The Louisiana Christian Wildcats defeated the Northwestern State Demons, 42-37, at Harry Turpin Stadium on Friday. It was a historic victory for Louisiana Christian, an NAIA program.<\/p>\n
\u201cNAIA football is good football,\u201d Louisiana Christian head coach Ben McLaughlin told KALB News Channel 5<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of these kids right here that are frustrated because they feel like they should be on this field full time. They should have gotten recruited by a [NCAA] Division I.\u201d<\/p>\n With all that established, Northwestern State\u2019s loss was obviously newsworthy, so TotalProSports hopped on it. The issue, however, is that TotalProSports misidentified Northwestern State as Northwestern, using the headline, \u201cBig Ten Team Suffered One of The Worst Losses In NCAA Division I Football History Last Night.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSomeone tell Yahoo that Northwestern State is not in the Big Ten and the FBS has not kicked off yet,\u201d Colby Dant posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday morning. \u201cNorthwestern State is in the Southland. Please hire people that know college football.\u201d<\/p>\n Someone tell Yahoo that Northwestern State is not in the Big Ten and the FBS has not kicked off yet.<\/p>\n Northwestern State is in the Southland. Please hire people that know college football. https:\/\/t.co\/G1QkOQOI9Z<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/arsXdMjqY7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Colby Dant (@TheColbyD) August 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Northwestern State Wildcats? \ud83e\udd14 pic.twitter.com\/uQwjYsLndy<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This is what happens when you use AI and it thinks Northwestern is Northwestern State pic.twitter.com\/PqP3lAYxIQ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 WestCoastCFB (@WestCoastCFB) August 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n On top of that, TotalProSports\u2019 article<\/a> was syndicated to Yahoo Sports, so Yahoo was incorrectly blamed for the egregious factual error.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not a Yahoo story, it\u2019s partner content from \u2018TotalProSports\u2019 re-posted on Yahoo \u2014 but this has always been the downside risk of Yahoo\u2019s partner content model,\u201d wrote Daniel Roberts<\/a>, editor-in-chief of Front Office Sports.<\/p>\n While the scorn was misplaced, the whole ordeal underscores an existential issue affecting digital media. Aggregation sites are increasingly outsourcing internationally, leading to a staff running into issues without sufficient editing. That\u2019s before speculating whether this article was written with AI.<\/p>\n As of this writing, the TotalProSports article has been removed from Yahoo<\/a>. TotalProSports also amended its headline on its website<\/a>, where the article remains live.<\/p>\n \t\n
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