Poll Results: Will Michgian win 6 games to be bowl eligible?

When the Wolverines took the field Saturday against Illinois the voting was dead even: 50% yes and 50% no. We all know now, that Michigan did win its 6th game and is now bowl eligible.

Thank you to everyone who voted. Don't forget to vote in this week's poll: "Will the NCAA rule regarding Cam Newton's eligibility fast enough to avoid a Heisman/BCS controversy?"

Weekly Trivia: Winning Seasons for the Oklahoma Sooners

The answer to last week's trivia question, "What 7 schools were the charter members of the Western Conference (which evolved into the Big Ten) in 1896?" was correctly given by the second Anonymous responder. Those schools were: Michigan, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Chicago, Minnesota, Illinois, and Purdue.

Now for this week's question. Bob Stoops took over at Oklahoma in 1999. Since he was named head coach at Oklahoma, he has won 119 games and had a winning season every year. This week's question is:

Before Bob Stoops became the coach, how many consecutive seasons did Oklahoma not have a winning record?

Leave your answer in the comments section. The answer will be revealed next Wednesday when a new question is asked.

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PERSPECTIVE: NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULES

Is it just me or has the first two weeks of the college football season felt different this year than in has the last few years? I am talking about the existence of quality non-conference games. September had almost become a pre-season for college football with few good teams playing each other. They scheduled Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) teams or bottom of the barrel Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams to feast on. This year has been different. In the first two weeks alone, we have seen the following match ups that were actually meaningful:

Week 1

• BYU vs. Oklahoma
• Oklahoma State vs. Georgia
• Miami vs. Florida State
• Alabama vs. Virginia Tech
• Boise State vs. Oregon
• Missouri vs. Illinois

Week 2

• USC vs. Ohio State
• Michigan vs. Notre Dame
• Oklahoma State vs. Houston
• Fresno State vs. Wisconsin
• UCLA vs. Tennessee

With the advent of the BCS, it has become evident that an undefeated conference champion from the SEC, Big East, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-10, or ACC is guaranteed a spot in the national title game (barring a situation like 2004 when 3 conference champions were undefeated). The schools in this conference found it unnecessary to schedule quality opponents out of conference because of the perceived strength of their conference schedule. Teams not part of the six conferences must go undefeated to even be recognized by the BCS because of the perceived weakness of the other conferences. The end result has been boring match ups to start the year. Fortunately, it appears that the outcries from fans have started to turn around the trend to schedule overmatched opponents. Personally, I would like to see a rule implemented that no FBS team can play a FCS team.