The Man.

[pm2011]

I kinda like 2012........just saying......

Then that just means that Newberry has been 'The Man' for almost 10 years, instead of (just now) a week :).

[BlazerLady]

Only error in this latest post Bigmrg is the date that Newberry College won... Should be 11-20-21 not 11-20-12

I kinda like 2012........just saying......

[Wildcat Khan]

Only error in this latest post Bigmrg is the date that Newberry College won... Should be 11-20-21 not 11-20-12

Like Huey Lewis we're going Back in Time?

[pm2011]

Only error in this latest post Bigmrg is the date that Newberry College won... Should be 11-20-21 not 11-20-12

[bigmrg74]

UWF lost it to West Georgia University 26-30 on 10-16-21.
WGU lost it to Valdosta State University 34-36 on 10-30-21.
VSU lost it to Universty of West Florida 42-61 on 11-13-21.
UWF lost it to Newberry College 30-33 on 11-20-12.


The Interim Title of The Man for 1975.

Northern Michigan University claimed it against Western Kentucky 16-14 on 12-13-75.
NMU lost it to Grand Valley State 31-14 on 11-13-76.
GVSU lost it to Michigan Tech 10-6 on 09-17-77.
MTU lost it to Moorhead State 24-0 on 10-08-77.
Moorhead lost it to St. Cloud State 42-18 on 10-15-77.
SCSU lost it to Northern Iowa 27-14 on 11-12-77.
NIU lost it to Youngstown State 31-14 on 09-09-78.
YSU lost it to Eastern Illinois 26-22 on 12-08-78.
EIU lost it to Western Illinois 10-7 on 10-06-79.
WIU lost it to Northern Iowa 38-25 on 10-13-79.
NIU lost it to South Dakota State 14-7 on 10-20-79.
SDSU lost it to North Dakota State 38-14 on 10-27-79.
NDSU lost it to Northern Michigan 10-0 on 09-06-80.
Northern Michigan beat Delaware to 22-7 on 10-18-80 to unify the titles.


The Interim Title of the Man for 91 thru 96.
PSU won the title 23-6 against Jacksonville State.
PSU lost it to JSU 17-13 on 12-12-92
Jacksonville St. did not lose to another D2 school until 96.
JSU lost it to WGU 30-10 on 09-07-96
WGU lost it to Henderson St. 20-13 on 9-28-96
HSU lost it to DSU 24-0 on 10-05-96
DSU lost it to UNA 27-17 on 10-19-96
UNA lost it to CAU 21-20 on 11-02-96
CAU lost it to VSU 63-30 on 11-09-96
VSU lost it to WGU 42-21 on 11-16-96
WGU lost it to Carson-Newman 41-19 on 11-23-96
CN beat VSU 24-19 on 11-30-96 to Unify the titles.

Interim Title of The Man for 98
Northern Colorado lost it to Nebraska-Omaha 15-3 on 10-24-98
Nebraska-Omaha lost it to Northwest Missouri 28-14 on 11-21-98
NWMSU was the current holder of The Man title, so that game unified the title.

Interim Title of The Man for 2012
Pittsburg State University claimed it against Wayne State University 35 - 21 on 12-17-2011
PSU lost it to NWMSU 31-21 on 10-13-2012
NWMSU lost it to Missouri Western State 21-21 on 11-10-2012.
MWSU was the current holder of The Man Title, so that was a unification game.

Interim Title of the The Man for 2014
NWMSU claimed it against Lenoir-Rhyne 43-28 on 12-21-2013.
NWMSU lost it to Pittsburg State 35-17 on 10-18-14.
PSU lost it to Minnesota State-Mankato 24-21 on 11-29-14.
Mankato lost it to Colorado State-Pueblo 13-0 on 12-20-14.
Pueblo was the current holder of The Man Title, so an unification game was played at the Championship.


Texas A&M-Commerce beats West Florida 37-27 on 12-16-17 to claim the interim The Man title Belt for 2017.
Texas A&M-Commerce lost it to CSU-Pueblo 23-13 on 09-22-18.
Pueblo lost it to Minnesota State Mankato 24-10 on 11-24-18.
Mankato lost it to Ferris State University 25-42 on 12-08-18.
FSU was the current holder of The Man Title, so that game was an unification game.


Newberry College now currently holds the title of "The Man" now.

I'm pretty sure I had all of the dates from 1980 to present all filled out, I used this website here.... http://michigan-football.com/ncaa/ncaa_ii.htm and I pretty much used that site from there on to determine "The Man". It does get harder to figure out when teams moved up back then, but usually poking thru their older media guides will give you the dates you need, and you also might fight the info to confirm what division a school was when it played somebody who may have been a holder of the title belt then. If anybody can fill in those missing dates or track it back from an earlier champion, it would be a big help as well. In theory here, all NC winners were the Man, even if it was just an interim title.

I think I've stumbled across another website that will make it much easier to track it down all the way to the original "The Man" Louisiana Tech in 1973.
http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data...conf_index.php

Updated and the UWF thing was corrected.

[Ram Tough]

This is still one of my favorite threads ever.

