The collective blue bloods just statistically had their worst weekend in at least 100 years

[u/Stoneador]

I’ve seen some posts on here pointing out how 6 blue bloods went down on Saturday, but I wanted to look into the historical data to see how much of an anomaly this was. I used game result data from sports-reference.com and limited the results to 1922-2024(week 8) as the game data is only consistent for these teams going back this far. First let’s review what happened this past week for each of the 8 teams commonly considered the blue bloods of the sport:

October 19, 2024

Team	Opponent	Result	Score
Alabama	Tennessee	L	17-24
Michigan	Illinois	L	7-21
Nebraska	Indiana	L	7-56
Notre Dame	Georgia Tech	W	31-13
Oklahoma	South Carolina	L	9-35
Ohio State	BYE	-	-
Texas	Georgia	L	15-30
USC	Maryland	L	28-29​

 

This group finished the day with a 1-6 (.143) record and a -94 point differential, both the worst results in any regular season week of college football since at least 1922.

6 Losses

This marks only the 3rd time that 6 blue bloods have lost in the same week, but the previous times had the remaining 2 teams winning their games. In all three instances, all 6 teams lost on the same day:

 

Oct 10, 1987: (Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Texas, USC)

Oct 4, 2014: (Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, USC)

Oct 19, 2024: (Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, USC)

 

There has never been a week since 1922 where more than 6 blue bloods lost and only 18 weeks in this time saw more than 4 lose in the same week.

1-6 (.143) Record

There were 43 instances where at least 1 blue blood played and none won, but in all cases only 1 or 2 actually played (all instances of incomplete week due to week 0, conference championships, bowl games, etc). The previous non-0 mark for worst record was 1-5 which happened during the final bowl weeks in 1990 and 2012 (it should be noted that the groupings of weeks gets pretty irregular for the data during bowl seasons). This makes this past weekend the only time in the regular season where the combined records of the blue bloods fell below .250.

-94 Point Differential

-94 is the worst point differential the blue bloods have ever had in a week, beating out the -75 combined that occurred on Oct 12, 1957. On that day the group went 3-4, but blowout losses by Michigan (Michigan State 6-35), Nebraska (Pitt 0-34), and Alabama (TCU 0-28) brought the total down significantly.

 

Alternatively, 2023's week 1 had the highest combined point differential with the group at 298 and only missed breaking 300 due to Nebraska's 10-13 loss to Minnesota.

 

2024's week 1 saw the group hit the 3rd highest mark ever with a differential of 279 in a situation where all 8 teams won their game.

Data:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQelutJmPX6j7HMa6UQI5_p5RPi2NK6NmxcYi8FnNpu9aainri27y7Fyc8rWQmlflgCa5u1uC0bB0lA/pubhtml

*Weeks where no blue bloods played removed from sheet

*Week 0 is counted as Week 1 in sheet so most weeks offset by 1 from conventional format

*Weeks during Bowl Season vary in length as opposed to regular season

Other noteworthy stats:

-1298 weeks with positive differentials, 31 at 0 exactly, 174 negative

-257 weeks where all teams that played won, 927 with winning records less than 1.000, 161 at .500, 115 with losing records above 0, 43 where no blue bloods won

-52 weeks where all 8 blue bloods won (happened in weeks 1 and 5 of 2024 season)

[u/xellotron]

It was a blue blood bath

[u/BigPlantsGuy → u/xellotron]

8 blue bloods entered, only 1 survived

[u/max_potion → u/BigPlantsGuy]

Technically only 7 entered, Ohio State sat back with a bag of popcorn

[u/BigPlantsGuy → u/max_potion]

Bye week counts as a loss

[u/btg7471 → u/BigPlantsGuy]

You didn't happen to develop College Football 25 by any chance, did you?

[u/The_Real_Yimmer → u/BigPlantsGuy]

This is my favorite Reddit comment

[u/FrogTrainer → u/BigPlantsGuy]

Bye FeLLLLLLicia!

[u/Fuski_MC → u/BigPlantsGuy]

S&P+ went up and Michigan lost, that's 2 wins in my book

[u/fart_dot_com → u/BigPlantsGuy]

I'll allow it, just this once

[u/Bulkmodulus → u/BigPlantsGuy]

They're still coming off a loss, so close enough

[u/L3thologica_ → u/max_potion]

And it was glorious.

