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The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 28, 2008, and ended on December 6, 2008.
Due to the long-standing historical ties between individual college football conferences and high-paying bowl games like the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl, the NCAA has never held a tournament or championship game to determine the champion of what is now the highest division, NCAA Division I, Football Bowl Subdivision (the Division I, Football ...
As the fourth-seed in the tournament, the Grizzlies defeated Texas State, Weber State (who had given Montana their only defeat during the regular season), and top-seeded James Madison to reach the final. This was Montana's sixth appearance in an FCS/Division I-AA championship game, having previously won in 1995 and 2001, and having lost in 1996 ...
Three human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four ...
The 2008 college football season may refer to: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season; 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season; 2008 NCAA Division II football season; 2008 NCAA Division III football season; 2008 NAIA Football National Championship
National championship games have been staged in a formal, pre-scheduled structure since the implementation of the Bowl Championship Series, though other, more circumstantial, national championship contests have taken place (and been widely viewed by contemporary sources as such) prior to that. A list of such "national championship games", as ...
Stefan LeFors, quarterback for University of Louisville, and in the NFL and CFL; head football coach for the high school team of the Christian Academy of Louisville; Sarah Logan, professional wrestler; Joe E. Martin, Olympic boxing coach who trained World Heavyweight Champions Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Ellis, and several National Golden Gloves ...
Anderson & Hester is a mathematical system for ranking collegiate American football teams based on performance. The system was created in 1992 by Jeff Anderson and Chris Hester, roommates at the University of Washington. [1] Anderson & Hester is one of over 40 systems listed by the NCAA as major selectors of college football national champions.