Texansfan713 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Im seeing this discussed on twitter and wanted to make a thread about it. In no order what are your top 10 blue blood programs. FYI Nebraska is not on my list. I seen people say they are. They WERE a blue blood program. They haven't been relevant in years. 1. Bama 2. Texas 3. Notre Dame 4. LSU 5. Florida 6. USC 7. Oklahoma 8. Ohio St. 9. Michigan 10. Clemson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Texansfan713 said: Im seeing this discussed on twitter and wanted to make a thread about it. In no order what are your top 10 blue blood programs. FYI Nebraska is not on my list. I seen people say they are. They WERE a blue blood program. They haven't been relevant in years. 1. Bama 2. Texas 3. Notre Dame 4. LSU 5. Florida 6. USC 7. Oklahoma 8. Ohio St. 9. Michigan 10. Clemson Interesting topic idea. To start it off HOT, I like how there is the bolded, and then you have Texas #2. That has probably begun to change, but... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I'd have to spend some time working on my list, but I definitely think Ohio State is too low. Maybe Oklahoma too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: I'd have to spend some time working on my list, but I definitely think Ohio State is too low. Maybe Oklahoma too. it was in no order 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Texansfan713 said: it was in no order Annnnnnd I missed that reading it. (for argumentative purposes, maybe I will try and do that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Tried to do it in order too. 1. Alabama 2. Ohio State 3. Oklahoma 4. Notre Dame 5. Southern Cal 6. Michigan 7. LSU 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Tennessee HM: Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Nebraska That was pretty tough. I'm with you keeping Nebraska out, but it was close. Otherwise I have, what, 8 of the same Top 10? Make sense. I could easily interchange a lot of these and be fine with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcheryea Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 here is a list of current college football players who were alive the last time tennessee won the sec 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 What does the terminology actually mean? I've heard it said countless times over the years but still don't really know how it's used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Danger said: What does the terminology actually mean? I've heard it said countless times over the years but still don't really know how it's used. It literally translates to "elite". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootsy Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Texansfan713 said: Im seeing this discussed on twitter and wanted to make a thread about it. In no order what are your top 10 blue blood programs. FYI Nebraska is not on my list. I seen people say they are. They WERE a blue blood program. They haven't been relevant in years. 1. Bama 2. Texas 3. Notre Dame 4. LSU 5. Florida 6. USC 7. Oklahoma 8. Ohio St. 9. Michigan 10. Clemson There is no such thing. Nebraska IS and ALWAYS will be a blue blood program. That doesn't go away because you haven't won anything. Blue Blood means a historically great program, Nebraska is that. Indiana and UCLA in college bball haven't won anything in decades but they are still blue blood programs. Regarding the rest of your list LSU, Florida are not blue blood programs. They are what I would call 'new' blood programs. Successful within the last 30 years but not before that. Clemson, Florida St, The U also fit into that category. To me these are the core blue blood college fball programs: Michigan Alabama Ohio State Oklahoma Notre Dame Nebraska USC Texas Edited July 22, 2020 by bootsy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 3 hours ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: It literally translates to "elite". right now, or historically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 3 hours ago, bootsy said: There is no such thing. Nebraska IS and ALWAYS will be a blue blood program. That doesn't go away because you haven't won anything. Blue Blood means a historically great program, Nebraska is that. Indiana and UCLA in college bball haven't won anything in decades but they are still blue blood programs. Regarding the rest of your list LSU, Florida are not blue blood programs. They are what I would call 'new' blood programs. Successful within the last 30 years but not before that. Clemson, Florida St, The U also fit into that category. To me these are the core blue blood college fball programs: Michigan Alabama Ohio State Oklahoma Notre Dame Nebraska USC Texas Interesting post. How long would a period of being “down” would count for dropping someone off the blue blood list? On the flip side, how much success would it take a school to earn a spot on it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raves Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 11 hours ago, bootsy said: There is no such thing. Nebraska IS and ALWAYS will be a blue blood program. That doesn't go away because you haven't won anything. Blue Blood means a historically great program, Nebraska is that. Indiana and UCLA in college bball haven't won anything in decades but they are still blue blood programs. Regarding the rest of your list LSU, Florida are not blue blood programs. They are what I would call 'new' blood programs. Successful within the last 30 years but not before that. Clemson, Florida St, The U also fit into that category. To me these are the core blue blood college fball programs: Michigan Alabama Ohio State Oklahoma Notre Dame Nebraska USC Texas I mean if we are going to use that type of criteria, wouldn't Army be considered a blue blood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 13 hours ago, bootsy said: There is no such thing. Nebraska IS and ALWAYS will be a blue blood program. That doesn't go away because you haven't won anything. Blue Blood means a historically great program, Nebraska is that. Indiana and UCLA in college bball haven't won anything in decades but they are still blue blood programs. Regarding the rest of your list LSU, Florida are not blue blood programs. They are what I would call 'new' blood programs. Successful within the last 30 years but not before that. Clemson, Florida St, The U also fit into that category. To me these are the core blue blood college fball programs: Michigan Alabama Ohio State Oklahoma Notre Dame Nebraska USC Texas Is a decade for Nebraska over Miami really the difference between "blue" and "new"? Nebraska started prominence 50ish years ago, Miami 40. I don't think the distinction is that clear. LSU is also close if not there. A few pre AP era championships (by at least 1 organization), another in 50's, really exploded in 2000s. In between though still several top 10 and top 25 finishes not too different than the 70s and 80s Longhorns. Texas was getting conference championships because they didn't have the same competition. They didn't have the same success early as these guys did, but they've always been there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Raves said: I mean if we are going to use that type of criteria, wouldn't Army be considered a blue blood? Army maybe not. Princeton Yale and Harvard though? Princeton and Yale still sit a top the table of national championships by at least one major selector In more seriousness though, Minnesota is the one that becomes an interesting debate with that strict definition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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