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re: It's time to revoke USCw and Nebraska's "Blue Blood" honors
Posted on 10/3/25 at 2:52 pm to LOTOTiger
Posted on 10/3/25 at 2:52 pm to LOTOTiger
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Under Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne from 1962-1997 Nebraska won fewer than 9 games only twice
Nebraska has played a cupcake schedule for most of their history.
All-Time Wins Against Final AP Top 25 Opponents:
158- Alabama
140- Notre Dame
132- Ohio State
131- Oklahoma
124- USC
120- Michigan
113- Texas
108- Florida
103- Georgia
103- LSU
100- Tennessee
99- Penn State
95- Auburn
91- Florida State
87- Miami
82- Nebraska
75- UCLA
73- Georgia Tech
71- Michigan State
69- Washington
64- Clemson
62- Texas A&M
61- Arkansas
The Huskers are way down the list.
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Posted on 10/3/25 at 4:43 pm to LOTOTiger
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but 30 years of complete and total mediocrity (and worse) since then tells me they gave up their blue blood card when Tom retired.
Most objective sports fans understand this. It's truly amazing that Nubs are still even considered elite/blue blood after 30 years of average at best football. A lot of these guys on here live in the past, and can't seem to concentrate on the present.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 5:37 pm to FAT SEXY
uga i got no issues with they are boderline anyhow. You cant take away national titles from people. All these teams like Mizery fans trying to act like they could come close to doing what some of these school have done because they had a few 10 win seasons LOL... you dont replace schools that accomplished what they have until you have anywhere close to the titles those schools had.
This post was edited on 10/3/25 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 10/3/25 at 5:41 pm to AUTiger789
Correct .. Nebraska 71 95 goats of all time cfb not 61 66 79 20 bama not 19 lsu… RIP Nebraska but dead and gone . Mourn all u want… but they on the outside forever
Posted on 10/3/25 at 5:42 pm to MillerLiteTime
it's gonna take a minute. might not take much more
Posted on 10/3/25 at 5:54 pm to RollingwiththeTide62
Georgia will never be blue blood .. but who gives a rats azz its what have u done lately anyway
This post was edited on 10/3/25 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 10/3/25 at 5:57 pm to FAT SEXY
This blue blood crap is so stupid. Every season is a new season
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:01 pm to BigBro
Auburn has 9 national championships bro
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:11 pm to jangalang
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Auburn has 9 national championships bro
Yep, and that is why you are listed as tied for 5th in that category. OSU has that many too..
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:14 pm to Mosnowman
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It's truly amazing that Nubs are still even considered elite/blue blood after 30 years of average at best football.
Their fall has been hard, but why exaggerate so much?
They made the Big 12 championship game their final season in 2010, as well as the conference CG their second Big Ten season in 2012. They won 9 games in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Average at best?
1997 was their last NC, but they played for one in 2001. They had some really bad seasons by their standards in the 2000s, but they were clearly still well above average until about a decade ago.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:25 pm to AUTiger789
We are above FSU and Miami and Georgia..I like that list.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:31 pm to BigBro
Bama has 23 with another 15 in au math
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:44 pm to FAT SEXY
Nah. USC and Nebraska are blue bloods.
My list of blue bloods would include about 12 schools and include fringe programs like Penn State and Tennessee. I look at NCs, wins and AP top 10 finishes.
My list of blue bloods would include about 12 schools and include fringe programs like Penn State and Tennessee. I look at NCs, wins and AP top 10 finishes.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:56 pm to BigBro
As usual everyone's forgotten about mehzouri.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 7:22 pm to FAT SEXY
No one thinks they are blue bloods
Posted on 10/3/25 at 7:36 pm to Mosnowman
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Most objective sports fans understand this. It's truly amazing that Nubs are still even considered elite/blue blood after 30 years of average at best football. A lot of these guys on here live in the past, and can't seem to concentrate on the present.
The problem is that the term "Blue Blood" is literally a euphemism for "old money"...
Ironically, I was reading something about the Vanderbilt family. Apparently Corny Vanderbilt has a lot of descendants and hardly any of them have big money anymore. But they are still a "blue blood" family.
It is tough to completely discount the past when in any discussion of "blue bloods" in CFB.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:14 pm to BigBro
I like using a combination of final ranked finishes plus wins over final ranked teams.
1. Alabama 1.5 (2nd and 1st)
2. Ohio State 2.5 (1st and 4th)
3. Oklahoma 3.0 (3rd and 3rd)
3. Notre Dame 3.0 (4th and 2nd)
5. USC 5.5 (6th and 5th)
6. Michigan 6.0 (5th and 7th)
7. Texas 6.5 (7th and 6th)
8. Tennessee 9.5 (10th and 9th)
9. Georgia 11.0 (11th and 11th)
9. LSU 11.0 (12th and 10th)
11. Florida 11.5 (15th and 8th)
11. Nebraska 11.5 (9th and 14th)
11. Penn State 11.5 (8th and 15th)
14. Auburn 13.0 (14th and 12th)
15. Florida State 14.5 (13th and 16th)
15. Miami 14.5 (16th and 13th)
17. UCLA 17.0 (17th and 17th)
18. Michigan State 18.5 (19th and 18th)
19. Washington 20.0 (21st and 19th)
20. Arkansas 21.5 (23rd and 20th)
21. Clemson 22.0 (18th and 26th)
22. Georgia Tech 22.5 (25th and 20th)
23. Ole Miss 23.0 (22nd and 24th)
24. Iowa 24.0 (26th and 22nd)
25. Texas A&M 25.5 (23rd and 28th)
1. Alabama 1.5 (2nd and 1st)
2. Ohio State 2.5 (1st and 4th)
3. Oklahoma 3.0 (3rd and 3rd)
3. Notre Dame 3.0 (4th and 2nd)
5. USC 5.5 (6th and 5th)
6. Michigan 6.0 (5th and 7th)
7. Texas 6.5 (7th and 6th)
8. Tennessee 9.5 (10th and 9th)
9. Georgia 11.0 (11th and 11th)
9. LSU 11.0 (12th and 10th)
11. Florida 11.5 (15th and 8th)
11. Nebraska 11.5 (9th and 14th)
11. Penn State 11.5 (8th and 15th)
14. Auburn 13.0 (14th and 12th)
15. Florida State 14.5 (13th and 16th)
15. Miami 14.5 (16th and 13th)
17. UCLA 17.0 (17th and 17th)
18. Michigan State 18.5 (19th and 18th)
19. Washington 20.0 (21st and 19th)
20. Arkansas 21.5 (23rd and 20th)
21. Clemson 22.0 (18th and 26th)
22. Georgia Tech 22.5 (25th and 20th)
23. Ole Miss 23.0 (22nd and 24th)
24. Iowa 24.0 (26th and 22nd)
25. Texas A&M 25.5 (23rd and 28th)
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:37 pm to FAT SEXY
LSU is more of a blueblood than USC-Cali.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:56 pm to AUTiger789
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Blue Bloods…
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oklahoma
4. Notre Dame
This is the correct answer...although I'd still put USC there to round out the 5 true blue bloods.
It's extremely tough to lose the status, but very hard to obtain. I do think Nebraska has been so terrible for 2+ decades in a row that they turned in their membership card...I'd put them at 6 on the next tier...along with...
Michigan.
Their resume is basically that they've been playing the game longer than most other teams. Start date doesn't equal blue blood status. I'd put them at 7 then Texas at 8. Flip a coin with Georgia or LSU or Tennessee after that...in what I call the Penn St tier...then come the Florida schools in some order.
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