I have always found this argument interesting. What do you do with schools like Minnesota? Minnesota has 7 claimed national titles!!

679 Wins
7 National Titles - 1904', 34', 35', 36', 40', 41', 60'
18 Conference Titles
1 Heisman
33 All Americans

By Comparison with LSU:

791 Wins
3 National Titles - 1958', 03', 07'
15 Conference Titles
1 Heisman
35 All Americans

By these standards, these two schools belong in the same category. Minnesota is one of the most overlooked schools in the history of college football when you take everything into consideration.

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Posted by Ralph_Wiggum

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Member since Jul 2005

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Posted on 1/8/19 at 1:39 pm to Buckeye Backer

That is true. Blue Blood program evaluation must encompass the entire history of college football. I would do a ranking based on wins, win percentage, conference titles national titles, and players produced--award winners, All-Americans, etc for the 150 year history of college football. That's the most objective way to do it.

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Posted by Akit1

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Jul 2006

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Posted on 1/8/19 at 2:14 pm to Buckeye Backer

Kudos to Wikipedia, it looks like Minnesota football didn’t play in a bowl game until 1960 (lost). Prior to that the conference or school elected to not play in bowl games.

And there’s your worthless piece of sports trivia!

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Posted by AlonsoWDC

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Member since Aug 2014

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Posted on 1/8/19 at 10:59 pm to Buckeye Backer

Minnesota is nothing more than Big Ten Ole Miss (reasons being opposite side of the same coin).

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Posted by Montezuma

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Posted on 1/9/19 at 9:49 am to Buckeye Backer

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What do you do with schools like Minnesota? Minnesota has 7 claimed national titles!!

It's been too long to hold relevance for those titles though. And the mediocrity has been so consistent, you can't give them the Michigan treatment.

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Posted by hoopsgalore

Chicago, IL

Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 1/9/19 at 10:46 am to Buckeye Backer

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Minnesota is one of the most overlooked schools in the history of college football when you take everything into consideration.

I tend to agree, but they're overlooked because everyone that was around for the claimed National Championships is dead. Minnesota has, largely, been irrelevant for near 60 years. They haven't won a Big Ten Championship or been to a Rose Bowl since 1961.

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