Path to 1000 wins
With Harbaugh on-board and Michigan surpassing Notre Dame in win percentage a few weeks back (and strengthening its lead since), I got bored and decided to look at all-time wins. Michigan now sits at 932.
Will Harbaugh be here for win number 1000? Given our current trajectory, we hit that in about late 2022 or early 2023, basically when the youngest kids we're recruiting are into their senior seasons.
Here are the top 9 schools by wins, courtesy of Wikipedia. Number 10 doesn't deserve mention.
Rank | Team | Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. [a] | Games |
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1 | Michigan | 932 | 331 | 36 | .731 | 1299 |
2 | Notre Dame | 895 | 319 | 42 | .729 | 1253 |
3 | Yale | 890 | 369 | 55 | .698 | 1314 |
4 | Texas | 888 | 356 | 33 | .708 | 1277 |
5 | Nebraska | 885 | 368 | 40 | .700 | 1293 |
6 | Ohio State | 879 | 320 | 53 | .723 | 1252 |
7 | Alabama | 869 | 326 | 43 | .719 | 1238 |
8 | Oklahoma | 863 | 321 | 53 | .719 | 1237 |
9 | Harvard | 860 | 385 | 50 | .683 | 1295 |
I also found it interesting that our closest competition for best win percentage will not be ND, given that they are staring down a long walk in the CFB desert in the near future. Bama will fall off a bit in a couple years when Saban returns to whatever robot factory that created him. Oklahoma seems destined to stay good but not great. Texas is still in a freefall. So it looks like OSU and Michigan are poised to battle for this for a few years.
Team | Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. [a] | Games |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michigan | 932 | 331 | 36 | .731 | 1299 |
Notre Dame | 895 | 319 | 42 | .729 | 1253 |
Ohio State | 879 | 320 | 53 | .723 | 1252 |
Alabama | 869 | 326 | 43 | .719 | 1238 |
Oklahoma | 863 | 321 | 53 | .719 | 1237 |
Texas | 888 | 356 | 33 | .708 | 1277 |
October 28th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
I'm just worried about #933.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:06 PM ^
Beat #933.
October 28th, 2016 at 3:08 PM ^
933=Staee
October 28th, 2016 at 3:40 PM ^
Isn't that a given, since it wouldn't add to the tally if we didn't beat them?
/mindblown
October 28th, 2016 at 5:06 PM ^
I was making a rhyme. You have to say it out loud, sing-song style
October 28th, 2016 at 1:16 PM ^
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October 28th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
It's not that I have a hard time seeing us lose this game, it's that I have a hard time finding a way Sparty makes it close. Even if they play "their best game of the year," I feel it wouldn't be good enough to keep it within 20 points.
I'm scared that I am thinking that. Why am I scared?
October 28th, 2016 at 2:17 PM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 3:40 PM ^
lives in fear.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:18 PM ^
Do we always have to resort to coach speak? Let me revise my OP, then:
Our focus is always on today. On ourselves. How to make those changes to make Michigan a better football team. It's our job as fans to make sure everyone pulls in the same direction.
Nose down, chin up, head on a swivel.
We're riding on the backs of generations of greats who have walked these halls before us. Mighty men who tamed the down-in-front crowd for years. Fought back against the noodle. Brought us to where we are now. Now, I'm not sure if we have 90 wins or 900. All I know is that we must do everything we can to honor those who came before us. If we work hard, let loose, and show up early, we may just have a chance. But that all starts today.
So we're gonna go out there Saturday, in front of dozens of players. And we're gonna ALTERNATE sitting and standing! We're gonna SHAKE SOME KEYS! We're gonna chant things and do half assed waves. Some of us may get kicked out for public drunkness. Others may spill our nachos. But the key here - is that we learn from that. Improve. Survive. Advance.
Why the fuck are you worried about Saturday? You have no influence on Saturday. Let's... maybe discuss things on a message board designed to discuss said things? Does.. that make sense?
October 28th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^
Put me in coach.
October 28th, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 2:58 PM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 1:46 PM ^
Yeah man, I got you, I guess I just fail to see the point in projecting 68 wins down the road and looking past this season into an unknown future when we're in the middle of what could be the season of the century as it stands so far. We're at the tail end of a rivalry week where, for the first time in a decade, we're feeling supremely confident in our chances tomorrow.
I could also ask you why you're worried about the future when you have no influence on the future. Heck, if you apply that attitude to everything, why are we even on this site? Nobody here has any influence on what happens on the field.
Although, great speech! I'm certainly going to shake the shit out of my keys and eat some nachos with some extra gusto this weekend.
October 28th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
... at least this week anyways.
October 28th, 2016 at 2:26 PM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 2:58 PM ^
We're gonna SHAKE SOME KEYS!
This one needs to die off for good. The players on the field neither can hear your jangling keys nor are intimidated by this sight:
October 28th, 2016 at 3:08 PM ^
It's a KEY PLAY!! Get it? KEY play and they have keys?
I'll see myself out...
October 28th, 2016 at 1:08 PM ^
Meyer should develop "Health Issues" within 5 years to knock them back
October 28th, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^
Regardless of Meyer's health concerns, I am fairly certain OSU is going to average 3 wins per year for the next 7 years, so Michigan will get to 1,000 wins before they reach 900.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
I think for win #1000, UM should have a massive bash at the Big House. And I don't mean tea and biscuits. I mean 20,000 kegs and live music and disco balls. And strippers...
October 28th, 2016 at 1:15 PM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 2:02 PM ^
Did they really have kegs in the stands back then? I've always heard that, crazy to think about.
October 28th, 2016 at 2:29 PM ^
With the kegs. Go ahead and drink - I want to know about these student section strippers...
October 29th, 2016 at 1:05 AM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
You okay, Dave? I can see your thought process is the same, but it really seems like you've really let yourself go since getting canned.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:21 PM ^
but along with the strippers we need firetrucks and farm animals.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:24 PM ^
Man, that Stockholm Syndrome really is a thing...
October 28th, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
So I guess we're playing Sparty that game?
October 28th, 2016 at 1:27 PM ^
"...need firetrucks and farm animals." then I saw your username, checks out, carry on.
Seriously though, what are the farm animals for and do I want to know?
October 28th, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 2:19 PM ^
But probably not enough for everyone. Just you guys. I'll need to see some MGo ID before I share. Or boobs.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:28 PM ^
Beat state.
October 28th, 2016 at 4:08 PM ^
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October 28th, 2016 at 8:35 PM ^
Sp8 Beat St8
October 28th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 1:33 PM ^
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/1300-game-club
While 1000 wins is always fun to talk about, 3 days ago this was covered basically.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:36 PM ^
I swear... I could make a post about a Pan-American plantain shortage and find out that shit was already posted.
October 28th, 2016 at 2:31 PM ^
I clicked, even though I was pretty sure it was fake.
/mgorolled
October 28th, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^
Now, the avocado shortage is a real problem. And I hear there's some sort of parsnip blight. Joe's always worried about the global threat to eucalyptus trees. Plantains are good, though.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
This situation is pretty interesting since it isn't the normal multiple posts about a news item. Just something two people independently thought of looking up and talking about.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^
EDIT: meant to reply to 1484
October 28th, 2016 at 1:43 PM ^
According to the same wikipedia article, Rutgers is the all time leader in losses with 631.
EDIT: my mistake, they are just the losingest program listed on the winningest programs page. Indiana is actually the all time leader with 658.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:47 PM ^
I will trot it out next time I am in Bloomington.