B/R 5th Down: Jim Harbaugh Tweets Nicki Minaj, FSU Coach Shows off Insane Rings

Editor's Note: The 5th Down captures the top social college football stories of the week. Because the long, grueling offseason is underway, we'll focus on things that make us laugh, think or maybe cry, but mostly laugh.

1) Your Weekly Harbaugh Is #TEAMNICKI (or Something) 

As if you needed another reminder, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is a man of many passions. One of his passions is your passion—if your passion is Michigan, that is. 

And, apparently, Michigan is a passion of Nicki Minaj, which means she is a passion of Harbaugh's. 

The only question is whether Harbaugh's #TEAMNICKI stance makes him #TEAMMEEK or #TEAMDRAKE, because hip hop feuds are complicated like that: 

2) This Week in HOLY BLING

Holy moly. Is there a hand under there? Look at those rings. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...seven rings! 

Yes, life is good at Florida State on the football field right now, and the recruiting pitches are simple, as noted above.

3) Mike Leach Updates You on Dating Advice

It's a beautiful thing when Washington State head coach Mike Leach opens his mouth, because you're never sure what's going to come out. In a world of coachspeak and stock answers, Leach is basically a human Mad Libs game. 

Which is why he's predominantly featured in this week's 5th Down. Speaking at Pac-12 media days last week, Leach was asked once again to give dating advice (Leach, as you may recall, had thoughts on dating while at Texas Tech): 

As far as creative first-date options go, rattlesnake hunting is at the top. Art or cooking classes are too cliche. You can't get to know someone at a movie. Restaurants can be awkward, and if it's clear there's no chemistry, you're painfully committed until you get the bill. Bars can be tricky because alcohol makes people say and do dumb things. 

But nothing quite says "you know, I think we might just make it as a couple" like tag-teaming a rattlesnake hunt. One person traps the snake while the other bags it. 

Wait, do you bag rattlesnakes? You don't actually kill them, right? Or do you? I guess figuring that out is part of the adventure. 

4) What's in the Water at Clemson?

Clemson is projected to not only win the ACC's Atlantic Division this year, but the entire ACC as well. We previously thought this was because quarterback Deshaun Watson was returning (and because Florida State has so many key players to replace). 

Oh, how wrong we were. How horribly, horribly wrong. 

Clemson is clearly picked to win the ACC because its roster is made up of those Monstars from "Space Jam". 

Here's receiver Artavis Scott, who led the team with 76 receptions and eight touchdowns as a freshman, dropping dimes into a net in Clemson's indoor practice facility: 

Now, here's lineman Eric Mac Lain, he of 305 pounds, dunking a basketball: 

Moral of the story: Expect to see Scott throwing touchdowns to himself before alley-ooping the touchdown celebration to Mac Lain over the crossbars of the goal post. 

5) Ohio State's Trashcan Prank is the Best Thing You'll See This Week

What else is there to say? Sit back and watch other people (some barely clothed) get the ever living daylights scared out of them. 

6) New Uniforms: They're for the Players

With the start of the new football season upon us, new uniform concepts are being dropped all over the place. From new helmets, like this one from North Carolina: 

And Oklahoma State: 

To alternate jerseys, like this concept for Ohio State: 

And this alternate Nebraska:  

Change, even for something as innocent as uniforms, can be hard to accept. This is especially true when you're a blue-blood program and classic uniforms are synonymous with the program. But the reality is kids like them and that's the only opinion that matters. (That and merchandising.) 

College football is a big-time business now, but the game should still be fun. If sporting new threads keeps things light for the players, then by all means, change up the unis. 

7) Your College Football Smack Talk of the Week (Part 1):

Conference realignment has changed the landscape of college football for the worse by taking away some of the best rivalries in the game. One of the now-defunct rivalries is the Backyard Brawl between Pitt and West Virginia. While there have been murmurs that the two sides will meet on the gridiron down the line, nothing is close to being set in stone yet. 

But that hasn't stopped each side from exchanging jabs: 

Which, wonderfully, led Holgorsen (or WVU's director of football operations) to tweet this: 

Yes, Penn State-Pitt used to be huge, but so did the Backyard Brawl. And, even though it was one-sided, Penn State was a big game for West Virginia too back in the day. The Nittany Lions have upcoming games against the Panthers and Mountaineers. Now, we just need to get Pitt and WVU to play again. 

We get it: Realignment means the Backyard Brawl won't happen every year. But let's at least try to make this happen on occasion. 

8) Your College Football Smack Talk of the Week (Part 2):

We've spent so much time this offseason focusing on things indirectly related to college football that we have to remind ourselves that the 2015 season is a mere month away. Soon enough, defending national champs Ohio State will be taking the field in Week 1 against the lone team that beat the Buckeyes in 2014, Virginia Tech.

Ohio State will be without four players, including star defensive end Joey Bosa, due to suspension. Still, that doesn't seem to hamper the confidence of Buckeyes tackle Taylor Decker. Decker has every reason to be confident, but can the Hokies pull another upset—this one far more monumental than the first?

The summer is great and all, but it's August now so we can officially say it: The season can't get here soon enough. 

Ben Kercheval is a lead writer for college football. He's on Twitter beefing with other B/R writers @BenKercheval.