Tied for longest BIG title drought in UM football history
In response to a comment in a prior thread I went and looked up the history of Michigan Big Ten titles. Despite our long and storied history, we missed 13 straight years last century, winning in 1950 and not again until 1964. With our miss this year we are now again at 13 straight misses (shared the title with Iowa in 2004 and won outright in 2003). Sure hope we can snap it next year!
December 5th, 2017 at 2:14 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
That's because they have ebola. It's a vicious circle, you see...
December 5th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
is Ebola? I know about Motaba, that is one scary bug. Is Ebola like that?
December 5th, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
Yeah, Motaba. Definitely deadly. Definitely bad. Yeah, Motaba is at Kmart. Yeah...
(After Rain Man, I always do his voice as that one, no matter what movie he was in...)
December 5th, 2017 at 2:58 PM ^
Ha! I either hear Rain Man or Captain Hook: This is it, dont try to stop me, Smee. Dont try to stop me Smee. Smee, try to stop me!
December 5th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 2:12 PM ^
Thought this would be Debbie Downer Maizen.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:14 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 2:14 PM ^
If this was entered into a pointless thread competition it would win it going away.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:17 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 2:19 PM ^
Tough schedule next year. If we win the Big Ten Title next year we will have certainly earened it. @NW, @MSU, @OSU, vs PSU, and vs Wisconsin is the toughest possible 5 games in our conference. We play all of this year's top 5 and 3 of them on the road.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:39 PM ^
Because of course we do, throw in a OOC game @ND, wow, who made this schedule?
December 5th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
In consultation with Jack Swarbrick and Jim Delaney.
Why a comedian / masturbator was deciding our schedule, I have no idea.
December 5th, 2017 at 3:08 PM ^
@NW, @MSU, @OSU, vs PSU, and vs Wisconsin is the toughest possible 5 games in our conference
Putting aside that Northwestern is almost certainly not as good as its record this year (they are 3-0 in overtime games), I don't know why people act like playing in Evanston (where Michigan fans will outnumber Northwestern fans) is a nightmare.
Those other four might be tough, but we're going to play them every year for the foreseeable future, so we've got to make do.
December 5th, 2017 at 5:18 PM ^
We will win out and then the SEC playoff committee will determine our schedule wasn't hard enough because we played Big Ten teams.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:20 PM ^
Time for a slump buster
December 5th, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
FYI, Jerry Garcia died more than 22 years ago. Now you're sad too, OP...
December 5th, 2017 at 2:27 PM ^
does it take to change a lightbulb?
December 5th, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
I have no idea, how many?
December 5th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
They let it burn out, then follow it around for 30 years...
December 5th, 2017 at 5:19 PM ^
I thought the answer was, "Why's it so dark in here maaaaan?".
December 5th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
since Michigan won a national championship. I don't think we are close to breaking the previous NC drought. That would be 49 years.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:29 PM ^
In the 90's, we went four straight years without a Big Ten title...and THAT felt like an eternity.
Not good that you brought up this incredibly depressing stat. Please mention something happy related now.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:35 PM ^
You mention 2004 but seem to have skipped it in your math? A shared title is still a title.
Not saying that should make us feel any better, but if you're going to pull out stats they should accurate.
December 5th, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
They say 65 percent of all statistics
Are made up right there on the spot
82.4 percent of people believe 'em
Whether they're accurate statistics or not
December 5th, 2017 at 5:27 PM ^
2005-2017 inclusive is 13 years. So my stats are accurate, thank you.
Sorry to everyone who disliked the thread. It truly surprised me that the drought is that historic and thought I would share.
I guess that is what two consecutive failed head coaches will do to a program. I'm pretty high on the current program trajectory however.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:37 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 2:37 PM ^
I'm beyond impatient at this point. These guys need to win one pretty soon. Our records versus MSU and OSU lately have been horrific. Couple that with a severe lack of championships at both levels, it's been mostly ugly for us.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:47 PM ^
Who else would you rather have besides Harbaugh!?!?!. Impatient fans like you are the worst part of this fanbase!!! We are exactly where we should be!!
/sarcasm of course
December 5th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 2:46 PM ^
In fairness, it's harder to win the title now that there is only a single champion. But yeah, we've got to end that soon.
December 5th, 2017 at 5:55 PM ^
My comparison is not exactly apples to apples.
December 5th, 2017 at 5:56 PM ^
double post...
December 5th, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
thanks sunshine
December 5th, 2017 at 3:16 PM ^
Working hard. Getting kids with Character. Good kids, Good coaches.
He will get it done.
December 5th, 2017 at 3:34 PM ^
Assuming Harbaugh's reign of terror is right around the corner, when he wins 4 Big10 titles in 5 years, what is the "UNACCEPTABLE!" crowd going to complain about then?
December 5th, 2017 at 3:44 PM ^
the 5th one...
December 5th, 2017 at 3:35 PM ^
No more split titles due to championship game. Greater parity in league, and more teams. All working against us. No denying we haven't been great for quite a while, though.
December 5th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
Good points, all.
December 5th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
How many would we have and what would our record be vs. OSU if we played at home in even numbered years?
December 5th, 2017 at 4:10 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
This came up in the various Happy Birthday MGoBlog threads . . .
MGoBlog has never seen Michigan win a Big Ten Championship.
Not even once.
The last time Michigan won the Big Ten (tie with Iowa in November 2004), there was no MGoBlog. MGoBlog did not come along until December 2004.
Yikes.
Um, it's kinda time.