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re: Who Are The True Bluebloods Of College Football?
Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:50 am to DawgsLife
Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:50 am to DawgsLife
Their problems are the hirings of underwhelming coaches (similar to Tennessee). That's the only reason they're having their downturn. If they opened up their wallets instead of being so conservative and went after a great coach, they'd turn around on a dime. That's why I won't remove their blueblood badge.
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Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:50 am to UFFan
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Tennessee has lost it already. Nebraska is in danger of losing it.
UF had a season as recently as 1979 where it won no games at all.
UF went 53 years with no conference crowns and when it did win one, it was vacated.
Why would you rant against the Vols on the subject of Blue Bloods?
Walt
UT '81
This post was edited on 8/25/16 at 8:55 am
Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:53 am to WhiskeyPapa
When did I say UF was a blue blood? It's not.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:53 am to RhodeDawg
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Nebraska downturn = Miami downturn. Significant.
Agreed. You simply can't be down for 15 years and still be considered a Blue Blood.....or you should at LEAST be showing signs of coming back to prominence. neither program has shown that to this point.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:54 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:56 am to UFFan
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When did I say UF was a blue blood? It's not.
No it is not.
But like a typical sorta kinda pathetic Gator fan, you just can't leave your UT envy alone.
Walt
UT '81
Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:57 am to CharlotteSooner
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Their problems are the hirings of underwhelming coaches (similar to Tennessee).
I don't care what their problems are. Nebraska has been down for 15 years and they show absolutely no signs of correcting the slide. I didn't list Tennessee as a Blue Blood, but if I had, I would have put them in danger of losing their Blue Blood status. however, they are at least showing some signs of returning to prominence.....this year will be huge for Tennessee as far as perception is concerned.
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If they opened up their wallets instead of being so conservative and went after a great coach, they'd turn around on a dime. That's why I won't remove their blueblood badge.
I understand your reasoning, but are they showing any signs of doing that? From what I see.....no. They are almost embracing their mediocrity.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 8:57 am to dcbl
quote:Those aren't blue bloods.
Some will argue the Florida State, LSU & Florida
Plus Georgia & Auburn and that's your top 15
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:09 am to CharlotteSooner
Nebraska is not close enough to talent rich areas.
Kids don't remember Nebraska being good. Their current"brand" is a team on the plains that wins 8-9 games a season and gets blown out in big games
There is nothing scary or impressive about Nebraska anymore. The "aura" of NU may have been destroyed in 2001, but the holes had appeared before then.
Its hard to recruit to Nebraska
Kids don't remember Nebraska being good. Their current"brand" is a team on the plains that wins 8-9 games a season and gets blown out in big games
There is nothing scary or impressive about Nebraska anymore. The "aura" of NU may have been destroyed in 2001, but the holes had appeared before then.
Its hard to recruit to Nebraska
This post was edited on 8/25/16 at 9:10 am
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:11 am to DawgsLife
Nebraska is a blublood.
Miami is not though. Nor is UF or FSU.
Miami is not though. Nor is UF or FSU.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:12 am to Buckeye06
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Michigan is maybe the only one who can get knocked off based on record lately but their brand and image will always be huge
No because you'd have to knock off USC and Texas as well. There isn't a team in jeopardy of losing blue blood status yet.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:16 am to Guava Jelly
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Bingo. And the fire department hasn't showed up yet.
I really think the odds are better than 50% that Strong isn't the HC there next season.
You haven't been paying attention this offseason. Strong will turn this team around this year, way more than the average CFB fan ever thought.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:17 am to llfshoals
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here are only the 8 blue bloods, every one else at this point is just a wanna be
five of those teams have blue balls from no championships since 2000.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:18 am to Mizz-SEC
It's always been these 8 on the other boards I post on. The general guidelines are at least 800 wins and a 70% win percentage.
Alabama
Michigan
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Texas
USC
I believe Nebraska is now below 70% though.
Alabama
Michigan
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Texas
USC
I believe Nebraska is now below 70% though.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:20 am to MizzouTrue
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Nebraska is not close enough to talent rich areas. Kids don't remember Nebraska being good. Their current"brand" is a team on the plains that wins 8-9 games a season and gets blown out in big games There is nothing scary or impressive about Nebraska anymore. The "aura" of NU may have been destroyed in 2001, but the holes had appeared before then. Its hard to recruit to Nebraska
Nonsense. You're a Missouri fan and you thought you were a rival of theirs for years. You're just throwing shade. Kid these days don't remember Michigan being any good either and look what a splashy coaching hire did for them.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:20 am to CharlotteSooner
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ESPN article on bluebloods put out today:
That's not bad except for having 5 teams at #1.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:21 am to Mizz-SEC
Some people have a lot of recency bias. Miami and FSU are not blue bloods. They've only even had programs since 1925 and 1947 respectively.
FSU was 0-11 before Bowden took over. Miami almost shut down the team in the 70s. Even if FSU may be a decade away from blue blood status Miami is not.
FSU was 0-11 before Bowden took over. Miami almost shut down the team in the 70s. Even if FSU may be a decade away from blue blood status Miami is not.
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:22 am to Mizz-SEC
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Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:23 am to Errerrerrwere
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Notre Dame
Bama
Michigan
USC
Texas
Oklahoma
Ohio State
Solid list. Think Nebraska could probably be added...they've dropped a bit since Osborne retired but their school win total and number of championships should probably put them on the same tier as the schools you have listed...
Posted on 8/25/16 at 9:24 am to UFFan
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When did I say UF was a blue blood?
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Nebraska is a blublood.
Miami is not though. Nor is UF or FSU.
When did Dawgslife say Miami, FSU, or UF was a blueblood?
This post was edited on 8/25/16 at 9:26 am
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