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re: Most overachieving college football programs
Posted on 5/9/21 at 2:05 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Posted on 5/9/21 at 2:05 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Its obviously Nike.
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 2:06 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Yeah, they were good in the mid 90s for a bit
They were dominant waaayyyu before they started getting punks like Lawrence Phillips. They won 2 titles in the 70s and their 1984 team was prematurely crowned the best team ever.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 2:10 pm to TulaneFan
The answer starts and ends with Northwestern.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 2:25 pm to AlonsoWDC
Garbage list...Michigan and Wisconsin aren’t even the most overachieving in the B1G, which belongs to Northwestern. If you’re going over the last 10 years...I’d say:
1. Northwestern
2. Boise St
3. Cincinnati
4. UCF
5. Army/Navy
1. Northwestern
2. Boise St
3. Cincinnati
4. UCF
5. Army/Navy
This post was edited on 5/9/21 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 5/9/21 at 2:53 pm to Buckeye Backer
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3. Cincinnati
I would say they have historically underachieved but last 10 years they have had some success on par of expectations. Fairly large public school in a talent rich area.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 3:28 pm to TulaneFan
Oregon
Posted on 5/9/21 at 3:30 pm to TulaneFan
Pitt in the late 70's early 80's had an underrated run. They did have some talent in their area at the time though so I don't know if they count ?
Posted on 5/9/21 at 3:32 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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Syracuse is a dirty little shite city in the middle of Upstate NY cow country
Dayum!
I've been to Syracuse a few times. A little gritty, sure. But I actually liked it. Maybe the perspective is different if you're from there. It reminded me of Knoxville, TN. I liked them both.
Since land has gotten so cheap in the upstate I wouldn't be surprised to see that area come back to life. It won't stay down forever. The Sunbelt will grow up until a certain point, and then people will start to push back North again.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 3:36 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
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Utah- undefeated season in 2004. Very competitive program.
Urban Meyer as Head Coach and Alex Smith at QB.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 4:21 pm to starkvingrad
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I've been to Syracuse a few times. A little gritty, sure. But I actually liked it. Maybe the perspective is different if you're from there. It reminded me of Knoxville, TN. I liked them both.
It has it's charms. Great food, the surrounding area is gorgeous, like the Finger Lakes. Syracuse itself I never cared for much.
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Since land has gotten so cheap in the upstate I wouldn't be surprised to see that area come back to life. It won't stay down forever. The Sunbelt will grow up until a certain point, and then people will start to push back North again.
The place has been down my entire life. The Central New York Renaissance is always talked about but never realized.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 4:25 pm to VermilionTiger
VTech is a 4 hour drive from the DMV. The real question is why UMD is so shitty with all the talent in the DC area.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 4:27 pm to lsutigers1992
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Northwestern has been good for 25 years now and I don’t know why.
Very selective private school playing in a conference with a shitload of ginormous public schools that throw unlimited money and resources to athletics
Have you seen their facilities?
They certainly spared no expense on their athletic facility (multi purpose,IPF and training)
It's definitely a top 15-20 facility.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 4:37 pm to RD Dawg
vt issue was people started recruiting the bad parts of Richmond and 757
Posted on 5/9/21 at 4:40 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
Since 1980 Iowa has won the Big Ten 5 times
('81,'85,'90,'02,'04)
Since 1980 Wisconsin has won the Big Ten 6 times
('93,'98,'99,'10,'11,'12)
but its been almost 10 years since either has won the Big Ten
('81,'85,'90,'02,'04)
Since 1980 Wisconsin has won the Big Ten 6 times
('93,'98,'99,'10,'11,'12)
but its been almost 10 years since either has won the Big Ten
Posted on 5/9/21 at 5:01 pm to TulaneFan
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3. Boise State - they benefit from playing shite competition, but this is a former FCS school who has reached great heights without a ton of resources
They have a much higher football operating budget than most of the MWC.
They've also only had 6 losing seasons since 1946, 11 losing seasons in their entire history (1933-1941, suspended for WW2, 1946-now), and haven't had one since 1997. LINK
At some point it can't be called overachieving when a program is always winning.
This post was edited on 5/9/21 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 5/9/21 at 5:39 pm to lsutigers1992
quote:Fitzgerald is legit af and if it wasn’t for NW being his alma mater he would’ve moved on a long time ago and probably won bigly
Northwestern has been good for 25 years now and I don’t know why.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 6:01 pm to TulaneFan
Detroit used to be one of the best/most important cities in the US. Michigan had the population and talent to earn their blue chip status- they didn’t over perform in the sense of their origins. Are they perpetually overrated now? Yes. Do they over perform now? Probably but that’s due to the enormous brand they naturally built in the early and middle era of college football.
Posted on 5/9/21 at 6:14 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
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BYU- Solid program since the early 80s. National championship in 1984.
Iowa- Several big 10 titles since the 80s
2 strong examples
K State
ND St
Posted on 5/9/21 at 7:18 pm to lsutigers1992
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They won 2 titles in the 70s and their 1984 team was prematurely crowned the best team ever.
And they owe that success to their heralded "walk on" program in the 70's and the S&C "program" in the 80's.
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