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History is everything
After that many years, you have built in alumni advantages, fanbase size, wealth advantages, expectation advantages, decades of a head start and momentum.
A blue blood can always recover quickly after a downstretch because of those advantages.
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There are some interesting viewpoints on what makes
-- Big12 guy
Feb 04, 2025 at 01:47 PM ET
Big12 guy
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02/04/25 01:47 PM ET
That actually shows part of the problem. It starts at 1936
-- HokieAl
Feb 04, 2025 at 02:58 PM ET
HokieAl
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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
obguthr
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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
RTFC
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02/04/25 11:32 PM ET
History is everything
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-- 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
reestuart
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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
Baltimore_Hokie
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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
VTHokie2000
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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
Maroon Baboon
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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
Big12 guy
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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
Big12 guy
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02/04/25 03:28 PM ET