Portal:College football/Selected picture/2008

Jan 14-20, 2008

Texas fans celebrate and confetti flies in the 2006 Rose Bowl after defeating the USC Trojans to secure the 2006 BCS National Championship.

Jan 21-27, 2008

The 2008 Cotton Bowl featured Big 12 runners-up Missouri and SEC standout Arkansas. Missouri defeated Arkansas in the game, held on New Year's Day in Dallas, 31-7.

Jan 28 - Feb 3, 2008

The U.S. Naval Academy and University of Utah football teams compete in the annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. More than 1,200 midshipmen traveled from the East Coast to show support for their team, which was defeated by the Utes, 37-35.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Patrick Lenahan

Feb 4-10, 2008

Aloha Stadium is the home stadium of the University of Hawaii Warriors football team.
Photo credit: Bobak

Feb 11-17, 2008

Bennie Owen was the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1905 to 1926. Credited with introducing the forward pass to football in the American Southwest, Owen was a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame upon its founding in 1951.

Feb 18-24, 2008

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets players celebrate after a 38-6 victory over Samford University in 2006.

Feb 25 - Mar 2, 2008

Fans of Texas participate in the 2007 Torchlight Parade in Austin, Texas on the UT campus leading up to the 2007 Red River Shootout.

Mar 3-9, 2008


The Sooner Schooner, pulled by Boomer and Sooner, is the mascot of Oklahoma Sooners sports

Mar 10-16, 2008

Mar 17-23, 2008

The Heisman Trophy is presented annually to the best Division I FBS college football player.

Mar 24-30


The Oklahoma Sooners line up across the line of scrimmage from the Miami Hurricanes.

Mar 31 - Apr 6


An Oklahoma Sooners fan gives the "Horns down" sign to mock their rival, the Texas Longhorns, in the 2007 Red River Shootout. The taunting hand gesture is an inverted Hook 'em Horns.

Apr 7-13, 2008


Notre Dame tailback Marcus Wilson races for yardage as a trio of U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen defenders gives chase at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey

Apr 14-20, 2008


During their spring game (intra-squad scrimmage), the Penn State student section wears orange and maroon to commemorate those who were killed in the Virginia Tech massacre

Apr 21-27, 2008

Apr 28 - May 4, 2008


Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman leaps into the air to pass over the Texas defensive line during their 2007 game

May 5-11, 2008


Texas safety Marcus Griffin intercepts a pass, which he returns for a touchdown against Baylor

May 12-18, 2008


The 2007 Texas Longhorn football team wore a commemorative Texas bluebonnet decal on their helmets in honor of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson (who died in the summer 2007), and the Johnson family.

May 19-25, 2008


Vanderbilt wide receiver Chris Young attempts to evade U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Hunter Reddick.

May 26 - June 1, 2008

June 2-8, 2008

June 9-15, 2008

June 16-22, 2008

June 23-29, 2008

June 30 - July 6, 2008

July 7-13, 2008

July 14-20, 2008


The Ramblin' Wreck leads Georgia Tech onto the field against Maryland in 2006.

July 21-27, 2008


The most lopsided game in college football history, 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech.

July 28 - August 3, 2008


Homer Woodson Hargiss, one of the early adopters of the forward pass.

August 4 - August 10, 2008


The 1893 Georgia Tech football team.

August 11 - August 17, 2008


Bo McMillin carries the ball in the 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game and led small-town Centre College to upset Harvard University by a score of 6-0 in front of 45,000 fans.

August 18 - August 24, 2008


August 25 - August 31, 2008


The 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team kicks the ball off after scoring a touchdown in their season opening game.

September 1 - 7, 2008


Legendary college football coach Fielding H. Yost.

September 8 - 14, 2008

September 15 - 21, 2008


Ryan Broyles of the Oklahoma Sooners football team and Brandon Underwood of the University of Cincinnati football team go up to catch a pass from the Oklahoma quarterback.

September 22 - 28, 2008

September 29 - October 5, 2008

October 6 - 12, 2008

October 13 - 19, 2008

October 20 - 26, 2008


Joe Paterno, longtime head coach at Penn State.

October 27 - November 2, 2008

November 3 - 9, 2008


The KSU Marching Band performs during halftime of a K-State football game.

November 10 - 16, 2008

November 17 - 23, 2008

November 24 - 30, 2008


December 1 - 7, 2008


Washington State's Martin Stadium, the most geographically isolated stadium in big-time college football.

December 8 - 14, 2008

December 15 - 21, 2008

December 22 - 28, 2008

December 29 - 31, 2008


Third quarter of the game between the visiting No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 1 USC Trojans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 13, 2008; USC would win, 35-3.