Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Can you argue when you have this as proof?

Recently a few friends and I were discussing whether or not Michigan is the best team (Football) in the Nation. Their statements were the last few years have not been the best, haven't beaten OSU in more than 4 years and so forth. Let me just lay some things out here right now

Wins and championships

* Most wins (869) and highest winning percentage (.745) in NCAA Division I-A football history
* The most conference championships of any college football program in any conference (42)
* The most winning seasons (110)
* The most undefeated seasons in Division 1-A football (25)
* One of only three schools with a winning record against every Division 1-A conference, including independent schools such as Notre Dame.

Scoring and schedule

* The largest scoring delta (points for minus points against) in college football history
* One of the highest all-time strength of schedule rating in college football

Attendance and television

* The highest NCAA home attendance every year since 1974, except for 1997
* The largest (non-racing) stadium in the United States (Michigan Stadium, seats 107,501)
* The largest crowd to ever attend an NCAA football game: 112,118 on November 22, 2003, at Michigan Stadium vs. Ohio State
* The longest current streak of over 100,000 in attendance at home (208 games)
* The most televised school in college football history (382 televised games)

Current streaks

* The longest current streak of non-losing seasons (40 seasons; 1968-present)
* The longest current streak of bowl game appearances (33 seasons; 1975-present)
* The longest current streak of games in Division 1-A since last being shut out (287 games; last time on October 20, 1984, at Iowa)

Honored pageantry

* The number one sports rivalry: Michigan-Ohio State, according to ESPN's "10 Greatest Sports Rivalries"[5]
* The best helmet in football, according to ESPN's "End of Century" Special
* The best uniform in sports, according to ESPN2's 64 Team Bracket Results[6]
* The only fight song in the Hall of Fame

What else is there?

Michigan Claims 11 National Titles to go with NCAA, but in reality they have won 14.Michigan Football

Michigan has been invited to play in 39 bowl games in its history, compiling a record of 19-20 in those games.

Note: From 1918-1945, the Big Ten did not allow its teams to participate in bowls. From 1946-1974, only the conference champion was allowed to attend a bowl (the Rose Bowl), and no team could go two years in a row.

So many years Michigan could not go to a Bowl game, where they would have been invited.

Before this years win over Florida, Michigan last Bowl win came against no one other than Florida. Some say this years bowl game was revenge for last year scam.

As a sum up, you can say Michigan is just the BEST! VICTORS VALIANT! HAIL!

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