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Sleeping Giant schools in College Football.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:34 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:34 am
Saw this posted on another website and was curious y'all thoughts (probley been asked 100 times).
Mine would be North Carolina with the in state talent, also Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia recruits they should be more dominant in the ACC.
Mine would be North Carolina with the in state talent, also Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia recruits they should be more dominant in the ACC.
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 12:36 am
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Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:42 am to bherm1988
Arizona State
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:45 am to tigerfan84
UCLA
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:46 am to Ostrich
agreed on ucla
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:46 am to bherm1988
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they should be more dominant in the ACC.
seems like I've saying that for years. Seems strange, to me, that they haven't been with the resources they have and what they can offer overall.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:48 am to 632627
it seems somewhere like Rutgers could become more of a power, it's a massive school near New York City - but I have no idea of their facilities or want to spend money on football.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:53 am to bherm1988
NC State is a bigger sleeping giant than UNC
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:54 am to bherm1988
I always thought Moo State could actually get a really good coach, start mining the Jucos of the state and keeping them home and become a consistently good program. They just have to worry about the AUs, LSUs, and Bamas year in and year out.... But the program actually has potential to compete year in year out
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:55 am to bherm1988
Double post, saying moo state is a sleeping giant twice is probably double cray
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 12:56 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:56 am to Ostrich
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UCLA
You can't really be a sleeping giant...if you continually sleep for 50 years.
Sometimes good, a very few times - almost great.
But never great.
We have 50 years of evidence...of try, try again.
You can't be a real sleeping giant if your last Rose Bowl victory was 1986.
And you history before never inspired...inspired "sleeping giant" hysteria.
Just like the NFL - just because you are in Los Angeles...doesn't guarantee some promise of success.
People think titles are gifted to USC because of their location...you still have to work at it and work to be good at it...and UCLA as the little Bruins...don't have the pedigree and strength to do that.
Always been a soft football school - always will be.
They have a nice top 15 history - but always outside the cusp...very good to very bad...but never great.
That's not a sleeping giant. That's a sleeping psyche.
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 12:58 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:56 am to bherm1988
Is this assuming A&M has already awoken...? Serious question.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:57 am to Manzielathon
UTSA
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:58 am to bherm1988
USF
UCF
Does Florida International have a team? A big state school in a big city -- they could become a major program
UCF
Does Florida International have a team? A big state school in a big city -- they could become a major program
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:00 am to Manzielathon
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Is this assuming A&M has already awoken...? Serious question.
No, but you have the SEC West and TEXAS and the other texas schools so that could hurt you.
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 1:02 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:00 am to bherm1988
Then the answer is easily A&M...
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:07 am to Manzielathon
quote:people already look at A&M as a traditional power. I don't think that is the type of school that the OP is looking for. They have had big time success and expect it.... I'd say USCe would be more in par of what the OP is looking for than A&M
Then the answer is easily A&M...
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:08 am to Manzielathon
The clear answer is where talent is...but unused.
People like to say Washington...but what Washington achieved during their heydey is rare...
There is almost zero to no talent in the Pacific Northwest.
So find a school in Florida, Texas or maybe Cali...(that doesn't have a history of failure or when they had supreme access to Cali - still couldn't produce titles - like UCLA) - and that's your sleeping giant.) but too many schools...and too much poaching from the entire Northwest and Southwest...basically you have one state providing most of the talent for the Pac-12 ...California...another reason why UCLA isn't a sleeping giant...they have massive competition...and Oregon and Stanford are winning now...and USC wins all time...and before that...Washington wins.
People like to say Washington...but what Washington achieved during their heydey is rare...
There is almost zero to no talent in the Pacific Northwest.
So find a school in Florida, Texas or maybe Cali...(that doesn't have a history of failure or when they had supreme access to Cali - still couldn't produce titles - like UCLA) - and that's your sleeping giant.) but too many schools...and too much poaching from the entire Northwest and Southwest...basically you have one state providing most of the talent for the Pac-12 ...California...another reason why UCLA isn't a sleeping giant...they have massive competition...and Oregon and Stanford are winning now...and USC wins all time...and before that...Washington wins.
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 1:10 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:11 am to SuperSaint
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people already look at A&M as a traditional power. I don't think that is the type of school that the OP is looking for. They have had big time success and expect it.... I'd say USCe would be more in par of what the OP is looking for than A&M
You're not really sleeping if you've had 3 11 wins seasons in a row. A&M fits the sleeping giant a lot better since they're actually sleeping right now. I don't think they're a potential Giant though.
I would say Notre Dame, Michigan, USC,
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 1:13 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:16 am to bherm1988
Long term, I think the Sun Devils could rise in stock. Tempe is one of the better atmospheres in college football.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:18 am to Ostrich
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UCLA
Aren't they ranked in the Top Ten this year? Can you really consider them to be "sleeping"?
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