We all know that no school has doubled up with championship trophies in football and hoops in the same year, but no school has even turned the trick in a gap of less than eight years. Wendell Barnhouse of the Star-Telegram breaks it down:
School | Football | Basketball | Gap |
---|---|---|---|
Michigan | 1997 | 1989 | 8 |
Ohio State | 1968 | 1960 | 8 |
Florida | 1996 | 2006 | 10 |
UCLA | 1954 | 1964 | 10 |
Stanford | 1926 | 1942 | 16 |
Michigan State | 1952 | 1979 | 27 |
Arkansas | 1964 | 1994 | 30 |
California | 1920 | 1959 | 39 |
Syracuse | 1959 | 2003 | 44 |
Maryland | 1953 | 2002 | 49 |
Of course, we respectfully disagree with his assessment that "The task for Ohio State is more difficult" when breaking down the two teams that have very real shots to accomplish this double feature this season, but we digress..