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San Diego Zoo Species List[edit]
- Entrance Area
- (2 Exhibits)
Lagoon between Rondavel and Warner Administration Center |
Aviary next to Bus Tour Loading |
- Discovery Outpost
- (132 Exhibits)
- Lost Forest
- (80 Exhibits)
Flamingo Lagoon
Absolutely Apes: This area is composed of 5 exhibits that were originally opened in 1982, and have been renovated since then. Monkey House Ape Yard Parker Aviary |
Memphis Zoo[edit]
East Zone[edit]
- Teton Trek
The 4-acre (1.6 ha) exhibit,which opened October 2009, brings hallmark features of the Yellowstone National Park to the Memphis Zoo."Teton" refers to the Teton Range in Wyoming. Teton Trek begins with a 25-foot (7.6 m) replica of the Old Faithful Geyser and a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) replica of the Old Faithful Inn called the Great Lodge, where interpretive information is presented in an interactive format.The exhibit is home to some of the keystone species of the Yellowstone ecosystem: grizzly bears, elk, timberwolves, trumpeter swans and sandhill cranes.The exhibit's trail provides visitors with an underwater look at the bears' fishing pond and a prominent overlook atop the 25-foot (7.6 m) replica of Yellowstone's Firehole Falls.
Mammals |
Birds |
- Northwestern Passage
Home to the zoo's polar bears, this $23 million exhibit opened on March 1, 2006, and features an underwater viewing building, sea lion observation bubble and a 500-seat amphitheater for daily sea lion shows.This exhibit's theme is a tribute to the First Nations culture in Canada's western province British Columbia, animals that inhabit the Pacific Northwest, and its horticulture.Messages of conservation inspired by Chief Seattle, a famous Native American chief, are sprinkled throughout the exhibit.Six hand-carved totem poles that stand throughout the area received a Native American blessing ceremony when they arrived at the zoo.The Northwest Passage is also home to the zoo's American bald eagles, black bears, and white-necked ravens.
- African Veldt
African elephants and giraffe are joined by zebras, Grant's gazelle, white rhinoceros and ostriches in this area.The zoo's African cranes, bontebok, lechwe and scimitar oryx also live here.The zoo finished enlarging the elephant exhibit in 2006; it now features a pool that allows elephants to submerse and bathe.
- Zambezi River Hippo Camp
This exhibit will feature animals common to the Zambezi River basin in eastern Africa—hippos, flamingos, okapi, and Nile crocodiles. The hippo area will have a below-water viewing deck similar to that in the Northwest Passage Exhibit.This new exhibit is being built where the World of Waterfowl and Meadow Amphitheater were located.
Mammals |
Birds |
Reptiles |
Central Zone[edit]
- China
Opened in April 2003,this $16 million exhibit is a zoogeographical area the Memphis Zoo constructed after it became one of only four U.S. zoos to exhibit the giant panda. Other animals showcased in this effort to preserve Chinese species include Asian small-clawed otters, Père David's deer, white-cheeked gibbons, François' langurs, and an assortment of colorful birds.
- Primate Canyon
This exhibit was opened in 1995 and features naturalistic, outdoor exhibit areas for western lowland gorillas, Sumatran orangutans and siamang gibbons. Other animals in the area are lion-tailed macaques, Mona monkeys, Sulawesi macaques, eastern black-and-white colobus, and savanna baboons.
