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The drum major of the Ohio State University performs a backbend in 2016. Folklorist Danille Lindquist has described the drum major backbend, and the audience reaction that accompanies it in the form of cheering and applause, as part of a series of rituals associated with college football designed to seek and elicit popular consent for the staging of the athletic contest that follows.
Vince Young (with football) about to score a touchdown in the 2005 Big 12 Championship Game. The following is a list of conference championship games in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football. With the Sun Belt Conference holding its first championship game in 2018, all nine active FBS conferences now have championship ...
The first organized football games in Texas involving a college both occurred November 30, 1893. Texas defeated the Dallas Football Club 18–16 at Fair Park in Dallas; while Austin College defeated a Dallas club team 16–4 in Sherman. [98] ND November 3, 1894 North Dakota: North Dakota State: Grand Forks, North Dakota: 24–6
Rose Bowl – College Football Playoff Quarterfinal: Ohio State Buckeyes January 9, 2025 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4 Penn State Nittany Lions Miami Gardens, Florida: Orange Bowl – College Football Playoff Semifinal: January 10, 2025 6 Ohio State Buckeyes 3 Texas Longhorns Arlington, Texas: Cotton Bowl Classic – College Football Playoff ...
The UP/UPI rankings were originally conducted by polling 35 of the nation's college football coaches. [193] The coaches were chosen to represent every major football conference, with 5 coaches from each of 7 regions, in an apparent effort to combat the perceived East Coast bias of the rival AP Poll's constituent sports writers.
This article lists the all-time win/loss NCAA Division I FBS sanctioned bowl game records for all NCAA college football teams. Win–loss records are current as of the 2024–25 bowl season. The columns for "last bowl season" and "last bowl game" have been updated to reflect 2024–25 bowl appearances for all games played through January 1, 2025.
Several college football games and plays throughout its history have been given names by the media, football fans, and as part of a team's or rivalry's lore as a result of a distinctive play associated with the game, a unique outcome of or circumstance behind the game, the rivalry or undefeated nature of both teams, or for other reasons that make the game notable.
Drum Majors and Assistant Drum Majors of the Marching Chiefs fulfill ceremonial as well as musical positions of leadership within the band. One of the most significant and visible responsibilities of the Drum Major is the pre-game strut, which includes a 40-yard strut and mace toss prior to the beginning of the Marching Chiefs' pre-game show.