Mavric Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Highly scientific internet poll: Quote Link to comment
Ulty Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 The top 8 of the list are shoo-ins for sure. No brainers. The next 8 are iffy, but possibly warrant inclusion. - Washington and Auburn simply are not at the level of the other 16 on this list. - I would disqualify Penn St, because without Paterno that program is nothing, and Paterno can burn in hell. - The others are all up there in terms of total # of wins, and bowl wins and appearances. Tennessee and Georgia don't have the same championship hardware as the others but lots of wins. - Florida, FSU, Miami, LSU, and Clemson all have multiple national championships spanning multiple coaches, but they don't have the same historical pedigree as the top 8. They are a solid second-tier historically. More of a new-money vs old-money sort of deal. 1 Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Minus a couple Ivy League teams, that's pretty much the list of the winningest football programs in college football history. Not so much a matter of perception. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 The top nine are all in the top 12 of all-time wins (with Yale, Harvard and Penn). The next two D-1 programs on that list are Tennessee and Georgia. I was going to include Georgia with the other 9 but since Tennessee has more wins and more national titles, I included both of them as well. Quote Link to comment
Wunderkind Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 6 hours ago, Mavric said: The top nine are all in the top 12 of all-time wins (with Yale, Harvard and Penn). The next two D-1 programs on that list are Tennessee and Georgia. I was going to include Georgia with the other 9 but since Tennessee has more wins and more national titles, I included both of them as well. Ditto, but then it's questionable whether either should be in there. At best at the bottom of the blue bloods. If you could only do a top ten who would you take out, Tennessee or Georgia? Looking at the top nine we have 4 Big Ten, 2 Big 12, and only 1 SEC, PAC, and independent. 0 ACC. Top 11 brings us to 3 SEC. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Growing up I always thought of Clemson and Georgia as big programs even though they hadn't won any national championships since before I was born. They were just talked about a lot like they were big programs. I think if you subtract Clemson's last 5 years or so, they would be about equal with Washington or LSU or Auburn. (Admittedly, I don't know much about LSU or Auburn). Quote Link to comment
Comish Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Mavric said: Highly scientific internet poll: Wondering if the list could be expanded down to a 100 so we could see where Iowa checks in ?? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I included the first 7 and Georgia. If it was a graded test I would've also included Texas but since I didn't have to, F Texas. I'm kind of surprised a few people didn't vote for USC and/or Notre Dame. Both are definitely blue bloods, no question about it. 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 29 minutes ago, Moiraine said: Growing up I always thought of Clemson and Georgia as big programs even though they hadn't won any national championships since before I was born. They were just talked about a lot like they were big programs. I think if you subtract Clemson's last 5 years or so, they would be about equal with Washington or LSU or Auburn. (Admittedly, I don't know much about LSU or Auburn). I don't think Clemson was a blip on the football map until we played them in the 82 Orange Bowl. If you subtract their last 5 years they wouldn't even be in the conversation. LSU has been a thing for quite a long time but for some reason I just don't consider them a blue blood program. Washington, not even close. Quote Link to comment
huskered17 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 It would be interesting to see what this list would look like 30 yrs from now. Could be flipped, with maybe 2 or 3 of today's top 10, still in the top 10. GBR!!! Quote Link to comment
KingBlank Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Take that Iowa! Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I thought the top 8 for sure with Peen State and maybe Florida/FSU on the borderline. Maybe not very surprising that's sort of the consensus, but for some reason I was surprised. The Florida schools seem to water each other down. Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BLUE BLOODS: -NEBRASKA -Whoever Nebraska plays in the title game that year *End List* Quote Link to comment
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