College Football[edit]
Schedule[edit]
The schedule for the 2016–17 bowl games is below. All times are EST (UTC−5). The rankings used were the CFP rankings.[1]
College Football Playoff and Championship Game[edit]
The 2016–17 postseason was the second to feature a College Football Playoff (CFP) to determine a national champion of Division I FBS college football. Four teams were selected by a 12-member committee to participate in a single-elimination tournament, whose semifinals were held at the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl as part of a yearly rotation of six bowls. Their winners advanced to the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on January 9, 2017.[2][3]
Both semifinal bowls were held on December 31, 2016.[2] Under the TV contracts with ESPN that predate the CFP, both the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl (the first two bowls in the three cycling pairs that host semi-final games) are guaranteed exclusive TV time slots on January 1, regardless of whether they will be hosting a semifinal game.[4] Analysts expressed concerns that the semifinal games could face reduced television viewership due to the New Year's Eve scheduling, believing that fans would not be accustomed to the scheduling, and that they would face competition from New Year's Eve events and television specials like New Year's Rockin' Eve, which is aired by ABC—a corporate sibling to CFP broadcaster ESPN.[2] ESPN then proposed moving the semifinal games to January 2, 2016, a Saturday, arguing that the games would enjoy a higher level of prominence if held on a day of the week that is traditionally associated with college football. However, its proposal was rejected.[2]
To reduce the impact of the semi-final games' New Year's Eve scheduling—a factor that led to lower viewership of the 2015 semi-finals in comparison to 2014, it was announced on March 8, 2016 that the kickoff times of the two bowls would be pushed forward to 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET. CFP commissioner Bill Hancock suggested that starting the games earlier would allow viewers to partake in both the CFP games and New Year's festivities. As the earlier start intrudes on the early afternoon window for New Year's Six games, the 2016 Orange Bowl will instead be held as a primetime game on December 30, 2016. As a result, the "New Year's Six" bowls will be stretched across a period of four days, rather than two consecutive days of three games each.[5][6] In July 2016, Hancock announced that future semi-finals, when not hosted by the Rose and Sugar Bowl games, will be primarily held on Saturdays.[7][8]
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December 31 – Peach BowlGeorgia Dome, Atlanta | ||||||||
1 | Alabama | 24 | ||||||
4 | Washington | 7 | January 9 – ChampionshipRaymond James Stadium, Tampa | |||||
1 | Alabama | 31 | ||||||
December 31 – Fiesta BowlUniversity of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale | 2 | Clemson | 35 | |||||
2 | Clemson | 31 | ||||||
3 | Ohio State | 0 |
Non-CFP bowl games[edit]
For the 2015–16 season, two new bowl games were added, the Cure Bowl and the Arizona Bowl, bringing the total number of bowl games to 41.[1][9][10][11] Due to not having enough teams with a 6–6 or better record to fill available bowl slots, the increase in number of bowls had the adverse effect of allowing a record three teams with losing records (5–7) to participate in bowls. The teams were selected by being the ones with the highest Academic Progress Rate (APR) among all 5–7 teams.[12] The participating teams with a losing record were Nebraska, Minnesota, and San Jose State.[12]
+ Notre Dame is eligible for any one of the bowl bids reserved for ACC teams, if Notre Dame: (a) is bowl-eligible; and (b) is not selected for one of the CFP Bowls. Notre Dame may not be selected for one of the bowl games having ACC tie-ins unless Notre Dame has no less than one less overall loss than the winningest-remaining ACC team which has not yet been selected for a bowl game.
BYU has an agreement with the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl and the Hawaiʻi Bowl for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. The Cougars will appear, in place of a Mountain West team, in the Las Vegas Bowl this season.
All-star games[edit]
Date | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Results |
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Jan. 23 | East–West Shrine Game | Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 4:00 pm |
NFL Network | East Team West Team |
West Team 29 East Team 9 |
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl | StubHub Center Carson, CA 6:00 pm |
ESPN2 | National Team American Team |
National Team 18 American Team 17 | |
Jan. 30 | Senior Bowl | Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 2:30 pm |
NFL Network | North Team vs. South Team |
South Team 27 North Team 16 |
Results[edit]
The Southeastern Conference was the Bowl Challenge Cup winner for the 2015-16 bowl season, which is awarded to the FBS football conference with the highest winning percentage. In addition, the nine total bowl wins by the SEC were the most ever accomplished by a single conference during a single bowl season. Southeastern Conference member Alabama won the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship game to finish the year as consensus national champions for the 2015 football season.
