Category: Trivia

Former Nick Saban assistants were 3-28 against him when they faced him as head coaches of their own teams. Can you name the three who beat him?

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Every loss happened from 2021-2023.

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One of the coaches is active and has won a natty. One is active and has never won a natty. One is not an active head coach, but did win a natty.

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The two active coaches are at SEC programs. The non-active coach last coached an SEC team before being fired.

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ANSWER BELOW:

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Kirby Smart

Jimbo Fisher

Steve Sarkisian

Of the 6 quarterbacks drafted in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft, all 6 finished in the top 10 in Heisman voting in either 2022 or 2023. Only one finished in the top 10 both years. Who was it?

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The six potential QBs are Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Michael Penix, JJ McCarthy, or Bo Nix.

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This QB transferred during his college career.

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This QB did not win the Heisman.

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ANSWER BELOW:

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Michael Penix. He finished 8th in 2022 and 2nd in 2023.

What Power 4 football colleges are based in their state’s capital. We are talking main campuses here.

Example: Elon University (not a Power 4 school) has a main campus based in Elon, NC. They also have a law school in Greensboro, NC. For the purposes of this exercise, if they were a Power 4 school, their location would be Elon, NC.

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There are 11 P4 schools based in their state’s capital.

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Breakdown by conference:

SEC: 4

ACC: 3

Big 10: 3

Big 12: 1

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Schools that may be thought to be in their state’s capital, but are not:

• Boston College (not actually in Boston)
• Michigan State (in East Lansing, not Lansing)
• University of Minnesota (most campus buildings are in Minneapolis; the ones not in Minneapolis are in a suburb of St. Paul called Falcon Heights, but not St. Paul itself)

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ANSWER BELOW:

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SEC:

Texas: Austin

LSU: Baton Rogue 

South Carolina: Colombia

Vanderbilt: Nashville  

ACC:

Georgia Tech: Atlanta

FSU: Tallahassee 

NC State: Raleigh 

Big 10:

OSU: Columbus 

Nebraska: Lincoln

Wisconsin: Madison 

Big 12:

Utah: Salt Lake City

What college football program has produced the most #1 overall draft picks at quarterback?

For clarity’s sake, we are talking about the #1 overall pick in the first round, not just a first-rounder. And they must be a quarterback.

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This college has produced four #1 overall picks at quarterback.

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The conference this team is most widely associated with has undergone major changes from what it used to be. One could say the current conference is a shell of its former glory.

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2 of the quarterbacks this program has produced are 2 of the greatest quarterback draft prospects of all time.

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ANSWER BELOW:

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Stanford Cardinal

Bobby Garrett (1954), Jim Plunkett (1971), John Elway (1983), Andrew Luck (2012)

Name the four QBs to lose their first Super Bowl start then win one later in their career.

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One is an all-time great player who lost his first three Super Bowls, then won two at the end of his career.

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One did it very recently. This QB beat the team he had lost to and won SB MVP.

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The last two are both Hall of QBs who played in some of the earliest Super Bowls. One made it to three in a row, losing his first, then winning his next two. The other QB lost the first ever Super Bowl, then went on to win his next appearance.

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John Elway, Jalen Hurts, Bob Griese, and Len Dawson

Name the four QBs to START a Super Bowl for multiple teams

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Two of the four are all-time great QBs who starred in the 21st Century and both famously switched teams toward the end of their careers. They will both forever be entwined with the other due to their rivalry.

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The third QB is a Hall of Famer. He was the QB of a legendary team (with a famous nickname) that lost to one of the above QBs in one of his Super Bowl Starts. He had a very unorthodox career.

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The fourth and final QB started Super Bowl V for the Cowboys and Super Bowl XII for the Broncos. He lost both.

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ANSWERS BELOW:

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Tom Brady; Peyton Manning; Kurt Warner; Craig Morton

Can you name all the SEC teams that don’t play SEC teams in their annual rivalry game without getting three wrong?

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Hint 1: There are four teams.

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Hint 2: All four of these matchups are in state rivalries.

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Hint 3: All four opposing teams are in the same non-SEC conference.

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Answer:

Georgia vs Georgia Tech

South Carolina vs Clemson

Florida vs Florida State

Kentucky vs Louisville 

Can you all the NFL Teams who’s principle owner is someone who’s family member founded the team?

There are seven. Can you guess all without getting three wrong?

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Hint 1: The Packers are exempt because they are owned by a corporation rather than family or group and do not have a principle owner like other teams.

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Hint 2: Four of these teams have changed names since they were founded.

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Hint 3: Three of these teams were founded before World War 2, with two of these teams now playing in NFC and one playing the AFC. Three of these teams were founded in the 1960s to be part of the AFL and are now part of the AFC. One is the youngest team in the league and is now part of the AFC.

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Answer:

Chicago Bears

Cincinnati Bengals

Houston Texans

Kansas City Chiefs

New York Giants

Pittsburgh Steelers

Tennessee Titans

Who are the active NFL head coaches to have won an FBS National Title?

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Hint 1: There are two

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Hint 2: They coach in the same Time Zone

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Hint 3: They used to coach different teams in the same division

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Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh

Only one coach besides Tom Coughlin beat a Tom Brady and Bill Belichick-led team twice in the postseason. Who is it?

Hint 1: He is an active coach.

Hint 2: He defeated them both times at Gillette Stadium by at least two possessions.

Hint 3: His 13 postseason wins are the seventh-most all-time, putting him ahead of notable coaches such as Coughlin, Pete Carroll, Bill Cowher, Bill Walsh, Sean Payton, Tony Dungy, Mike Shanahan, and Mike Tomlin.

Answer: John Harbaugh. The Brady-Belichick Patriots had an overall home postseason record of 20-4. They were 2-2 against Harbaugh and 18-2 against everyone else.