r/CFB • u/DampFrijoles UCF Knights • May 28 '19

Weekly Thread Trivia Tuesday

/r/CFB Trivia Tuesday!

This Week's Contest: http://trivia.redditcfb.com

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Major Notes

  • This week is just for fun and will not count towards the summer season! The questions may be... different, so do not feel bad if you don't know them. Our regular programming will resume next week.

Trivia Tuesday is a weekly feature run by /u/bakonydraco, /u/DampFrijoles, /u/GiovannidelMonaco, and /u/Davidellias. Each week there will be five questions ranging from questions most can answer correctly to questions that might stump just about everyone. Your goal is to quickly answer them to the best of your ability. You get a one-point speed bonus for finishing in under 2:30.

There are definitely still ways you could cheat the system, but please do not. This is meant to be a fun weekly feature, and we encourage you to take it at face value and answer the questions without assistance.

Last Week

Individual

There were two perfect scores in this grueling final week, a whopping 11 points, a feat that has only been accomplished a few times in Finals history. Congratulations to /u/gds15 and /u/Mitters13 for pulling it off. Unfortunately, neither made the Final so their scores did not factor into the final playoff standings.

As for said Final, /u/ventolin_3 is the Spring 2019 Trivia Tuesday Individual Champion! They scored 10 points in 2:32.81 to take the top prize. This is their fourth Individual Tier championship, the most of any user. Rounding out the top three were were defending champion /u/pm_me_your_miletime and /u/Knightro2011, both with 10 points in under 4 minutes. /u/Knightro2011 was the last semifinalist to make the cut, and they made the most of it by getting the podium finish.

For their efforts, /u/ventolin_3, /u/pm_me_your_miletime and /u/Knightro2011 will receive the coveted /r/CFB Top Scorer flair (/r/CFB Top Scorer).

Premier Tier

Among sports upsets for the ages, there's the 1980 Miracle on Ice, UMBC beating Virginia, and Kansas beating Texas. Joining the fold is an event a long time in the making: Northwestern, Chicago's Big Ten Team, has won the Premier Tier championship for the Spring 2019 season of Trivia Tuesday! This is their first Premier Tier championship, and they defeated Texas A&M, Georgia, and Michigan to get it.

The team of /u/westcoastwildcat, /u/GreatestWhiteShark, /u/CashMikey, /u/shadyshoelace, /u/jhp58 all placed in the top 50 this week and carried Northwestern to the championship. /u/DmitriShostabrovichand /u/gipnov23 were also among the top 5 Northwestern users this season that helped the team get to the final.

Northwestern is routinely one of the best teams based on average score , but they only have19 total players and have often found themselves shorthanded in the playoffs and suffer early exits as a result. In fact, this was their first appearance in a Premier Tier Final. But they got over the hump this season, and they faced long odds considering that they faced Michigan. They are the dominant force in Trivia Tuesday, unlike their football counterparts, as they have highest number of users — six times as many as Northwestern — and have won seven titles, the most of any team.

Long odds indeed, but not long enough for the Wildcats.

With the victory, Northwestern has permanently earned an alternate flair. Please suggest options in the comments!

Stanford Heisman Championship Tier

Joining their Land of Lincoln brethren in victory, Illinois has won the Stanford Heisman Championship Tier! This is their first title in either the Premier Tier or Championship Tier, and they outlasted Cincinnati, Missouri,, and Tennessee to earn it.

Their victory comes courtesy of strong performances by /u/maclovesdennis and /u/DafoeFoSho. /u/20goillini05 was the strongest Fighting Illini during the regular season and played a large role in helping Illinois reach the Final.

With the victory, Illinois has earned naming rights to this tier for next season. Please suggest options in the comments!

Best of luck to all!

