2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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NCAA Division I FBS season college football season

The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the top level of college football in the United States that year, culminating in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) to determine the national champion.

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2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season canonical 2
2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season 1
2008 NCAA Division I-A football season 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA Division I FBS season ⓘ
college football season ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season ⓘ
surface form: 2008 NCAA Division I-A football season
BCSBowl BCS National Championship Game ⓘ
Fiesta Bowl ⓘ
Orange Bowl ⓘ
Rose Bowl ⓘ
surface form: Rose Bowl Game

Sugar Bowl ⓘ
BCSComputerRankingsUsed multiple computer ranking systems ⓘ
BCSNationalChampionshipCity Miami Gardens, Florida ⓘ
BCSNationalChampionshipDate 2009-01-08 ⓘ
BCSNationalChampionshipGame 2009 BCS National Championship Game ⓘ
BCSNationalChampionshipMVP Tim Tebow ⓘ
BCSNationalChampionshipVenue Dolphin Stadium ⓘ
championshipDeterminedBy BCS National Championship Game ⓘ
competitionFormat regular season and bowl games ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 2009-01 ⓘ
followed 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season
followedBy 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season ⓘ
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hasConference Atlantic Coast Conference ⓘ
Big 12 Conference ⓘ
Big East Conference ⓘ
Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Conference USA ⓘ
Mid-American Conference ⓘ
Mountain West Conference ⓘ
Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ
surface form: Pac-10 Conference

Southeastern Conference ⓘ
Sun Belt Conference ⓘ
Western Athletic Conference ⓘ
independent teams ⓘ
hasDivision Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
surface form: Bowl Subdivision
HeismanTrophyPosition quarterback ⓘ
HeismanTrophyWinner Sam Bradford ⓘ
HeismanTrophyWinnerTeam Oklahoma Sooners ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma Sooners football team
league Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
level top level of college football in the United States ⓘ
majorPoll Associated Press Poll ⓘ
surface form: AP Poll

USA Today Coaches Poll ⓘ
surface form: Coaches Poll

Harris Interactive Poll ⓘ
nationalChampion Florida Gators football ⓘ
surface form: Florida Gators football team
nationalChampionConference Southeastern Conference ⓘ
nationalRunnerUp Oklahoma Sooners ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma Sooners football team
notableRuleChange 25-second play clock after administrative stoppages ⓘ
40-second play clock implemented after previous play ⓘ
out-of-bounds kickoff penalty moved ball to 40-yard line ⓘ
play clock reset to 15 seconds after certain reviews ⓘ
numberOfBCSBowls 5 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 120 ⓘ
partOf 2008 NCAA football season ⓘ
postseason bowl games ⓘ
preseasonAPNo1 Georgia Bulldogs football ⓘ
surface form: Georgia Bulldogs football team
regularSeasonEndEvent conference championship games in early December 2008 ⓘ
regularSeasonStartEvent Kickoff games in late August 2008 ⓘ
seasonType amateur ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
startTime 2008-08 ⓘ
temporalLocation 2008 ⓘ
usesSystem Bowl Championship Series ⓘ

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2008 Oregon–Oregon State football game → partOf → 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season ⓘ
2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season → followed → 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season
2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season → alsoKnownAs → 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2008 NCAA Division I-A football season
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season → precededBy → 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season ⓘ