RayRay Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I was going to mention my alma mater, Auburn but I forgot we shared it in '57. Didn't realize it till I saw the list. Well if you want an honorable mention to the list then Auburn was probably either on probation or should have been in '57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 On further reflection, I would probably nominate UCLA as the school. Even with their main rival UCS piling up national championships, UCLA had good coaches, like Dick Vermeil and Terry Donahue and a great campus environment and had terrific basketball teams under coach Wooden (sure UCLA is a basketball school but Michigan is a football school that has won championships in basketball). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayRay Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Dean, I also thought UCLA had never won a championship until I found the earlier link. In 1954 they shared the title with Ohio State. Hard to believe a school like that has not won one since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 UC schools have higher admission requirements and character quotients (even for jocks) than a lot of private schools and, particularly, SEC schools HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayRay Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 UC schools have higher admission requirements and character quotients (even for jocks) than a lot of private schools and, particularly, SEC schools HH I'll give two shits about admission requirements when FOX / ABC shell out five gazillion dollars to televise the BCS Quiz Bowl Championships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 That a national championship that should never have been shared (in 1954). I'll take the BCS over the rules in effect in 1954, when the Bruins, 9-0 and winners of the PAC, could not play in the Rose Bowl against the Buckeyes because they had played in it a year before and a "no repeat" rule was in effect in 1954, where a PAC team could not play in the Rose Bown two years in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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