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What makes you an ELITE football team?
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:18 am
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:18 am
I don't consider us an elite team, even if we bring home the crystal ball tonight. I do think we tend to hover on the cusp of that status but am trying to think of the resume needed to be considered one. Is it being in the thick of NC hunt every year? More crystal balls? Specific record? We tend to take a title shot every 7-10 years, which I am fine with.
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Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:19 am to flyAU
Geographical recognition is a good start...and having a state name.
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Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:20 am to FTBLFN
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and having a state name.
Bye bye Notre Dame.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:22 am to flyAU
Being in the hunt every year along with multiple titles already. Auburn isn't even on the cusp of this.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:23 am to spslayto
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Notre Dame
Seriously, how many casual fans know where Notre Dame is?
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:24 am to BamaDan
Nobody is in the hunt EVERY year. I think you have to put specific time frames.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:27 am to flyAU
probably one of the most inherently subjective topics possible...
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:34 am to WG_Dawg
Not sure why past national championships should matter in this. You do fall out of that kind of status easily. I don't fear playing Bama or any other team because of titles that were won before I was even born. Right now, I sweat about Bama because they are an elite team. I know this is a total homer bait thread but had hoped for some smart posters that would actually lay their thoughts out there on if its record, NC's, or just perception.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:35 am to WelcomeToDeathValley
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probably one of the most inherently subjective topics possible
Exactly why I asked. I can google up topics about cold hard facts. This is about your thoughts on it.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:36 am to flyAU
History, tradition, recognition across the country, facilities, recruiting base, and coaching appeal, among a few others.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:36 am to flyAU
Looking at the teams considered 'elite', it seems as though at least 1 period of national dominance or a mini dynasty is the requirement.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:39 am to flyAU
You got to have past titles to prove you're not the next bsu, oregon, tcu, etc. Previous titles = more prestige.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:42 am to BamaDan
Time at an elite level. One year of elite-ness every 55 years don't get it done. Particularly when one of those years is going to be erased - i mean vacated.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:44 am to renobama
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renobama
Alt or noob? Either way you should quit now.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 9:57 am to flyAU
Honestly, in my opinion the "ELITE" college football teams are pretty much set in stone by now: Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Southern Cal and Nebraska.
Top 8 teams in terms of winning percentage and wire-service rankings, none having had a significant 'down period' in their history, all with multiple national championships (including at least one in the lifetimes of their current players), and all instantly recognizable as great football programs even by non-fans.
Obviously there's a few that come close, most notably Penn State and Tennessee, and the johnny-come-lately Florida schools, but when you see any of those 8 names you immediately think 'perennial college football powerhouse'.
Top 8 teams in terms of winning percentage and wire-service rankings, none having had a significant 'down period' in their history, all with multiple national championships (including at least one in the lifetimes of their current players), and all instantly recognizable as great football programs even by non-fans.
Obviously there's a few that come close, most notably Penn State and Tennessee, and the johnny-come-lately Florida schools, but when you see any of those 8 names you immediately think 'perennial college football powerhouse'.
This post was edited on 1/10/11 at 9:58 am
Posted on 1/10/11 at 11:50 am to flyAU
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What makes you an ELITE football team?
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Posted on 1/10/11 at 11:54 am to flyAU
Elite team, or elite program?
Posted on 1/10/11 at 11:56 am to Buckeye Fan 19
I do mean program.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 11:59 am to flyAU
To be an elite program you need your name to be a brand in addition to being a good football team.
Posted on 1/10/11 at 11:59 am to flyAU
Honestly, it's hard to say. You kind of just "know". And I also feel that there's a different between currently elite and historically elite.
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