Didn't they merge with K-Mart. Maybe we could merge with K-State. 'Bout the same thing.
Name another Bue Blood Program Down
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If things stay stuck in the mud, maybe we could also sell off the Blackshirt brand, like Sears did with Craftsman tools, before it loses all value. Right now the Blackshirt image is on par with Craftsman when Sears made the great strategic decision to market their "quality" tool line at KMart.
Hawk fan here and just came on the board since I live in the area with Nebraska sports talk radio and wanted to read thoughts on the WR transferring. Probably linked somewhere but this link alabama-crimson-tide-notre-dame-fighting-irish-ohio-state-buckeyes-oklahoma-sooners-usc-trojans-lead-list-college-football-blue-bloods by ESPN has these 8 programs listed as Blue Bloods which I think is fairly accurate as of now. The question is how long does Nebraska hang on 20+ years later. I would think Florida and LSU can make a pretty good argument of jumping in the top 8 very soon. Personally don't think Penn State or Tennessee is close unless they can win a National Championship in the next couple years. Unfortunately, Notre Dame will always get the benefit of the doubt.
We're definitely on the precipice. If we lose to Purdue this weekend, it's over.
The college football landscape has radically changed over the past 30-40 years. Starting with the 85 scholarship limits , increased population across the nation but in places like Florida, Texas and California in particular where kids can be active year round and voila , you got a limit on scholarships, growth in D1 schools to now 130, the internet, Sat and Cable TV for exposure and if you add it all up, there is more and more parity in college football than most would want to admit.
kids don't have to go to a blue blood anymore for exposure to play in the NFL. Technology has changed all that. I grew up in the 70s and 80s and until UCF came on line with football in 1979, there were 3 D1 schools and 1 D2 school in Florida. UCF came on line with football in 79 as a Division III club by the late 90s, USF joined, then FAU and then FIU. Point is looking at Florida, one of the best and most fertile skilled position recruiting grounds, there are a ton of options for Florida kids to stay home. There is little need to go to far away schools. It happens, but the blue blood grip is slipping and if and when the day comes where we can have a legitimate playoff with 16 teams with all 10 conferences getting an automatic bids and having 6 at large bids, if that happens, college football will be forever changed. You could see a program like App State, Troy , Northern Illinois, any school from the American or Boise rise up and win it all in a real playoff.
Y'all have history that's for sure, but at the same time college football today is not what it was in 1967. You have significantly more competition with more schools and more exposure to more schools than there ever has been. Limited scholarships means parity, more and more. Saying to a kid in a living room in Florida now, hey we are Nebraska , we are blue blood and we have this history, is no longer enough, when that kid now has more than a dozen offers to stay in the southeast or 7 Division 1 programs in Florida alone. That's the reason Frost was successful at UCF. Location, location ,location.
kids don't have to go to a blue blood anymore for exposure to play in the NFL. Technology has changed all that. I grew up in the 70s and 80s and until UCF came on line with football in 1979, there were 3 D1 schools and 1 D2 school in Florida. UCF came on line with football in 79 as a Division III club by the late 90s, USF joined, then FAU and then FIU. Point is looking at Florida, one of the best and most fertile skilled position recruiting grounds, there are a ton of options for Florida kids to stay home. There is little need to go to far away schools. It happens, but the blue blood grip is slipping and if and when the day comes where we can have a legitimate playoff with 16 teams with all 10 conferences getting an automatic bids and having 6 at large bids, if that happens, college football will be forever changed. You could see a program like App State, Troy , Northern Illinois, any school from the American or Boise rise up and win it all in a real playoff.
Y'all have history that's for sure, but at the same time college football today is not what it was in 1967. You have significantly more competition with more schools and more exposure to more schools than there ever has been. Limited scholarships means parity, more and more. Saying to a kid in a living room in Florida now, hey we are Nebraska , we are blue blood and we have this history, is no longer enough, when that kid now has more than a dozen offers to stay in the southeast or 7 Division 1 programs in Florida alone. That's the reason Frost was successful at UCF. Location, location ,location.
A lot of truth here.
But Nebraska can leverage what it does have — unparalleled fan support, history that may not mean a lot to one kid in Florida, but may resonate with his father or mother, soon-to-be sparkling facilities, and a chance to play in one of the top three conferences in the country.
No, we're not what we used to be, but we shouldn't be staring down the barrel of three straight losing seasons.
I get your point, but lets not call ourselves the Aztecs or Romans just yet.
I still think there are a huge number of people who expect us to right the ship, though it is alarming our last conference championship was 99.
If we are not careful, we will no longer be considered a Blue Blood program. I'm sure there are many across the country who already have forgotten the Cornhuskers as blue bloods Father time just keeps marching along and we're falling further behind.
If Nebraska is still considered a “Blue Blood” program, which I’m doubting a bunch, and I’m not sure I care anyways, it won’t be after a couple more years of this nonsense.
They got a split of 1997 from what I was told, back in the day.
Michigan hasn't won a Big Ten title, since 2004.