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re: Which program outside of the SEC have you always respected the most?

Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:23 pm to
Posted by beatbammer
Member since Sep 2010
38012 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:23 pm to
United States Naval Academy/United States Military Academy/United States Air Force Academy.

And it ain't even close.

I might admire other programs for their football acumen and history.

But respect? Refer to my first sentence above.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68491 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:23 pm to
Pat Hill had some good damn teams at Fresno but they always ended up losing two or three games they had no business losing.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145131 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:25 pm to
Youre dead to me
Posted by heartbreakTiger
grinding for my grinders
Member since Jan 2008
138974 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:25 pm to
i liked watching fresno in the late night games.

I always liked arizona state and Colorado
Posted by lsutyger23
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2005
1090 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:26 pm to
Michigan
Posted by RazorHawk
Inverness, FL
Member since Dec 2004
514 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:28 pm to
Florida State, until the recent years. Rooting and Respecting can be different, so probably none now.
Posted by Dr._Jimes_Tooper
Member since Jul 2013
2358 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:37 pm to
Miami. Some of my 1st cfb memories were those loaded Miami teams. My 1st live game was UT-Miami. UT lost that one but then they beat them the next year.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15891 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:55 pm to
Currently, I respect what Michigan State has done under Dantonio.

Historically, I respect UChicago's program. Big Ten charter member that said screw this, and is now playing D-III football at a stadium smaller than most high school stadiums. Yet they have a Heisman Trophy and Big Ten championship banners on campus.
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
127394 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 4:55 pm to
FSU.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54628 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:02 pm to
quote:

Historically, I respect UChicago's program. Big Ten charter member that said screw this, and is now playing D-III football at a stadium smaller than most high school stadiums. Yet they have a Heisman Trophy and Big Ten championship banners on campus.


Well they traded sports for academics. Considering their current academic standing.

Posted by Arkiebarkie
Fayetteville,Ar
Member since Jan 2013
756 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:04 pm to
OU Sooners, they will rival any team in the country for having a strong history of great team.

Players like Adrian Peterson, Billy Sims,Greg Pruitt , Lee Roy & Lucious Selmon, Steve Owens, The Boz, Tony Casellis, Jimbo Elrod, Joe Washington . I may not like them, but respect their history.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:09 pm to
I hate to give them props, but what FSU has been able to do despite not even playing football until the late-40s is pretty damn incredible.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15891 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:13 pm to
Exactly why I respect them, for the unpopular choice the school made (at the time) to focus on academics, despite the success they previously had.

I'll echo the respect for the service academies, too. I know Army has been down for a long time, but it's admirable how Navy and Air Force remain pretty competitive at the FBS level.
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37609 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:16 pm to
Michigan
USC
Service Acadamies
Stanford

I would have included Penn State had they not had the Sandusky scandal
Posted by Mizzou4ever
Kansas City, Mo
Member since Nov 2011
15229 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:26 pm to
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a team whose success was built by recruiting a bunch of prop 48's and criminals and then pumping them full of steroids


Winner winner chicken dinner.

USC and Michigan
Posted by NaptownHog
Indianapolis, In
Member since Nov 2011
513 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:35 pm to
IU Hoosiers
Posted by PeaRidgeWatash
Down by the docks of the city
Member since Dec 2004
15210 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:46 pm to
Syracuse.
Posted by DawgsLife
Member since Jun 2013
58905 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 5:57 pm to
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recruiting a bunch of prop 48's and criminals




SERIOUSLY? No. You can't be serious. For someone so proud of your National Championship and close Natty of 2010 and 2014 and you're going to come out with this?

Look. All trolling aside, Auburn did good with Cam and Marshall. Took two troubled players in and kept them out of trouble. They ran Auburn' offense to perfection and gave the rest of us fits. But you are going to point fingers at somebody for recruiting "criminals"?


Wow. Only you.
Posted by WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Member since Jan 2013
13840 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 6:13 pm to
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Youre dead to me




My actual choice would be Oklahoma.
Posted by rpg37
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Sep 2008
47402 posts
Posted on 6/20/15 at 6:20 pm to
Stanford
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