CS: Definitive 8 College Football Blue Bloods

[BTHOtu]

Texas also had 100 years of that grueling SWC schedule.

 

[Codaxx]

Texas also had 100 years of that grueling SWC schedule.

You mean playing A&M??

guessing you missed the irony of that

 

[ericd7633]

In relation to what? That's extremely consistent in the sporting world. since 1969, Michigan had 40 straight years of consistent football. And prior to 1950, Michigan had another 50+ years of consistent, winning, football. In the last 100 years there's probably 20 or so years of bad football for the Michigan program. Few programs could claim better.

Just for comparison's sake I'll use Ohio State:

2010-Present - 4th in win %
2000-2009 - 4th in win %
1990-1999 - 10th in win %
1980-1989 - 16th in win %
1970-1979 - 6th in win %
1960-1969 - 5th in win %
1950-1959 - 12th in win %
1940-1949 - 25th in win %
1930-1939 - 12th in win %
1920-1929 - 75th in win %

Ohio State has been far more consistent IMO.

 

[ericd7633]

Quarter century rankings:
Rankings Index

1901-1925: Michigan #1
1926-1950: Michigan #4
1951-1975: Michigan #16
1976-2000: Michigan #4

Again, few teams can match Michigan's consistency for the last 100+ years. I'm not saying we've been the best lately, clearly we haven't, but it's rather rare for Michigan to go through a bad stretch.

So for the last 65 years Michigan, on average, is pretty clearly not a top 10 program.

 

[BTHOtu]

You mean playing A&M??

guessing you missed the irony of that

Nope. Playing a small military academy up until they got big in the 70's was part of my point.

 

[Bamabino]

That Alabama number can't be right.

Bama does not have a traditional rival in the blueblood list. Outside of a handfull of home and homes with a few of them, most of the meetings have been in Big 4 bowl games.

 

[Red_Alert]

Nebraska has no buisness on that list now, Michigan and Texas need to get it together quick or they should go too pretty soon IMO.
I like Texas location as far as long term stability but I like UM's coach better I shouldn't use the word like, I can't stand the bastard but I DO think he is a better coach, Texas screwed up not hiring Dantonio iyam

LOL

Who would you replace Nebraska with as a Blue Blood?

Blue Blood - "A member of a royal or socially important family"

Over the past 50 years (since 1965)

5 National Titles and the highest winning percentage.
Record 347 game sellout streak that started in 1962.

50 years of college football: CFB program rankings since 1965 • /r/CFB


Rk Team Seasons W L T Pct Notes
1 Nebraska 480 133 5 0.781
2 Alabama 458 148 6 0.753
3 Ohio State 457 131 8 0.773
4 Oklahoma 447 149 8 0.747
5 Penn State 437 159 3 0.732
6 Southern California 428 161 15 0.721
7 Michigan 428 161 8 0.724
8 Florida State 430 168 8 0.716
9 Notre Dame 405 176 8 0.694
10 Florida 410 183 9 0.689
11 Georgia 416 175 10 0.700
12 Texas 420 172 6 0.707
13 Tennessee 403 186 14 0.680
14 Boise State 19 189 53 0 0.781 FBS since 1996
15 Auburn 390 193 9 0.666
16 Miami (FL) 389 196 2 0.664
17 Louisiana State 386 198 11 0.658
18 Georgia Southern 1 9 3 0 0.750 FBS since 2014
19 UCLA 361 201 15 0.629
20 Arkansas 365 216 10 0.626

In Nebraska's worst times (13 years since 2002) they've gone (116 - 67) with four 10 win seasons and 5 nine win seasons.

They've had 3 losing seasons in that time frame.

Of the other "blue bloods" on that list since 2002

Texas - 3 losing seasons
Alabama - 2 losing seasons
Michigan - 3 losing seasons
USC - No losing seasons
Notre Dame - 2 losing seasons
Ohio State - 1 losing season
Oklahoma - No losing seasons

In Nebraska's worst case scenario (last 13 years), they are still in the teens for winning percentage.

