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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?
...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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