B/R 5th Down: LSU Bride Trolls Alabama Groom, OSU Player Used as Tackling Dummy

Editor's note: Bleacher Report's 5th Down captures the top social media college football stories of the week. As this long, bitter offseason continues, we'll focus on moments from the schools, coaches and players that kept us entertained as we wait for actual college football to make its highly anticipated return.

 

1. Sweet sabotage for one Alabama-LSU couple

Love knows no boundaries, including college football fandom. This is especially true of LSU fan Alexa DuBois and her new husband, Alabama fan Mike Portillo.

But DuBois couldn't help but pull off a rivalry-themed prank of Portillo on their wedding day.

Portillo's wedding cake was decorated with Alabama's colors and even featured a large Crimson Tide logo in the middle. However, when Portillo cut into the icing, the cake was revealed to be colored with the famous purple and gold of LSU, shown here by WBRC FOX6 News' Rick Karle:

According to Julie Boudwin of NOLA.com, DuBois continued the prank of her new husband by getting the DJ to play the Tigers fight song, which prompted a loud "LSU" chant from those in attendance.

There's no doubt this new couple will be ready for November 5, when the Tide visit the Tigers in Death Valley. DuBois might have won on her wedding day, but Portillo could get all the bragging rights in this divided household with a sixth straight Alabama victory.

 

2. Raekwon McMillan gets trucked as J.T. Barrett does his best Bachelor impression

Ohio State hosted a football clinic for women Sunday, and two of its star players—linebacker Raekwon McMillan and quarterback J.T. Barrett—found themselves in completely different situations at the event.

McMillan got up close and personal with some of the clinic's participants. The Ohio State middle linebacker was a human tackling dummy, and the Buckeyes posted this video of McMillan taking the brunt of one huge hit:

Barrett received the better end of the deal at the clinic, as he was a popular figure to those in attendance. The team's Twitter account took a guess at a possible TV future for the starting quarterback:

(I'm sure Bleacher Report's own Barrett Sallee and a surprisingly large section of College Football Twitter appreciates the Bachelor reference from the Buckeyes.)

Head coach Urban Meyer dished out some punishment of his own at the clinic when two participants showed up wearing blue. The color of rival Michigan just isn't allowed at Ohio State—except for one special occasion—as these two women quickly found out by having to do pushups on stage:

At least their fate was still better than McMillan's.

 

3. Charlie Strong lands at the wrong airport

After a pair of rough seasons to open his tenure as Texas head coach, Charlie Strong is trying to get the Longhorns on the right course.

If Strong's trip to Houston last Friday was any indication, that process is still ongoing.

According to Ryan Autullo of the Austin American-Statesman, Strong showed up late to his scheduled appearance at the Houston Touchdown Club because the plane he was on landed at the wrong airport:

The city of Houston has two major airports, Bush and Hobby, so Strong had to do a little more traveling than he expected. As Alex Chippin of The Score noted, the extra flight was fitting for a coach whose favorite phrase on Twitter is "#LetsRide."

However, Strong's arrival was worth the wait for those in attendance. According to Evan Basha of KPRC-TV, Strong told the Touchdown Club that Texas was working on bringing back the football rivalry with Texas A&M:

The Longhorns and the Aggies haven't met since 2011, the year before Texas A&M left the Big 12 to join the SEC. Rumors of restoring the series have gone on since the departure, but Strong's statement could be a signal of something concrete.

Hopefully by the return of the rivalry, Strong can get his plane pointed in the right direction so he can take on Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin and his famous helicopter.

 

4. Rutgers secret society declares war on Jim Harbaugh

Speaking of Michigan, the Wolverines and their head coach were the subjects of one of the weirdest offseason stories to date.

Last week, Michigan hosted a satellite camp at Paramus Catholic High School in New Jersey, the alma mater of star three-way player Jabrill Peppers. New Jersey school and Big Ten rival Rutgers had some supporters who weren't happy about Harbaugh's trip to the Garden State.

According to Keith Sargeant of NJ.com, a secret society called the "Order of Bulls Blood" pranked Paramus Catholic by putting Rutgers magnets and, strangely enough, a teddy bear on the school's football field. The group also wrote messages on the campus' sidewalks with chalk:

In addition to the pranks, the Order of Bulls Blood sent a letter to Harbaugh—which has a NSFW message in the first letters of each paragraph—that quickly made the rounds on social media:

Harbaugh responded to the message in the most Harbaugh way possible:

Michigan visits Rutgers on October 8. There's no word yet if the teddy bear will make another appearance. 

 

5. Dan Mullen fires Twitter shot at Michigan

Rutgers wasn't the only school that tried to get under Michigan's skin this past week.

Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen fired a much friendlier shot at the Wolverines on Twitter after taking part in a satellite camp in Pearl, Mississippi, that included Harbaugh:

The Bulldogs' Gator Bowl blowout victory on New Year's Day in 2011 capped a 7-6 campaign for the Wolverines under then-head coach Rich Rodriguez. Four days later, Rodriguez was fired.

Unfortunately, Harbaugh didn't have much ammo with which he could fire back, as the Gator Bowl is the only meeting all-time between Michigan and Mississippi State. The winningest program in college football history is winless against the Bulldogs from Starkville.

But if the two coaches happen to square off in the future, don't expect Harbaugh to forget about the latest yet lighthearted volley in the ongoing war between Michigan and the SEC.

 

6. Alabama freshman LB shows off massive new tattoo

Lyndell "Mack" Wilson is proud of where he's from and where he's going to play his college football.

Wilson, a native of Alabama's capital of Montgomery, recently enrolled in Tuscaloosa to play for the Crimson Tide. The 5-star outside linebacker showcased his Alabama pride by tweeting out a quick video of his new forearm tattoo:

The new ink should win over Tide fans everywhere, and there's a good chance Wilson will come up with some sort of celebration to show off the massive "ALABAMA" across his arm whenever he makes big plays down the road.

Wilson made the right call in getting the tattoo after he signed and enrolled at Alabama. Maybe new teammate and fellow linebacker Reuben Foster warned him about doing it too early.

 

7. Oregon WR Devon Allen is still insanely fast

Oregon's football program is home to some of the fastest players in the country, thanks to the influence of the Ducks' legendary track program.

Ducks wide receiver Devon Allen showed why he has a strong claim as the fastest player in college football by winning his second NCAA title in the 110-meter hurdles. CSNNW's Jordan Kent shared a glimpse of Allen's win in front of his home crowd at Hayward Field:

Allen won his first national title in 2014, but a knee injury he suffered in the 2015 Rose Bowl kept him from defending his title last season. After recovering, he's picked up right where he left off on the track.

On the football field, Allen had a quiet 2015 season after recording 684 receiving yards and seven touchdowns as a freshman in 2014.

Perhaps his return to success on the track—he will also compete for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team next month—will signal a return to bigger numbers in an Oregon offense that thrives on world-class speed.

 

8. Reddit user puts college football into the Sorting Hat

College football fans all have their own unique ways of getting through the long offseason. One Reddit user decided to spark some discussion by dividing every FBS team into houses from the Harry Potter book series.

Reddit user bakonydraco, who sports Stanford flair by his name, placed every team in the top subdivision into four categories related to the fictional houses. Here are bakonydraco's explanations for each house:

"Gryffindor values bravery, daring, nerve, and chivalry. To measure this, I used winning percentage from 2006-2015 against Top 10 teams, courtesy of BCF Toys

Slytherin house values ambition, cunning and resourcefulness. To measure this, I used /u/Drunken_Wanderer's data from last year on revenue by FBS team.

Ravenclaw values intelligence, knowledge, and wit. To measure this, I counted the CFB Academic All Americans through last year as compiled by /u/jdchambo, /u/nickknx865 and I last summer.

Hufflepuff values hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play. Hufflepuff gets the leftovers the very nice teams."

The Reddit CFB Twitter account tweeted out a snapshot of the team-by-team results for the exercise, which was inspired by a comment from the always-entertaining Belk Bowl:

A lot of these results—Alabama and Texas in Slytherin, Stanford and Notre Dame in Ravenclaw—are perfect. But as College GameDay pointed out, who would've predicted Kansas to not be in Hufflepuff? Things are looking up for you, Jayhawks!

 

9. And, finally, a Washington State assistant releases tasty Top 10

One of the biggest trends with recruits is players posting "edits," or Photoshopped images of themselves. A lot of times a recruit will post an edit with the logos of the programs he's considering as a way of announcing his finalists.

Washington State linebackers coach Ken Wilson decided to join in the edit craze by releasing his own top 10. But instead of teams, Wilson went with something more near and dear to the heart of a traveling football coach—fast food restaurants:

Wilson has a list worthy of at least a 4-star rating. I loved his tweet, and since fast food is as important to a sports journalist as much as it is to a college football recruiter, I came up with my own top 10.

I'd like to announce that I have narrowed my fast food finalists down to Chick-fil-A, Cookout, Zaxby's, Sonic, In-N-Out, Bojangles, Whataburger, Dairy Queen, Five Guys and Full Moon BBQ.

What would be in your Wilson-inspired fast food top 10 tweet, 5th Down readers? Let me hear them in the comments below.

 

Justin Ferguson is a National College Football Analyst at Bleacher Report, and he wants to know what position that teddy bear is going to play for Rutgers in 2016. You can follow him on Twitter @JFergusonBR.