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Game Thread 2015 National Championship Game: (2) Oregon vs. (4) Ohio State, Jan 12th @ 8:30p ET, ESPN

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Buckeneye said:
I believe the 'Dynasty' talk deserves a little more merit.

Won in 02. One loss away from playing to defend in 03. Played for it all in 06' and 07. One bad quarter in Madison away from playing for it all in 2010.
Ineligible to kick Notre Dame's ass in 2012 and a yard short in 2013. That is 2 titles in 12 years, played for two more, and was *this* close playing in 4 more.

That is unreal consistency.
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Consistency does not a dynasty make. Winning multiple championships in close proximity makes a dynasty. Two titles in twelve years is nice, but it ain't no dynasty.

If consistency matters, then Ohio State was even more consistent from 1968 to 1975, when the Buckeyes played for six national championships (1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975). They won it all in 1968, but lost the other five games. The Buckeyes also finished #2 in the country in 1973, when a tie in The Game kept Ohio State (10-0-1) behind Notre Dame (11-0-0) in the polls. Consistently losing big games does not make you a dynasty, it makes you a [fill in the blank].

Here are some (in my opinion the only) college football dynasties, starting with the "poll" era, with national championships in parentheses:

Minnesota (1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941)
Notre Dame (1943, 1946, 1947, 1949)
Miami (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991)
Oklahoma (1950, 1955, 1956)
Nebraska (1994, 1995, 1997)
Alabama (2009, 2011, 2012)

I think that the current Buckeyes can be a dynasty going forward, because they have the talent and the coaching to win multiple national championships. But creating a true dynasty isn't easy, and that's why it's happened only a few times in college football.
 
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Obviously BUCKDUBBS007 doesn't realize that "they're green".

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