Arkansas' Mook Miller and Kyle Billingsley withstood the heat and jumped 10 places in the standings to qualify for Friday's Top 5 final of the Carhartt Bassmaster College National Championship.
The brightest college anglers compete for the championship — and then a berth in the Bassmaster Classic.
Aaron Martens thinks it would be "cooler" if he won the Mississippi River Rumble, rather than his friend Todd Faircloth. They top the leaderboard, with Faircloth leading by 7 ounces.
Instead of walking in their graduation ceremony, Mook Miller and Kyle Billingsley walked across the B.A.S.S. weigh-in stage at the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Central Super Regional.
2010 Photo gallery of the College Classic at Fort Gibson Lake, Oklahoma