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u/DampFrijoles May 28 '19
Question Answer %Correct Notable Answer
Michael Vick has the NFL Record for most career rushing yards by a quarterback. What school did he go to? Virginia Tech 94.21% Just wait till the VTEC(h) kicks in yo -u/Livin_Thing
Michael Vick has the NFL Record for most career rushing yards by a quarterback. What school did he go to? Virginia Tech 94.21% Guess it's a good thing dogs were his fighting animal of choice and not roosters, because I imagine Virginia Tech wouldn't have appreciated that. -u/SGDrummer7
Peter _____ Dunn. Find the missing word, which is the last name and the first name of two legendary players at FSU who, coincidentally, played together for two seasons. Warrick 66.07% Warrick, isn't warrick dunn also the guy who played R2D2? -u/RoleModelFailure
Peter _____ Dunn. Find the missing word, which is the last name and the first name of two legendary players at FSU who, coincidentally, played together for two seasons. Warrick 66.07% Gabriel probably. Solsbury Hill is the opposite of Death Valley, where FSU will lose again. -u/TheBlackBaron
What was the first FCS team to ever receive votes in the AP top 25 college football ranking? Appalachian State 57.57% okay we talking 'FCS', cause then im going with North Dakota State. if its '1AA' the im saying App State -u/RetMaestro
What was the first FCS team to ever receive votes in the AP top 25 college football ranking? Appalachian State 57.57% Was it App State when they beat Michigan? Please tell me it was App State when they beat Michigan. Did I mention that App State (an FCS team) beat Michgian? How embarrassing. -u/TheNastyCasty says the guy with the Texas flair
During the 2018-19 season, which FBS head coach is first when listed in alphabetical order by last name? Steve Addazio, Boston College 23.46% Arthur A. Aardvark - Pacific Bethel State (PBS) -u/dansays23
During the 2018-19 season, which FBS head coach is first when listed in alphabetical order by last name? Steve Addazio, Boston College 23.46% I was gonna say Chris Ash but Rutgers is never first in anything so its certainly not them. -u/ITTimeAllTheTime
In an early '90s episode of the Seattle-based sketch comedy show "Almost Live", the fictional superhero "Speed Walker" (played by Bill Nye) had to retrieve the Washington's Bowl Game Trophy from two Canadian thieves. For what bowl game was this trophy earned? (Bowl required, not year) Rose Bowl 55.14% Isn't the Washington supposed to be all caps: THE Washington, like THE Ohio State University? THE Washington's Bowl Game Trophy was the Rose bowl. -u/jre76
During the 2018 regular season Reggie Gillam(sic) led FBS in blocked kicks with 4. For what MAC school does he serve as team captain and play RB/TE/Special Teams? Toledo 29.72% Toledo (Also the name of the worst official in MLS [different kind of football]) -u/unclehuggybear
Which team has won the most Collegiate Sprint Football League championships? Navy (29) 13.64% NC AT&T -u/OhioAg10
Which team has won the most Collegiate Sprint Football League championships? Navy (29) 13.64% Murray State Racers cause they go fast ZOOM ZOOM BABY LIKE A MAZDA MIATA IN THE 90s -u/Txramblinjacket Did we find the reddit sccount of Mr Saturn?
Waynesburg is a current D3 Football program that in 1939 lost the first ever televised college football game. Who was their opponent -- a current D1 team whose homefield at the time was the Polo Grounds? Fordham 14.02% Fordham (fun fact: I wrote the wikipedia article for the 1939 Rams) -u/JeromesNiece
Waynesburg is a current D3 Football program that in 1939 lost the first ever televised college football game. Who was their opponent -- a current D1 team whose homefield at the time was the Polo Grounds? Fordham 14.02% Yale. Fun Fact, Yale's Polo team played games at "Football Field" -u/justice_dredd
A two time NAIA champion, which school is the closest college football program to the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Marian (2.14m) 6.64% I would say Indiana but NAIA is a tougher level of competition than them -u/jtfreels
A two time NAIA champion, which school is the closest college football program to the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Marian (2.14m) 6.64% Does Indiana have a Wesleyan? They're always some NAIA powerhouse in whatever state they're in. -u/MisterBrotatoHead Well they just started, but it's got a chance
UCF's first ever football game took place in 1979 when they played an NCAA D2 college which no longer sponsors football. Which team did UCF beat? St. Leo (By the way, I've seen evidence St Leo's team at the time, might have been a club level team) 5.33% Milton (dave krieg!) -u/BigBlackQuack
UCF's first ever football game took place in 1979 when they played an NCAA D2 college which no longer sponsors football. Which team did UCF beat? St. Leo (By the way, I've seen evidence St Leo's team at the time, might have been a club level team) 5.33% Indiana. There is no way they still have football -u/MNBLIZZARD

