College Football Championship Belt Starter
About the same time that I started the College Football Shame Mask, I felt there should be a trophy to reward quality football, too. As great as the Old Oaken Bucket and the Little Brown Jug are, I've always been disappointed that they are restricted to only two teams each. Therefore, I decided to start a College Football Championship Belt, which a team could keep until it lost it. However, I did not know exactly what historic event should launch the championship belt.
As pointed out by Peter Mucha, the belt will eventually come to the same team no matter who had it initially, given sufficient time. While I initially resisted, I realized that he was right although it seemed disappointing that many victories, historic and not, would eventually lead to the same place.
However, I then became interested in how long "sufficient" time was. Therefore, in August, when the 2007 season started, I decided to award every time a trophy which they could keep until they lost a game, at which time they would have to give all trophies in their possession to the team that beat them. The full table of the 2007 season can be found here. After the 15 weeks of the season, the 120 Division I-A teams* have gone down only 16 teams that have at least one trophy. Here they are with the number they have in parentheses.
It should be noted that I-AA Furman did not start with a trophy of its own, but due to Michigan's loss to I-AA Appalachian State to start the season, the Wolverine-shaped trophy bounced around the Southern Conference all season.
*--I refuse to use the NCAA's new Division I Bowl Subdivision label. Also, the 120 includes "reclassifying member" Wester Kentucky.
As pointed out by Peter Mucha, the belt will eventually come to the same team no matter who had it initially, given sufficient time. While I initially resisted, I realized that he was right although it seemed disappointing that many victories, historic and not, would eventually lead to the same place.
However, I then became interested in how long "sufficient" time was. Therefore, in August, when the 2007 season started, I decided to award every time a trophy which they could keep until they lost a game, at which time they would have to give all trophies in their possession to the team that beat them. The full table of the 2007 season can be found here. After the 15 weeks of the season, the 120 Division I-A teams* have gone down only 16 teams that have at least one trophy. Here they are with the number they have in parentheses.
- Georgia (20)
- West Virginia (12)
- USC (12)
- Boston College (11)
- Michigan(9)
- Pittsburgh (9)
- Wake Forest (8)
- Missouri (7)
- BYU (7)
- Penn State (6)
- Kansas (6)
- Texas (4)
- Texas Tech (4)
- Tennessee (2)
- Ohio (2)
- Furman (1)
It should be noted that I-AA Furman did not start with a trophy of its own, but due to Michigan's loss to I-AA Appalachian State to start the season, the Wolverine-shaped trophy bounced around the Southern Conference all season.
*--I refuse to use the NCAA's new Division I Bowl Subdivision label. Also, the 120 includes "reclassifying member" Wester Kentucky.
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