M success this year
On the hockey telecast, ESPN2 put up a graphic about the success Michigan has had this year across many sports.
I know football, hockey, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball. But what were the other sports they mentioned as having stellar years for us this year?
Wresting was the runner up for the national title as a team but had an individual national title winner.
March 27th, 2022 at 10:39 PM ^
…and beat the National champions for the B1G championship.
I think wrestling finishing 2nd and womens gymnastics as the 3rd overall seed.
Directors Cup is gonna go very well in about 2 weeks when they announce the Final winter results. If baseball, softball, Lax and T&F go well in the spring, there's a real chance for the 1st title M has had in that.
Lalalalalala....
We don't say D.C. until it's all over this year!!!!
GO BLUE!!!!!
The PA-C teams (Stanford, UCLA, USC), Texas and Florida ALWAYS pull ahead during the Spring/Summer Sports!
Top 10 finishes:
Stanford 27 *
Florida 27
UCLA 23
North Carolina 22 *
Michigan 21
Texas 21 *
USC 18
(next is... OSU at 13, I don't count them and they likely will not make top 10 this year)
Stanford has won 25 times. North Carolina the first year and Texas last year.
March 27th, 2022 at 11:23 PM ^
Interesting callout: almost all of Michigan’s top 10 misses came under the helm of Dave Brandon… not really surprising when you read about his obsession over the Director’s Cup in Bacon’s Endzone and how his tunnel vision for it led to less victorious programs.
March 27th, 2022 at 10:35 PM ^
To be fair Michigan only has 29 Varisty sports ( had 23 forever) teams like Stanford Texas Bama Ohio St each have 43 . Michigan was the only school to finish top 10 with less than 30 varsity sports and they did this like 22 times
March 27th, 2022 at 11:17 PM ^
A bit off with your numbers: OSU and Stanford both have 36 sports. Bama only has 21. Texas only has 18. A clear gap obviously between U-M vs. Stanford + OSU but the gap is only half of what you made it out to be. And it makes Texas’ win last year incredible. A quick scanning shows only OSU, Stanford, PSU (31 sports), Cal (30 sports) have more varsity sports than us.
Where are you getting these numbers from mines from https://winthropintelligence.com/2013/04/01/directors-cup-versus-capital-one-cup-comparison-and/
Says Ohio St ,Bama,Florida,Stanford ,Texas Am ,UCLA North Carolina all have 36+
Some schools did cut some programs because of covid -- the article i pasted at the top is from 2019
Says Ohio State had 43 ,cut to 37 and brought a few back .
March 28th, 2022 at 12:11 PM ^
Yes, those numbers seem high to me. A good, simple way to check is to just go to the schools' athletic sites and click on the dropdown menu and count the sports.
The SEC schools typically have very few sports, particularly on the mens' side. It's football and basketball and pretty much nothing else, maybe some baseball, tennis, golf (most SEC schools don't even have men's soccer teams). So, it's crucial that Michigan pull ahead of the PAC-12/SEC/Texas pack by succeeding in sports that they don't have: mens' ice hockey (Frozen 4, check), wrestling (national runner-up, check) and men's soccer and men's lacrosse. Many of those schools don't have womens' lacrosse either (Stanford and Florida do though, if I recall correctly) Mens' soccer was OK this year but didn't make the tournament so it could come down to the lacrosse teams' seasons. I'm the resident lacrosse nerd on this here board, but it would be awesome if they put together a run and helped push UM over the top. GO BLUE!
You have to add swimming,diving,track and field.,rifle shooting ,gymnastics --which basically every SEC has two of each --thats 8-12 varsity sorts ,then add basketball,football,volleyball,baseball,softball,tennis,,golf,dance,-- it adds up quickly
Women´s gimnastics.
Not to mention women's gimlets.
I think the real lime juice and simple syrup was the key. Beat Roses hands down. Just sayin'
Women's gymnastics. BIG Champs and #3 seed at nationals.
Knocked on wood three times before I even opened this post!!!
Wresting and Women's Gymnastics.
they forgot to mention football
Football? Did something good or remarkable or AMAZING happen in football?
(Yassssssss!)
Yes...fools got hurdled, and morale improved.
Success in 2022 was how I read it.
In ESPN's eyes, if you ain't SEC you suck
close enough. its not like ohio can read a calendar.
March 27th, 2022 at 10:17 PM ^
Other things they can't read:
- their rights (these are often read to them)
- the NCAA rules handbook
I’ve been wondering this for a while… when was the last sport OSU beat us in for the season series? It’s amazing how dominating we have been across the board, but especially against the university that tries everything to beat us.
Serious answer. OSU beat us in men's gymnastics and men's and women's swimming.
March 27th, 2022 at 10:22 PM ^
I think they beat us in rowing by a couple of meters this year!
What happened to swimming
NCAA Curling, Biathlon and Cross Country. Skiing. It's a thing!
Just counted 5 Muppet posts in a week. Has to be a record
March 27th, 2022 at 11:52 PM ^
And there were no wrestling muppets
March 27th, 2022 at 10:06 PM ^
I have never seen so many Muppets! And I grew up in the 70s
March 27th, 2022 at 10:09 PM ^
It must be just me but men's basketball isn't really like the others, is it? Rated top 4 coming into the season, mediocre regular season, early exit in Big Ten tournament, the two wins in the tournament followed by a L to end the season isn't really enough to make it a successful season in my mind.
It's really a disappointment if anything.
March 27th, 2022 at 10:23 PM ^
So you showed up in Muppets to actually talk down about our basketball team??? That’s not how this works! But hey that’s “your” world!!! GO BLUE ALWAYS
March 27th, 2022 at 11:03 PM ^
I'm not sure what the fuck you are talking about. Muppets? I don't see muppets in this thread. It's a thread about M "success" this year. Sorry but my standards are a little higher than to call a barely over .500 basketball season a success. I'd like to say that some Michigan fans might not be accustomed to real success in the sport but eh we've had several much better basketball seasons in the last decade. In fact, since 2010 this was the 2nd worst season.
March 28th, 2022 at 12:54 AM ^
Who hurt you? A sweet 16 appearance this year fails to meet your standards? I'd hate to be your child.
March 28th, 2022 at 12:30 AM ^
They did finish tied for 9th in the country by the director’s cup standings.
March 27th, 2022 at 10:28 PM ^
Best stretch of M sports since early '98? (Football national title, hockey national title, basketball conference tournament title)
March 27th, 2022 at 10:36 PM ^
Womens field hockey played for the NC ,i think they lost to North Carolina
March 27th, 2022 at 11:07 PM ^
Correct. Down to the last shot. (Last year.)
March 27th, 2022 at 11:59 PM ^
IT'S GREAT TO BE A MICHIGAN WOLVERINE....
March 28th, 2022 at 11:23 AM ^
Hat tip to AD Manuel. Sounds like he forced each program to study and benchmark the practices of the top team in each sport and do something about ours. I mean, what else would explain this.