Week 10 of school soccer was as chaotic as ever.
Massive upsets, performs and personalities abounded, and Friday’s Halloween actions added an excellent spookier aptitude to the often-dramatic proceedings. And with fall heading towards the house stretch, the intrigue on and off the sphere did not disappoint.
As all the time, we’ll be handing out a lot of nontraditional superlatives to indicate some like to among the sport’s extra offbeat tales. This is the very best of the wackiest from Week 10 of the 2025 season.
Although James Madison’s Week 10 recreation got here a number of days earlier than Halloween, Dukes linebacker Gannon Weathersby appeared a lot prepared for the vacation along with his face paint for a Tuesday evening conflict with Texas State.
Recreation day eye black is a basic custom in soccer, however it’s typically easy in execution — a line or two of black paint beneath the eyes. Weathersby, nonetheless, turned it into an artwork type, along with his look together with a number of colours and practically full facial protection. It isn’t the primary time Weathersby has gone all out with in-game face paint, however this time round, it actually suited the Halloween vibes finest.
As followers filed into SMU’s marquee matchup with the No. 10 Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, Gerald J. Ford Stadium’s videoboard operator put up a trivia query for followers to attempt to reply: What’s the title of the Mustangs’ dwelling stadium? Potential solutions included a lot of former United States presidents, enjoying into the truth that the Gerald Ford the ability is known as for will not be the identical Gerald Ford that served because the thirty eighth president.
There was only one downside: The videoboard on which the query was displayed sits below a large Gerald J. Ford Stadium signal.
Most probably to by no means say by no means: Josh Robinson
Princeton working again Josh Robinson opened the scoring in his squad’s contest in opposition to Cornell with one of the vital outstanding hustle performs you will see this season.
Taking a pop move across the edge, Robinson initially gained a number of yards earlier than being engulfed by a Massive Crimson defender, who started to swing him to the bottom. There was only one downside: Robinson did not really go down. Regardless of at one level being virtually perpendicular to the bottom, the freshman extensive receiver managed to spin freed from his tackler (in addition to two different defenders in touching distance) and take a roundabout path to the opposite aspect of the sphere and, finally, the tip zone.
Princeton 7, Cornell 0 | 11:11 1st
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An unbelievable effort offers the Tigers the lead!
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Most incomprehensible recreation to a time traveler from 10 years in the past: Texas-Vanderbilt
With Texas up large over No. 9 Vanderbilt in a giant SEC conflict in Austin, Longhorns followers chanted “overrated” at Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia.
Which of the next parts of the earlier assertion would appear essentially the most ridiculous to a school soccer fan a decade in the past? Vanderbilt ranked within the high 10? Texas within the SEC? The idea of a Vanderbilt quarterback being thought of overrated? What a world.
The Texas followers are chanting “overrated” towards Vanderbilt and Diego Pavia. Welcome to the SEC in 2025.
— Dave Wilson (@dwil) November 1, 2025
There was quite a lot of intriguing stuff occurring in Denton, Texas, because the Imply Inexperienced downed Navy in a significant American Convention matchup. You had the North Texas athletic director going topless because the wave of shirtless fan sections continues to brush the nation. You additionally had a play you not often see: an onside kick truthful catch.
Down 14-3 within the first half, the Midshipmen tried to tug a quick one after their first rating of the sport by chipping an onside kick. North Texas extensive receiver Baron Tipton had a heads-up resolution to the sudden brief kick: calling for a good catch. Navy recovered, however truthful catch interference was known as — and the Imply Inexperienced saved the ball.