re: Right or wrong, Alabama is the GOAt in college football?

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And plus teams like Michigan have padded their win totals by playing in a conference that only had one other decent team in it. The Big 10 has always been Michigan, OSU, and little sisters of the north. Hasn't the Pac 8/10/12 basically owned the Big 10 in the Rose Bowl historically?

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That was largely true from the 1970's to the 1990's, but historically (and I hate to say this), the Big Ten was the top dog in the country for quite a long time, especially so during the 1950's and 1960's. Minnesota had a great run with quite a few titles/ Michigan State was a national power in the 1950's and 1960's/Purdue was quite good in the 1950's and 1960's/Iowa was a serious national player, etc, etc. Now, Michigan did pile up a ton of victories way back (late 19th and early 20th centuries) when because they were simply one of the first programs to play that is still around on the big stage...it's kind of a give and take.