# Central Michigan Football **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 25, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094 "2009-10-25T21:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/1 "2009-10-25T21:12:37Z")
Why is [CENTRL MICHIGAN](http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings) always in all caps on the ESPN rankings page?No other team is.Only thing I can think of is because it is the closest school to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/2 "2009-10-25T22:01:49Z")
It’s showing up in all caps for me too, and it’s not that close to me. What I remember most about Central Michigan was when they played Florida in 1997 during my time as a UF undergrad. The final score was Gators 82, CMU 6. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/3 "2009-10-25T22:05:56Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > It’s showing up in all caps for me too, and it’s not that close to me. What I remember most about Central Michigan was when they played Florida in 1997 during my time as a UF undergrad. The final score was Gators 82, CMU 6. The refs screwed us. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/4 "2009-10-25T23:32:26Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > It’s showing up in all caps for me too, and it’s not that close to me. What I remember most about Central Michigan was when they played Florida in 1997 during my time as a UF undergrad. The final score was Gators 82, CMU 6. [Makes the top 10 in almost every “biggest blowouts” list.](http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/050906) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/5 "2009-10-26T00:00:26Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > [Makes the top 10 in almost every “biggest blowouts” list.](http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/050906) What happen to Ga Tech [blowout of Cumberland College](http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/acc/georgia_tech/yearly_results.php?year=1915)in 1916? GT head Coach at the time was the legendary John Heisman ---
**Author:** ![Pulp\_Friction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@Pulp\_Friction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pulp_Friction)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/6 "2009-10-26T00:53:55Z")
I dunno, but anyway… FIRE UP CHIPS! ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/7 "2009-10-26T02:44:59Z")
> [@Pulp\_Friction](#): > > I dunno, but anyway… > > FIRE UP CHIPS! Eff that. GO BRONCOS! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/8 "2009-10-26T16:27:16Z")
Still wondering about the OP.Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-michigan-football/515094/9 "2009-10-26T16:31:25Z")
My guess would be some ESPN staffer entered the name that way years ago and changing it would mess up some sort of web search function which automatically turns school names into hyperlinks.