Minnesota adds their 7th national title in football
Yes, you read that right, Minnesota has just claimed the 1904 National Title (One that really belongs to the good guys in Maize and Blue) based on some computer rankings they're athletic department just became aware of. In that season they beat a high school and this article alleges that the rest of their season was similarily "cupcake" except for a 4 point win over Nebraska.
August 17th, 2012 at 5:47 PM ^
WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT?!
Michigan outscored their opponents 567-22, including a 130-0 win over WVU. Tell me, they weren't the true national champion.
August 17th, 2012 at 5:51 PM ^
Well they were 13-0 and outscored opponents 725-12 and only let the other team score in one game...college football was kind of a joke then.
August 17th, 2012 at 5:53 PM ^
Pretty sad that they have to claim one of Michigan's titles.
August 17th, 2012 at 8:12 PM ^
sometimes I am sad by how all our titles, sans one, came forever ago... but to go back and claim a title now? how ignorant....
jdon
August 17th, 2012 at 5:51 PM ^
Honestly, though, how else are they gonna get one?
August 17th, 2012 at 5:53 PM ^
some pride that must have given them.
August 17th, 2012 at 5:56 PM ^
Pathetic. Sad. Whatever.
August 17th, 2012 at 5:58 PM ^
We'll settle this on the field like men.
August 17th, 2012 at 6:03 PM ^
our dead players will crush their dead players!
August 17th, 2012 at 6:50 PM ^
So we can take back our title like we took back our jug!
August 17th, 2012 at 6:00 PM ^
Kinda off topic but didn't MSU play the Chicago YMCA in the 1920s often? Lol
August 17th, 2012 at 6:08 PM ^
given MSU fans' favorite topic is to point out UM's games in the early 20th century were against the likes of high schools and community clubs.
August 17th, 2012 at 6:27 PM ^
Damn those 1904 BCS rankings.
August 17th, 2012 at 6:35 PM ^
...another title for the Gophers is also another title for the B1G. I'll drink to that.
Wooo...suck it SEC!
August 17th, 2012 at 6:50 PM ^
Let's beat the crap out of them in the Little Brown Jug game!
August 17th, 2012 at 7:08 PM ^
According to the man who made those computer rankings, "A retroactive computer ranking is just as accurate in 1904 as it is in 2012."
Am I the only one who thinks that might be the most absurd thing ever said about football polls?
August 17th, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
I never knew they won the 1960 AP national title with a record of 8-2. I guess thats why they call them mythical NT's.
Michigan 1971 - 11-1 (Undefeated season, three shutouts and twice scored 60+ points... only loss was to Stanford in the Rose Bowl 13-12 on a last second FG)
Michigan 1972 - 10-1 (14-11 loss to Ohio, we had them... 1st-and-goal at the Buckeye 5 and could not score)
Michigan 1973 - 10–0–1 - NCF, PS (Tied Ohio, you know the rest)
Michigan 1985 - 10-1-1 - MGR (If not for the Illinois tie, we probably share it with Oklahoma)
It still bugs me that Bo never won the national title... we were so close many times especially in 71.
August 17th, 2012 at 8:58 PM ^
I claim the 1979 national championship!
August 17th, 2012 at 9:02 PM ^
I believe that most of East Dakota was out hunting giant sloths back then.
Football was not a primary concern.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:05 PM ^
Read the link...
With all due respect to Minnesota, it was the NCAA that awarded the Nat'l Championship to them. They did this in 1996. Minnesota just now realized the NCAA recognized it and updated its record books accordingly.
August 17th, 2012 at 9:11 PM ^
Are you saying that 16 years ago, the NCAA awarded Minnesota a football NC that their AD is only now aware of? Statute of limitations and all that, good ser.
August 17th, 2012 at 10:14 PM ^
wait by NCAA wasn't statute of limitations enough?
August 17th, 2012 at 9:20 PM ^
They must have been oversigning.
August 17th, 2012 at 10:26 PM ^
This is at least as legitimate as Tom Osborne's 1997 going away present
August 17th, 2012 at 11:00 PM ^
Are they going to have a ceremony and raise a banner? Invite all living members of the team and honor them at halftime! Oh wait.......
August 17th, 2012 at 11:07 PM ^
The NCAA will go back to 1904 to correct a national championship but when USC vacated their national championship in 2004 they didn't correct that? You said the NCAA, right? Ok yeah that actually makes perfect sense. Give them another century and it'll work itself out.
August 17th, 2012 at 11:28 PM ^
You guys played great that year. The players must be stoked!
August 18th, 2012 at 6:11 AM ^
Minnesota: Returning to Glory since 1904.