Semi-OT - Michigan getting close to 1,000 wins

Submitted by EastCoast Esq. on January 13th, 2022 at 11:28 AM

It's probably a season or two too soon for this post, but Michigan football is getting close to 1,000 all-time program wins. By my calculation, they now have 987 wins (assuming that WikiPage is correct).

It is overwhelmingly likely that it will be the first college football program to reach that milestone, and it will probably happen early in the 2024 season (assuming no pandemic), though it could happen in 2023 if we repeat this past season's success.

My question is...where would this milestone rank among historical sports milestones? I assume the program will celebrate it, but will be a big deal in the national media?

Just some thoughts on an otherwise slow news day (SIGN YOUR DAMN EXTENSION JIM!).

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Rickett88

January 13th, 2022 at 11:30 AM ^

They are 13 wins away… why would it happen in the 2024 season and not guaranteed to happen in the 2023 season?

edit: beat by seconds, but it is the correct point. 

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Creedence Tapes

January 13th, 2022 at 3:59 PM ^

I somehow subtracted 987 from 1000 and got 23.

Well there is your problem, you did your math wrong. To get the correct answer, you will first need to subtract 1000 from 987, divide the square root of its polynomial and group the base numbers into semantic form to get the S set. The S will be a finite set, on which a finite group G acts. Next, let V be the corresponding permutation representation of G, which has a basis of {es}s∈S , and g ∈G acts by g ·es = eg·s). You will need to show that the multiplicity in V of the trivial representation U (i.e. the number of copies of U appearing in the decomposition of V) is equal to the number of orbits of the G-action on S. In particular, if the action of G on S is transitive, then we can write V = U ⊕V ′, where V ′ does not contain U as a subrepresentation. This can be done either by calculating H(χU , χV ) and using Burnside’s lemma, or directly by finding the invariant subspace V G). Now, suppose that G acts transitively on S, and |S|≥2. We say that the action is doubly transitive if for every s1, s2, s′ 1, s′ 2 ∈S with s1 6= s2 and s′1 6= s′ 2, there exists g ∈G such that s′ 1 = g ·s1 and s′
2 = g ·s2. First check that this is equivalent to the statement that the action of G on S ×S has exactly two orbits; then show that the representation V ′ considered in part (a) is irreducible if and only if the action of G on S is doubly transitive. Hint: first show that the permutation representation for the action of G on S ×S is V ⊗V , and show that H(χU , χV ⊗V ) = H(χV , χV ). 

If you had done all of this correctly, the answer would be clear. 13. 

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Darker Blue

January 13th, 2022 at 11:33 AM ^

It'll happen next year

If it doesn't I will smoke an ounce to this

Gs up hoes down

While you motherfuckers bounce to this 

Rolling down the street winning 1000

Games cuz we're the best

Hell yeah

With my mind on the Victors and the Victors on my mind

 

Sorry

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stephenrjking

January 13th, 2022 at 11:38 AM ^

This is not in any way OT.

Important to get there first. Long-term it's important to stay upper-echelon competitive to ward off challenges from places like Bama. They won't win like this forever, but they're going on 12 years of this surge and it could be another 5-10 before they hit a downturn. 

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blue in dc

January 13th, 2022 at 11:48 AM ^

I think it would be a very big deal if it happened in 2023.   Would be hard to write off 25 wins in two seasons as a team living in it’s past.   Would also have to occur in a very big game.   Either our second straight big ten championship, our first Win in a CFB semifinal or a championship win.   Coupling that with our 1000th win would get tons of hype,   2023 much less so, because it would either mean a win against a pretty lame team or that 2022 was a big disappointment.

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Wolverine15

January 13th, 2022 at 11:53 AM ^

Pretty sure that count is wrong. The win over OSU was win #975, so we're at 976. Which means that we could get to #1000 in two seasons. 12 wins feels possible next year (sum 988), setting up a scenario where we get win #1000 at home over OSU to complete a 12-0 season in 2023. Let's hope!

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Kevin C

January 13th, 2022 at 12:22 PM ^

As others have pointed out, we have 976 wins.  2012 MSU was #900.  Brady Hoke had 15 more after that (3 in '12, 7 in '13, 5 in '14).  Harbaugh's win totals were:  10, 10, 8, 10, 9, 2, 12.  Total:  976.

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S5R48S10

January 13th, 2022 at 12:24 PM ^

As noted, the number to get to 1000 is a little more than OP says.  After our 2-win season last year, I was very concerned that Bama or OSU would pass us.  After the massive turnaround this year, I feel pretty confident that we'll get their first.

I am looking at the non-conference 2024 schedule to land the tickets.  

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Meteorite00

January 13th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^

Assuming the 976 number, it’d likely hit early in the 2024 season. Right now that’s Texas, open dates, and an unsettled big ten schedule. Poor performance could push it to 2025. 

With a couple very good years, could get there by the 2023/2024 bowl game. 

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lhglrkwg

January 13th, 2022 at 1:14 PM ^

Making me feel old. I was there for the 900th. IIRC it was the 2008 Wisconsin comeback

edit: nevermind- apparently that game was the 500th game in the Big House

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M-Dog

January 13th, 2022 at 1:47 PM ^

This is a big damn deal.  And we will have this title for a while before anybody else catches up to 1,000.

I remember when Yale was ahead of us in all time wins (somewhere around the 800 win mark) and was kind of in awe that they had the most wins in college football.

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