Conferences: Past & Present
Georgia Tech (1960)
SEC
AMERICA! A trained eagle flies around the stadium and lands on the 50 yard line before each home game at this SEC school
Auburn
This 1982 Heisman winner from UGA ran (unsuccessfully) for a US Senate seat in 2022
Herschel Walker
This 6 word phrase is the mantra of the Dillon Panthers on "Friday Night Lights"
"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose"
This Trophy for the most outstanding player was first given out in 1935 to University of Chicago's Jay Berwanger
Heisman Trophy
Texas A&M University (2010)
Big 12 Conference
This ACC School enters their Stadium to Metallica's "Enter Sandman"
Virginia Tech
This 2007 Heisman winner from University of Florida pursued a minor league baseball career with the New York Mets after his time in the NFL
Tim Tebow
Denzel Washington portrays Coach Herman Boone in this 2000 film, as he attempts to integrate the T.C. Williams High School football team
Remember the Titans
The first college football game to be broadcast on the radio in 1921 was between Pitt and this Morgantown university
University of West Virginia
University of Oregon (2018)
PAC12
This university starts each game with a burning spear planted into the turf by a horseback riding student playing Osceola
Florida State University
This 2012 Heisman winner from Texas A&M doesn't actually have the last name "Football"
Johnny Manziel
Sandra Bullock won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the Blind Side portraying Leann Tuohy, the adoptive mother of this Ole Miss tackle
Michael Oher
This team won the first ever college football post season playoff at the conclusion of the 2014 season
Ohio State Buckeyes
University of Maryland (2012)
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Camp Randall Stadium at University of Wisconsin plays this song at the conclusion of the third quarter
"Jump Around" by House of Pain
This 1991 Heisman winner from University Michigan has been an analyst on ESPN's College Game Day since 2005
Desmond Howard
Cuba Gooding Jr. plays this fictional football player in 1996's "Jerry Maguire"
Rod Tidwell
This Coach is the first to win both a NCAA National Championship (Univ of Miami 1987) and a Super Bowl (Dallas Cowboys 1992 and 1993)
Jimmy Johnson
University of Miami (2001)
Big East Conference
After the first quarter, 70,000+ fans at this school's stadium turn and wave to patients at the children's hospital next door
University of Iowa, Kinnick Stadium
This school has produced the most Heisman winners, with 8 players taking home the trophy
USC
Players on this fictional team include Icebox, Hot Hands, and the Toe
Little Giants
This east coast school is considered "The Birthplace of College Football" as it hosted the first intercollegiate game in 1869
Rutgers University