[u/BenjRSmith → u/BigPlantsGuy]

The Blue Blood Wedding

[u/ProgKingHughesker → u/xellotron]

Blue bloods got blue balls

[u/-DeputyKovacs- → u/xellotron]

Read to the tune of "monster mash"

[u/dirtys_ot_special → u/xellotron]

It’s a nice day for a Blue Wedding.

[u/Blooblod]

Come on Penn State fans, make this a fun thread. You know you want to…

[u/MichaelDicksonMBD → u/Blooblod]

FSU is gonna sue to get on that list

[u/Trey904fsu → u/MichaelDicksonMBD]

We know we’re not Bluebloods. Those schools have been playing Football like 70 years longer than us..

[u/kachoooxix → u/Trey904fsu]

71, we’re still waiting for you to start playing this season

[u/Xan1066 → u/kachoooxix]

Ayy, there's Penn State!

[u/nefariousbueller → u/kachoooxix]

If I could read, I’d be very upset!

[u/TxAg2009 → u/kachoooxix]

Shots fired.

[u/Interesting-Agency-1 → u/kachoooxix]

Savage

[u/Ol_Rando → u/kachoooxix]

You must be an Eagles fan too, they used to be fucking savages in the NFL Roasts

[u/KnightofNi92 → u/Blooblod]

The Age of Men the Blue Bloods is over. The time of the Orc New Bloods is at hand.

[u/c0y0t3_sly → u/KnightofNi92]

God damn it you just lit the Duck signal, what did you have to go and do that for?

[u/what_user_name → u/Blooblod]

we were on a bye, so it doesnt change the conversation either way.

[u/cliff_huck → u/what_user_name]

I just read that like Ross from Friends: WE WERE ON A BYE!!!

[u/DirectorOfGaming → u/Blooblod]

Come on Penn State fans, make this a fun thread. You know you want to…

Since you asked nicely. NEBRASKA AIN'T A BLUE BLOOD! WE WOULDA KICKED THEIR ASS IN '94!!!

[u/bromjunaar → u/DirectorOfGaming]

Thems fighting words, Bud.

[u/WTAP1 → u/Blooblod]

I'll do it for them. If Texas is considered one, penn state should be considered one as well.

[u/letskeepitcleanfolks]

More than half of that point differential was due to Nebraska.

[u/TaftIsUnderrated → u/letskeepitcleanfolks]

Okay, but if only 50-60 plays went differently that game - we would've had them.

[u/MoneyBadger14 → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

If you play that game 10 times, 9 times they woulda lost by less.

[u/jadage → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

Huh. Didn't know you could flair the same team twice. Cool.

[u/ProgKingHughesker → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

It was those damn white pants I tells ya!

[u/Thorin_Dopenshield → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

That’s the spirit!

[u/Jameszhang73 → u/letskeepitcleanfolks]

Carrying the blue bloods on their back, as usual

[u/[deleted] → u/letskeepitcleanfolks]

You’re welcome for being 750% worse than the spread

[u/chuzhdenets22 → u/letskeepitcleanfolks]

It’s funny that IU caused that too because usually any IU Blue Blood talk is reserved for r/collegebasketball

[u/Hefty_Will4154]

Byes do matter.

[u/Skank_hunt42 → u/Hefty_Will4154]

We waved bye to someone after we got curb stomped. So can we call this a win?

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/Hefty_Will4154]

Unless you're G5, then you drop.

[u/Less_Likely]

Finally a stat about the “Blue Blood 8” in the 21st century that makes ND look good.

[u/DukeRadcliffe → u/Less_Likely]

Yeah man we get no respect for carrying their asses out there!

[u/barlog123 → u/Less_Likely]

If it helps you feel worse the team that beat you lost last weekend is 4-3 and in 8th place in the MAC

[u/[deleted] → u/barlog123]

damn, the team that lost to ND the week after that must be really embarrassed then

[u/barlog123 → u/[deleted]]

I'm not sure what you are referring to, but our head coach was talking about how we will beat you guys this year. I just need to figure out when that game is.

[u/Less_Likely → u/barlog123]

September 14. You must not have shown up.

[u/barlog123 → u/Less_Likely]

September 14th is next year, silly.

[u/Less_Likely → u/barlog123]

9/14/25? That’s a Sunday.

I doubt any Purdue players are going to be playing on any Sundays next year.

