Thursday, February 16, 2006

Trivia Answers - and a new question

To refresh your memory, the question at hand is as follows: What are the only eight schools to have won both a Division I-A Football National Championship and a Division I basketball championship?

If you remember, the original question said there were only three schools to accomplish this feat, but I think I may have found where the provider went wrong. Until 2002, there were only three schools to have won an OUTRIGHT national championship in both sports. Remember, because there is no playoff system in football, we've had a number of split championships over the years, including three of the eight teams. The other two teams that rounded out the five that were missing just recently won their basketball title within the past four years. It's possible that they had originally come up with this information before that. So, since nobody else wants to take a crack, here are the answers kids. (Split National Championships for football are in red.)


Ohio State
Football 42, 54, 57, 61, 68, 70, 02
Basketball 60

Michigan
Football 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 18, 23, 33, 48, 97
Basketball 89

Michigan State
Football 52, 65
Basketball 79, 00

UCLA
Football 54
Basketball 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 95

Stanford
Football 26
Basketball 42

Syracuse
Football 59
Basketball 03

Maryland
Football 53
Basketball 02

Arkansas
Football 64
Basketball 94

Now, since nobody got the correct answer on their own (including me,) let's throw in a bonus question that I did know the answer to.

Rounding out the "big three" sports....using those eight teams who have won both a football and basketball national championship, can you name the three who have also won a baseball national championship? Which school was the first to accomplish this feat?

1 Comments:

At 12:41 PM, February 17, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm going to guess Stanford, Michigan, and UCLA with Stanford being the first to win all three.

 

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