Ok, it's time to get back to this season, and I'm going to use yet another Michigan photo because it may be a while before I can do so again. In case you missed it (and I can't imagine how you could), the Wolverines are 0-2 and have already changed college football in a way none of us imagined. Last week, the Associated Press decided it would allow its voters to cast ballots for non-FBS teams starting with the Sept. 10 national survey (in other words, Appalachian State). The last non-current-FBS member to be ranked in the then-AP Top 20 was Colgate with a 9-0 mark at No. 20 in the Nov. 7, 1977, national ratings.By the way, Colgate has a writeup in the book.
The photo is from the first Rose Bowl, when Michigan crushed Stanford, 49-0. It was the first of four consecutive national championships for the Wolverines (the first two consensus). Courtesy the Bentley Historical Library (photo BL000013), the University Michigan.
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