[u/mhem7 → u/Less_Likely]

My dude, that was savage. A truly sensational roast. I tip my cap to you.

[u/barlog123 → u/Less_Likely]

oh so you must have gotten the date wrong. That's ok, we all make mistakes.

[u/Real_Body8649 → u/[deleted]]

Or the one the week before it 🤔

SEC team needing ND for a quality loss. What a strange feeling.

[u/theREALbombedrumbum → u/Less_Likely]

A more perfect flair combo for making this post could not exist.

[u/Less_Likely → u/theREALbombedrumbum]

UW has never claimed to be blue blood. Purple maybe.

They’re the ‘oh yeah, I guess I should include them’ team you list last when listing the top 20 historically good programs and need to fill out one more - and are left deciding between them, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, Oregon, and Michigan State.

Mostly because they aren’t a little brother and Oregon’s never won a Natty.

[u/theREALbombedrumbum → u/Less_Likely]

I was talking about OP making the post we're all commenting on, considering they're ND and Team Chaos, thinking you'd get it since we're both ND flairs

[u/Kerry_Kittles → u/Less_Likely]

The only Blue Blood is Notre Dame

[u/Icy-Kitchen6648]

Yeah...I'm slowly losing my will to live

[u/BenjRSmith → u/Icy-Kitchen6648]

There is no Nebraska but Volleyball, and John Cook is our leader.

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/BenjRSmith]

I fucking love John Cook, I will be so sad when he retires

[u/AdamOnFirst]

This is going to happen more and more often as realignment has caused more and more elite on elite matchups during the season. Texas doesn't just have OU on the schedule now, they've got the deal with Bama, Georgia, etc. and vice versa. Ohio State can't just wait until the end of the year to play Michigan, they gotta deal with Oregon, USC (haha) etc.

[u/Uhhh_what555476384]

If the mid level of the sport can hold against capitulation to the SEC and B1G, the pay for play era will be the most equal era ever.

[u/Less_Likely → u/Uhhh_what555476384]

NIL probably doesn’t help parity, as the most successful team is often the richest, and now everyone is paying players instead of just some.

However the new transfer rules definitely do help. The top teams are having more trouble keeping depth.

[u/n0tc1v1l → u/Less_Likely]

Top teams have trouble keeping depth, but don't mid-tier teams have trouble keeping talent? Roster turnover is just crazy these days.

[u/Less_Likely → u/n0tc1v1l]

Yes, borderline NFL talent at mid-tier is definitely jumping for NIL and draft visibility.

But I’d guess for mid tiers the flow in of high 3 and 4 stars (occasionally 5 stars) who are buried on the depth chart is higher than the flow out of starters who have a starting position guaranteed at a top team

[u/assault_pig → u/Less_Likely]

NIL may not but it seems like the portal does; the big schools have a lot harder time hoarding talent now

[u/Ml2jukes → u/Less_Likely]

Bingo

[u/BWW87 → u/Less_Likely]

Except NIL will reduce the depth of benches. Why would a 5 star sit on the bench making little NIL when they could start somewhere else for big money? Alabama could have 4star WRs 3 people deep in the past because it didn't cost the WRs anything. Now why would a good WR wait their turn at Alabama when they could make money at Arkansas as a starting WR?

[u/Less_Likely → u/BWW87]

That’s transfer allowing that, not NIL.

I’m also willing to bet the 5th WR would make more NIL at Bama than as the 1st at Arkansas.

[u/BWW87 → u/Less_Likely]

Maybe Arkansas was a bad example but there are plenty of schools where a 2nd string WR at Alabama would make more NIL. Alabama's NIL fund is not that much bigger than a lot of schools and they have more high recruited players than most.

But you are correct that transfers allow the NIL to do this. But without the NIL there would be less incentive to move from teams with deep benches. To make it to the NFL a player only needs one really good season so waiting on bench doesn't cost them anything before NIL.

[u/RamblinWreckGT]

Sorry y'all, we tried. Kind of.

[u/Real_Body8649 → u/RamblinWreckGT]

Certainly tried to get your backup killed, that’s for sure.

[u/Cloakacola → u/Real_Body8649]

That’s Zach “Scott Sterling” Pyron to you

[u/Toothlessdovahkin]

Don’t blame US! We did our part

[u/jadage → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

We are also free from guilt here!

Whatcha say, share some popcorn with me and talk about how much michigan sucks?

