Wiki Project College Football - Scope

Scope

As mentioned above, this project covers all aspects of college football including articles about college football history, the programs and traditions of individual schools, college football rivalries, notable games, awards, rankings and championship systems, and overviews of seasons on a national, conference, and individual team basis. Articles regarding the stadiums and venues, mascots, fight songs, and other pageantry that support college football teams or events are also included in the project. Biography articles for college football coaches, players, and other notable contributors such as journalists and sportscasters fall within the scope of this project. In many cases, such biography articles will also fall under the scope of WikiProject National Football League or other sports-related projects. In addition, articles that cover American football concepts and strategies that underwent significant development within the crucible of college football, such as touchdown, two-point conversion, or option offense, also fall under the purview of this project.

This project is limited to college football in the United States under the umbrella of the NCAA and the NAIA. At present, college football in Canada is organized under Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian football—however, there are some colleges that participate in both Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and NAIA football. No other organized effort exists for non-American college football. If a need develops, a task force for British college football may be created. This project also does not cover junior college football, sprint football, or club teams. See WP:CFBTEAMS for more detail.

At present, effort is concentrated in the following areas (examples in parentheses):

• Team articles (e.g. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football)
• History articles (History of American football, Maryland Terrapins football under Jim Tatum (1947–1955))
• Seasons articles:
  • National (2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season)
  • Conference (2009 Big Ten Conference football season)
  • Team (2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team)
• Rivalry articles (Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry)
• Bowl games (Rose Bowl Game, 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl)
• Championships and rankings (AP Poll, 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings, College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS)
• Awards (Heisman Trophy, List of Heisman Trophy winners, 2009 College Football All-America Team, Big East Conference football awards)
• Stadiums and venues (TCF Bank Stadium, Forbes Field)
• Pageantry
  • Mascots (Ramblin' Wreck, Sparty)
  • Marching bands (Fightin' Texas Aggie Band)
  • Fight songs (The Victors)
  • Other (Aggie Bonfire)
• Biographies:
  • Players (Doc Blanchard, Tate Forcier, Jim Thorpe)
  • Coaches (Bobby Dodd, Skip Holtz, Clark Shaughnessy)
  • Media figures (Chris Fowler, Grantland Rice)
• Key terms, concepts, and strategies (touchdown, option offense)
• Various lists of information:
  • Seasons by program (List of Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons)
  • Bowl games by program (List of Connecticut Huskies bowl games)
  • Head coaches by program (List of Alabama Crimson Tide head football coaches)
  • NFL draftees by program (List of Texas Tech Red Raiders in the NFL Draft)
  • Conference champions (List of Atlantic Coast Conference football champions)
  • Records (List of college football coaches with 200 wins)