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re: The changing of the Blue-Bloods
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:43 pm to thunderbird1100
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:43 pm to thunderbird1100
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So many of these teams just have accomplished very little the last, 10, some 20+ year
dude 10 years is absolutley nothing, I've got underwear older than that. Prior to 2008 bama went over 10+ years without doing much of anything besides an SEC title in 99 but nobody in america would discount them as being a blue blood.
To lose BB status to me it would take DECADES of futility. UT (although not a blue blood but is pretty unquestionably the #2 all time SEC team) is dangerously close to losing that spot they've held for so long, due to their record the last ~18 years. Nebraksa hasn't done hardly anythign since the late 90s either and they've started tumbling down the ranks. And both of those programs have had some BAAAAD years in there. I just don't think you can say "well you didn't win a national title the last 10 years so what you did in the previous 90 is irrelevant". It's far too short sighted.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:55 pm to WG_Dawg
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I just don't think you can say "well you didn't win a national title the last 10 years so what you did in the previous 90 is irrelevant
I think you're overreacting here, I never said you have to win a national title the last 10 years to be considered a blue blood, just if you have a storied past, and REMAIN RELEVANT recently, you should be considered a blue blood. Problem is a lot of these schools are on that "well it's been a decade since we've done anything" and some have just been flat out terrible (Texas).
Notre Dame did at least make the title game a few years back, but they also have just 2 Top 10 finishes the last 24 years, that's not an insignificant amount of time by any means.
You seem to be placing 99.9% emphasis on entire history and 0.1% emphasis last 10-20 years. To me, it should be pretty even, half of it is having a great history, the other half of it, as far as being considered one at the time you are considering it, needs to look at the recent, past 10-20 years as well. To me, it's a thing you can drop in and out of from time to time.
By your argument, seems like you fully think Nebraska is still a blue blood, but are they really? Pretty clear to anyone that after the 2000s, that program was just done for quite a bit.
This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 2:57 pm
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