A little bit, but I actually felt bad for making this shit of a shit post and almost came back and deleted it. But I made the post and I'll live with it lol.
Who is considered a blue blood ?
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This has nothing to do with the traditional meaning of the word but there is overlap with bluebloods there obviously. A & M is in no way, shape or form a blueblood though. Not any more so than Arkansas.
You can't be a "modern blueblood". You don't know what blueblood means. You can be the current marquee program and not be a blueblood. Blueblood means exactly that - it's inherited from something that someone before you started. It's like new money vs old money. The descendants of old money are bluebloods. Someone who just made his fortune yesterday isn't a blueblood.
Bama didn’t make the CFP this year, but yes they are still a blue blood. The other schools that come to mind as blue bloods are: Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Georgia, Texas, LSU, Clemson, and possibly USC.
Ohio state, Michigan, penn st, usc, nebby(but they are losing it fast)oregon(close)
Bama, Georgia, Tennessee, lsu, Texas, Oklahoma and Florida
Clemson, Miami, FSu, notre dame
I believe with the exception of Oregon they all have titles last 40ish years. There are others with titles but they don’t stand out to me
Bama, Georgia, Tennessee, lsu, Texas, Oklahoma and Florida
Clemson, Miami, FSu, notre dame
I believe with the exception of Oregon they all have titles last 40ish years. There are others with titles but they don’t stand out to me
Pretty much. Blueblood is a legacy label. That doesn't mean you're a power or elite program in the current era. Nebbie is example 1A.
Nebraska cannot be considered a “blue blood.” The description indicates the presence of blood. And after how many years of being gutted, embarrassingly, not a drop of that liquid swag remains in Lincoln. And it’s not ever coming back.
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Every time I think of Nebber now I think of a poor man’s Ball State or Bowling Green. In one of their down seasons, of course.
Tell you what, though, if there’s two fan bases who get super pissed off if you don’t still consider them blue bloods it’s Nebber and Princeton. I mean downright nasty. Can’t say I blame either one, though. They both did win a lot of games back in the day. It’s not their fault that nobody can remember anymore.
There seem to be many Iowa fans who don't accept Nebraska's Blueblood status because there has been an extended time period of relative lack of success and the fact that they do not like Nebraska. Fair enough. 1997 was the last National Championship. I don't really care, and I acknowledge that Nebraska has dropped out of national relevance. I do believe that they are inching back up, but Blueblood status should include all-time Division 1 wins and National Championships. That would be 8th place with 922 wins and 5 National Championships. It probably isn't really worth much discussion whether Nebraska is a Blueblood or not. I think most fans would rather have a current championship over "Blueblood" status. Comparing Nebraska to Ball State or Bowling Green or any other MAC school is just ignorance. Iowa has barely squeaked by this MAC quality team the last couple of years. So I guess you can join Nebraska in the MAC.
I hope you can handle Albany and Massachusetts next year.
I hope you can handle Albany and Massachusetts next year.
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By 1 or 100, winning actual games is the name of the game. You keep winning February and March
Nebraska wins 922 Losses 426 .679 #8
Iowa wins 697 Losses 579 .545 #36
You tell me who has MORE WINS. Actual wins. Oh wait. Those don't count, right? You can always pick and choose what you think is important. But I have heard that winning actual games is the name of the game.
I believe the term is 'nouveau riche'.
Lord'a mercy. Even the daftest fans of both programs know that Iowa's overall success pales in comparison to Nebraska's.
Yeah, what UNL has done from the early 60s throughout the entirety of the 90s was remarkable. The hardware was real and cannot be taken away. But today's Nebraska is like Sears and Roebuck competing with Amazon or Walmart - they're one-time giants that refused (or simply were unable) to adapt with the changing times while others thrived at their expense.
What!?!?? You mean claiming conference championships that you didn't earn discredits them,??? NO, THE MALE ONLY CHEERLEADERS DESERVE MORE.
BTW this whole thread reeks of jealously and shame. Good job on looking like a bunch of bitches hawks.
Going to a perceived-inferior program's board for the sole purpose of validation is the very definition of a bitch move.
I'm not perceiving Iowa as inferior, you all are acting inferior. I'd love to see a respectful rivalry but you all just can't do it.
Iowa has more than its share of asshats, but it's not like Hawk fans have a monopoly on ignorance and boorishness. Lots of juvenile behavior on both sides since Nebraska joined the B1G.
To be honest, getting this game to be 'respectful' is probably a pipe dream. One thing I do want to see is to get this game off Black Friday and just play it on Saturday already. I know Nebraska's played Black Friday rivalry games for decades, but Iowa isn't Oklahoma. It just isn't as meaningful a game to Nebraska fans (I will admit that it likely means a little bit more to Iowa fans).
And while the game should be played annually, I'd be perfectly OK if we played Nebraska in say, October most years and maybe make the Rivalry Weekend game a rotation (IA, MN, NE, WI).