You certainly can't make a case to remove Nebraska using the last 50 years. You can't make a case for all-time wins. Your only case would be the last 13 years with nine seasons of nine wins or more.

Who would you replace Nebraska with in regards to "Blue Blood" college football programs and most importantly WHY?

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Nope. Playing a small military academy up until they got big in the 70's was part of my point.

Although aTm as you've pointed out has no history, SMU, TCU, and Arkansas had some very good teams back in the glory days of the SWC.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

So for the last 65 years Michigan, on average, is pretty clearly not a top 10 program.

God you're stupid.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Just for comparison's sake I'll use Ohio State:

2010-Present - 4th in win %
2000-2009 - 4th in win %
1990-1999 - 10th in win %
1980-1989 - 16th in win %
1970-1979 - 6th in win %
1960-1969 - 5th in win %
1950-1959 - 12th in win %
1940-1949 - 25th in win %
1930-1939 - 12th in win %
1920-1929 - 75th in win %

Ohio State has been far more consistent IMO.

God you're stupid. That's 5 decades out of 9 in the top 10, just like Michigan.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

I'm sorry, but the leather helmet days are irrelevant. The game is dramatically different in essentially every single possible way.

Since 1969, michigan has .5 national championships, bottom on the list of Blue Bloods. In fact, most of the Blue Bloods have multiple titles in that time frame. They've been consistent in terms of winning regular season games, but when it matters most they just don't measure up.

Consistent football and winning percentage has little to do with national titles. In terms of national titles, yes -- Michigan ranks at the bottom of so called "Blue bloods" in recent history.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Yeah, consistency is key. 1 tainted NC the last 68 years. That is consistency. 10 NC's when they gave out ties, when they had no competition and barely any teams playing college football. Not impressed

Got to love an OSU fan talking about tainted titles.
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[Red_Alert]

Just for comparison's sake I'll use Ohio State:

2010-Present - 4th in win %
2000-2009 - 4th in win %
1990-1999 - 10th in win %
1980-1989 - 16th in win %
1970-1979 - 6th in win %
1960-1969 - 5th in win %
1950-1959 - 12th in win %
1940-1949 - 25th in win %
1930-1939 - 12th in win %
1920-1929 - 75th in win %

Ohio State has been far more consistent IMO.

I like that.

Where did you get that data? Did you do the homework yourself or is there a quick link to do same for other teams?

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[ericd7633]

God you're stupid.

So they are #16 from 51-75 and #4 from 76-00. That on average is 10 is it not? Add to the fact that same website has them #34 from 01-10. How the hell are you going to spin that into a top 10 program the last 65 years? This'll be fun...

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

I like that.

Where did you get that data? Did you do the homework yourself or is there a quick link to do same for other teams?

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cfbdatawarehouse.com

 

[ericd7633]

God you're stupid. That's 5 decades out of 9 in the top 10, just like Michigan.

Are you too much of a dumbass to realize they also have 3 other seasons in the top 20? Or in other words haven't had the ups and downs of that of Michigan? Or in other words haven't been as inconsistent?

 

[Payton]

Well, at first I had problems with a couple of the teams on the list, but after reading the reasoning behind their inclusion? I'm good with this list...

 

[ericd7633]

I like that.

Where did you get that data? Did you do the homework yourself or is there a quick link to do same for other teams?

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I-A Winning Percentage 1869-2015

Just change up the years for the data you want.

 

[fishinabarrel]

No team from the state of Florida?

I would say not yet. 20 years from now, if the Florida teams still continue with the same success, then it would be hard pressed to keep them out.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

So they are #16 from 51-75 and #4 from 76-00. That on average is 10 is it not? Add to the fact that same website has them #34 from 01-10. How the hell are you going to spin that into a top 10 program the last 65 years? This outta be fun...

Because you're averaging 25 year spans with a 10 year span, genius. You can't average unequal data qualifiers; especially when by stopping at 2010 you're missing two of our better seasons in the last 10 years in 2011 and 2015. You could go through and average every decade ranking if you'd like, but you already provided that data and it's equal to Ohio State's.