Yahoo Sports Pulls Headline After Calling Northwestern State a Big Ten Team for 24 Hours
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Yahoo Sports Pulls Headline After Calling Northwestern State a Big Ten Team for 24 Hours
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Summary
Yahoo Sports removed a college football story after a headline wrongly described Northwestern State as a "Big Ten team," an error that stayed live for about 24 hours before disappearing.
The mistake appears to have confused FCS program Northwestern State with Big Ten member Northwestern, and a fan on X with roughly 13,000 followers captured the headline before it was taken down.
The blunder followed Louisiana Christian's win over Northwestern State, a result highlighted because the NAIA school became the first in that classification to beat a Division I opponent.
The episode landed as an early-season embarrassment for a major sports outlet, underscoring how quickly headline errors can spread and be preserved online.