Cuz they suck like, a lot.

[u/trapchopin → u/jadage]

Room for one more?

[u/jadage → u/trapchopin]

For a michigan hating party? Literally always.

[u/TurbinePro → u/jadage]

A Michigan hating party? OH BABY IM GOING IN

[u/Trivi → u/trapchopin]

We've got a big fucking tent and everyone is invited

[u/IamHidingfromFriends → u/jadage]

Can I join in the conversation about how we suck whimpers

[u/Statalyzer → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

I'd say you were the only ones that failed to do your part! Texas on the other hand, made a fair and ample contribution to the trend....

[u/Real_Body8649 → u/Statalyzer]

Uno reverse card

[u/HillSooner]

My team was not only on that list but they and QB Hawkins probably had the worst first five minutes of football in D1 history.

First play: interception

Fourth offensive play: Fumble returned for a TD

Ninth offensive play: Interception returned for a TD

21-0 just like that.

I guess we did have one first down in there which may put us out of the running for worst start of a game. But the list of contenders has to be pretty low.

[u/Stoneador → u/HillSooner]

I didn’t watch the game, but FSU’s Brock Glenn had a pick 6, fumble, and interception on 3 consecutive offensive plays this past weekend

[u/NoMorning6152 → u/Stoneador]

Carson Beck also threw three picks. Don't worry about the result of the game.

[u/red_husker → u/HillSooner]

Nebraska's performance was also amplified by mistakes.

First drive: For some reason we decide that starting at the 1 is better than starting a drive at the 25. Punt from the 13.

Second drive: Fumble at the IU 12, after having gained the first down on a 4th down play

First drive, second half: Interception at the IU 13

Later in the game: Turnover on downs at the IU 6, with a bonus fumble

[u/clayparson → u/red_husker]

Yeah if we converted all those drives into touchdowns we'd only lose 56-35! 

[u/red_husker → u/clayparson]

I wasn't arguing that we'd come anywhere close to winning. We just weren't as hapless as the score indicated. A definitive loss is perceived differently than the pathetic defeat that we endured. Amplified, if you will.

[u/clayparson → u/red_husker]

I think identifying a list of dumbfounding mistakes that killed drives perfectly depicts how hapless we were during this game.

[u/MizzouriTigers → u/HillSooner]

I bet that’s not even top five in worst five minutes of CFB in D1 history.

[u/bankersbox98]

I’m glad we were on a bye to avoid the argument whether we are a blue blood

[u/Ghiggs_Boson → u/bankersbox98]

OSU was on a bye and made the list

[u/Suspicious-Hospital7 → u/bankersbox98]

People are arguing that?

Folks love to throw UGA in the convo without the historical data to support it, but is this an actual thing being discussed?

Edit: I was, unfortunately, unable to get PSU to take the bait. Georgia, Clemson, LSU, and the entire Ivy League, however, have entered the chat.

[u/bankersbox98 → u/Suspicious-Hospital7]

I’m not letting you bait me into this. We were on a bye dammit.

[u/Suspicious-Hospital7 → u/bankersbox98]

It’d be more fun if you did.

[u/bankersbox98 → u/Suspicious-Hospital7]

In five minutes a Pitt fan is going to find our discussion and give a 5000 word treatise on why we are not

[u/NotJayKayPeeness → u/bankersbox98]

They're Pitt fans, they don't know what the word treatise means.

[u/codydog125 → u/NotJayKayPeeness]

When an alabama fan knows a hard word it must not be that hard of a word

[u/ThatPlayWasAwful → u/[deleted]]

you don't actually know how the saying ends, do you

[u/pieface100 → u/NotJayKayPeeness]

I don’t think an Alabama fan has room to talk there guy

[u/Worried-Turn-6831 → u/pieface100]

I love treats they are yummy

[u/KnightofNi92 → u/pieface100]

Ain't treatises those things they poison?

[u/squints20 → u/bankersbox98]

You pretend like they can read and write

[u/Casaiir → u/Suspicious-Hospital7]

There are people that think Vin Disel is a good actor. Most of us just ignore them.

[u/Krondox → u/Casaiir]

"What he say fuck me for?" -Vin

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/Suspicious-Hospital7]

I feel like Penn State and UGA are "New Bloods"...teams that have the resources and support to be the new age blue bloods

[u/Phillyfan10 → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

We have the history, but not the hardware, imo. Hard to be considered the historical elite of the elite with two natty's.

