By Chris Marler
Bowl Season is underway with 13 SEC teams playing in the postseason. Before toe meets leather for all the games let’s get to know some fun facts about the non-conference opponents from around the country they’ll be facing.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Las Vegas Bowl between Texas A&M and Southern Cal.
(Note: The “facts” are from Wikipedia, made up entirely, and meant to not be taken seriously. Enjoy!)
ABOUT THE SCHOOLS
Texas A&M
Location – Texas’ Shadow
Founded In – 1876
Tuition – $33,507
Enrollment – 72,982
Acceptance Rate – 62.6 Percent
Mascot – Male cheerleader with an unreasonable amount of pizazz
Southern Cal
Location – Fancy Portland
Founded In – 1880
Tuition – $69,904
Enrollment – 49,318
Acceptance Rate – 12.0 Percent
Mascot – A dude in leather wristbands and a $200 haircut who swears Lincoln Riley is going to bring them back
FUN FACTS & TRADITIONS
Texas A&M
1. Class rings and cult things
2. Over 14,000 World War II officers came from Texas A&M which is more than the Army and Navy combined
3. Midnight yell, the 12th man, and giving Jimbo Fisher more money than Biden gave Ukraine.
Southern Cal
1. Have had at least one alumni nominated for an Oscar for 95 consecutive years
2. More heisman winners than any school with eight. More Heisman murderers than anyone with one.
3. Only school in America with at least one gold medalist in every Olympics since 1912.
FAMOUS ALUMNI
Texas A&M
Johnny Manziel – AKA Johnny Eightball
Alex Caruso – AKA LeBald James
Dude Perfect – AKA Geoff Curry
Dan Campbell – Noted caffeine enthusiast
Billy Liucci – Creed enthusiast & “69th man“
Francis Turner – Invented the U.S. highway system
Southern California
Will Ferrell – CEO Prestige WorldWide
Art Clokey – Created Gumby
Neil Armstrong – First man to fake moon landing
Jerry Buss – Lakers Owner
George Lucas – Star Trek…Jk. Calm down
Mark McGrath – Sugar Ray
