That actually shows part of the problem. It starts at 1936
Even going back 50 years to 1975 is a bit much. But anything before that is just noise. That is what always throws these discussions off, people have different scales of time when they look at college football.
For me, who cares what people won in the 1940's. The sport is completely different now.
If we just look at the most recent 50 years, what is that list? Because that is all that is actually relevant to modern college football. Going back to before television existed is just more of the endless need to debate things and generate clicks (not targeted at you, just the media in general).
** Edited by HokieAl at 2/4/2025, 2:58:22 PM
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There are some interesting viewpoints on what makes
-- Big12 guy
Feb 04, 2025 at 01:47 PM ET
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02/04/25 01:47 PM ET
That actually shows part of the problem. It starts at 1936
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-- HokieAl
Feb 04, 2025 at 02:58 PM ET
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02/04/25 02:58 PM ET
The average American age is 38.5 years
-- obguthr
Feb 05, 2025 at 07:39 AM ET
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02/05/25 07:39 AM ET
Within 5 years (or sooner) anything before NIL is just noise...**
-- RTFC
Feb 04, 2025 at 11:32 PM ET
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02/04/25 11:32 PM ET
History is everything
-- SpeakToDamien
Feb 04, 2025 at 09:54 PM ET
SpeakToDamien
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02/04/25 09:54 PM ET
The lists are practically the same. If you go back to the original
-- reestuart
Feb 04, 2025 at 07:06 PM ET
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02/04/25 07:06 PM ET
"Blue blood" can be just as much a pejorative as a compliment.
-- Baltimore_Hokie
Feb 04, 2025 at 05:19 PM ET
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02/04/25 05:19 PM ET
I do think enough people care if a program is tagged with blue blood status
-- VTHokie2000
Feb 06, 2025 at 09:59 AM ET
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02/06/25 09:59 AM ET
The beginning of the Super Bowl Era is probably a good place to start.
-- Maroon Baboon
Feb 04, 2025 at 04:33 PM ET
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02/04/25 04:33 PM ET
The first televised college football game was
-- Big12 guy
Feb 04, 2025 at 04:52 PM ET
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02/04/25 04:52 PM ET
Haha, some are that old, some
-- Big12 guy
Feb 04, 2025 at 03:28 PM ET
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02/04/25 03:28 PM ET