2014 Stanford Cup: M finishes 13th
After having a great start to the 2014 Director's Cup in which they were ranked as high as 4th after the winter sports, Michigan finishes 13th overall, and 2nd in the B1G, behind Penn State at #5.
Other B1G landing spots:
18 - Wisconsin
21 - Minnesota
23 - Nebraska
25 - Ohio State
29 - Michigan State
32 - Maryland
36 - Indiana
47 - Illinois
48 - Purdue
50 - Northwestern
78 - Iowa
91 - ... and finishing worst in the B1G, lets give a warm round of applause to... Rutgers! Great acquisition, Jim!
Michigan finishes with 983.25 points, Stanford, of course, paced the field with 1482 points.
Michigan's Historical placing (lovingly poached from Wiki):
| Year | Rank: National | Rank: Big Ten |
|---|---|---|
| 1993–94 | 9th | 2nd |
| 1994–95 | 7th | 1st |
| 1995–96 | 5th | 1st |
| 1996–97 | T–11th | 2nd |
| 1997–98 | 5th | 1st |
| 1998–99 | 6th | 3rd |
| 1999–00 | 3rd | 1st |
| 2000–01 | 4th | 1st |
| 2001–02 | 6th | 1st |
| 2002–03 | 4th | 2nd |
| 2003–04 | 2nd | 1st |
| 2004–05 | 4th | 1st |
| 2005–06 | 24th | 5th |
| 2006–07 | 4th | 1st |
| 2007–08 | 3rd | 1st |
| 2008–09 | 5th | 1st |
| 2009–10 | 25th | 5th |
| 2010–11 | 15th | 3rd |
| 2011–12 | 10th | 2nd |
| 2012–13 | 4th | 1st |
| 2013–14 | 13th | 2nd |
Rutgers.
That's pretty low for us. I want to say in the first 10 or so years of this thing we were in the top 5 almost every time
Title says 2014 Stanford Cup?
Afternoon time. Need to up the blood sugar, I think.
Can I ask a serious question and not get bombarded with negativity? I'm not trying to be a prick - I promise. I was born in Michigan, but grew up in TN due to General Motors demise. Does anyone (outside of Michigan & apparently Stanford) truly care about this "Director's Cup" thing?
Honestly, I've been a die hard Michigan fan my entire life [growing up mostly in the south] and had never even heard of this thing, outside of an occassional ESPN update, until 2010-11(?) when I started reading the blog. I see Denard post stuff about it all the time on Twitter, and he gets typical southern responses from people in Florida like "who cares..." "must be a Big Ten thing..." ect. ect.
With that being said, what purpose does this "cup" serve? Does it truly enhance a university's stature by winning it? What are the positives to being in the running for a "Director's Cup?" Again, the only reason I ask, is because no one here in the south, to my knowledge has any idea this even exists.
I think it matters because it tries to be a measure of how your sports programs are doing overall. For anyone who played in or follows a non-revenue sport, it's interesting. And we'd like to see our school do well in non-revenue sports, and get some recognition that they may otherwise be lacking.
I think it's appropriately named, too, since it is one way to gauge various Athletic Directors' performance against their peers. I don't follow the rankings with bated breath, but I do like to see Michigan in the top 5 here.
I guess I've just never followed it closely enough to really understand it. If I took the time to read up on its history and how the numbers are calculated, I'd probably be able to get into it. It probably doesn't help that this is the only place I can go to have an intelligent conversation with someone on the subject.
To be fair, it has only been around since 1993. I'd like to see them go back and retroactively apply it to years prior to that, just as a gauge as to the rise and fall of athletic empires, as it were.
It basically assigns points for different varsity sports. The better you do, the more points you get.
Interesting idea and - for the most part - I agree. But, PSU being #5 is kinda funny, considering their AD was universally hated and recently stepped down.
Every single team in the top 40 will belong to one of the Big 5 conferences next season (SEC-10, B1G-9, P12-9, ACC-7, B12-5). Louisville was the only team in the top 40 that didn't belong to a Big 5 conference this season, but they will of course be ACC members next season.
Brigham Young University was the highest-ranked team (#42) outside the group of elite football conferences, with #43 Denver, #44 Princeton and #49 Harvard. #149 Washington State was the only "Big 5" school that did not finish in the top 100.
Don't you understand??? When you don't pay the players, there is a level playing field. See?!?!
Why only use 10 men's and 10 women's sports?
...I would imagine. There are some varsity sports, at say Michigan, that aren't at other schools. Its an equal cross-section, if you will.
DB is and will continue to fire those responsible.