All-time Winningest College Football Programs. Is Your School On the List?
REVISED 07.09.11 – With Ohio State vacating all of it’s 2010 wins, they drop from #3 to #5. This could change again as the NCAA has not weighed-in as of yet, but for now, these are the Top Ten All-Time Winningest Football Programs through 2010.
Four of the top 10 are B1G schools now including Nebraska. I like that.
The University of Michigan is number one. I hate that.
I’m a Michigan State University grad, and always hated Michigan football growing up. For the record, my MSU Spartans came in #29 at 59.145%.
If you want to see the big list, click here.
How to stripe a motorcycle helmet in three easy steps.
I was looking for some direction, instructions, tips, inspiration, etc. on how to paint a cycle helmet, and really couldn’t find anything worthwhile. Why is that? Who knows.
I recently purchased a 1973 Honda CL175. It’s a pretty fun little bike, but my old Polaris ATV helmet felt pretty out-of-place. I wanted an old school open-face helmet like the old Bell helmets of my youth. I found a great Fulmer helmet, gold sparkle, at Ray Price H-D on sale and I snapped it up.
But it just didn’t seem exactly right yet. Not quite “me” yet. So I decided to put some racing stripes on it. Again, no luck finding any help online, but I’ve been a spray-painter going back to my elementary school model building days, so I decided to just do it myself. And pray that I don’t ruin my brand new, pristine helmet.
I got some 3M thin line tape to use to mask off the racing stripes. I originally planned for some thinner ’60s style stripes, but got on a roll and ended up with something that would have been right at home on the hood of a 1970 Chevelle Super Sport.
Step #1a. The trick is to start with long strips of tape and work on getting a nice, straight center line going from snap to snap. You can peel and adjust as needed, but keep a long strip instead of focusing on a small area. Once you get it right, press down the tape firmly and make sure that there are no wrinkles, breaks or bubbles.
Step #1b. I used some of the blue tape as a guide for stripe thickness. I laid down a strip on either side of my center strip, but that was a bit too narrow, so I added a second strip to each side that 50% overlapped the first piece. That looked about right. I used the thin line tape again to mask off the outside edge of the fat stripe (also the inside edge of the outer (thinner) stripe). This was pretty easy using the blue tape as a guide and again I worked in long strips and focused on getting an even, smooth line. Once I had both sides down, I removed the blue guide tape.
Step #1c. The space between the fat stripes and the thin stripes should match the center space, so I used a piece of thin line as a space guide. Then I added the thin line tape to mask off the outside edge of the thinner stripe in the same manner as mentioned in Step 1b. Once I had the outside edges masked to my liking, I peeled the guide tape. Viola, stripes!
Step #1d. Using regular painters (blue) tape, I masked off everything that I didn’t want painted.
Next, you head over the paint shop, on in my case, five feet away from my work bench on my garage floor. I used the Fulmer box as a stand and put a plastic shopping bag on it so that it didn’t get covered in paint. I also threw down a plastic tarp to protect my basement floor.
Step #2. Pull the trigger! Yep, it’s time to paint. I went to Ace Hardware and browsed their selection of flat black spray paint and decided to go with their house-brand premium lacquer because it promised to dry quickly, leave a hard yet smooth finish, and you didn’t have to re-coat in less than two hours or more than five days. Following the directions, I put down three light, even coats taking care not to put it down too thick and cause runs or ripples.
I applied the coats about 30 minutes apart, and after the third coat, I let it dry for about two hours. Then curiosity got the best of me. I HAD to see how it looked, and how well the masking tape worked.
What do you think? I’m digging it! And the best part, nobody but me has one just like it.
MSU Wins in 28-22 Happy Valley, Goes 11-1 and Big Ten Champs.
And just like that, the season is over. What a season it was!
Michigan State Rallies Past Purdue 35-31, Goes to 10-1.
It was Senior Day at Spartan Stadium, and the last home game of the season. A season where MSU has not lost at home, and has only lost one game to their nine wins. The Spartans were the clear favorite against the 4-6 Boilermakers.
BCS Rankings put Spartans at #11.
The AP and USA Today put MSU at #10, but the sages at the BCS take them down a notch to #11. I guess beating a 1-9 Minnesota doesn’t impress the computers all that much.
Wisconsin moves up from #9 to #7, and is currently the highest ranked Big Ten team.
Almost-Big Ten Nebraska slips from #7 to #8.
Ohio State moves up from #11 to #9.
Iowa moves up from #16 to #13.
Not too bad for the Big Ten with two teams in the Top Ten and four teams in the Top 25.
Spartans over the Gophers 31-8, move to 9-1 and #10.
Edwin Baker celebrates MSU’s win over Minnesota, and deservedly so.
Spartans slide to #14 after loss to Iowa.
Big Ten rankings got a little more interesting with State’s loss to Iowa. There are now four one-loss teams duking it out for the conference. MSU and OSU both have four wins, so they are up top. Wisconsin and Iowa have three wins each, so they are right behind the leads. There is a gaggle of two-loss clubs waiting for the whole thing to bust lose . Michigan, Indiana and Minnesota are holding down the bottom of the list.
Oregon and Auburn flip-flop at the #1 and #2 two spots with the Ducks as the top team in the country. They handled USC pretty well and looked good doing it. I agree with Oregon at #1. TCU and Boise State flip-flop at #3 and #4. These are obviously good teams, but I can’t tell how good becuase most weeks they are playing teams I have never heard of.
Lastly, give it up for NC State! The Pack slip in at #25 this week.