I'm not sure JIF. My grandfather took me to my first game when I was real young. We went to a Yankee game. (my grandparents lived up on the Concourse in the Bronx). I really don't know if Dimag was still playing at that time.
As I said....the UCLA streak was remarkable under any circumstances. ....then throw in a football title in between and you have something very unique and extremely difficult to duplicate.
But not as unique and difficult as say, undefeated for two years straight and winning the national championship both years... And even that's not as unique and difficult as say, posting an 89-1 record over three years and winning the national championship all three years... I could go on. And on. And on. And on. And you thought "Boston could give Gainesville a serious run" Gainesville still has its own gaining to do. :lol: :lol: :lol:
“I think there are a lot of reasons why Gainesville works,” Jacobs said. “Obviously, there’s the recent success,” Jacobs said, “but when you look even closer, 21 different teams at Florida have won national championships, there have been 203 individual national championships, plus SEC championships, Heisman Trophy winners. " “There’s also something about Gainesville that resonates. The Swamp, Gator sports. There’s a level of passion from the fans and history and tradition that makes it an ideal sports city.” Terry....are your numbers for USC and UCLA just TEAM titles or do they include individual NCAA titles because as listed above UF has 203 of those.
I think we have seen that Gainesville is indeed the greatest city on earth. New York, Chicago, Paris , London etc. all pale in comparison. It is a mecca of culture and sophistication, of academics and research, natural beauty and man-made architecture; a financial and business oasis in a country of recession and crime. It is the epicenter of the sports world, the summit of athletic achievement unparallleled anywhere in the world or in the solar system as we know it, spearheaded by coaches of unquestioned skills, teaching abilities and character; men and women of unquestioned morals and athletes who are the envy of the sports world and generally recognized as without equals by all. For the rest of us, there is always second place. ---- I think that about covers it! Can we close this topic now?
George...it is actually a great place and has made top ten lists of best US cities to live and in fact one year it topped the list from US News and World Report I believe. It may not be everything you listed but there sure have been a lot of national titles in team and in individual NCAA sports. Again....the main reason Gville is in the top 20 is the incredible run of two men's BB titles sandwiched by the football title and the Heisman for Tebow. It could be though that since Erin Andrews is from Florida that ESPN felt obligated to have her do an interview in Gville with Tebow.
Gainesville is a horrible place. Hopefully, the people from "up north" and southeast Florida (not much difference in many regards) who've not already moved to N Central Florida ..... will not. 8)
hmm <r>I see we'd rather re-hash lame debates that had been dead for over a month rather than talk about the SEC taking partial qualifiers....<br/> <QUOTE><s> </e></QUOTE> As for this, here are some figures for you:<br/> <QUOTE><s> </e></QUOTE> <QUOTE><s> </e></QUOTE> You might remember the gold 'C' on UCLA's uniforms this year.. C=100, that was in honor of its 100th team NCAA title.<br/> <br/> According to the NCAA's data, at the start of the school year...<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html"><s></s>http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html<e></e></URL><br/> <br/> Be it Total, Men's, Women's or Coed.. Florida appears no where on any of their top 10 lists.<br/> <br/> TOTAL<br/> UCLA: 100 <br/> Stanford: 94 <br/> Southern California: 84 <br/> Oklahoma State: 48 <br/> Arkansas: 41 <br/> LSU: 40 <br/> Texas: 39 <br/> Michigan: 32 <br/> North Carolina: 32 <br/> Penn State: 32 <br/> <br/> MEN'S<br/> Southern California: 73 <br/> UCLA: 70 <br/> Stanford: 58 <br/> Oklahoma State: 48 <br/> Arkansas: 41 <br/> Michigan: 30 <br/> Yale: 25 <br/> California: 23 <br/> Indiana: 23 <br/> Iowa: 21 <br/> UTEP: 21 <br/> Wisconsin: 21 <br/> <br/> WOMEN'S<br/> Stanford: 36 <br/> UCLA: 30 <br/> LSU: 24 <br/> North Carolina: 23 <br/> Texas: 22 <br/> Georgia: 16 <br/> Maryland: 15 <br/> Arizona: 11 <br/> Southern California: 11 <br/> Old Dominion: 10 <br/> <br/> COED<br/> Denver: 18 <br/> Colorado: 16 <br/> West Virginia: 13 <br/> Penn State: 10 <br/> Utah: 10 <br/> Alaska Fairbanks *: 9 <br/> Vermont: 5 <br/> Dartmouth: 3 <br/> Notre Dame: 3 <br/> Tennessee Tech: 3 <br/> <br/> Maybe you have a nifty TSN article to counter all this?</r>
Impressive to be sure, Corey. Three Pac-10 teams at the top. It sure looks like the Pac-10 is the pinnacle of success in collegiate sports when it comes to ALL sports combined. Very interesting post.
Well, since this is a thread about "Titletown" and Green Bay is already the pro version, let's see which city (or town) is the college version based on National Championships in just the major men's sports - football, basketball & baseball. I'll start with the local burg: USC has 11 football NC's and 12 baseball NC's. UCLA has 1 football NC and 11 basketball NC's. That gives Los Angeles a total of 35. Who wants to do the next city?
My major concession to Gainesville did not stanch the bleeding of this topic. Since it rambles on, I nominate Colts Neck, NJ as Titletown USA. Colts Neck is the home of Christian Brothers Academy, a private HS. The CBA cross country team wins the title in the Shore conference every year, in fact, I don't think they have lost a single match since 1981. Makes Gainesville look kinda puny in comparison. 8)
Seriously, Gator home cookin' aside, is Gainesville an idyllic college town like Austin Texas or Bloomington In or State College PA? I mean if it weren't for UF would you even bother to visit it? I don't know, I'm just askin. I've never been there. I've been to St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Destin, Clearwater, etc and they are all cool places to visit...is Gainesville?
Depends on what you want. In Gville .... I'm * on a golf course that's available year around (with tennis and swimming and club dining) and adjoins an almost captive "village center" with specialty retail, dining, professional offices, MDs, vet, dry cleaners, etc, etc ... and just a few blocks from the quaint Donovan/Meyer Publix grocery * eight miles from UF football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, soccer, softball, gymnastics, tennis, etc ... the UF performing arts center, Harn Museum, Florida Museum of Natural History, etc .... pretty good academics, for a public university * 2 +/- hours, mostly interstate, from Rays, Bucs, Magic, Jags, three minor league baseball teams, spring training, Daytona Speedway, and 3 nice airports if I need to travel. * 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, * 70 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. * near counless lakes, rivers (Suwanee and St Johns) , streams, springs, sinks, * near quite a few parks and preserves, including the 21,000 acre savanna Paynes Prarie and the Ocala National Forest, * short commute to a small but growing tech center which is getting more and more attention from all parties involved in the tech transfer activities, I don't think Gville will ever be a tourist destination (thanfully :wink: ) but it's a nice place to be ...... if you're a Gator fan and want to live in Florida. 8)
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