I disagree.
Beating Nebraska at the end of the season is a perfect way to end the regular season.
They ruined a little bit of the fun this last year by squeaking out bowl eligibility just before we could squash it.
Beating Nebraska at the end of the season is a perfect way to end the regular season.
They ruined a little bit of the fun this last year by squeaking out bowl eligibility just before we could squash it.
I hope you can handle Akron and Houston Christian. Explain how a bueblood program can have a loosing record within the conference they play in for the last 14 years?
Not Kansas State. They have an all time record of 571-671. All time they are on an Iowa State 567-677 and Indiana 508-713 level.First off, Nebraska should not even be in this conversation...period. I think the best way to determine who is a blue blood is to take is the top 10 programs that have the most 4 and 5 star recruits each year - and there is your answer.
I do agree with StoopsBrother - I have always put Iowa alongside Kansas State & Virginia Tech. 👍
Iowa all time is in the level with Oregon, Ole Miss, Utah and Colorado. For reference Iowa crossed 700 all time wins this season.
Congratulations? I had no idea that Nebraska had so many wins. Thank you for informing the board of that revelation.
Now, can you give us how Sears is doing? Woolworths? Or other things relying upon past history for relevance.
What do you call a program that inherited something significant but blew the family fortune, but still pretends to be rich? Asking for a friend
I like black Friday matchups w Huskers.
In my world Neb is the current #1 rival in the BIG for Hawkeyes.
Minny and Wis are right behind them but you want the last game to be vs the current hottest rivalry to give it extra juice for a game that is often meaningless in terms of championships.
I feel it the most right now w Huskers.
In my world Neb is the current #1 rival in the BIG for Hawkeyes.
Minny and Wis are right behind them but you want the last game to be vs the current hottest rivalry to give it extra juice for a game that is often meaningless in terms of championships.
I feel it the most right now w Huskers.
Not sure if these are surefire blue bloods anymore.
Okie is a tough one to figure out for sure…sometimes I think they have slipped and then I turn on NFL RedZone only to see numerous Okie heisman winners playing! 🤪
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People who don't understand what a blueblood is don't understand this though. Duh Oregon is almost a blueblood in my book but not quite but Miami was a blueblood in my book for a little bit but OSU is and was a blueblood in my book but Tennessee is oh so close in my book but I have PSU just on the outside looking in in my book.
None of which has anything to do with what being a blueblood means.
Again, not understanding what blueblood means. Oregon is new money - not blueblood.
Try again.
Sure we do. On the field, not the Internet where Debbie douches win the magical national championship each off-season.
We beat Debbie nine of the last ten games. Order Restored! We honor the rivalry Debbie denied even existed.
They’re kinda/sorta on the way out of that status, I agree.
This is srs bsns brother.
Actually we have squeaked by Debbie nine of the last ten years. Debbie inching up to national relevance with one 7-6 season after eight losing seasons in a row? Inching is kinda over stating a little.
The problem with blue bloods is many are based on wins before ww2.
Kinda crazy.
There are 8 Bluebloods that will ALWAYS be Bluebloods.
Ohio State
Michigan
Alabama
USC
Notre Dame
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
You don’t lose blueblood status
Ohio State
Michigan
Alabama
USC
Notre Dame
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
You don’t lose blueblood status
Nebraska has to be really, really snakebitten if they're still still considered to be roughly equal to OSU, Texas, etc. Only Nebraska and USC have yet to make the playoffs, and USC has been the closer of the two.
A lot of Iowa fans probably don't like hearing this, but much of it stems from Nebraska's unwillingness to get out of its own way. It doesn't have to go back to the triple option like the service academies, but ever since it went "corn coast offense" with Bill Callahan 20 years ago, the program had totally lost its mojo. The Nebraska brass should have looked to Madison for a viable blueprint to follow, not an NFL retread.
Among former B1G West teams, Nebraska routinely had the highest recruiting rankings even with a string of sub .500 seasons, so they can't use 'lack of talent' as an excuse. There's no reason they can't load up on the buffet busters, get some 215-230 pound bruisers to carry the rock, and have a dependable short-and-intermediate passing game.
Yale, Princeton, Harvard and Minnesota disagree. Once the bluest of blue bloods.
Roughly equal? Nobody on the planet outside of Lincoln considers Nebraska to be considered even remotely in the same class as Ohio State. Nebraska hasn't even won a conference championship in the last 25 years. They've only won one divisional title since joining the B1G and then got the shit kicked out of them in the conference championship game. They've been completely dominated over the last 10 years by the likes of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Everyone knows the pecking order in the B1G. Today it's OSU, UM, Penn St, and Oregon at the top, head and shoulders above the rest. Throw everyone else in afterwards, with the Huskers near the bottom and Iowa near the top. You are what your record says you are.
