Week 10 of school soccer was as chaotic as ever.
Huge upsets, performs and personalities abounded, and Friday’s Halloween actions added a fair 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 quite a few nontraditional superlatives to point out some like to a few of the sport’s extra offbeat tales. This is the most effective 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 lots prepared for the vacation together with his face paint for a Tuesday night time conflict with Texas State.
Recreation day eye black is a basic custom in soccer, however it’s usually easy in execution — a line or two of black paint beneath the eyes. Weathersby, nevertheless, turned it into an artwork kind, together with his look together with a number of colours and practically full facial protection. It is not 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’ house stadium? Potential solutions included quite a few former United States presidents, taking part in into the truth that the Gerald Ford the power is known as for is just not the identical Gerald Ford that served because the thirty eighth president.
There was only one drawback: The videoboard on which the query was displayed sits beneath 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 probably the most exceptional hustle performs you will see this season.
Taking a pop cross across the edge, Robinson initially gained a number of yards earlier than being engulfed by a Huge Pink defender, who started to swing him to the bottom. There was only one drawback: 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 top zone.
Princeton 7, Cornell 0 | 11:11 1st
ARE YOU SERIOUS @Rob03Black???
An unbelievable effort provides the Tigers the lead!
💻 – https://t.co/MWSgOfJJtD
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📊 – https://t.co/me7G3NfFIr#JUICE 🍊🥤 | #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/8Sd8ZFPisE— Princeton Soccer (@PrincetonFTBL) November 1, 2025
Most incomprehensible recreation to a time traveler from 10 years in the past: Texas-Vanderbilt
With Texas up huge over No. 9 Vanderbilt in an enormous SEC conflict in Austin, Longhorns followers chanted “overrated” at Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia.
Which of the next components of the earlier assertion would appear essentially the most ridiculous to a school soccer fan a decade in the past? Vanderbilt ranked within the prime 10? Texas within the SEC? The idea of a Vanderbilt quarterback being thought-about 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 a variety 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 comb 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 surprising quick kick: calling for a good catch. Navy recovered, however truthful catch interference was referred to as — and the Imply Inexperienced stored the ball.