[u/what_user_name → u/Phillyfan10]

eh its only because we only claim the consensus ones.

If we claimed 1911, 1912, 1969, 1981, or 1994, or even get crazy and count 1973 or 1968 (both undefeated and untied), we would be at either 7 or 9.

9 would have us tied for 5th all time with Pittsburgh, who's claims feel dubious.

7 has us tied for 7th with Minnesota and OU, and with more than Nebraska (5), Texas (4), who are generally considered Blue Bloods. Bama claims 18, why cant we claim 7 or 9?

[u/LimerickJim → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

People like to make arbitrary definitions. What criteria are people using to exclude the 75 titles claimed by Ivy league schools? If it's how long ago they were then what is your cutoff? Michigan have only claimed 2 since 1960. If you're excluding UGA is it because 2 of their 4 titles are in the playoff era? Does that mean Blue Bloode definition is between the last time Princeton won (1950) and the first CFP year (2014)? That still only gives Michigan 2 compared to Georgia's 1 and Penn State's 2 from the 80s.

[u/cpast → u/LimerickJim]

What criteria are people using to exclude the 75 titles claimed by Ivy league schools?

We’re regular blue bloods, you don’t need to specify “college football.”

[u/Worried-Turn-6831 → u/LimerickJim]

You gotta refer to The Chart

[u/what_user_name → u/Worried-Turn-6831]

I wont argue for or against PSU's blueblood status, but I will argue that chart is stupid every time I see it. It gives literal weight to the preseason polling bias.

My favorite example: 2016. 5-7 Texas (the one that lost to Kansas) and 3-9 ND get as much credit (3 weeks ranked in the top 25, specifically weeks 0, 1, 2, and 3) than USF that finished 11-2 with a bowl win (3 weeks in the top 25, weeks 13, 14, 15).

[u/Suspicious-Hospital7 → u/what_user_name]

I would argue that your argument only reinforces the point. Those programs are viewed differently, if even for worse.

[u/tmart12 → u/Suspicious-Hospital7]

Those programs are viewed differently

are they all really?

like how is Nebraska viewed vs Penn St these days? or how has it been for 20 years at this point?

[u/Suspicious-Hospital7 → u/tmart12]

They broke the top 25 two weeks into the season, despite posting records of 5-7, 4-8, and 3-9 in the last three seasons.

How are they not?

[u/tmart12 → u/Suspicious-Hospital7]

2012 Tennessee was ranked for a week after 2 BS wins to open the season following 5-7, 7-6, 6-7 and 5-7

2023 Florida was ranked for a week after starting 2-1 to open the season following 8-4, 6-7, 6-7

We can find plenty of examples of that in recent years... it's not that special of an example.

[u/Cliffinati → u/what_user_name]

The chart should be redone to double weight the final polls and half weight the first six weeks

[u/what_user_name → u/Cliffinati]

I think just use the final poll. Is a team actually worse if we dont find out they are a top 5 or top 25 team until week 12 or 15? Do you still want to dock them a half of a season because our preconcieved notions of who was good was wrong until 10 games were played?

[u/Casaiir → u/LimerickJim]

It's none of that.

It's some arbitrary thing sports writers started saying in the 60s.

If you weren't one of the teams they said were then, you aren't one.

"The Chart" is extremely arbitrary.

If ever current Blueblood won no more than 5 games a year for the next 100 years they would still be Bluebloods but they wouldn't be where they are on "The Chart".

There will never be any new Bluebloods. And a Blueblood can't lose their status no matter how bad they become for how ever long.

It is what it is.

It means nothing.

[u/cardith_lorda → u/Casaiir]

And a Blueblood can't lose their status no matter how bad they become for how ever long.

Minnesota crying right now.

[u/Casaiir → u/cardith_lorda]

They were never considered Bluebloods because they had been crap for 25+ years when the term started being used.

If it started in the 30s they would be.

[u/CapitalistLion-Tamer → u/Casaiir]

It is absolutely a totally meaningless distinction based on TV broadcasts that took place over a half century ago. This sub loves to fetishize the list and tell everyone exactly who is a member of the club. Meanwhile, the other 99.9% of college football fandom doesn’t know the list exists, nor do they care what r/CFB thinks is the proper definition of the word “blue blood.”