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u/TheGreatJDS May 28 '19

I call bullshit that over 5% of the people that took this quiz last week have ever heard of St. Leo University because it is in the middle of scenic fucking nowhere. I would know because I live there.

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u/Sir_Superman May 28 '19

I remembered the answer because there was a post or comment about it some time ago.

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

It was tweeted about by @RedditCFB within the last few months.

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u/BamaPride95 May 28 '19

There are a good bit of people who went to D2 schools.

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u/GeauxTri May 28 '19

u/unclehuggybear until he retired this season, Mark Geiger easily held the record for worst fucking MLS official.

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u/whethervayne May 28 '19

So weird. He was so good until the World Cup. Both he and Unkel have had bad fall offs. I remember liking Unkel only because he looks like Captain Nero, and then he called a good couple of games involving the Crew.

Now, every ref is trash except Alan Kelly. And surprise, he's from outside CONCACAF.

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u/GeauxTri May 28 '19

Geiger seemed to have something against Atlanta United. Dude called our games so one sided & it was even worse when he would work VAR. He would call down to review shit all the time & took so long to get the review completed. it took the whole momentum out of the game.

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u/MetaKoopa99 May 28 '19

I didn't get in the funnies for answering Florida State for the last question? Aww....

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

there were some good ones for that Q.

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u/Livin_Thing May 28 '19

Track day bro?

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

I'm still trying figure out how to shoehorn Mr. Regular into a r/cfb Trivia question.

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u/Livin_Thing May 28 '19

IT'S DAD TIME AGAIN

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u/RoleModelFailure May 28 '19

Damn I was way off, Warwick Davis played an Ewok in Star Wars.

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u/TheBlackBaron May 28 '19

I'm so happy one of my "I don't fuckin' know" answers finally made it into this.

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u/52hoova May 28 '19

During the 2018-19 season, which FBS head coach is first when listed in alphabetical order by last name?

I'm pretty sure I read that as "last" instead of first, so I might have submitted the most-wrong answer, which has to count for something.

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19 edited May 28 '19

We actually asked that question a few weeks ago. Your just late to the party.

EDIT: And your answer would not have been right with that question either.

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u/52hoova May 28 '19

And your answer would not have been right with that question either.

I'm nothing if not consistent.

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u/TheGreatJDS May 28 '19

Ouch. Did you take into account that the correct answer to that question has since been fired?

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

I think so. I think we even referenced it.

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u/DmitriShostabrovich May 28 '19

THE LONG WAIT IS OVER! HAIL FITZ!

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u/red_husker May 28 '19

Northwestern, Chicago's Big Ten Team, has won the Premier Tier championship for the Spring 2019 season of Trivia Tuesday!

Did you do it?

Yes.

But what did it cost?

Illinois has won the Stanford Heisman Championship Tier!

Everything.

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u/jhp58 May 28 '19

FUCKING WORTH IT

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u/[deleted] May 31 '19

GOOD JOB GUYS

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u/westcoastwildcat May 28 '19

I'M SO PROUD OF US

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u/CashMikey May 28 '19

WE DID IT CATS BROS WE DID IT!! AHHHHH!!!!!

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19 edited May 28 '19

ya'll only get an alt flair if you acknowledge the refs handed you the 2015 Wisconsin game.

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u/westcoastwildcat May 28 '19

That game was legit and I'll hear nothing otherwise

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

Also please acknowledge that #BodyClocks handed you the 2015 Stanford game.

