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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: Cincydawg on December 06, 2024, 02:01:05 PM

Title: The Blue Bloods
Post by: Cincydawg on December 06, 2024, 02:01:05 PM: I'm pondering (lightly) when the BBs might turn into pumpkins. For discussion purposes, here are my BBs:

Oklahoma
USC
ND
Texas
Ohio State
Alabama
Michigan

One can of course argue for others, I just muse about when say USC starts to get dropped. A long time ago, Minnesota or Ole Miss or Army or Yale might have made the list, so the list is changeable.

Michigan has last year which keeps them around a while. ND seems stuck in 12-2 kinds of seasons. Texas appears to be back. Ohio State is the paragon of repeatability. Alabama has recent success. USC seems, to me, to be unrecoverable, I could be wrong. They are on the hot seat I think. Maybe OU is OK. For now.
Title: Re: The Blue Bloods
Post by: ELA on December 06, 2024, 02:06:59 PM: Shit, is it February already?
Title: Re: The Blue Bloods
Post by: Mdot21 on December 06, 2024, 02:15:32 PM: true blue blood status never waivers. those teams you listed are basically always going to be blue bloods.

as far as winning/the teams staying on top going forward will be the teams who have the most NIL money. Or I should say the ones who spend the most NIL money most wisely. A&M bought up a ton of recruits that one year for the greatest class ever but most all of those 5* and high 4* guys from that class were either busts or they transferred out of A&M.
Title: Re: The Blue Bloods
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 06, 2024, 03:24:33 PM: Nebraska and Tennesse have provided recent examples that you can look to for your USC prognostications.
Title: Re: The Blue Bloods
Post by: FearlessF on December 06, 2024, 04:30:04 PM: (https://i.imgur.com/j5vDKt7.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Blue Bloods
Post by: utee94 on December 06, 2024, 04:43:12 PM: That's a decent approximation, but USC is a blueblood and they're not quite at 900 wins.
Title: Re: The Blue Bloods
Post by: FearlessF on December 06, 2024, 05:00:51 PM: how many more seasons for the Trojans?
Title: Re: The Blue Bloods
Post by: utee94 on December 06, 2024, 05:09:47 PM: Quote from: FearlessF on December 06, 2024, 05:00:51 PM
how many more seasons for the Trojans?
Well Wiki says they're at 881 as of right now, so realistically another 3-4 I'd guess?
Title: Re: The Blue Bloods
Post by: LittlePig on December 06, 2024, 06:21:17 PM: 4 years ago in 2020, I would have said that Neb, PSU, Mich, Georgia, USC, Tenn, Texas were all blue bloods that were in danger of losing their blue blood status if they didn't win something soon.

Ohio St, Bama, Oklahoma, Notre Dame were safe.

Meanwhile Clemson, LSU, Florida St seemed to be emerging as potential new blue bloods if they kept winning.

Since then Mich, Georgia, have restablished themselves as blue bloods while Neb continued to slide. Texas, PSU, USC and Tenn have done well enough to stay in the conversation. LSU, Clemson, Flor St still have potential as new blue bloods.