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The first game played between teams representing American colleges was played under rules more similar to the 1863 rules of the English Football Association, the basis of the modern form of soccer. The game, between Rutgers University and Princeton University, took place on November 6, 1869 at College Field (now the site of the College Avenue Gymnasium), New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers won, by a score of 6 "runs" to 4.
The 2006-07 Bowl season capped the 2006 NCAA Division I-A football season in college football. The NCAA Division I-A does not include a play-off system. Instead, the season concludes with a series of bowl games that have developed as a reward for teams that do well in the regular season.
The 2006-07 schedule was the largest post-season lineup ever, with the addition of the new stand-alone Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game as well as the International Bowl in Toronto, Ontario which was the first bowl game to be played outside the USA since the last Bacardi Bowl was played in Havana, Cuba in 1937. The season also added two additional games---the PapaJohns.com Bowl and the New Mexico Bowl---as part of a record 38 post-season games (32, not including the post-BCS all-star games) scheduled between the Poinsettia Bowl on December 19, 2006, and the post-season-ending Texas vs. The Nation Game on February 2, 2007. Thus, 64 teams out of the 119 in Division I-A played in the post-season, thanks in part to the NCAA's decision to expand D-I schedules to 12 games and allow teams with a 6-6 record to be bowl-eligible if the team or their conference has negotiated a bowl contract.
The 2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game, played September 10, 2005, was the first-ever meeting between The University of Texas at Austin and The Ohio State University in a college football game. The two teams came into the game ranked No. 2 and No. 4, respectively. It was the second game of the 2005 season for both teams. Schools have become increasingly conservative in scheduling non-conference opponents of a high caliber, so a meeting of two top-five teams in the country was unusual this early in the season. For either team, winning the game would boost their chances of ultimately playing in the BCS National Championship Game while the loser likely faced the end of their national championship hopes.
According to observers such as USA Today, the match-up between the Texas Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes was one of the most-anticipated games of the 2005 season. Due to the high level of anticipation, ESPN chose the game for the location of its weekly College GameDay broadcast.
The 2005 Texas Longhorn football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by quarterback Vince Young. The 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes football team (variously "Ohio State" or "OSU" or the "Bucks") was coached by Jim Tressel. Justin Zwick and Troy Smith shared time as quarterback due to disciplinary measures enforced against Smith. The game was a back-and-forth affair which was ultimately won by Texas, 25-22. The game's attendance was 105,565, which set the then all-time attendance record for Ohio Stadium. The game was televised nationally on ABC and drew 9.9 million viewers.
ESPN and College Football Rivals, were among the observers who named the game one of the best football games of the season. Texas' win kept them near the front of the national championship picture. They ultimately finished the season unbeaten, snaring the Big 12 Conference and NCAA championships. Ohio State finished the season with nine wins and two losses and ranked No. 4 in the nation.
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- ...that the 2008 Texas Longhorns of The University of Texas at Austin will play the Miners of University of Texas El Paso for the first time in school history?
- ...that the Longest play in college football history occurred when the Trinity Tigers, trailing the Millsaps Majors by two points, used 15 backward passes for a 60-yard touchdown to win the game as time expired?
- ...that the greatest point spread ever overcome is 41 points, by Stanford when they beat #2 ranked USC, 24-23 in 2007?
- ...that the first meeting between the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and the Wisconsin Badgers took place in 1890 and marked the beginning of the most played rivalry at the top level of NCAA competition?
- ...that the University of North Texas and United States Naval Academy combined for 136 points, the most points in a regulation football game ever?
- ...that J. D. Brookhart, head coach of the Akron Zips football team, started his coaching career as an unpaid assistant for the Denver Broncos in 1995 and 9 years later was the MAC coach of the year?
- ... that James Cox started three games for the Colorado Buffaloes football team, but only completed 1 game, in 4 years?
- that Larry Blakeney, the current head coach of the Troy Trojans football team, is one of only two men to take a college football team from Division II to Division I-AA and then Division I-A? (The other is UCF's Gene McDowell.)
- ...that the 1985 Oklahoma Sooners won the National Championship by defeating Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl?
- ...Winchester Osgood became the first collegiate athlete to win National AAU Wrestling title?
- ...that the 2007 Texas Longhorn football team will be the first opponent for University of Central Florida in the Knights' new home field, Bright House Networks Stadium?
- ...In 1895, Williams recommended John Heisman for the head coach position at Auburn. At the time Heisman was a tomato farmer in Texas?
