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Not really related, but sort of related.
As of the 62-39 game, M*ch*gan is now enjoying their all-time record for consecutive seasons without a conference championship. They are now up to 14 consecutive seasons without a championship. Their previous record (13) started in 1951 and ended when they won the championship in 1964.
How do I figure this is related? When I first started looking into this, I posted that Chicago won the conference championship in 1924, and then went 22 consecutive seasons without a championship, and then they quit. Someone here posted that hopefully we can keep M*ch*gan off the board until they quit the sport. Maybe just 8 more years?
By the way, Ohio State's longest stretch was from 1921, and ended when they won the championship 1935. 14 seasons. Since then, they've never gone more than 6 seasons without a championship.
Oddly enough, the worst streak any team has ever been on is 51 seasons, currently tied by Indiana and Minnesota. They tied for the championship in 1967. Purdue tied them, too. Purdue has only won one championship since 1967 (2000). Did someone put a Boston Red Sox-type curse on those three teams? 51 seasons and only 1 conference championship to go around between the three teams? Seems like voodoo or something to me.
Wait - Northwestern had a 58-season drought, ending in 1995. I'm confident that both Indiana and Minnesota will break that record, though.
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