Game 113 - Notre Dame at Texas

September 4 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX
ABC

One of my favorite things about watching this sport and writing down what people say about it, is the amount of times the word "football" is actually used.

Let's take a look at Sunday's count from Joe Tessitore and Todd Blackledge:

First quarter
Said: 13 times

Second
15 times

Third
nine times

Fourth
10 times

2 overtimes (Texas won 50-47)
four times

Total mentions: 51

Top "footballs"

"Pretty good football player right there"
"This is just power football"
"This Texas football team"/"Texas football"
"I don't think Nick Coleman had any idea where the football was"