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re: Is Nebraska Football still a blue blood?
Posted on 6/25/24 at 10:28 am to The Scofflaw
Posted on 6/25/24 at 10:28 am to The Scofflaw
The only reason I single out NEB is because one of the hallmark of a blueblood is that they can bounce back with relative quick ease after downturns and they haven't been able to do this.
Hell look at MI and this board the past few years. You had tons of mouth breathers say "MI LOL they're no longer a Blue Blood" and then they went and won the championship.
Hell look at MI and this board the past few years. You had tons of mouth breathers say "MI LOL they're no longer a Blue Blood" and then they went and won the championship.
This post was edited on 6/25/24 at 10:29 am
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Posted on 6/25/24 at 10:43 am to The Scofflaw
"weeks ranked" and "weeks ranked #1" is a terrible metric. Only final polls should be counted.
Just as an example, 2012 USC was preseason #1, they went 7-6 and didn't even finish ranked, hell they didn't even finish with a single vote so they didn't even appear in the "others receiving votes" category in the final AP poll. But using "weeks ranked #1" and "weeks ranked" as a metric, this season counts a week ranked #1 and 12 weeks ranked towards USC's total.
This was a few years ago and I don't want to go through all of my posts to find it, but I remember someone posted this graphic before and I pointed this out back then, and on a day with a lot of time on my hands I went to the AP poll archive and substituted the data to only include final polls and not go by the number of weeks and the other 7 on this list still stayed towards the top, but Nebraska fell hard to the rest of the pack and were around where LSU and Auburn are.
Just as an example, 2012 USC was preseason #1, they went 7-6 and didn't even finish ranked, hell they didn't even finish with a single vote so they didn't even appear in the "others receiving votes" category in the final AP poll. But using "weeks ranked #1" and "weeks ranked" as a metric, this season counts a week ranked #1 and 12 weeks ranked towards USC's total.
This was a few years ago and I don't want to go through all of my posts to find it, but I remember someone posted this graphic before and I pointed this out back then, and on a day with a lot of time on my hands I went to the AP poll archive and substituted the data to only include final polls and not go by the number of weeks and the other 7 on this list still stayed towards the top, but Nebraska fell hard to the rest of the pack and were around where LSU and Auburn are.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 11:15 am to The Scofflaw
Nebraska COULD be. They have the support and the money to do so. Thats why I’m so interested in how Ruhle ends up doing there.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 11:16 am to The Scofflaw
If Notre Dame is a blue blood, then Nebraska is a blue blood. That's the way I look at it.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 11:33 am to The Scofflaw
Texas is not a blue blood. They've gotten way too much credit for beating cupcakes in the SWC for many years. There were plenty bad teams in that conference.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 11:38 am to SirWinston
quote:LSU is like a Zuckerberg or Musk
Everytime the top college football programmes are mentioned in Podcasts, LSU is mentioned in the top 4 or 5. That's good enough for me.
Nebraska is like the Vanderbilts
Posted on 6/25/24 at 11:45 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Anyone who doesn't consider Texas a blue blood is a dumbass.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 11:56 am to The Scofflaw
Nebraska's achilles heel as a blue blood has always been a poor wellspring of local talent. They can grab a few cornfed linemen from within a 200 mile radius of their campus but for the most part they have to recruit nationally to put a top 20 roster together. A team like UGA, Miami, USC or LSU can instantly put themselves back into the championship discussion simply by corralling the local horses for a few years. Nebraska can't do that and they don't have the type of pull that a ND or Michigan has - not anymore at least.
I wouldn't revoke their Blue Blood card just yet though. They have had some success and haven't fallen off the map. But they are trending in the wrong direction.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 11:57 am to The Scofflaw
I think your Blue Bloods are settled.
Now the race is on for who has the best “new money“.
Now the race is on for who has the best “new money“.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 11:58 am to The Scofflaw
nebraska is no longer a blue blood and shows no signs of returning to the ranks.
As for LSU, much as I hate to say it, we are not blue bloods - yet. But we are getting there. We've had success since Saban landed in Baton Rouge but we've had too many down years in those times to be blue blood. We also haven't been too consistent in showing up in New Years Day bowl games. What we do is have a great year and then two or three years of mediocrity (don't give me crap about records, look at those SEC records). Not blue blood.
As for LSU, much as I hate to say it, we are not blue bloods - yet. But we are getting there. We've had success since Saban landed in Baton Rouge but we've had too many down years in those times to be blue blood. We also haven't been too consistent in showing up in New Years Day bowl games. What we do is have a great year and then two or three years of mediocrity (don't give me crap about records, look at those SEC records). Not blue blood.
This post was edited on 6/25/24 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 6/25/24 at 12:03 pm to The Scofflaw
No...
Alabama
Ohio State
OU
USC
Michigan
Texas
Alabama
Ohio State
OU
USC
Michigan
Texas
Posted on 6/25/24 at 12:13 pm to The Scofflaw
No.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 12:14 pm to TigerintheNO
quote:
2016 Music City Bowl loss to Tennessee was the last time Nebraska was in a bowl game
As someone who watched them in the 70s to 90s that is a. Incredible fact.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 12:15 pm to MasterAbe1
quote:
USC has the argument of past success but their last 15 years have been dreadful
Might as well remove ND as well then. ND's last national championship was 36 years ago.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 12:25 pm to ronricks
8 years ago ESPN listed their bluebloods
since then Nebraska hasn't been to a bowl game, while LSU added a national title and 2 Heisman winners.
since then Nebraska hasn't been to a bowl game, while LSU added a national title and 2 Heisman winners.
quote:
8. Nebraska Cornhuskers | 9.5
Relatively speaking, Nebraska has enjoyed more recent success. The first of the Cornhuskers five national championships came in 1970. They went back to back in 1970-71 and again in 1994-95. They've also produced three Heisman winners including 2001's winner, quarterback Eric Crouch.
quote:
9. LSU Tigers | 9.33
LSU is often a part of the national title conversation, but the Tigers have won only three, the most recent of which came from current coach Les Miles in 2007. They've also produced only one Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Cannon in 1959.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 12:31 pm to ronricks
quote:
Might as well remove ND as well then. ND's last national championship was 36 years ago.
ND is still somewhat competitive though
Posted on 6/25/24 at 12:38 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:
ND is still somewhat competitive though
At some point you have to win something. 36 years is a long time especially for a 'blue blood'.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 12:48 pm to ChestRockwell
quote:
Texas is not a blue blood. They've gotten way too much credit for beating cupcakes in the SWC for many years. There were plenty bad teams in that conference.
Do we really want to go down that road because you’d be shocked by the number of wins that some programs have pre WW2 against no name programs, many of which no longer exist and haven’t for decades.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 1:13 pm to The Scofflaw
At one time Nebraska was a blue blood. That was before the transfusion.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 1:16 pm to Chad504boy
quote:
Michigan
Bama
Ohio St
ND
Texas
Oklahoma
all have winning % above .700. pretty remarkable
.
And USC sits at (.695) with the most Heisman Trophy winners and NFL HOFers.
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