The "BCS" Era
(1998-2013 seasons)
(1998-2013 seasons)
The BCS Era was from the 1998 season thru 2013 season. This team won the most Championships in this Era with 3.
Who is Alabama ('10, '12, and '13)?
UVA became the first #1 seed to lose in the first round. This is the school they lost to.
Who is University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)?
This is how many Majors Brooks Koepka has won in his career.
What is 4?
In Super Bowl 3 Joe Namath accurately predicted a NY Jets victory over this team.
Who are the Baltimore Colts?
This player won the NL MVP in 2019.
Who is Cody Bellinger?
USC won one National Championship in the BCS Era (but later was vacated by the NCAA). This is the team they beat. (Hint: The game was played on January 4, 2005.)
Who is Oklahoma?
In the 2014 NCAA tournament, the University of Dayton (#11 seed in the South) beat #6 Ohio State and #3 Syracuse the first weekend of the tourney. This was the team Dayton beat in the Sweet 16 (hint, they were the #10 seed and coached by a former ACC great) before losing to the #1 seed Florida Gators the next round.
Who is Stanford?
This golfer won his first Major at the 2017 Masters.
Who is Sergio Garcia?
This is how many times the Green Bay Packers made it to the Super Bowl.
What is 5 (4-1)?
This player has the most hits in NY Yankee history.
Who is Derek Jeter (3465 hits)?
The SEC lead all conferences with 11 appearances and a 9-2 record in BCS games. This conference was 2nd in appearances with an overall record of 2-5.
Who is the Big 12?
(Oklahoma 1-3, Texas 1-1, Nebraska 0-1)
This 2013 National Champion later had to vacate their title after beating Michigan in the championship game. The other 2 Final Four teams were Syracuse and Wichita State. (Hint: This team beat Wichita State in the Final Four)
Who is Louisville?
This all-time great golfer has the 3rd most runner-up finishes in major tournaments with 10. (Hint: Jack Nicklaus is first with 19 and Phil Mickelson is second with 11)
Who is Arnold Palmer?
New England Patriots and this team have the most losses in the Super Bowl (in the Super Bowl Era).
Who are the Denver Broncos?
At the completion of the 2019 season, this player has hit the most HR's of active players with 656 HR's.
Who is Albert Pujols?
This team appeared in the first 3 BCS Championship games winning one and losing 2. (Hint: games were played in January of 1999 (lost), 2000 (won), and 2001 (lost))
Who is Florida State?
In the 2015 Final Four, this #1 seed out of the West region defeated Kentucky (#1 seed from Midwest region) but eventually lost to Duke (#1 seed from South region) in the Championship game. Duke had defeated Michigan State (#7 seed out of East region) in the other semi-final game.
Who is Wisconsin?
Henrik Stenson won the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon, Scotland with a final round of 63 and finished -20 for the Championship. Henrik was paired in the final round with this 2013 Open Champion who shot 65 in the final round and came in 2nd place. Both golfers were tied at -16 thru 13 holes when Stenson finished his round with 4 birdies in the last 5 holes. Name the player paired with Stenson.
Who is Phil Mickelson?
This is the number of Super Bowls Ronnie Lott and Jerry Rice won as players (total between the two of them).
What is 7? (Lott = 4, Rice = 3)
Mariano Rivera is the all-time leader in Saves with 652. This NL reliever is second all-time with 601. (Hint: he finished his career in 2010 for the Milwaukee Brewers)
Who is Trevor Hoffman?
The Big East had an overall record of 1-2 in BCS Championship games. These are the team(s) that represented the Big East those BCS games.
Who are Miami and Virginia Tech?
Villanova won the 2016 National title by defeating North Carolina 77-74. Villanova blew out Oklahoma 95-51 in the Final Four. This is who North Carolina beat 83-66 in the other Final Four. (Hint, this ACC school was making their 6th Final Four appearance)
Who is Syracuse?
In the early 2000's, Tiger Woods won the "Tiger Slam" where he was champion of all 4 Majors at one time. This is the Major he won first in this string of 4 in a row.
What is the 2000 US Open?
5 players in NFL history have won multiple Super Bowl MVP's...Tom Brady (4), Joe Montana (3), Bart Starr (2), Terry Bradshaw (2), and this Quarterback.
Who is Eli Manning?
Nolan Ryan is the all-time leading pitcher with 5714 strikeouts. This pitcher is second all-time with 4875 strikeouts. (Hint: He pitched for 6 MLB teams)
Who is Randy Johnson?