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u/jhp58 May 28 '19

B O D Y C L O C K

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

Not as much as the refs handed Arizona State the 2013 Wisconsin game.

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

I more pissed off about 2015 tbh cause what happened to Tech earlier in the day

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

Virginia Tech had a much more fun game almost exactly a year prior. \o/

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u/CashMikey May 28 '19

How would we feel about this Fitz Face as our alternate flair??

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u/burritoxman May 28 '19

What about Alex Spanos flexing?

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u/GreatestWhiteShark May 28 '19

Can we make a rolling cat gif our alternate flair?

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u/DmitriShostabrovich May 28 '19

I’m all for a silly Fitz face as the alternate flair

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u/henry_fords_ghost May 31 '19

Holy shit I missed this

You guys are legends

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u/jhp58 May 28 '19

Friendly reminder to all you blue bloods that we won with 19 total users. We are the true nerds!

Also, with Illinois winning the Second Tier does that mean the state of Illinois is the center of the CFB Trivia World?

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

a Northern Illinois fan didn't get the individual title so no.

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u/gipnov23 May 28 '19

Ahhhhhh omg an internet event has never made me this happy

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u/henry_fords_ghost May 31 '19

Big fuckin mood

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u/westcoastwildcat May 28 '19

HOLY SHIT WE DID IT GUYS!!!!!

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u/whethervayne May 28 '19

Northwestern

Illinois

Dat Lake Michigan Coast bias.

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u/chefillini May 28 '19

It definitely helped for that one Robin Hood Wisconsin question two weeks ago.

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

Illinois fans, suggest Names for the Championship Tier here!

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

Given they have a Chinese language football broadcast, I'd like to suggest 伊利诺伊州冠军级别

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u/chefillini May 28 '19

It is hilarious to hear them say the name Clayton Fejedelem for some reason.

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

I need to find clips of that to show my co-worker who has that last name.

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u/chefillini May 28 '19

I suggest the Best Memorial Stadium Championship Tier

Someone's got to have the best one and it might as well be us

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u/MrStoneman May 28 '19

Chief Illiniwek Did Nothing Wrong Championship Tier

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u/20goillini05 May 29 '19

The Not Ideal Tier.

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u/eatapenny May 28 '19

Alma Otter /s

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u/tbia May 28 '19

Henry Blake Memorial Tier.

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u/illinifan4249 May 30 '19

Lasagna Tier

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u/matlockga May 28 '19

I missed last week due to being on my honeymoon. Looking at the questions, I didn't really have a chance anyway!

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

I question your priorities.

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u/matlockga May 28 '19

The end of the tour had like 9 pounds of all-day-long smoked pork shoulder, so there's that.

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

I was being very facetious if it wasn't clear. Congrats on the nuptials, hope you had a fun trip!

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u/TheGreatJDS May 28 '19

You made the right choice. Can't argue with two kinds of pork.

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u/GreatestWhiteShark May 28 '19

YES. YES. WE FINALLY GOT OVER THE HUMP BOYS.

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u/Knightro2011 May 28 '19

TOP 3 BABY!!! Can I say co-national champion and host my own parade?

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u/guttata May 28 '19

The questions may be... different, so do not feel bad if you don't know them.

I fail to see how this is different from literally any other week

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

In the past we've often done "meta" trivia about r/CFB itself during these intersession weeks, or some kind of theme that's too far removed from football to be used during the regular season. This week was probably a bit closer to normal r/CFB trivia than usual, but considerably more off the wall, and hopefully a little fun.

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u/guttata May 28 '19

I think you just like hurting my pride every week.

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

We do try to vary up the difficulty, going from easier to harder. The first one is generally something that most casual fans can get. The last one is typically something very esoteric. We have a system that's worked over time to scale the difficulty between the 2 for the other 3. 2-3 points out of 6 is around the average score, and if you get 3-4 points right every week you're in very good shape for the postseason. So that basically works out to getting the first 2, one of the harder 3 every other week or so, and the speed bonus each week.

