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Tennessee is as close to a true SEC version of scUM as you can get (I don't count Texas because almost all their history is not in the SEC). The bulk of their success was 50 or more years ago and modern results are mixed between mediocre to sometimes just good but not great, but the way their fans talk if you didn't know any better you'd swear they were in the national title race every year.
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You can’t be a blue blood if you lost to a 1-AA team.
Sorry.
Sorry.
You can't be a blue blood if you used to be a women's college. I'd also say, having a winless season on yout resume should be disqualifying. I believe osu has never gone winless.
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So, looks like the idea is 12 blue bloods...
No particular order..
Ohio State
Michigan
Alabama
Nebraska
LSU
USC
Probably A&M before Tejas, I guess (damn you Bear Bryant)
Stanford or cal maybe
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Pitt (because fuck Ped)
Honestly, it's hard to come up with 12. There are Honestly very few teams which have been consistently good for a long time.
No particular order..
Ohio State
Michigan
Alabama
Nebraska
LSU
USC
Probably A&M before Tejas, I guess (damn you Bear Bryant)
Stanford or cal maybe
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Pitt (because fuck Ped)
Honestly, it's hard to come up with 12. There are Honestly very few teams which have been consistently good for a long time.
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It comes down to criteria ultimately. This is made more difficult by the fact a lot of teams we grew up considering blue bloods have not carried that kind of success into the 21st century.
USC is a prime example. Carried it to about 2010 and then the wheels came off in dramatic fashion, which gets back to criteria. If it's consistency then going all the way back to the 1940-50's OSU has to be hands down the most consistent. I know a lot of guys here hate them but it's like being the Pittsburgh Steelers of college football but for 75+ years and winning Super Bowls in at least, what 5 of those decades?
Bama and ND come to mind immediately afterward but they have had some lows and lack of championships that OSU has not experienced.
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Sorry, only 8 out of these have a case for the top-12. The first 6, Tennessee and Oklahoma since.
It would be better just to only have the first 6, and switch Oklahoma in for LSU. And the Domers should be in there too.
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Yeah, I should have included them (Domers) that oversight aside, my thought was teams that have been good ish for a long time.
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Jagdaddy
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Ohio State is by FAR the most consistent of the bluebloods since 1950 or so. Our conversion rate into NCs and big bowl wins has generally not been what it should be, however. Thinking that will change as our biggest post-season games are increasing not played in exclusively hostile environments and our recruiting and in-season competition is less regionally focused and constrained by hidebound coaching. Using criteria of both past success and future potential, my only bluebloods would be Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC (inconsistent as hell but capable of getting their shit together and wrecking shop at any time, which they've done in multiple past eras), and Notre Dame (they slept for a long time but they've had so much past success and are back in the mix). Off because I don't see them coming back despite significant past success are Miami (a blueblood should also have more than 8 fans) and Nebraska. Likely to be added soon are Georgia and Texas (too much past underachievement for me despite Georgia's recent excellence). LSU is a tough one for me. They're sort of like a poor man's USC in terms of consistency, and while they've somehow shit out three NCs this century in between stretches of being very good to OK, there isn't much going back before that and their future is sort of murky to me.
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