.44% |
48 | P1 | In the 2017 season, which AP-ranked FBS team was the first to lose to an unranked FBS team? This team was also the first ranked team to lose a game. | Texas (to Maryland) | 23.19% |
49 | P1 | What community college did Aaron Rodgers attend before transferring to Cal? | Butte Community College | 25.42% |
50 | P1 | Who was the first Heisman Trophy winner to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame? | Nile Kinnick (1951) | 3.97% |
51 | P1 | Former collegiate football players have many times been cast in MTV's Real World. A total of seven former college football players have been house members in 6 of the last 7 Real World seasons. Name the only FBS school that had a former player during these past 7 seasons. | Texas Tech (Marlon Williams of Real World: Portland) | 2.38% |
52 | P2 | At which Conference USA team is Lane Kiffin the head coach? | FAU | 92.19% |
53 | P2 | The University of North Dakota recently changed their nickname to the Fighting Hawks. What was UND's former nickname? | Fighting Sioux | 65.47% |
54 | P2 | By coincidence, which former Division I-A conference that dissolved in the mid-'90s shared a name with a brand of hot dog that was made by Gwaltney Meats? | Big 8 | 15.70% |
55 | P2 | Which conference was the first to launch its own network? | Mountain West Conference | 2.58% |
56 | P2 | Name the only D1 football program whose nickname is a principal base class in Dungeons & Dragons. | Furman Paladins | 24.22% |
57 | P3 | What restaurant sponsors the Outback Bowl? (Full restaurant name) | Outback Steakhouse | 94.57% |
58 | P3 | Since 2009, Stanford has had 4 distinct players place 2nd in Heisman voting. Name any 2. | Toby Gerhart (2009), Andrew Luck (2010, 2011), Christian McCaffery (2015), and Bryce Love (2017) | 86.29% |
59 | P3 | How many home losses did Oklahoma have during Bob Stoops 18-year tenure as head coach? (Within 2) | 9 (2001 OkSt, 2005 TCU, 2011 TTU, 2012 ND, 2012 KSU, 2014 Baylor, 2014 KSU, 2014 OkSt, 2016 tOSU) | 41.61% |
60 | P3 | Alabama's radio announcer, Eli Gold has also covered NASCAR and Arena Football. What was the original name of the network he called these on, changed later to Spike TV? | The Nashville Network (TNN) | 34.87% |
61 | P3 | In 1920, Duke (then called Trinity College) resumed their football program, and selected "Blue Devils" as their nickname in honor of an alpine military unit who fought bravely during World War I. What country was this unit from? | France | 40.31% |
62 | P3 | While most of the world recognizes Princeton v. Rutgers in 1869 as the beginning of American Football, Harvard recognizes one of their games in 1874 as the first true American Football game. What Montreal area school did Harvard play in this game? | McGill | 32.28% |
63 | P3 | What current FCS university began in 1883 under the name DeLand Academy? The school's current name derives from one of founder Henry DeLand's friends, who was a prominent hat manufacturer and benefactor of the school in its formative years. | Stetson | 33.33% |
64 | P3 | The 2017 D3 Championship Stagg Bowl was contested between Mount Union and Mary Hardin-Baylor. In what year was the last D3 Championship that included neither Mount Union or Mary Hardin-Baylor? | 1999 (Rowan vs Pacific Lutheran) | 9.25% |
65 | P3 | The first ever night game of American Football reportedly took place on September 28, 1892. What university, which currently has a sprint football team, hosted that game? The school is a current D-II school and member of the PSAC. They also had a varsity team until 2005. | Mansfield University (at the time Mansfield Normal School) | 5.68% |
66 | P3 | What unfortunate FBS team has lost 17 games by 1 point since the D1 split in 1978, more than any other in DI-A/FBS? | Arizona | 0.32% |