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re: LSU not ranked by ESPN as one of 8 "Blue-Blood" CFB Programs

Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:08 pm to
Posted by Stretch Suba
Member since Jun 2019
1300 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:08 pm to
The only one with which I take umbrage is Michigan. That program has won one national title since the end of the ‘50s. It’s an overrated program that would rank no higher than Georgia or Tennessee in anyone’s mind if it was located in the South.

I think 9 is a good spot for LSU overall.
Posted by OchoDedos
Republic of Texas
Member since Oct 2014
38468 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:08 pm to
Wouldn't call Fla State or Michigan blue bloods. They had legendary coaches with over the top personalities. Media darlings
Posted by Kirby4life
Frisco, Texas
Member since Sep 2011
273 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:11 pm to
My Question Exactly! Whose agenda only needed 8 teams as opposed to top 5 or top 10 or 25?!

BS!
Posted by atltiger6487
Member since May 2011
19180 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:14 pm to
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It will definitely give us more respect in espns eyes lol. What also is overlooked is the division we play in and in which conference we happen to be affiliated with. We play in the toughest division in college football bar none, and it's been that way for a while now. We have to play bama every season. I promise you that if you take some of those "blue bloods" on their list and put them in LSUs position and competing against who we have to week in and week out, year in and year out, both in recruiting and on the field...some of them wouldn't have had nearly as much success as they have had historically. I promise you that. The sec has always been a tough arse league and our division has always been tough as well.
a lot of this is true, but "blue bloods" isn't just about the last 10 years. Bama had a big lull from '95 until Saban arrived, and the SEC East dominated from the early 90s through mid 2000s.

To me, the definition of blue blood has to include all years going back to the 50s or 60s. Obviously, it's a vague definition, but merely saying those blue bloods wouldn't do well in the SEC West (as it's been for the last 10 years) is a really poor way to determine if they qualify.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
131616 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:30 pm to
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My question is, if LSU can finish off this season with Burrow winning the Heisman and the Tigers winning the NC, does LSU deserve to jump Nebraska (#8) and/or Texas (#7) into blue bood territory?
In the world according to ESPN?
Yes. As if that matters.

If-if-if-if-if . . .

. . . . if
this team skates thru this season undefeated, with a National Championship, and the Heisman, it will go down as the greatest in LSU history. The same would have been true of the 2011 squad though.

So suffice it to say, we have a long row to hoe and many challenges yet to go.
Posted by CnAzInCA
Dallas, Texas
Member since Jan 2014
616 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:33 pm to
I had no idea Minnesota won multiple national championships. Thanks for posting the article. And, why isn’t LSU’s 1908 championship ever mentioned?
Posted by SportTiger1
Stonewall, LA
Member since Feb 2007
29720 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:49 pm to
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Alabama
Oklahoma
USC
Ohio state
Notre Dame
Florida state
Texas
Michigan


wasnt Florida St basically considered a mid-major until the 80s?
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
47588 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:53 pm to
Win the natty this year and we pass Nebraska. They are like Harvard and Army, once upon a timers.
Posted by Capo
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2013
932 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:54 pm to
If you take a random sample of college football fans nationally and ask them to list a top three bucket list of venues to visit, LSU’s Tiger Stadium and probably Notre Dame will be 1 and 2.

All other random statistics are meaningless.
Posted by atltiger6487
Member since May 2011
19180 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:56 pm to
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we have a long row to hoe
I'm upvoting simply for getting this right.
Posted by atltiger6487
Member since May 2011
19180 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:57 pm to
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My Question Exactly! Whose agenda only needed 8 teams as opposed to top 5 or top 10 or 25?!

BS!
well when listing blue bloods, it's got to be a limited list, so there's got to be some cut off.

5 clearly isn't enough, and 10 or 12 sounds like too much. 7 or 8 seems about right.
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
75585 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 2:59 pm to
With a national championship this season, LSU will pass Nebraska for that 8th spot.
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
75585 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 3:00 pm to
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wasnt Florida St basically considered a mid-major until the 80s?


Yes. Not sure why FSU is considered a blue blood. They were nothing until the 90s, and they haven't done a whole lot since Bowden left.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48694 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 3:07 pm to
I'll take beating two of them MFers in one season.
Posted by mhc4tigers
Member since Aug 2016
4479 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 3:11 pm to
Do not care in anyway about this nonsense
Posted by denvertiger
Golden
Member since Feb 2007
4259 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 3:20 pm to
Nebraska's down and probably never returning to glory. Michigan is a product of playing ball forever. I mean they do have 11 national titles but most of those came prior to the end of the great depression and the last one was shared with a superior Nebraska squad. I mean, why not just throw Minnesota and West Point on the list?
This post was edited on 11/15/19 at 3:38 pm
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
46311 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 3:42 pm to
One Third of the top 25 from the SEC
Posted by Sarafras
Metairie
Member since Jan 2005
180 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 3:45 pm to
#9 on someone's list, but #1 in our hearts
Posted by FreeState
Member since Jun 2012
3409 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 3:55 pm to
We honestly should claim 1908. See link:

LINK
Posted by DeuceDropper
South Carolina
Member since Sep 2016
20 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 3:57 pm to
Agree with most of the list, with some exceptions. Nebraska and Oklahoma have been good programs for a long time (Nebraska not so much recently), but they piled up a large number of wins and ships in that powerhouse league the Big 8, where most of the time whichever one of them won the head to head game, won the league. Reminds me of Clemson in recent years, piling up wins with no comp and only having to win one game against real comp and then not until the cfp. Minnesota, while not being relevant recently, until this year, has 7 titles they claim and 2 that are unclaimed, more than most of the blue bloods. Just noticed that list came out 3 years ago.
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