- ... that Hall of Fame football player Ed Molinski was also a Golden Gloves state champion boxer and served in the Marines during World War II, earning the rank of second lieutenant?
- ...that in each of the three years that college football's Cingular All-America Player of the Year has existed the populace's selection has differed from the sportswriter selected Heisman Trophy?
- ... that Smokey, was selected as mascot by the University of Tennessee students after a blue tick coon hound howled during a halftime contest?
- ...that the University of Central Florida in the Golden Knights will inaugurate their new stadium, Bright House Networks Stadium during the 2007 NCAA Division I-BS football season?
- ... that the 2006 Boise State Broncos returned more starters from 2005 than any other team in NCAA Division I-A football?
- ... that former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron "Whizzer" White was a star running back for the Colorado Buffaloes and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
- ...that Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis, the son of professional wrestler Road Warrior Animal, is the first Buckeyes scholarship football player from Minnesota since 1933?
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- ...that the World's Largest Texas Flag (pictured), measuring 75 feet by 125 feet, is unfurled on the field by members of Alpha Phi Omega before Texas Longhorn football games?
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- May 1 — Headlined by Troy Aikman, Billy Cannon and Lou Holtz, the 2008 class of College Football Hall of Fame inductees is announced.
- April 26 - 27 — Offensive tackle Jake Long of the Michigan Wolverines was the first overall of 252 selections in the 2008 NFL Draft of eligible college players at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
- February 22 — The Texas Longhorns and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns open the first spring practice sessions of the 2008 season.
- February 6 — National Signing Day starts the period in which a high school senior can sign a binding National Letter of Intent.
- January 7 — The LSU Tigers defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game, 38–24, to become the 2008 BCS National Champions.
- January 1 through January 3 — USC defeats Illinois, 49–17; Georgia defeats Hawaii, 41–10; West Virginia defeats Oklahoma, 48–28; and Kansas defeats Virginia Tech, 24–21, in the four BCS bowls that take place in early January.
- January 2 — Jamaal Charles became the first high-profile college player to leave school early for the 2008 NFL Draft.
- December 29 — The Penn State Nittany Lions defeat the Texas A&M Aggies, 24–17, in the 2007 Alamo Bowl after recovering from a 14-point first-half deficit.
- December 27 — The Texas Longhorns survive a bizarre penalty against staff member Chris Jessie and defeats the Arizona State Sun Devils in the 2007 Holiday Bowl.
- December 22 — The BYU Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins, 17–16, in the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl by blocking a Bruins' field goal as time expires.
- December 21 — The Florida Atlantic University Owls defeat the Memphis Tigers in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl, 44–27, for the first bowl victory in school history.
- December 20 — The 2007 College Football bowl season begins in San Diego, California with the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl. The Utah Utes defeat the Navy Midshipmen, 35–32.
- December 16 — West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Rich Rodriguez announces that he will be accepting a position as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines beginning with the 2008 season.
- December 15 — Wisconsin-Whitewater defeats Mount Union in the Division III NCAA football championship game to earn the Division III Championship.
- December 15 — Valdosta State University defeats Northwest Missouri State in the Division II NCAA championship game, marking the third title game loss in three years for Missouri.
- December 14 — Appalachian State defeats the University of Delaware to win the Division I FCS football championship game and earn its third straight FCS championship.
- December 8 — University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow wins the 2007 Heisman Trophy. Tebow is the first sophomore in history to win the award.
- December 2 — The final Bowl Championship Series poll of the 2007 season is released. Ohio State and LSU, by virtue of their number one and two spots in the poll, will play in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.
- We need a playoff. — Bernie Machen, president of the University of Florida who supports creating a play-off for NCAA Division I-A
- I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault. — former Ohio State Buckeyes defensive back Jack Tatum, on the fierce quality of his play
- If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you. — University of Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, on his motivational techniques
- When people used to see Wake Forest on the schedule, they used a pen to mark down a `W.' We're at the point now where we at least make them use a pencil. — Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe
- Create individual 2007/2008 articles for bowls listed in NCAA football bowl games, 2007-08. Please stick to known facts and citable predictions for these future events.
- Rate a college football article from Category:Unassessed college football articles
- Add top-level information to Current sports events as it occurs. #1 ranking team games, other notable events.
- Improve an aritcle
- College GameDay - needs work
- List of 100 point games - Not wikified, introduction not encyclopedic, needs to WP:CITE
- List of schools by Bowl appearances - Incomplete
- De-stub an article from The college football stub category
