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The Selected Content for the College football Portal is rotated on a weekly basis. To be nominated, an article must be of high quality (at least a B-class on the assessment scale) and must relate to the topic of college football. Articles of GA or FA class do not need to go through the nomination process, just add them to the approved nomination section. A picture must be of high quality and high resolution (at least 800x600 or 600x800) and must also relate to a topic of college football. In addition, a picture must have a free-use license (no fair use images). We will rotate between articles on a specific team or recent player/coach and articles on a concept, play, tradition, or historic figure. During the college football season (from the first week of September to the last week of December), articles will be rotated on a weekly basis. During the offseason, articles will be rotated on a monthly basis.

How to nominate

To nominate an article, please use the following format: 

===[[Name of article]]===
(Reason for nominating) --~~~~
*'''Support'''- (reason) --~~~~
*'''Oppose'''- (reason) --~~~~

If you are wanting to nominate for a specific week, please add that to the reason for nomination.

Nominations for Selected Article

Bear Bryant

Do I need to give a reason? ;) Bear Bryant is the most famous coach in college football history and his influence has been tremendous. --BigDT 05:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak support - the only reason my support is weak is that the article does not have any in-line references. Johntex\talk 09:17, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak oppose - I oppose for the same reason as Johntex, no inline citations. And I don't think the references cited can account for all the content. One is a timeline with a few sentences around certain dates; one is a one paragraph bio on the College Football HoF website; one is a summary of his win/loss record; and the last is a link to WikiQuote which, I don't believe, can be used.↔NMajdan•talk 16:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Support it has references, and a few in-line. I don't see a problem with its use, as it's fairly good and could get to GA quickly if someone jumped on it, which it would auto-pass then. MECU≈talk 17:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Nominations for Selected Picture

Image:Brandon Ore runs vs ECU.jpg

Another great shot by B. Good action. Johntex\talk 06:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Support. Good, high resolution image. A little blurry, but unless you're shooting with a DSLR, this is about as good as you're gonna get.↔NMajdan•talk 16:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Support doesn't anyone tackle with their head up anymore? MECU≈talk 02:37, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • I don't know ... it's awful blurry. As I said above, I think we can afford to be more picky now. --B 20:07, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:Georgia Tech football team Sept 9 2006.jpg

Another good find from Flickr. Extremely high res. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 03:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Support.↔NMajdan•talk 15:35, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Support doesn't anyone tuck in their jersey anymore? MECU≈talk 19:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:Glennon Hands off to Ore 2007 ECU crop.jpg

Sean Glennon handing the football off to Brandon Ore. Note Sergio Render in the background getting manhandled. --B 20:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak support. Good resolution, slightly blurry, too zoomed in. Heisman pose?↔NMajdan•talk 21:14, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Oppose It seems like the moment after the climax of action -- the letdown. It just doesn't do it for me. MECU≈talk 12:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:Fixed Ramblin' Wreck.jpg

This might go well in March when Ramblin' Wreck is the Selected Article. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 19:51, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Why not just use it as the lead image on the selected article page? --B 01:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
That would work as well. I suppose it could also work well at Portal:Sports and games. I'm just throwing it over here, since I have it. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


Image:Rashaan Salaam-Heisman.JPG

The Heisman Trophy of Rashaan Salaam. Ideally this should be the image the week they give the trophy out. It's hard to get a good image of this because the flash bounces off the plaque so much. I took like 5 images and this one turned out great I think. The security guard was pretty nice. I shoulda asked to touch it. MECU≈talk 01:47, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Cautious support - I can imagine how hard it must have been to get keep the flash reflection down. The background throws me off though. I know that is not your fault at all; they probably weren't going to let you take it home to photograph it against a plain background! Any chance of applying a filter to make the background less noticeable? Johntex\talk 01:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
    • I'm not a photo editing dude, so if anyone can modify this to reduce the background, I'm all for it. I this the most distracting part is the left side with the guy wearing a jersey... but the right isn't that great either. MECU≈talk 02:10, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment. I removed the background and replaced with a simple white background and gave it a tighter crop.↔NMajdan•talk 20:52, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
      • Do you have the ability to save it as a PNG with a transparent background? That makes it much more usable. --B 21:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:UT-Rice-Panorama-092307-original.jpg

