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re: Which football team is more of a blue blood? UGA or LSU
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:37 am to Eli Goldfinger
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:37 am to Eli Goldfinger
This term “Blue Blood” is so subjective.
I always ask how many blue bloods can there be? Depending on how many you want to include then LSU and UGA can have a case to be in. Comparing both of those though one has 4 National Championships and the other 1. So there goes that.
Princeton has 18 National Championships in the pre AP era but have been irrelevant for 60 years. Are they a blue blood?
The best indicator of College Football’s rankings is the All time AP ranking based on the final ranking of each season. I know College Football didn’t start in 1936 but before that there was almost no uniformity nor much base for comparison. Some teams played 10 games, others 6. A lot of schedules included opponents that were not even Colleges, some of which learned the game the day of the game. Somehow that is a “win” but it’s ridiculous to claim them, at least with the same weight you do in the modern era.
I always ask how many blue bloods can there be? Depending on how many you want to include then LSU and UGA can have a case to be in. Comparing both of those though one has 4 National Championships and the other 1. So there goes that.
Princeton has 18 National Championships in the pre AP era but have been irrelevant for 60 years. Are they a blue blood?
The best indicator of College Football’s rankings is the All time AP ranking based on the final ranking of each season. I know College Football didn’t start in 1936 but before that there was almost no uniformity nor much base for comparison. Some teams played 10 games, others 6. A lot of schedules included opponents that were not even Colleges, some of which learned the game the day of the game. Somehow that is a “win” but it’s ridiculous to claim them, at least with the same weight you do in the modern era.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 12:58 pm to r2d2
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This term “Blue Blood” is so subjective.
Couldn’t agree more.
It was the first thought that popped into my head when I read the thread title.
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