More on Championship Doubles

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-Telegrambreaks it down:

NCAA Double Winners

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..