[DawgUp]

All Hail NEWBERRY!

[cwfenn]

Looks like Newberry has joined the list.

[UWFMubbish]

Updated the list.

Not to be too picky, but West Florida is actually "UWF" or the "University of West Florida," not West Florida University. Great thread, love the history!

[bigmrg74]

WFU lost it to West Georgia University 26-30 on 10-16-21.
WGU lost it to Valdosta State University 34-36 on 10-30-21.
VSU lost it to West Florida University 42-61 on 11-13-21.


The Interim Title of The Man for 1975.

Northern Michigan University claimed it against Western Kentucky 16-14 on 12-13-75.
NMU lost it to Grand Valley State 31-14 on 11-13-76.
GVSU lost it to Michigan Tech 10-6 on 09-17-77.
MTU lost it to Moorhead State 24-0 on 10-08-77.
Moorhead lost it to St. Cloud State 42-18 on 10-15-77.
SCSU lost it to Northern Iowa 27-14 on 11-12-77.
NIU lost it to Youngstown State 31-14 on 09-09-78.
YSU lost it to Eastern Illinois 26-22 on 12-08-78.
EIU lost it to Western Illinois 10-7 on 10-06-79.
WIU lost it to Northern Iowa 38-25 on 10-13-79.
NIU lost it to South Dakota State 14-7 on 10-20-79.
SDSU lost it to North Dakota State 38-14 on 10-27-79.
NDSU lost it to Northern Michigan 10-0 on 09-06-80.
Northern Michigan beat Delaware to 22-7 on 10-18-80 to unify the titles.


The Interim Title of the Man for 91 thru 96.
PSU won the title 23-6 against Jacksonville State.
PSU lost it to JSU 17-13 on 12-12-92
Jacksonville St. did not lose to another D2 school until 96.
JSU lost it to WGU 30-10 on 09-07-96
WGU lost it to Henderson St. 20-13 on 9-28-96
HSU lost it to DSU 24-0 on 10-05-96
DSU lost it to UNA 27-17 on 10-19-96
UNA lost it to CAU 21-20 on 11-02-96
CAU lost it to VSU 63-30 on 11-09-96
VSU lost it to WGU 42-21 on 11-16-96
WGU lost it to Carson-Newman 41-19 on 11-23-96
CN beat VSU 24-19 on 11-30-96 to Unify the titles.

Interim Title of The Man for 98
Northern Colorado lost it to Nebraska-Omaha 15-3 on 10-24-98
Nebraska-Omaha lost it to Northwest Missouri 28-14 on 11-21-98
NWMSU was the current holder of The Man title, so that game unified the title.

Interim Title of The Man for 2012
Pittsburg State University claimed it against Wayne State University 35 - 21 on 12-17-2011
PSU lost it to NWMSU 31-21 on 10-13-2012
NWMSU lost it to Missouri Western State 21-21 on 11-10-2012.
MWSU was the current holder of The Man Title, so that was a unification game.

Interim Title of the The Man for 2014
NWMSU claimed it against Lenoir-Rhyne 43-28 on 12-21-2013.
NWMSU lost it to Pittsburg State 35-17 on 10-18-14.
PSU lost it to Minnesota State-Mankato 24-21 on 11-29-14.
Mankato lost it to Colorado State-Pueblo 13-0 on 12-20-14.
Pueblo was the current holder of The Man Title, so an unification game was played at the Championship.


Texas A&M-Commerce beats West Florida 37-27 on 12-16-17 to claim the interim The Man title Belt for 2017.
Texas A&M-Commerce lost it to CSU-Pueblo 23-13 on 09-22-18.
Pueblo lost it to Minnesota State Mankato 24-10 on 11-24-18.
Mankato lost it to Ferris State University 25-42 on 12-08-18.
FSU was the current holder of The Man Title, so that game was an unification game.


West Florida University now currently holds the title of "The Man" now.

I'm pretty sure I had all of the dates from 1980 to present all filled out, I used this website here.... http://michigan-football.com/ncaa/ncaa_ii.htm and I pretty much used that site from there on to determine "The Man". It does get harder to figure out when teams moved up back then, but usually poking thru their older media guides will give you the dates you need, and you also might fight the info to confirm what division a school was when it played somebody who may have been a holder of the title belt then. If anybody can fill in those missing dates or track it back from an earlier champion, it would be a big help as well. In theory here, all NC winners were the Man, even if it was just an interim title.

I think I've stumbled across another website that will make it much easier to track it down all the way to the original "The Man" Louisiana Tech in 1973.
http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data...conf_index.php

Updated the list.

[UFOILERFAN]

West Florida regains THE MAN title. GSC passing it around.

[bigmrg74]

And as the Grand Poobah himself pointed out tonight, how interesting is that Valdosta State-West Florida tilt to end the season going to be?? Either way, The Man will make the playoffs!!

[getnastyblazers]

Long live The Man!

[boyblue]

This is me crowing, Who Da Man!

[BlazerLady]

Would have thought that you Valdosta fans would have been on here crowing about becoming The Man!!!

LOL.....I forgot....OMG! We're the MAN!