FAQ about NCAA Football

Answer: Charlie Frye

Frye was a four-year starter at Akron. He set a single game passing mark on Nov. 20, 2004, against Miami(OH) when he threw for 436 yards. His 3,549 yards as a junior in 2003 were a single season record and his career total for 2000-04 was 11,049 yards.

Answer: 4

The others were Brock Strom (1958), Ernie Jennings (1970), Scott Thomas (1985), and Chad Hennings (1987).

Answer: Bobby Ross

Ross led the championship team although John Hesiman also won a championship.

Answer: 90 yards/JJ Stokes

J.J. Stokes scored on a 90-yard pass play from John Barnes with 3:08
remaining to take 38-31 lead. USC scored with 0:41 remaining to
draw within one point, but Nkosi Littleton knocked down the two-point
conversion attempt to give Bruins a 38-37 win.

Answer: Matt Payne

Matt Payne made 73 PATs in 2001.

Answer: Helix High (San Diego, California)

Finalists Reggie Bush and Alex Smith were teammates at Helix High, before joining USC and Utah respectively.

Answer: Fred Biletnikoff Award

Fred Biletnikoff, an All-American at Florida States (FSU) in the 1960s, prior to FSU's domination in the 1980s and 90s, and an All-Pro with the Oakland Raiders, earned the honor of having this award named after him. The Fred Biletnikoff Award made its debut in 1993. The Tallahassee Quarterback Club presents it annually.

Answer: Fight! Wildcats Fight!

"Fight! Wildcats Fight!" is the OFFICIAL fight song of the University of Arizona, although "Bear Down, Arizona" is definitely the most famous UA pep song. "All Hail, Arizona" is the alma mater of the U of A, and this song is played and sung after every UA home game. ("Arizona, How I Love Thee" is a song title that I just made up.)

Answer: Scott Stadium

The official name of the stadium is The Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium, which has a capacity of over 62,000. It is considered one of the finer stadiums of the ACC and the NCAA.

Answer: Karl Morgan

The win eventually put the Bruins in the Rose Bowl (after losses by Washington and Arizona State), where they beat Michigan 24-14. About the same time Tinsley was sacking Morgan, Cal was scoring on the famous multiple lateral kickoff return to beat Stanford.

Answer: Washington and USC

These were the first 2 Pac-10 teams to make it. Washington beat Oklahoma in 1985 in the Orange Bowl 28-17, and USC beat Iowa 38-17 in 2003.

Answer: 2

Since the creation of the SEC championship game in the early 90s, only Florida and Tennessee have emerged as winners of the east.

Answer: 4

MSU finished #2 in 1951, 1955, 1965, and 1966.

Answer: Gambier

Gambier is about an hour and a half NE of Columbus near Mount Vernon.

Answer: 1-0

A common misconception is a 2-0 scoreline.

Answer: Gerard Phelan

One of the greatest plays in college football history.

Answer: Arizona State

Tony Dorsett played against Arizona State in his first bowl game. Dorsett was a running back for the University of Pittsburgh and is the school's only Heisman Trophy winner. He had an impressive college career, rushing for over 6,000 yards and scoring 59 touchdowns. In addition to winning the Heisman Trophy in 1976, he also won the Maxwell Award and was a two-time consensus All-American. After college, Dorsett went on to have a successful career in the NFL, playing for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos.

Answer: Orange and Blue

At a student meeting in 1888 that was discussing this issue, a Virginia athlete named Allen Potts was said to have worn an orange and blue scarf. Another student suggest orange and blue as school colors which was positively received by the student body. The original school colors for the limited athletic program at Virginia before this was gray and crimson. Reflecting the largely southern student body at the University at that time, the colors were meant to suggest a bloody uniform of a wounded Confederate soldier.

Answer: Dak Prescott

Dak Prescott played quarterback on the Mississippi State University football team from 2011-2015. Prescott won the Conerly Trophy for being the best college football player in the state of Mississippi in 2014 and 2015. Prescott was also named first-team All-SEC in 2014 and 2015. In the 2016 NFL Draft, Dak Prescott was selected in the fourth round by the Dallas Cowboys.

Answer: Sugar Bowl

The Ole Miss football team defeated the Oklahoma State University football team in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 2016 to finish their 2015 football season. Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly was named the game's most valuable player. The Ole Miss football team finished the 2015 season with ten wins and three losses. This was the ninth appearance in the Sugar Bowl by an Ole Miss football team, after an absence of 46 years (the previous eight appearances were across 17 years: 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1970).

Answer: 1979

Under head coach Bo Rein, State went 7-4 overall and 5-1 in conference play, taking home the title.

Answer: Jerry Kill

Jerry Kill was hired on December 5th, 2010. Kill's two previous coaching jobs were Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois. The teams were 1-10 and 6-7, respectively. Within three years, their records were 10-2 and 10-3. Minnesota ended 2010 with a 3-9 record.

Answer: "The Bells Must Ring"

"On the Banks of the Old Raritan" is the school song / alma mater, but "The Bells Must Ring" is the school fight song.

"The Bells Must Ring" contains the chant "R-U Rah Rah, R-U Rah Rah, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah Rutgers Rah! Upstream Red Team, Red Team Upstream, Rah Rah Rutgers Rah!", but the Rutgers Glee Club will use the chant to "interrupt" other songs when they perform.