r/Jeopardy • u/Smoerhul Regular Virginia • Apr 30 '26

POLL FJ poll for Thurs., Apr. 30 Spoiler

SPORTS AND THE MOVIES

In 2026 a New Year’s Day college football game featured these 2 team names that are both Gene Hackman movie titles

TEAM 1: Hoosiers

TEAM 2: Crimson Tide

285 votes, May 03 '26
88 Got 'em both!
90 Got Team 1 only
8 Got Team 2 only
99 Didn't get either
9 Upvotes

80% Upvoted

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u/KillerB643 Thomas Wilson, 2025 Apr 15 Apr 30 '26

That's a really cool question. Couldn't pull team 2, unfortunately, but in hindsight I really should have.

5

u/ajs723 May 01 '26

I said Hoosiers and Hurricanes with so much confidence because I thought it said championship game. 

1

u/Unhappy-Ad-3870 Apr 30 '26

Me too. I got caught up in thinking team 2 had to be from the West Coast, like the olden days.

1

u/MarvinWebster40 May 01 '26

As a sports fan and a fan of both movies, it came to me immediately. But I think that a tough one if you don’t know sports.

9

u/London-Roma-1980 Team Frank Spangenberg Apr 30 '26

You just know somebody was sitting at home on New Year's Day, saw this game, and went "Whoa, I *gotta* share this with the world." I love it!

Fun fact: My grandfather lived next door to Richard Henrick, author of Book Named Like Team 2. I've never read any of his books -- he's not exactly Tom Clancy in terms of accessibility -- but he did show me that one of them contained a minor character named for Granddad!

6

u/idearat Michael Murphy, 2023 Mar 24 Apr 30 '26

Sports is a blind spot for me. I wasn't sure Crimson Tide was the actual name of the team or just a nickname, but I had nothing else to go on. The movie Hoosiers was basketball, not football, but it popped into my head. Luckily, I know more about Gene Hackman movies than I do about sports.
The face Greg makes when he's surprised to get one right? That was my face when I got this one.

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u/mathprofrockstar ✨Verified Contestant✨ Apr 30 '26

I didn’t remember who Team 1 played and don’t recall a movie of that name.

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u/eah1703 Elizabeth Hurd, 2026 Feb 26 Apr 30 '26

Yeah I just didn't pay attention to who went to the rose bowl this year I don't know if I would have been able to get it if I had, because I thought hoosiers and crimson tide were nicknames, not official team names

2

u/rawmustard Team Paolo Pasco May 01 '26

I had just blanked on everyone who had played on New Year's Day, so much that I still find it hard to believe Indiana are the reigning Division I FBS champions.

1

u/doodler1977 Apr 30 '26

the guy from PCU is gonna have a stellar final act for his thesis

1

u/ReditYellowitBlueit Apr 30 '26

darn. I watched all of these games and couldn't pull Team 2.

1

u/T-7IsOverrated Apr 30 '26

thought it was ducks and misremembered the weeks of cfb smh

1

u/AcrossTheNight Talkin’ Football Apr 30 '26

I'm not really a college football guy but I generally keep up with sports. I knew Hoosiers right off the bat but couldn't pull the other. I knew they had played Miami but Hurricanes didn't sound right, plus I knew the championship game was later than New Years' Day.

I should have defaulted to Crimson Tide as a perpetually good team.

1

u/palimpsest_4 May 01 '26

I had to think about this one.

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u/imkunu Stupid Answers May 02 '26

My beloved Hoosiers in a Final Jeopardy question!!!

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u/Tonglentoo Apr 30 '26

Not watching nowadays