B/R 5th Down: Jim Harbaugh's Khaki Tour Bus, Baylor Trolls TCU in Team Photo

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. ALERT: Jim Harbaugh's Khakis Have Their Own Bus

That's right, there's going to be a bus—a Fox Sports bus, to be specific—that will sport Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh's famous khakis. The bus will travel the country to promote Michigan's season opener at Utah (the game is being played on Fox Sports 1), per Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press:

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"Once it became official that Harbaugh was going to return to coach, it became a huge, huge priority for us, from a production standpoint and a marketing standpoint," said Robert Gottlieb, executive vice president and head of marketing for Fox Sports Media Group. "There's a lot of traditional media we're going to do around the game: TV commercials and radio commercials. But it was so special, and the appeal and the interest in Harbaugh and the program is so intensified, that we definitely wanted to do something that was a little out of the ordinary that would help drive home the message that this game is coming." 

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Never before has there been so much fashion focus on something so...unfashionable. But hey, #brands and whatnot. I mean, Harbaugh's khakis even have their own fake Twitter account. 

But let us never forget the best commercial of all time involving khakis: 

2. Your (Un)Intentional College Football Burn of the Week

Oh, sure. It was total coincidence that Baylor's Jarell Broxton (No. 61) and Spencer Drango (No. 58) just so happened to sit next to each other for a team photo. It had absolutely nothing to do with Baylor's 61-58 come-from-behind victory over TCU last year. Nope, none at all. 

"Weird coincidence," Baylor spokesman Heath Nielsen told the Associated Press. "Hard to believe, I know."

Just a reminder, TCU hosts Baylor on Nov. 27. Not that you didn't already have it circled on your calendar. 

3. Long Snappers Can Make Trick Shot Videos Too 

Our pal Ralph Russo from the Associated Press is no longer impressed with trick shot videos of the football variety. To his defense, there's a certain degree of truth that stems from the fact that if you watch something enough times, the shine tends to wear off. 

But we can't speak for Russo. All we can do here at 5th Down is show you videos of long snappers—who, lest we remind you, get even less attention than kickers—hitting barrels after snapping footballs from the tops of their respective stadiums. 

For instance, here's Baylor long snapper Jimmy Landes:

And Western Kentucky long snapper Nolan Dowling: 

When watching these clips, we suggest thinking about the 99 percent. By that, we mean, "If 99 percent of the people in the world attempted this very thing, the odds of it going hilariously wrong are almost guaranteed." Someone would get hit in the face with the football or something. 

So, while trick shot videos have become a fad over the summer—what else is everyone going to do?—there's still a level of impressiveness to them. Even if the novelty has worn off. 

4. Here's Penn State and Coach James Franklin Going Insane

Penn State head coach James Franklin is an emotional guy. That's a big part of why recruits and players love him so much. When you have an emotional coach, players feed off that. 

So when the school's marching band visited members of the Nittany Lions during a team meeting, it was only natural that the roof barely stayed in place: 

Just imagine what it would have been like with the entire band. 

5. Special Teams Fun in Practice is Yielding Amazing Results 

Preseason practice isn't all business. Yes, we have just a few weeks remaining before the start of the season, so there's a sense of urgency. But what's practice without a little fun? 

Here we have two separate "punt returns" involving a Kansas defensive lineman and Miami's sports information director, Tom Symonds. One goes really well. The other...um...:

The reactions in both videos are priceless. Miami's players and coaches going wild over Symonds is amazing, but Kansas' players nearly keeling over from laughter is even better.  

6. Presenting the Best Offseason Video of the Year

It's been noted before that Arizona's video crew does an amazing job with its athletics program. It should come as no surprise then that the Wildcats are back at it with this incredible James Bond spoof. It also doesn't hurt when you have a coach like Rich Rodriguez, who thrives in these kinds of situations. 

Come for the James Bond video, stay for the behind-the-scenes look from linebacker Scooby Wright III (below): 

7. From the Archives (Part I)

As you've probably heard by now, Frank Gifford died Aug. 9 at the age of 84. The former New York Giant and Monday Night Football broadcaster was a voice for an entire generation of football lovers.

He also starred at the University of Southern California. Thanks to Inside USC, here's a photo of Gifford (No. 16) from his days as a Trojan: 

8. From the Archives (Part II)

E.J. Borghetti, Pitt's ace SID, was kind enough to share this vintage photo from 1960 on Twitter last week. From left to right, we have Mike Ditka, former SID and ESPN college football analyst Beano Cook and former All-American Larry Vignali: 

That's a lot of star power in one photo. 

9. From the Archives (Part III) 

All right, all right, all right. It's a young Mark Richt, whose hair, now practically nonexistent, used to be a long, flowing mane: 

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"Alright, alright, alright" Mark Richt as a Freshman at Boca Raton HS (my buddy was a Sr. dusted off his yearbook) pic.twitter.com/3KKJQx1dVX

— Mike Bell (@mikebell929) August 13, 2015"

The only acceptable reaction to seeing the Georgia coach in his youthful years is to keep making Dazed and Confused Wooderson references. 

"Do you have any more photos of Richt when he was younger?" 

"No."

"It'd be a lot cooler if you did! Hee heeeee." 

10. The Clint Trickett Immaculate Hair of the Week Award Winner: Texas A&M C Mike Matthews

Wearing a helmet all day can cause serious hair problems for football players. Nobody understands this condition more than Eli Manning. So for Matthews to have such immaculate hair that it catches the attention of head coach Kevin Sumlin is award-worthy indeed. 

For reference: 

11. Your Pop Culture Tweet of the Week 

The Internet, as it often does in these situations, had a field day with the Tom Brady courtroom sketch from last week. But no one in the college football world had a better reaction than LSU head coach Les Miles, who, despite what the picture might say, was not in attendance for the Deflategate hearing: 

12. Finally, Let's Run Through a Wall Together, Shall We?

Given that everyone reading this is (probably) a college football fan, the following sentence might be offensive: The offseason is actually pretty great.

It's summer and there's beautiful weather. Go outside and do things. Walk your dog. (Or cat. People walk cats, too.) Throw a Frisbee. Ride a bike. Go camping. Take a trip. The season doesn't arrive any later if you do one of these things, so you're better off getting into something productive. 

All that said—college football is almost here, y'all. To help us get amped, here's a teaser for the 2015 season courtesy of ESPN:  

Oh, I'm sorry. You've caught me putting on pads and a helmet. Almost done.

There we go.

So, who's ready to run through a wall for the college football season? Or, more likely, who's ready to smoke a pork butt for 17 hours, fill a cooler with adult beverages and then veg out on the couch all day? That works, too. 

College football may not love you back in the traditional sense, but it doesn't judge you, either. And that's good enough. 

Ben Kercheval is a lead writer for college football. He's tweeting the entire script from Dazed and Confused on Twitter @BenKercheval.