University of the Pacific

OFFENSE: Sophomore quarterback Troy Kopp of the University of Pacific completed 31 of 52 passes for 515 yards and a school-record seven touchdowns in the Tigers' 67-37 romp over Cal State-Fullerton.

•Stan Morrison, retired University of the Pacific basketball coach: "If you hang in there long enough and grit your teeth hard enough, your orthodontist bill will go up."

The old Men's Gym at North Texas State was nicknamed the Snakepit, and lest any visiting player got the mad idea that the place was less frightening than it seemed, students trotted out a bull snake as a convincer....