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Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
I started thinking about all of my years as an Aggie, and I would think that this would have to rate as one of the best, if not the best, year for Aggie football and baskeball (combined).
If you simply take the combined number of football and basketball wins, will this turn out to be the most wins?
Since there are less football games, do you need to double the football games in value?
Curious as to what everyone thinks and how you would determine it.
If you simply take the combined number of football and basketball wins, will this turn out to be the most wins?
Since there are less football games, do you need to double the football games in value?
Curious as to what everyone thinks and how you would determine it.
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Re: Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
By winning percentage, the best year ever for the Aggies was 1917. We went 9-0 in hoops (Coach Joseph Jensen) and 7-0-1 in Football (Coach Jack Watson).
For total wins 2012 was a pretty good year. 11 wins in football and 21 wins in basketball. but this only equals 32 total wins.
If you look at the 2010-11 basketball season and its 30 wins combined with football's 4 wins it still equals 34. The Aggies also got to 30 wins in 2008, but football only crawled out 3 wins that year.
So this year with 11 in football and 22 in basketball we are one short of the overall "Best" winning season ever. Just need to beat San Diego for the tie and then knock off Nevada for the win!
And now you know the rest of the story.
For total wins 2012 was a pretty good year. 11 wins in football and 21 wins in basketball. but this only equals 32 total wins.
If you look at the 2010-11 basketball season and its 30 wins combined with football's 4 wins it still equals 34. The Aggies also got to 30 wins in 2008, but football only crawled out 3 wins that year.
So this year with 11 in football and 22 in basketball we are one short of the overall "Best" winning season ever. Just need to beat San Diego for the tie and then knock off Nevada for the win!
And now you know the rest of the story.
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Re: Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
Have we ever won conference titles in both sports in the same year?
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Re: Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
I appreciate anyone who has a knowledge of, and appreciation for, Aggie history. I salute you, sir!BigBlueAggie wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2019, 6:01 pmBy winning percentage, the best year ever for the Aggies was 1917. We went 9-0 in hoops (Coach Joseph Jensen) and 7-0-1 in Football (Coach Jack Watson).
For total wins 2012 was a pretty good year. 11 wins in football and 21 wins in basketball. but this only equals 32 total wins.
If you look at the 2010-11 basketball season and its 30 wins combined with football's 4 wins it still equals 34. The Aggies also got to 30 wins in 2008, but football only crawled out 3 wins that year.
So this year with 11 in football and 22 in basketball we are one short of the overall "Best" winning season ever. Just need to beat San Diego for the tie and then knock off Nevada for the win!
And now you know the rest of the story.
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Re: Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
The US entered World War 1 in 1917 and USU sports were at an all time best. Hope we don't enter a World War this year as we have our best combined year of my lifetime.
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Re: Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
I would have guessed Ralston/Olsen football era when our basketball team was excellent (Wayne Estes Cornell Green) would have been up there...but just a guess. For sure great times when we packed Nelson field house with 6000 fans and the "Scotsman" song took hold as a fight melody.
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Re: Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
Funny - I asked this a few weeks ago and for whatever reason not much discussion happened, but three weeks later I'd say it's clearly the best in my lifetime.
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Re: Most Successful Combined Football and Basketball Season?
Probably my fault. I really gave such a definitive, well-researched, and thoughtful answer, everyone else was afraid to weigh in.FormerlyVegasAggie71 wrote: ↑February 25th, 2019, 10:59 amFunny - I asked this a few weeks ago and for whatever reason not much discussion happened, but three weeks later I'd say it's clearly the best in my lifetime.
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