Poll If Oregon wins the natty, would you consider them a Blue Blood?

If Oregon wins the natty, would you consider them a Blue Blood?

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Roses are read
Our blood is blue
Deep in your head
You know it’s true
 
rsw626 said:
No. The term Blue Blood means aristocrat, established, been around a long time, i.e "old money". The ones you mentioned certainly do qualify for that, with teams like LSU, Nebraska, and Tennessee being just outside.

Teams like Miami, FSU, Clemson, and possibly Oregon (if they ever manage to win something) would be considered "new money".

To put it in a real world comparison.

Rockefellers or Gettys = Old Money
Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos = New Money
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This. They'd be new money.
 
Kburjr said:
Is that possible?

:shrug:
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Well, if by get an appointment you mean get the recommendation to go to the AF Academy then yeah. You can go for two years then transfer out before your junior year without having to go under contract with the military.
 
wazzu31 said:
But then what’s it the cutoff cause like I said they haven’t been relevant since I think 1998. It’s kind of like Ole Miss where they will win a few games get overhyped then they fade away and everyone moves on to next year will be their year.
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Cutoff is a generation of success in the last two generations and at least three generations of success

You could interpret generation as each decade or as each coaching tenure
 
Sgt Brutus said:
I would vote yes. They have had enough sustained years of success since Bellotti. They are a part of the national conversation almost every year. They recruit well and win games. Like it or not they are flashy. adding a national championship would get them membership in the club imo.
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wazzu31 said:
Can someone educate me on Tennessee being a blue blood contender? They haven’t been relevant since their NC in the 90’s
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Sgt Brutus said:
According to On3: Robert Neyland and Phillip Fulmer each provided a generation of success. The next one adds a third and fulfills the recency requirement.
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Tennessee: Neyland and Fulmer each have natty's.
Oregon: Bellotti and Chip Kelly have no natty's.

The two aren't even comparable as "contenders", let alone Oregon being an actual blueblood.

I guess it's a matter of what one considers "success".
 
Red_Alert said:
Tennessee: Neyland and Fulmer each have natty's.
Oregon: Bellotti and Chip Kelly have no natty's.

The two aren't even comparable as "contenders", let alone Oregon being an actual blueblood.

I guess it's a matter of what one considers "success".
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Yes all very subjective. I like what @rsw626 said though.
 
I’ll use a golf analogy. St. Andrews, Augusta National and Pebble Beach are blue blood. Shadow Creek, while a very nice shiny place, ain’t blue blood.
 
Deep Creek said:
I’ll use a golf analogy. St. Andrews, Augusta National and Pebble Beach are blue blood. Shadow Creek, while a very nice shiny place, ain’t blue blood.
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And it seems like the majority so far think you cannot join the Blue Bloods but you can lose your status
 
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