  • Original
    Original
  • Cropped version
    Cropped version

Panorama of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium during pre-game of Rice at Texas. Johntex\talk 18:15, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Oppose because of the big head on the left ... the one in the middle isn't great, but it's not that bad of an obstruction. The one on the left is a real problem, though. --B 19:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose I'm going to agree with B; the panorama is good, except for that head. *pokes it* —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:23, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
    • (Insert obligatory Fathead (brand) joke) --B 20:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Yeah, I'm not wild about the heads myself. If I had been the photographer I think I would have asked them to hunch-down, but I found this on flickr and just got the photographer to change the license so we can use it. I think it is just good enough, but maybe not. Johntex\talk 20:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
      • I have added a cropped version. I don't know if this is at all useful ... but I think the heads are bad. --B 11:43, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Selected content schedule

Date Picture Selected picture Selected picture team Article Selected article Selected article team
  July 2006 UT football fall scrimmage.JPG Texas July Fifth Down Colorado, Missouri
  August Three photos: 1, 2, and 3 Florida August 2005 Oklahoma vs. Texas football game Oklahoma, Texas
Sep 3-9 Week 36 060909-N-9693M-010.jpg Navy, UMass September Calvin Johnson (football player) Georgia Tech
Sep 10-16 Week 37 2007 Texas Longhorns football team entry.jpg Texas
Sep 17-23 Week 38 Wyoming vs BoiseState 20060916.jpg Boise St, Wyoming
Sep 24-30 Week 39 OMSFront.jpg Oklahoma
Oct 1-7 Week 40 2006 Lone Star Showdown Colt McCoy injured.jpg Texas October Oklahoma Sooners football Oklahoma
Oct 8-14 Week 41 Georgia Hairy Dawg.jpg Georgia
Oct 15-21 Week 42 BrandonCox-2004lt.jpg Auburn
Oct 22-28 Week 43 VirginiaTech-HightyTighties-HokieWalk.jpg Virginia Tech
Oct 29-Nov 4 Week 44 Chief Osceola on Renegade FSU.jpg Florida State
Nov 5-11 Week 45 Michigan Stadium opening 3c27311.png Michigan November Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Georgia, Georgia Tech
Nov 12-18 Week 46 Penn State Dan Lawlor touchdown crop.jpg Penn State, FIU
Nov 19-25 Week 47 AdrianPeterson.jpg Oklahoma
Nov 26-Dec 2 Week 48 Michigan Appalachian State line of scrimmage.jpg Michigan, App St
Dec 3-9 Week 49 Penn State Morelli handoff to Scott crop.jpg Penn State December 2006 Alamo Bowl Texas, Iowa
Dec 10-16 Week 50 Air Force bird drops in.jpg Air Force
Dec 17-23 Week 51 Oklahoma Sooners Media Day 1.jpg Oklahoma
Dec 24-30 Week 52 Bobby Bowden-FSU 2006.jpg Florida State
Dec 31 Week 53 Image:Bright House Stadium opening panorama.jpg Central Florida
Jan 1-6 Week 1 January 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team Oklahoma
Jan 7-13 Week 2
Jan 14-20 Week 3 2006 Rose Bowl post-game celebration.jpg Texas
Jan 21-27 Week 4
Jan 28-Feb 3 Week 5
Feb 4-10 Week 6 February Colt McCoy Texas
Feb 11-17 Week 7 Bennie Owen - 1916 Sooner Yearbook.png Oklahoma
Feb 18-24 Week 8
Feb 25-Mar 2 Week 9
Mar 3-9 Week 10 OklahomaSooners-BoomerSooner-Schooner.jpg[1] Oklahoma March Ramblin' Wreck Georgia Tech
Mar 10-16 Week 11 Fresno State Texas Aggies Blocked Kick.jpg Fresno State, Texas A&M
Mar 17-23 Week 12
Mar 24-30 Week 13 OklahomaSooners MiamiHurricane 20070908 LineofScrimmage Crop.jpg Oklahoma, Miami
Mar 31-Apr 1 Week 14
Apr 2-8 Week 15 April Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Oklahoma
Apr 9-15 Week 16
Apr 16-22 Week 17 2007 Blue-White game with VT block.jpg Penn State, Virginia Tech
Apr 23-29 Week 18
Apr 30-May 4 Week 19
May 5-11 Week 20 May 2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game Texas, Ohio State
May 12-18 Week 21
May 19-25 Week 22
May 26-Jun 1 Week 23

Approved nominations

Following is a list of content that has been approved for display on the Portal but has not been selected for a specific month or week.

  • Selected Articles:
  • Selected Pictures:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Also being used with the October 2007 featured article
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