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Seattle's annual Pride Fest has long taken place the last weekend of June.
Local organizers said a World Cup match set for Seattle that Friday would be a rare opportunity to make an impact on the subject of LGBTQ rights.
But that was before FIFA announced which teams would play.
Egypt and Iran are two conservative countries in which LGBTQ people can face persecution, jail, or in Iran, sometimes the death penalty.
Both countries' football federations have objected to the Pride festivities.
They're raising complaints directly with FIFA, which did not respond to a request for comment.
Seattle organizers tell NPR they intend to move forward as planned with the Pride programming outside the stadium that day.
No program in college football history has lost more games than Indiana.
But with coach Kurt Cignetti at the helm, they went undefeated this season, including a gutsy 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game.
The Buckeyes' consolation prize is the No.
Georgia is third and Texas Tech fourth, all of them with just one loss this season.
For the first time, two schools outside the major conferences will compete in the playoff.
That'll be Tulane and James Madison.
Rounding out the field are Oregon, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Miami.
The first-round games will take place December 19th and 20th.
The winners of those games will move on to face the top four seeds in games on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.