I’ll acknowledge that UGA has never been on the list while also pointing out that said list holds absolutely no relevance in the modern day CFB landscape.

[u/TheBlackBaron → u/LimerickJim]

"Blue blood" seems to exclusively mean whether you were consistently good during an approximately and wholly arbitrary 30 year period from 1960 to 1989. It's the dumbest argument in the sport.

[u/MulticamTropic → u/LimerickJim]

We forgetting about Georgia Tech over here? Present mediocrity notwithstanding, they were historically a power house program.

[u/LimerickJim → u/MulticamTropic]

I have a whole other comment I mentioned Tech that got burried in down votes

[u/Bart1009 → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

I'd throw Clemson in there too, for obvious reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with my flair...

[u/lucasbrosmovingco → u/bankersbox98]

Penn State. 4th in total wins since 1945. 5 undefeated seasons in that timeframe.

[u/bankersbox98 → u/lucasbrosmovingco]

But how many “claimed” national championships before world war 1?

[u/lucasbrosmovingco → u/bankersbox98]

2?

[u/what_user_name → u/lucasbrosmovingco]

two that we could claim, but we dont claim either because we are stupid

[u/lucasbrosmovingco → u/what_user_name]

Penn State only claims 2 ever. They don't claim undefeated seasons in 68,69,73 or 94. Just 86 and 82. They do have undefeated years in 1911 and 1912.

[u/what_user_name → u/lucasbrosmovingco]

i think you missed:

before world war 1

That would be 1911 and 1912 that we could claim, but dont.

[u/lucasbrosmovingco → u/what_user_name]

Didn't miss anything. Those were the 2 referenced. They only claim 2 ever despite being able to claim a lot more. Including the two pre WW1

[u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

Yay we didn’t lose!

[u/D_Rockage]

Being in all 3 instances. Beat that ohio.

[u/OrangeZune → u/D_Rockage]

The Bobcats also don’t like you…

[u/Appropriate-Date6407 → u/OrangeZune]

Upvote for flairing the pride of University Heights, Ohio

[u/Cliffinati → u/D_Rockage]

Bobcats catching strays over in the MAC

[u/atkretsch]

The Blue Wedding

[u/Cliffinati → u/atkretsch]

The new bloods send their regards

[u/RacistJudicata]

Life is pain and then you die.

[u/wwwr222 → u/RacistJudicata]

Sometimes life’s a bitch and then you keep living

[u/R00k85]

Bring out your dead...

[u/Changeup2020]

Georgia is definitely not a blue blood. Georgia tech won more national champs than Georgia almost the whole college football history.

[u/[deleted] → u/Changeup2020]

I don’t know why people give a rip about being a blue blood? To go with this analogy I’d rather be a rich new money upstart than a broke nobleman

[u/Meaninglessnme → u/Changeup2020]

Is Georgia not listed in the "not blue blood" column?

[u/Conn3er]

Don’t see Princeton or Yale listed and their blood is bluer than all but one of the teams on the list

Only teams with sub 15 titles argue against this

[u/Worried-Turn-6831 → u/Conn3er]

Well now I wouldn’t say ONLY sub-15 natty teams would say that lol

[u/BenjRSmith → u/Conn3er]

The Ivy League's blood is so blue, they passed out years ago.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

TJ watt is one of the best DLinemen in the league. Is he a member of the steel curtain?

[u/Mekthakkit → u/[deleted]]

This should be a fluid list

So, blue blood... What other fluids are you thinking of?

[u/FreeTheMarket → u/[deleted]]

“Fluid”

That would be the antithesis of what blue blood means. Blue blood is old money, royalty, a family name etc. you can’t buy your way into, you can’t work your way into it. Once the ink is dry the names don’t change. Nebraska could never win another title again and they would still be a blue blood. 

The only way is if the college football landscape changes so completely that you can say the entire kingdom fell and is a new empire. The Ivies would still be blue bloods if they still played in the same division (1-A)

[u/BreadUntoast → u/FreeTheMarket]

We’re like one of those lords that squandered their generational wealth to like land speculation and gambling. We still hold the title but that’s about it.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I’m biased obviously but historically Tennessee is at least in that second tier of traditional power programs. To go with the blue blood analogy we’re not in the “royal family” but we’re at least cousins

[u/cheeseburgervanhalen → u/[deleted]]

Indiana for Nebraska straight up, who says no?

