35 Years Since Last B1G Title

[WindsorHawk]

How many years had it been since Michigan State won a B1G conference football title? Maybe this is the year droughts end in both sports!

 

[ssckelley]

I was a student when the 1969 team went 14 and 0. 1969-70 Big Ten Conference Season Summary | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

You had to win the conference to make it to the NCAA tournament field of 32. Unfortunately Iowa lost a heart breaker in the first round.

For me winning the regular season title would have more meaning than making the NCAA tournament. I think making it to the field of 64/68 isn't the accomplishment that a regular conference championship is.

Iowa gave that Jacksonville team all they wanted. Jacksonville had 7-2 Artis Gilmore on that team.

 

[HawksMN]

One of Mr. Davis's teams should have had one to if it were not for the cheating Gophers (academic fraud paper writing scam). I believe in 1995-96 season.

87 squad...ahem. That is why this win over OSU was so sweet, they did it to us back then, 1st loss.

 

[HaydenHawk56]

87 squad...ahem. That is why this win over OSU was so sweet, they did it to us back then, 1st loss.

I did not forget about 1987.....they had the talent, but did not win the Big Ten that year (fair and square). Iowa should have won the Big Ten if we took out the gopher cheating in 1995-1996.

 

[1977Hawkeye]

Should have had one in 2005-2006. Stupid Northwestern. And Alford. And Iowa.

Though, I kind of think finishing in second, by a game and then beating the first place team twice and winning the tournament should be deserving of at least and asterisk or something.

Don't forget the loss @Minnesota late that year too, who in those days was bringing up the rear in the Big Ten along with Northwestern. Hello 2nd place.

Indeed, Alford's teams did have a habit of laying an egg on the road against teams they ought to beat.

 

[StatelineHawk]

I was a student when the 1969 team went 14 and 0. 1969-70 Big Ten Conference Season Summary | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

You had to win the conference to make it to the NCAA tournament field of 32. Unfortunately Iowa lost a heart breaker in the first round.

For me winning the regular season title would have more meaning than making the NCAA tournament. I think making it to the field of 64/68 isn't the accomplishment that a regular conference championship is.

They actually only took 25 teams. Iowa was outstanding that year. The NCAA loss that year should have prepared me for future NCAA heartbreaking losses.

 

[ssckelley]

Don't forget the loss @Minnesota late that year too, who in those days was bringing up the rear in the Big Ten along with Northwestern. Hello 2nd place.

Indeed, Alford's teams did have a habit of laying an egg on the road against teams they ought to beat.

I will never forget Alford's wonderful coaching job at Michigan State that year, he basically stopped coaching and gave up. MSU was nothing special that year but they beat Iowa by 30 points, the widest margin of victory they had the entire year.

Iowa turned in some real clunkers that year, none more famous than the final game.

 

[22hawkeyes]

How many years had it been since Michigan State won a B1G conference football title? Maybe this is the year droughts end in both sports!

who cares about mich st title. It's been long enough since we won a football title.

 

[homes]

Wow that's crazy Waiter, Kraf, Arnold and Lester I recognize. Who is the guard next to Arnold can't think of his name. We played a bunch out to Townsend after our college days were over.

Tom Norman.

 

[Seth53]

We had a one game lead in the league with 3 remaining in 81-82.....then lost in succession to Minnesota, @ Illinois, and then the ending via the Jim Bain game @ Purdue. The home loss to Minney was in triple OT. Minney won the title under Jim Dutcher.

We had been rated as high as #5 that year.

Dropped to a #6 seed, losing in 2nd round to Idaho.

That was a disappointing end to a great year.

 

[1977Hawkeye]

I will never forget Alford's wonderful coaching job at Michigan State that year, he basically stopped coaching and gave up. MSU was nothing special that year but they beat Iowa by 30 points, the widest margin of victory they had the entire year.

Iowa turned in some real clunkers that year, none more famous than the final game.

Yeah, I remember a couple of occasions where MSU was unranked, yet Iowa still got beaten like a drum in that building. I don't think any of Alford's teams ever bothered to really make the trip to East Lansing.. The MO was usually: Down 10 by the first media timeout. Down 20 by the second. Game over.

At least Lick's teams had the excuse of sucking.

The thing that I could never figure out was that Alford's teams could beat a Top 10 team, and look good doing it, and then turn around completely puke up a game against the last place team in the league.

That NWST game was where Alford finally lost me for good. Didn't they blow something like TWO 18 point leads in that game? One in the first half, the other in the second? Can't say I'd ever seen that before, or since. Alford has a talent for losing to 14 seeds, though.

 

[hawkinn3]

I would pay a significant amount of money for a black and gold Iowa velour V-neck jacket.

 

[hawkinn3]

Yeah, I remember a couple of occasions where MSU was unranked, yet Iowa still got beaten like a drum in that building. I don't think any of Alford's teams ever bothered to really make the trip to East Lansing.. The MO was usually: Down 10 by the first media timeout. Down 20 by the second. Game over.

At least Lick's teams had the excuse of sucking.

The thing that I could never figure out was that Alford's teams could beat a Top 10 team, and look good doing it, and then turn around completely puke up a game against the last place team in the league.

That NWST game was where Alford finally lost me for good. Didn't they blow something like TWO 18 point leads in that game? One in the first half, the other in the second? Can't say I'd ever seen that before, or since. Alford has a talent for losing to 14 seeds, though.

I still think about that 05-06 team. I really thought the bracket was set up for a final 4 run.

 

[ssckelley]

Yeah, I remember a couple of occasions where MSU was unranked, yet Iowa still got beaten like a drum in that building. I don't think any of Alford's teams ever bothered to really make the trip to East Lansing.. The MO was usually: Down 10 by the first media timeout. Down 20 by the second. Game over.

At least Lick's teams had the excuse of sucking.

The thing that I could never figure out was that Alford's teams could beat a Top 10 team, and look good doing it, and then turn around completely puke up a game against the last place team in the league.

That NWST game was where Alford finally lost me for good. Didn't they blow something like TWO 18 point leads in that game? One in the first half, the other in the second? Can't say I'd ever seen that before, or since. Alford has a talent for losing to 14 seeds, though.

Yep, playing up or down to opponents was Alfords style. They lost track of NW State, they were a good team and were not intimidated playing Iowa at all. But Iowa had the talent to destory them, and was, but good ole Alford allowed them to think they had the game in the bag and they fell apart.