It ain't about Wisconsin. I've been a fan for near 55 years. I used to be a college football fan. I'd never miss a Georgia- Georgia Tech game or the Egg Bowl. A Nebraska-Oklahoma game was must see. I'd watch 3 games on New Years Day. Now, I'll watch Wisconsin play but have no interest otherwise. Congrats to the teams that win nattys. But, it means zip to me.
Unfortunately -- they have enough interest that they aren't interested in change. Profits are at record highs. It is what it is.
Ain't interested in changing it. #walkaway
You do know that A&M IS one of "those schools" don't you? Yep. Right up there with Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State, Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas, Florida, etal.
I'm just curious what A&M would be like if they weren't in a state where they can easily pick up the scraps that Texas leaves them and still be OK? What's crazy is A&M has had only a single season with more than 10 wins since 1999. The NIL has really changed things given when they were able to do this last class in recruiting. They pulled 9 of the top 20 kids in the state. And all but one (ranked 105) were in the 247 top 100.You do know that A&M IS one of "those schools" don't you? Yep. Right up there with Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State, Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas, Florida, etal.
At least that is what my Aggie neighbor tells me.
While I'll be one of the first to admit it, A&M really is a good school. I just like to give all the aggies around here a hard time...as does every other "non aggie" Texas folk. (Hell, even some of the aggies give the aggies a hard time.)
Red is right, Texas having it's worst decade of football, has really opened things up in the state to others. Gone are the days where Mack would get his pick of the litter and let schools fight over the ones he didn't offer a spot after Jr Day are over.
Georgia showed everyone that is the formula for a natty. The best and deepest DL can offset any high flying QB.
and catch a few breaks here and there like most champions
You do know that A&M IS one of "those schools" don't you? Yep. Right up there with Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State, Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas, Florida, etal.
At least that is what my Aggie neighbor tells me.
I'm sure it doesn't come as a surprise to OU fans. I wouldn't think they are delusional enough to think they will sign the #1. It is why the class Lincoln Riley had put together was such a big deal for them and why it sucks for them Lincoln Riley went to the area where they were signing so many elite recruits. It is like getting screwed twice over by him.
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We really counting USC, Texas and Oklahoma as southern teams?Here is how I see it:
- Clearly, the southern states have an advantage. The bulk of the good LOS recruits are from the south. Southern players generally don't want to go to northern/midwestern states.
All 50 states, ranked by their percentage of national blue-chip recruits
Georgia’s rise and California’s slip mean the Big Three is officially the Big Four.
- But, within the south, coaches that can recruit really matter. It's why the Texas and Florida schools haven't recruited well, and why someone like Smart took UGA from being a really good recruiting school to an elite recruiting school.
- Northern and midwestern schools are at a disadvantage because they have less blue chips in their respective states, and in general the better players don't want to go north to cold weather and ugly women.
- The jury is still out as to whether a really good recruiter could do well a northern or midwestern school, but I'd be inclined to say no as they would get paid to go to the south and coach there (see, Kelley from ND).
- This means CFB championship football is a southern sport for the foreseeable future unless NIL, free agency and expanded playoffs makes a difference, and the northern schools can get coaches who can recruit the south that will stay there.
- While the domination has be greater in the past 20 years, it's not like this is new. Let's look at the past 20 years, then the past 50 years.
Past 20 years - 18 southern teams, 2 northern/midwest teams (tOSU in 14 and 02).
Past 50 years - 35 southern teams, 15 northern/midwest teams (tOSU, UM, ND, Neb, BYU, Colo, Pitt, PSU, WashU)
I am. They certainly aren't northern or midwestern.
Texas and Oklahoma are REALLY pushing it. A team located in Los Angeles doesn't come close to qualifying as southern. LA is probably as far away as you can get from being southern culturally speaking in the US. Was fun watching the LA sports media meltdown in the NLCS though.
Their name literally has Southern in it
They are southern, when you take into consideration their location in the state of California
Any team in California is considered West, hence the reason California is called the west coast.