We've played with the difficulty in the past, and this seems to be a good balance between, not being completely demoralizing for anyone, while also not being too easy for anyone. We can always tune it more, and are open to feedback, but when we've sent out surveys in the past most people have said it's just about right, compared to too easy or too hard.

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u/guttata May 28 '19

no you just like to hurt me

bakony i'm pulling your leg stop making me feel bad with these thoughtful replies

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19 edited May 28 '19

UCF's first ever football game took place in 1979 when they played an NCAA D2 college which no longer sponsors football. Which team did UCF beat?

This one isn't obscure enough.

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

I mean since you asked so nicely we can try...

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u/JohnnyStringbean May 28 '19

i agree, it's not like i'm getting them right anyway

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

BTW we do know about the typo in Question 6. Sorry for that.

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

Northwestern fans, suggest alternate flair ideas as a reply to this comment! We'll send out a vote later this week.

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u/B1Gassfan May 28 '19

Guys, think about it. The MS Paint logo should be the permanent alt flair. It's just so beautiful

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u/GreatestWhiteShark May 28 '19

I suggest the NU logo

Just to fuck with Nebraska a little

That or the old timey wildcat

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u/jhp58 May 28 '19

OH MY GOD THIS

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u/burritoxman May 28 '19

Devalues my flair combo

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u/GreatestWhiteShark May 28 '19

Take one for the team my man

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u/gipnov23 May 28 '19

Old timey Wildcat or just the head like on this pennant

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u/volunteeroranje May 28 '19

Yes the first one please.

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u/burritoxman May 28 '19

Someone do a cutout of this version of Willie the Wildcat

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

Is that a toilet plunger..?

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u/westcoastwildcat May 28 '19

N-Cat logo

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u/jhp58 May 28 '19

Ugh, I hate that logo. Old Timey Wildcat plz

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

Made the final cut, but missed the final round due to being on a cruise. I guess you could consider that a win-win.

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u/cajunaggie08 May 28 '19

We missed out by one stinking question. Congrats Wildcats.

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u/52hoova May 28 '19

How do you read that team scoreboard? It's making my head hurt.

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u/cajunaggie08 May 28 '19

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1slt868MuviYsD1-PM7ByivTaBLsfxg57i-LUdO_6t24/edit#gid=459357186

Make sure you are on the "Team" sheet. Then go over to column BI. It shows the total ranking of the top 5 finishers on each team in the final. If you would have gotten one more question right, you would have finished around 50th or 60th which would have brought our team total under Northwestern's total.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn May 28 '19

GO FELLOW PURPLE WILDCATS!

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u/Davidellias May 28 '19

He you guys were trivia for r/collegebasketball last week.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn May 28 '19

What? And I missed it? Dammit. What was the question?

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u/pm_me_your_miletime May 28 '19 edited May 28 '19

I am more bummed that my answer to the last question didn't make the funnies.

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u/PureCFR May 28 '19

I just realized I got the first question wrong this week.

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

Without giving away any spoilers, that's frankly impressive.

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u/PureCFR May 28 '19

Impressive, yet disappointing.

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u/LeinadSpoon May 31 '19

Wow. I didn't even know this was a thing. Good job guys. Go 'Cats!

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u/VanFailin May 31 '19

Me neither. Or, at least, I didn't know we had people who were any good at football trivia. I'm terrible.

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u/henry_fords_ghost May 31 '19

I knew we constantly lead during the early season before choking in the playoffs

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u/52hoova May 28 '19

Ventolin is a trivia god. Misses only 1 or 0 every single week in under a minute. It's incredible.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '25

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

Side note to Alabama fans: Your 3rd option didn't actually go in until a month or so into Spring season, so you can keep it for another month even though the title wasn't defended. Will plan to take it down and revert anyone with option 3 to option 1/2 on July 1 with the conference realignments.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

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u/bakonydraco May 28 '19

I don't see why not, what happens when you try to play now?