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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #56 on: July 23, 2018, 07:19:40 PM »
None of them have anything on Mt Union. 
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #57 on: July 23, 2018, 07:20:58 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on July 23, 2018, 07:19:40 PM
None of them have anything on Mt Union.
Except size, speed and scholarships
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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #58 on: July 23, 2018, 07:28:47 PM »
Not win % per decade, NCs per decade or Conference Titles per decade.
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #59 on: July 23, 2018, 09:11:27 PM »
What's the line on Mt. Union vs Alabama @ a neutral field?  -50?  -70?
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #60 on: July 23, 2018, 09:23:03 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 23, 2018, 06:00:33 PM
From '71-'80, Oklahoma went .898 (105-11-2) and Bama went .892 (107-13).
thank God for Husker wins vs the Sooners in 1971 and 1978
and for Husker wins vs Bama in 1972 and 77
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #61 on: July 23, 2018, 09:50:26 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 23, 2018, 09:11:27 PM
What's the line on Mt. Union vs Alabama @ a neutral field?  -50?  -70?
C'mon, now. 
Bama isn't going to get beat that badly. 
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #62 on: July 23, 2018, 10:11:54 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 23, 2018, 09:11:27 PM
What's the line on Mt. Union vs Alabama @ a neutral field?  -50?  -70?
So, are we talking which team is better is or which team’s accomplishments are better?  If you want to limit this discussion to just P5 teams then that is fine.  My original point was there was no need to dump on or qualify Boise’s 80% decades.  All of us on here know what Boise is and Alabama is.  We all know what advantages and disadvantages each have.  
You were listing FCS college football teams with an 80% winning percentage for a decade.  Boise hit the mark.  There doesn’t need to be any additional discussion beyond that to me.
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #63 on: July 23, 2018, 10:25:42 PM »
I agree.   Pete Rose may have the most hits, but it took him 3000 more ABs to eclipse Cobb.   Everybody can tell the difference between inner circle dominance and something else.   We need not qualify matters, we're not awarding any prizes here.
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #64 on: July 23, 2018, 10:29:48 PM »
Quote from: Kris61 on July 23, 2018, 10:11:54 PM
My original point was there was no need to dump on or qualify Boise’s 80% decades.  All of us on here know what Boise is and Alabama is.  We all know what advantages and disadvantages each have.  
You were listing FCS college football teams with an 80% winning percentage for a decade.  Boise hit the mark.  There doesn’t need to be any additional discussion beyond that to me.
some folks feel the need to remind others of the advantages and disadvantages
doesn't make them bad people
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #65 on: July 23, 2018, 10:40:26 PM »
Recognizing context > ignoring context
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #66 on: July 23, 2018, 10:48:27 PM »
LOL.  Who is ignoring context on here?  It’s like you’re scared to death that someone might think Boise St is as good as Alabama or Florida St or whoever.

We all know that.  We don’t need qualifiers.  Besides, context is a two way street.  Context tells me Mt. Union has been a more dominant team than Alabama even if they aren’t head to head as good as Alabama.

That’s why boxing uses the phrase “pound for pound” when judging the best fighters in the world.  It adds context.   Manny Pacquiao has won more world titles than any boxer in history.  I don’t need to be reminded that heavyweights would kick his ass.  I just sorta know it.
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #67 on: July 24, 2018, 12:01:31 AM »
It's kind of interesting that boxing is the one place in sports where we are interested in the pound for pound best.  Who is the most dominant against the competition they are on the same level as.  Every other place in sports we either ignore it, or actively remove the accomplishments.  Didn't college basketball used to present an award for the best player under 6 feet or something?  But we certainly never try to argue Russell Westbrook is the best player in the NBA, because pound for pound...
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #68 on: July 24, 2018, 12:05:23 AM »
Elephants are in a different weight class than Purple Raiders.  Oh wait, we already knew that.
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Re: The 80% Club
« Reply #69 on: July 24, 2018, 06:57:48 AM »
Bama is a singular Elephant, so a plurality of Purple Raiders would easily outweigh it. 

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