Bleacher Report Top 25[edit]
Preseason Aug 21[13] | Week 1 Sep 6[14] | Week 2 Sep 11[15] | Week 3 Sep 18[16] | Week 4 Sep 25[17] | Week 5 Oct 2[18] | Week 6 Oct 10[19] | Week 7 Oct 16[20] | Week 8 Oct 23[21] | Week 9 Oct 30[22] | Week 10 Nov 6[23] | Week 11 Nov 13 | Week 12 Nov 20 | Week 13 Nov 27 | Week 14 Dec 4 | Week 15 (Final) Jan 10 | ||
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1. | Alabama (13) | Alabama (1–0) (18) | Alabama (2–0) (17) | Alabama (3–0) (15) | Alabama (4–0) (50) | Alabama (5–0) (53) | Alabama (6–0) (56) | Alabama (7–0) (60) | Alabama (8–0) (60) | Alabama (8–0) (60) | Alabama (9–0) (60) | 1. | |||||
2. | Clemson (6) | Clemson (1–0) (1) | Florida State (2–0) | Ohio State (3–0) (2) | Ohio State (3–0) (4) | Ohio State (4–0) (6) | Ohio State (5–0) (2) | Ohio State (6–0) | Michigan (7–0) (1) | Michigan (8–0) (1) | Michigan (9–0) (1) | 2. | |||||
3. | Florida State | Florida State (1–0) | Ohio State (2–0) | Louisville (3–0) (1) | Louisville (4–0) (6) | Clemson (5–0) (1) | Clemson (6–0) (2) | Michigan (6–0) (1) | Clemson (7–0) | Clemson (8–0) | Clemson (9–0) | 3. | |||||
4. | Oklahoma (1) | Ohio State (1–0) | Clemson (2–0) | Clemson (3–0) (1) | Michigan (4–0) (1) | Michigan (5–0) (1) | Michigan (6–0) (1) | Clemson (7–0) | Washington (7–0) | Washington (8–0) | Washington (9–0) | 4. | |||||
5. | Ohio State | Michigan (1–0) | Michigan (2–0) | Michigan (3–0) (1) | Clemson (4–0) | Washington (5–0) | Washington (6–0) | Washington (6–0) | Louisville (6–1) | Louisville (7–1) | Louisville (8–1) | 5. | |||||
6. | Michigan | Houston (1–0) | Houston (2–0) | Stanford (2–0) | Houston (4–0) | Houston (5–0) | Texas A&M (6–0) | Texas A&M (6–0) | Ohio State (6–1) | Ohio State (7–1) | Ohio State (8–1) | 6. | |||||
7. | LSU | Stanford (1–0) | Stanford (1–0) | Houston (3–0) | Stanford (3–0) | Louisville (4–1) | Louisville (4–1) | Louisville (5–1) | Nebraska (7–0) | Texas A&M (7–1) | Wisconsin (7–2) | 7. | |||||
8. | Stanford | Georgia (1–0) | Texas (2–0) | Michigan State (2–0) | Wisconsin (4–0) | Texas A&M (5–0) | Wisconsin (4–1) | Nebraska (6–0) | Baylor (6–0) | Wisconsin (6–2) | Auburn (7–2) | 8. | |||||
9. | Notre Dame | Texas (1–0) | Washington (2–0) | Washington (3–0) | Texas A&M (4–0) | Tennessee (5–0) | Tennessee (5–1) | Baylor (6–0) | Texas A&M (6–1) | Nebraska (7–1) | Oklahoma (7–2) | 9. | |||||
10. | Tennessee | Washington (1–0) | Louisville (2–0) | Texas A&M (3–0) | Washington (4–0) | Miami (FL) (4–0) | Nebraska (5–0) | Wisconsin (4–2) | West Virginia (6–0) | Florida (6–1) | Texas A&M (7–2) | 10. | |||||
11. | Ole Miss | Tennessee (1–0) | Wisconsin (2–0) | Wisconsin (3–0) | Tennessee (4–0) | Wisconsin (4–1) | Baylor (5–0) | Houston (6–1) | Wisconsin (5–2) | Auburn (6–2) | West Virginia (7–1) | 11. | |||||
12. | Michigan State | Louisville (1–0) | Michigan State (1–0) | Georgia (3–0) | Florida State (3–1) | Nebraska (5–0) | Ole Miss (3–2) | West Virginia (5–0) | Florida State (5–2) | Oklahoma (6–2) | Penn State (7–2) | 12. | |||||
13. | Houston | Michigan State (1–0) | Iowa (2–0) | Florida State (2–1) | Baylor (4–0) | Baylor (5–0) | Houston (5–1) | Florida State (5–2) | Boise State (7–0) | Baylor (6–1) | Utah (7–2) | 13. | |||||
