I see living in Goofer land has gotten to you, Franklin Ave says whats up. lol. The last 'national title' the Gophers won came in 1960 and they lost their bowl game that year. I will take 6 Rose Bowls in 20 years over one 9 win season in the last 50+ and a bunch of disputed titles from my Grandfathers prime years any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

No rational Wisconsin fan would compare us to Bama FSU or LSU. All of those teams have won Titles. But we are undeniably a power program. What else would you call a program that went to 5 BCS games during the era? That is the same as LSU and more than schools such as Texas, Miami, Georgia, Auburn, and Notre Dame. We also have a Heisman winner and another finalist during that time frame. Are we an elite program? No, but we are in the next tier, which I would call power programs. Teams that are always ranked in the top 25 as they challenge for conference titles and major bowl games and put multiple players into the NFL every year.

3 ...

Report Post

Posted by NC_Tigah

Carolinas

Member since Sep 2003

124714 posts

Posted on 8/21/14 at 9:07 am to Johnkester59

quote:
We also have a Heisman winner and another finalist during that time frame. Are we an elite program? No, but we are in the next tier, which I would call power programs. Teams that are always ranked in the top 25 as they challenge for conference titles and major bowl games and put multiple players into the NFL every year.

Indeed

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by Ralph_Wiggum

Sugarland

Member since Jul 2005

10705 posts

Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:52 am to Johnkester59

quote:
I see living in Goofer land has gotten to you, Franklin Ave says whats up. lol. The last 'national title' the Gophers won came in 1960 and they lost their bowl game that year. I will take 6 Rose Bowls in 20 years over one 9 win season in the last 50+ and a bunch of disputed titles from my Grandfathers prime years any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Minnesota has 6 recognized national championships: 1934, 35, 36, 40, 41, and 60. Wisconsin has 0.

For all of your bowl appearances you can could never match Michigan State's 3 ranking at the end of last year. You have never been a player in the national title picture and never finished the year with a meaningful ranking.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by calitiger

Uptown New Orleans

Member since Jan 2004

2363 posts

Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:41 pm to Johnkester59

Personally, I love the people of Wisconsin and the state itself. Been there many times and have always been treated well. As a matter of fact they remind me a lot of Louisianans in that they enjoy hunting and fishing, eating and drinking, and talking football. I can't wait to make a return trip when the Tigers play at Lambeau. The Door Peninsula and Paul Bunyan's in the Northwoods are calling my name. Good luck to the Badgers this season with the notable exception of the first game.