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Anthony Gharib, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 11:45 PM ET The No. 1 Michigan Wolverines defeated the No. 2 Washington Huskies 34-13 to win their very first College Football Playoff Championship game and outright nationwide title considering that 1948 (the Wolverines divided the title with the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 1997).

The 74 years in between outright nationwide titles is the most in the AP Poll period, according to ESPN Stats & Info research. In his 13th season as an FBS head coach, Jim Harbaugh becomes the first individual to win his very first nationwide title this late into a head-coaching profession given that the Texas Longhorns’ Mack Brown in 2005.

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Michigan is now the 6th school to complete a season 15-0 or better. Three of the previous times have happened in the past decade: the Georgia Bulldogs (2022 ), LSU Tigers (2019) and Clemson Tigers (2018 ). The Wolverines’ 15 wins is also the most in a single season in Huge 10 history.The national

champion win marks Michigan football’s first national title since beating the Washington State Cougars 21-16 in the 1998 Rose Bowl.Here’s an appearance back at what the world resembled the last time the Wolverines were nationwide champions.

‘Titanic’ in the midst of impressive run “Titanic”began to engrave itself in movie lore by the time Brand-new Year’s Day 1998 came around.Released in the U.S. on

Dec. 19, the blockbuster film reached$124 million at package office by the end of New Year’s Day. Overall, “Titanic “has actually earned over $2 billion around the world, turning into one of the top-selling movies ever.The GOAT rode the bench Tom Brady talks with Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh prior to a game in 2016. (Photo by Steven King/Icon Sportswire)

Prior to winning a record seven Super Bowls, Tom Brady was simply a backup quarterback at Michigan.The future three-time NFL MVP appeared in four games and had just 12 completions for 103 backyards during the nationwide title season. Brady didn’t play in the Rose Bowl as Brian Griese led the Wolverines to the win.Griese declared for the draft after the Rose

Bowl and Brady ended up being the starter for the 1998 and 1999 seasons, tossing for 30 goals and 4,644 yards.Elton John’s Princess Diana homage leads charts Elton John rewrote”Candle in the Wind,”initially launched in 1973, as

a homage to Diana, Princess of Wales.John performed it at her funeral service before the tune was formally launched in September 1997.

It stayed at No. 1 of the Billboard Hot 100 going into the New Year. The track earned John a Grammy Award for Male Pop Singing Performance.”Candle in the Wind “offered more than 33 million copies worldwide, a record for the best-selling single of the pop-rock era.Jordan and Chicago Bulls nearing end of ‘Last Dance’Michael Jordan during the 1997-1998 season, his last with the Chicago Bulls. (Picture by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images)

Coming off their 5th NBA championship of the decade, Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson deemed the 1997-98 season “The Last Dance.” The name came after basic manager Jerry Krause made it clear Jackson would not return as coach of the Bulls.Chicago got in the

New Year with a 20-10 record, good enough for 2nd location in the Eastern Conference. They lost only 10 more games the remainder of the regular season and won their 6th title, Jordan’s last.Steve Jobs comes

back to Apple Steve Jobs ‘return to Apple came true in early 1997. Jobs left the business in 1985, however returned after the acquisition of his computer platform company NeXT.Apple named him as its interim CEO in September 1997 and Jobs assisted present technology such as the iPod and iPhone. He hadn’t been back at Apple for more than a year when Michigan won its nationwide title.