14. | TCU | Ole Miss (0–1) | Tennessee (2–0) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Miami (FL) (3–0) | Ole Miss (3–2) | Florida State (4–2) | Boise State (6–0) | Florida (5–1) | West Virginia (6–1) | Western Michigan (9–0) | 14. | |||||
15. | Iowa | Wisconsin (1–0) | Ole Miss (1–1) | Tennessee (3–0) | Nebraska (4–0) | Stanford (3–1) | Boise State (5–0) | Florida (5–1) | Auburn (5–2) | LSU (5–2) | North Carolina (7–2) | 15. | |||||
16. | USC | Iowa (1–0) | Texas A&M (2–0) | Arkansas (3–0) | Ole Miss (2–2) | Arkansas (4–1) | Miami (FL) (4–1) | Oklahoma (4–2) | Oklahoma (5–2) | Utah (7–2) | Colorado (7–2) | 16. | |||||
17. | Washington | Oklahoma (0–1) | Notre Dame (1–1) | Nebraska (3–0) | Michigan State (2–1) | North Carolina (4–1) | Virginia Tech (4–1) | Arkansas (5–2) | Utah (7–1) | Western Michigan (8–0) | Oklahoma State (7–2) | 17. | |||||
18. | Georgia | Notre Dame (0–1) | Oklahoma (1–1) | Baylor (3–0) | Utah (4–0) | Florida (4–1) | Florida (4–1) | Tennessee (5–2) | Tennessee (5–2) | North Carolina (6–2) | Virginia Tech (7–2) | 18. | |||||
19. | Louisville | Texas A&M (1–0) | Georgia (2–0) | Florida (3–0) | San Diego State (3–0) | Boise State (4–0) | Oklahoma (3–2) | Utah (6–1) | LSU (5–2) | Florida State (5–3) | LSU (5–3) | 19. | |||||
20. | UCLA | TCU (1–0) | Miami (FL) (2–0) | Texas (2–1) | Arkansas (3–1) | Oklahoma (2–2) | West Virginia (4–0) | Western Michigan (7–0) | Western Michigan (8–0) | Penn State (6–2) | Florida State (6–3) | 20. | |||||
21. | North Carolina | Oklahoma State (1–0) | Baylor (2–0) | LSU (2–1) | TCU (3–1) | Colorado (4–1) | Utah (5–1) | Auburn (4–2) | North Carolina (6–2) | Colorado (6–2) | Nebraska (7–2) | 21. | |||||
22. | Baylor | Baylor (1–0) | LSU (1–1) | Ole Miss (1–2) | Texas (2–1) | West Virginia (4–0) | Arkansas (4–2) | North Carolina (5–2) | Navy (5–1) | Oklahoma State (6–2) | Florida (6–2) | 22. | |||||
23. | Oklahoma State | LSU (0–1) | Oregon (2–0) | Utah (3–0) | Florida (3–1) | Florida State (3–2) | Auburn (4–2) | Ole Miss (3–3) | Colorado (6–2) | Virginia Tech (6–2) | Washington State (7–2) | 23. | |||||
24. | Oregon | Miami (FL) (1-0) | Florida (2–0) | Oklahoma (1–2) | Boise State (3–0) | Utah (4–1) | Western Michigan (6–0) | Navy (4–1) | Penn State (5–2) | Boise State (7–1) | Boise State (8–1) | 24. | |||||
25. | Texas A&M | Oregon (1–0) | Arkansas (2–0) | Notre Dame (1-2) | Georgia (3–1) | Virginia Tech (3–1) | Navy (4–1) | LSU (4–2) | Virginia Tech (5–2) | Washington State (6–2) | Baylor (6–2) | 25. | |||||
Preseason Aug 21[13] | Week 1 Sep 6[14] | Week 2 Sep 11[15] | Week 3 Sep 18[16] | Week 4 Sep 25[17] | Week 5 Oct 2[18] | Week 6 Oct 10[19] | Week 7 Oct 16[20] | Week 8 Oct 23[21] | Week 9 Oct 30[22] | Week 10 Nov 6[23] | Week 11 Nov 13 | Week 12 Nov 20 | Week 13 Nov 27 | Week 14 Dec 4 | Week 15 (Final) Jan 10 | ||
Dropped: UCLA USC North Carolina | Dropped: TCU Oklahoma State | Dropped: Iowa Oregon | Dropped: LSU Oklahoma | Dropped: Michigan State San Diego State TCU Texas Georgia | Dropped: Stanford North Carolina Colorado | Dropped: Miami (FL) Virginia Tech | Dropped: Houston Arkansas Ole Miss | Dropped: Tennessee Navy | None | None | None | None | None | None |
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