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« Reply #4396 on: July 01, 2025, 07:52:57 AM »
The Blue Bloods list used to be fairly clear, to me anyway, but today is perhaps starting to morph.  
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« Reply #4397 on: July 01, 2025, 07:55:02 AM »
Georgia is making a run!
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« Reply #4398 on: July 01, 2025, 07:58:51 AM »
I think IF the Dawgs won a couple more NCs and were in the playoff nearly every year for a decade they'd start to be mentioned.  To me, there is a deep history item with Blue Bloods that the Dawgs mostly lack.

One would think USC should "be back" at some point.
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« Reply #4399 on: July 01, 2025, 08:01:59 AM »
could have buried the Trojans if left out of the B1G or SEC
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« Reply #4400 on: July 01, 2025, 08:06:25 AM »
I think they lost a big part of their "fan base" over the years, it's no longer "hip" to like CFB in LA.  Recruiting should be fairly easy with NIL stuff, one would think.  Oregon has become a pretty good program in less fertile territory.  Utah is pretty decent.  Is Utah a B12 team now?

I often note how the lines are so important in building a team, not glamorous, but really important, with depth, so your 2s can be substituted in a competitive game.
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« Reply #4401 on: July 01, 2025, 08:52:26 AM »
USC has a fanbase when its winning - especially now that LA has two NFL teams again, and a very successful baseball team and the Lakers.

Poor UCLA.

And F Oregon.
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« Reply #4402 on: July 01, 2025, 08:58:47 AM »
with the right coach a fan base can be built - I'm thinkin ol muleshoe isn't that guy
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« Reply #4403 on: July 01, 2025, 09:24:43 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 01, 2025, 08:01:59 AM
could have buried the Trojans if left out of the B1G or SEC
Wouldn't it be the opposite?
PAC would still exist and dominating it would be easier than doing so in the B1G.  RELEVANCE!!!!
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« Reply #4404 on: July 01, 2025, 09:43:09 AM »
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I'm genuinely impressed, I don't follow B1G/Wisconsin football all that much, I really had no idea Wisconsin had been that good for the last 20 years.  Lot of 10+ win seasons in there.  It just goes to show how much unwarranted media attention Ohio State and Michigan get (and to some extent Penn State) out of Big 10 coverage.  It's also weird that they've lost several of the coaches to programs that were about on par.  

I've often seen Wisconsin listed as one of the big teams that doesn't have a NC, looks like y'all were quite close over the years.  
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« Reply #4405 on: July 01, 2025, 09:47:53 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 01, 2025, 09:24:43 AM
Wouldn't it be the opposite?
PAC would still exist and dominating it would be easier than doing so in the B1G.  RELEVANCE!!!!
nope, w/o the $$$ from a decent TV contract, they would decline
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« Reply #4406 on: July 01, 2025, 09:49:31 AM »
Quote from: Gigem on July 01, 2025, 09:43:09 AM
I'm genuinely impressed, I don't follow B1G/Wisconsin football all that much, I really had no idea Wisconsin had been that good for the last 20 years.  Lot of 10+ win seasons in there.  It just goes to show how much unwarranted media attention Ohio State and Michigan get (and to some extent Penn State) out of Big 10 coverage.  It's also weird that they've lost several of the coaches to programs that were about on par. 

I've often seen Wisconsin listed as one of the big teams that doesn't have a NC, looks like y'all were quite close over the years. 
Bielema left for Arkansas because he wanted to build his own program (Wisconsin was built by Alvarez and he was still the AD) outside of the shadow of the guy with a statue outside the stadium.

Andersen left when he realized the admission standards at Wisconsin were real.

Chryst was fired for not keeping up with the times.

We'll see how long Fickell lasts. This is a prove it year, but:




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« Reply #4407 on: July 01, 2025, 09:57:36 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on July 01, 2025, 09:49:31 AM
Bielema left for Arkansas because he wanted to build his own program (Wisconsin was built by Alvarez and he was still the AD) outside of the shadow of the guy with a statue outside the stadium.

Andersen left when he realized the admission standards at Wisconsin were real.

Chryst was fired for not keeping up with the times.

We'll see how long Fickell lasts. This is a prove it year, but:


Best guess: 8-4.  A very Aggie Outcome.  
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« Reply #4408 on: July 01, 2025, 09:59:04 AM »
I'm guessing 7-5
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