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Has a region of the country ever dominated CFB for this long?
Posted on 1/17/22 at 5:47 am
Posted on 1/17/22 at 5:47 am
All of the talk about the dominance of college football usually centers around Alabama and the SEC, but when you look beyond that, the South is completely owning this sport.
A team from the Southeast has won the title in 15 of the last 16 years. The one outlier was Ohio State in 2014.
There have been 7 different programs in the South win a title since ‘06 (Bama, Clemson, Florida, LSU, Georgia, Auburn and Florida State). To find 7 programs from outside the region that have won a title, you have to go all the way back to 1991.
I’d be really surprised if any region has ever had anything like this kind of dominance, especially post-WWII
A team from the Southeast has won the title in 15 of the last 16 years. The one outlier was Ohio State in 2014.
There have been 7 different programs in the South win a title since ‘06 (Bama, Clemson, Florida, LSU, Georgia, Auburn and Florida State). To find 7 programs from outside the region that have won a title, you have to go all the way back to 1991.
I’d be really surprised if any region has ever had anything like this kind of dominance, especially post-WWII
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Posted on 1/17/22 at 6:13 am to BranchDawg
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you have to go all the way back to 1991.
All the way back to 1991!!!
When dinosaurs roamed the earth?
Posted on 1/17/22 at 6:14 am to BranchDawg
I refuse to believe you're just noticing this now 
Congrats on joining the club 
Congrats on joining the club 
Posted on 1/17/22 at 6:14 am to BranchDawg
It just means more wasn't simply a catchy marketing slogan.
Besides, I'm sure that applies to MiZzzou too - even if it's about cocoa and safe spaces.
Besides, I'm sure that applies to MiZzzou too - even if it's about cocoa and safe spaces.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 1:10 pm to BranchDawg
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Has a region of the country ever dominated CFB for this long?
If you go back far enough, other regions did but due to bias.
Before Alabama got into the 1926 Rose Bowl (which they didn't even want to invite Alabama to, but were willing to invite a scrappy but undersized Tulane team), lots of GREAT southern teams were completely ignored. 1908 LSU and 1914 Tennessee both come to mind. It also helped that the Southern team won during the Rose Bowl radio debut, marking the first time the game was being called in real-time to a national audience.
Even after that (so you could claim the Ivy League schools dominated the REALLY early football seasons), the bias remained hard. Notre Dame is a clear example of a team getting the benefit of the doubt a lot of times.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 1:12 pm to BranchDawg
Only will get worse with the addition of OU and UT.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 1:13 pm to BranchDawg
The south has always dominated CFB. You just had the northern media bias that would reward the IVY/Big/ND schools over Southern schools. Plenty of undefeated Southern teams that were shafted. It wasn't until Alabama played in the Rose Bowl that they were forced to acknowledge we even had teams.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 1:29 pm to BranchDawg
Honestly, since 1950 the South has done well.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 2:07 pm to BranchDawg
Umm Oklahoma and Nebraska from 50s to 90s I would guess both schools finished top 5 20 times each in 40 years
Posted on 1/17/22 at 2:17 pm to BranchDawg
I have been around a long time and before any kind of playoff came along no one and I mean no one from this part of the country was going to outpoll Notre Dame, Big ten teams or Sou Cal.
That was just the way it was. East coast and Mid west sportswriters, back in the day, could not bring themselves to acknowledge Southeastern football teams as being worthy enough to be included in the ranks of very good teams.
Imo, this is where a lot of the bitterness from big ten fans comes from today. They were always favored by the polls and seeing the SEC, especially, and other Southern teams come on with the force they have has really chapped their butts for a while now.
That was just the way it was. East coast and Mid west sportswriters, back in the day, could not bring themselves to acknowledge Southeastern football teams as being worthy enough to be included in the ranks of very good teams.
Imo, this is where a lot of the bitterness from big ten fans comes from today. They were always favored by the polls and seeing the SEC, especially, and other Southern teams come on with the force they have has really chapped their butts for a while now.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 3:18 pm to BranchDawg
The southeast portion of the country has dominated college football for decades For awhile it was:
Florida
Florida State
Miami
Tennessee
Then Alabama
Auburn
LSU
Florida
Clemson
Now it is
Alabama
Georgia
Clemson
LSU
There have been a time or two in that time frame that Ohio State or Texas won a Championship. VBut it's been awhile since one section of a country has been more dominant than the Southeast United States.
(Before people jump on me, I'm sure I may have forgotten somebody. no slight was meant.
I don't see it ending any time soon.
Florida
Florida State
Miami
Tennessee
Then Alabama
Auburn
LSU
Florida
Clemson
Now it is
Alabama
Georgia
Clemson
LSU
There have been a time or two in that time frame that Ohio State or Texas won a Championship. VBut it's been awhile since one section of a country has been more dominant than the Southeast United States.
(Before people jump on me, I'm sure I may have forgotten somebody. no slight was meant.
I don't see it ending any time soon.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 4:47 pm to BranchDawg
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Has a region of the country ever dominated CFB for this long?
You only just noticed this?
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