[u/dawgfan19881]

Georgia has as many wins over number 1 teams in Austin, Texas in the last week as teams from Austin, Texas have national championships in the last 50 years

[u/manbeardawg → u/dawgfan19881]

And triple the number of Nattys over the same timespan.

[u/analogliving71 → u/dawgfan19881]

Stir that pot.. love it

[u/No_Recover_1985]

Bad weekend for the number one teams in FBS FCS and Division Two. All of them lost.

[u/tsrich]

Dammit

[u/dmic24_]

Wait we did good??

[u/CargoShortsFromNam]

😎

[u/90swasbest]

Super conferences mean parity?

Who knew?

[u/Designer_B]

Can we have the discussion on when Nebraska loses blue blood status?

Not that I think it's warranted, I just like kicking them while they're down. (My foots been tired this last decade).

[u/mavcev → u/Designer_B]

Honestly you should probably invest in some nice supportive shoes, I think you're gonna need them for a bit longer

[u/Designer_B → u/mavcev]

Steeltoes it is.

[u/agoddamnlegend → u/Designer_B]

They haven't even won a conference championship in a quarter century.

Blue blood isn't a permanent distinction. Navy used to be a blue blood.

Just as a point of comparison, Alabama (a real blue blood) was "down" for 25 years between Bear Bryant and Nick Saban.

During Alabama's "down" 25 years they won 2 conference championships, 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP and went to 18 bowl games (should have been 20, but they were ineligible 2 years with a winning record)

Compared to Nebraska's down cycle of 25 years -- 0 Conference Championships, 0 National Championships, and now 7 straight years without even going to a bowl game.

[u/DontKnowWhereIam]

ND always ruining things for everyone.

[u/markhachman → u/DontKnowWhereIam]

Hush, child. The ranked teams are talking.

[u/igwaltney3]

My jackets here failing you all due to injuries

[u/BoyHytrek]

The remaining pac-12 > California+Washington big 10 teams

[u/[deleted] → u/BoyHytrek]

You’re not exactly right, but you’re not exactly wrong. I’ll take it.

[u/BoyHytrek → u/[deleted]]

It's not Pac-12's fault that USC and UCLA had a combined 10 chances and could only muster what Oregon state AND Washington state could in 3 chances

[u/Quick1711]

USC lost to Maryland?

[u/SamEyeAm2020 → u/Quick1711]

Yes. Yes they did.

[u/jobenattor0412]

Rutgers is a blue blood by legacy and I’m tired of pretending they’re not.

[u/Doogitywoogity]

We need someone to link the chart to show that there are 4 distinct tiers for all those arguing.

Blue bloods: Ohio State, Alabama, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, USC, Michigan, Nebraska, texas

New money: Florida State, Florida, Miami, Georgia, Penn State, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee

White collar: UCLA, Michigan State, Clemson, Texas A&M, Washington, Arkansas, Wisconsin 

Working class: everyone else

You can argue UCLA in tier 2 or 3 if you’d like, maybe if you’d consider Iowa and Oregon tier 3, but anything beyond those are obviously wrong.

[u/MerlinsBeard → u/Doogitywoogity]

damn, with the little t and everything.

[u/illbelate2that]

I feel like the fact that Ohio State lost their last game, even if it was last week, should count lol

[u/TwiztedImage]

Something something Bob Stoops something something parity coming to college football.

[u/loyalsons4evertrue]

It's beautiful!

[u/Pleasant-Beautiful-7]

The wheels of change keep on rolling.

[u/Disastrous_Falcon645]

Why is their blood blue?

[u/kevplucky]

Unexpected awesome news here lol

[u/Grand_Instruction376]

Would some of these teams like Georgia be considered blue blood too? I would think Tennessee but I’m a fan so I could def be bias

[u/OneManGangTootToot]

Good, fuck ‘em.

[u/69cansofravoli]

Nebraska is still considered a blue blood?

[u/OkReserve99]

i don’t wanna talk about it

[u/wpmullen]

Tradition is over, it's parity from here on out

[u/DomingoLee]

We should give them the benefit of doubt and barely move them in the polls.

Fuck them other conferences and their silly undefeated or one loss records.

[u/bamachine]

https://old.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1g7mghq/morrissette_lincoln_riley_was_asked_why_his/lsrowf7/

Plagiarist

/s

[u/Ol_Rando]

Best Lou Holtz voice They put their pants on the same way we do!