HUSKE R EXTRA 2020 LOVE OF GAME

FIVE TRADITIONS WE LOVE FIVE FAN BASES READY FOR SATURDAYS ARMY VS. NAVY retiring after 12 seasons as the beloved live mascot TEXAS coming off a stellar freshman season. Just ask Sports fan or not, the game played annually by two because, well, she was too fast for her handlers. It After an exciting tenure at Houston, the idea Husker fans. Sam Howell looks to avoid a sopho- service academies is known for its pageantry. The is expected Colorado will continue the tradition, and of coach Tom Herman taking Texas back to the more slump and is a trendy, hip pick to catapult game is regularly attended by presidents and is the new candidate has enormous hooves to fill. nation’s upper echelon has been an intriguing himself into the Heisman conversation. riddled with several traditions, including the “prison- idea since he took over the Longhorns in 2017. er’s exchange” before the game. Seriously. Look it up. COUNTRY ROADS With Sam Ehlinger at , who could FLORIDA Nothing like a round of karaoke with 50,000 of emerge at the best at the position in the Big 12, Watching a team formerly planted in college foot- SOONER SCHOONER your closest friends at a West Virginia home foot- Texas could finally be ready to make the leap this lore try to return to the top of the podium is Before every home Oklahoma game, two sleek- ball game. John Denver is a legend in West Virginia season. hard to keep an eye off of. Gator coach Dan Mullen looking white horses, aptly named Boomer and for his song, “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” isn’t a household name, but he should be, and so Sooner, gallivant around the field. It’s quite the which famously references the Mountain State. TEXAS A&M should his quarterback, Kyle Trask. spectacle, and it looks to get back on track this As usual, the Aggies’ schedule is loaded with season after a nasty spill last year garnered THE 12TH MAN heavyweights such as Alabama and LSU, but Jimbo UCF national attention. A vibrant, enthusiastic student section is part of the Fisher continues to climb the charts on the recruit- Even with less competition to try and sneak into appeal of college games. It certainly beats the too- ing trail, and as his third season in College Station the playoff as a non-Power Five RALPHIE’S RUN cool, sleepy crowds that slump into a stadium. The begins, many of his staff’s investments are starting team, the Knights could do it by running the Sticking with the theme of live animals on the field, entire Texas A&M student fan base earns the “12th to see the field. table and posting crooked numbers against their a 1,200-pound storming out a cage to lead Man” distinction, and the 38,000-odd students opponents. Colorado onto the field before a game must be largely stand for the entire game to show their sup- NORTH CAROLINA quite the visual to witness in person. Ralphie V is port and waiting to be called upon as needed. Nothing brings the hype like a young quarterback