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Gizmo said:
you know, I'm starting to think that all conferences have a couple teams that are really good, a bunch of average teams, and a couple/few crap teams. But that doesn't fit any narrative.
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that’s exactly what it is. You get like the PAC and ACC this year that are obviously weaker than the other P5. But it’s all pretty much the same for the most part. That doesn’t fit network narrative though.
 
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Gizmo said:
you know, I'm starting to think that all conferences have a couple teams that are really good, a bunch of average teams, and a couple/few crap teams. But that doesn't fit any narrative.
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Yep, and it's ALWAYS been that way. In the olden days:

PAC-##: UCLA and USC
Big 8: Nebraska and Oklahoma
SWC: Texas and Texas A&M
Big 10: Ohio State and Michigan
ACC: Clemson
SEC: Alabama and Auburn
Independents: Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh

In the 1980s, Miami(FL) and Florida State rose up.

Since the end of World War II (75 years), the above teams have won or shared 60 championships. Of the 15 not won by teams mentioned above , 6 were won or shared by LSU and Florida. I don't count them as they didn't challenge year in and year out like the teams mentioned.

The outliers:

1951 Tennecheat
1952 Michigan State
1953 Maryland
1959 Syracuse
1960 Minnesota and Mississippi
1980 Georgia with all their 5 Stars
1984 Brigham Young
1990 Colorado and Georgia Tech
1998 Tennecheat
 
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Jaxbuck said:
By being a powerhouse in a weak conference.

I have long been a proponent of the "just good enough" conference strength and the brand names will take care of themselves approach when people bring up the "we need a strong B1G" nonsense.
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A couple of things: Miami and FSU were stronger as independents. Joining a conference hurt them, IMHO
 
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JCOSU86 said:
A couple of things: Miami and FSU were stronger as independents. Joining a conference hurt them, IMHO
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How did beating up the old Big East and ACC respectively, hurt them?

They always started the season top 5, played each other early and the loser wouldn't drop that far then work back up the polls by knocking off tin cans (they were SEC before SEC was cool).
 
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