a standard for the idiom "blue blood" ...

[AVeritas]

 

[HBK4life]

And not 1 team is this conference is one or will ever be one.

 

[AVeritas]

And not 1 team is this conference is one or will ever be one.

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hard to argue your point. i was listening to xm college sports radio this morning. it was all about the usual suspects: bama, ohio state, uga, texas, ou with a sprinkle of michigan, ole miss, and florida. negative comments were left for the b12: who do they have to carry the banner? this separation is more obvious now with the moves of oregon, usc, texas and ou.

 

[HBK4life]

hard to argue your point. i was listening to xm college sports radio this morning. it was all about the usual suspects: bama, ohio state, uga, texas, ou with a sprinkle of michigan, ole miss, and florida. negative comments were left for the b12: who do they have to carry the banner? this separation is more obvious now with the moves of oregon, usc, texas and ou.

Are you Brett Yormark?😌

 

[leodisflowers]

And not 1 team is this conference is one or will ever be one.

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The Houston and Pokes head gear looks great.

 

[HBK4life]

The Houston and Pokes head gear looks great.

The TCU helmets are pretty cool.

 

[mgbreis]

Love watching Big 12 matchups (in addition to B1G). Lots of fun teams. Couldn't care less about imaginary stuff like "blueblood" status. Would rather watch a team challenge for a conference title sometime before I die in the next 30 years.

 

[gomerxx]

Love watching Big 12 matchups (in addition to B1G). Lots of fun teams. Couldn't care less about imaginary stuff like "blueblood" status. Would rather watch a team challenge for a conference title sometime before I die in the next 30 years.

Agree. I'm 67. Used to wish for just one more natty before I died. Then it got to where I was wishing for one more conference title. Then one more winning season. The bar keeps getting lower. Tick, tick, tick...

 

[AVeritas]

this seems subjective as hell to me.

 

[redwine65]

 

[timnsun]

this seems subjective as hell to me.

Iowa at 15 tells you all you need to know about the veracity of this tweet. No way Iowa is in the top 20 of most watchable teams.

 

[AVeritas]

Iowa at 15 tells you all you need to know about the veracity of this tweet. No way Iowa is in the top 20 of most watchable teams.

this seems so subjective. now look at the actual games. it really gets convoluted.

 

[HBK4life]

Iowa at 15 tells you all you need to know about the veracity of this tweet. No way Iowa is in the top 20 of most watchable teams.

Watching the Iowa offense is on par with watching paint dry and your grandparents having sex. Unwatchable and very boring.

 

[mgbreis]

Posts garbage from X dreamed up by one anonymous person named Kelley Ford (??).....

says it seems subjective.

Really? BTW, his latest post on X is him begging for work as a CFB freelancer. What a source.

 

[bigboxes]

 

[huskerfan66]

this seems subjective as hell to me.

This k ford dude is free to have his opinion like anyone else

 

[AVeritas]

Posts garbage from X dreamed up by one anonymous person named Kelley Ford (??).....

says it seems subjective.

Really? BTW, his latest post on X is him begging for work as a CFB freelancer. What a source.

we should not be threatened by third party commentaries and data.

 

[mgbreis]

we should not be threatened by third party commentaries and data.

Data? Where?

 

[rrdd2021]

this seems subjective as hell to me.

What dos this even mean. I pulled up the most watched teams in 2023 and OSU was the most watched - they are almost every year. I believe I read that the 2023 OSU-Michigan game broke some regular season records. Alabama was 2nd behind OSU

 

[huskerfan66]

What dos this even mean. I pulled up the most watched teams in 2023 and OSU was the most watched - they are almost every year. I believe I read that the 2023 OSU-Michigan game broke some regular season records. Alabama was 2nd behind OSU

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And Colorado was there because network was pumping the Deion hype pre season so they were on tv more

 

[oldjar07]

And not 1 team is this conference is one or will ever be one.

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I'm glad some of those teams landed on their feet though. There's some solid matchups there and the conference has the potential to produce some relevant teams on a regular basis. Not close to Big 10 or SEC level, but it's a solid collection of teams.

 

[AVeritas]

I'm glad some of those teams landed on their feet though. There's some solid matchups there and the conference has the potential to produce some relevant teams on a regular basis. Not close to Big 10 or SEC level, but it's a solid collection of teams.

the term "blue blood" is really subjective though, isn't it. i'm sure most here would say N is blue, even though it's actually red. but if you ask folks east of the muddy river, they would challenge the thought. it's pretty much in the eye of the rival as to who is and who isn't sans a few: notre dame, ohio state, alabama, texas, usc, ou, michigan, uga. getting upset about it is thus a useless exercise.

 

[gomerxx]

we should not be threatened by third party commentaries and data.

But maybe if it’s obviously a load of crap, find something better to post?

 

[AVeritas]

But maybe if it’s obviously a load of crap, find something better to post?

all in the eye of the beholder.

 

[timnsun]

we should not be threatened by third party commentaries and data.

I don’t think anyone here is threatened by this data. at it, yes, threatened, no.

 

[gomerxx]

all in the eye of the beholder.

This beholder’s eyes see some pretty strange, arbitrary rankings with no real explanation of the reasoning behind them.

 

[huskerfan1414]

I think the new big 12 will be a fun, wild west style conference. Looking forward to it.

 

[mwulf]

I think the new big 12 will be a fun, wild west style conference. Looking forward to it.

So the WAC from the 80s and 90s

 

[jteten]

Blue blood label doesn’t matter.

 

[HBK4life]

 

[BleedRed78]

the term "blue blood" is really subjective though, isn't it. i'm sure most here would say N is blue, even though it's actually red. but if you ask folks east of the muddy river, they would challenge the thought. it's pretty much in the eye of the rival as to who is and who isn't sans a few: notre dame, ohio state, alabama, texas, usc, ou, michigan, uga. getting upset about it is thus a useless exercise.

Ummm... There's no challenging it bub. There's your "facts" for ya.

 

[Walleye79]

Ahh there it is. The troll shot to try and be superior. Was waiting for this. You are to predictable

the term "blue blood" is really subjective though, isn't it. i'm sure most here would say N is blue, even though it's actually red. but if you ask folks east of the muddy river, they would challenge the thought. it's pretty much in the eye of the rival as to who is and who isn't sans a few: notre dame, ohio state, alabama, texas, usc, ou, michigan, uga. getting upset about it is thus a useless exercise.

 

[rrdd2021]

Blue blood label doesn’t matter.

Agree, it's all about "what have you done for me lately?"

 

[Frozone]

Agree, it's all about "what have you done for me lately?"

For fans who wish their program’s history began in 2002, that’s probably true. But all-time wins don’t lie.

 

[bigboxes]

Agree, it's all about "what have you done for me lately?"

Win or lose, I am always a Cornhusker. I'm not embarrassed to be a Husker. I value our traditions. Sure, I want to win. I just want to do it the way it's written on our stadium. And yes, Nebraska is a blue blood. The mocking of our place by this outsider and those that only care about winning make me sick.

GO BIG RED!

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

the term "blue blood" is really subjective though, isn't it. i'm sure most here would say N is blue, even though it's actually red. but if you ask folks east of the muddy river, they would challenge the thought. it's pretty much in the eye of the rival as to who is and who isn't sans a few: notre dame, ohio state, alabama, texas, usc, ou, michigan, uga. getting upset about it is thus a useless exercise.

When "everybody in media" or "all of the talking heads" say football is better when (insert football program here) is good, that is a good indication of being a blueblood. I have yet to hear anyone say, football is better when Iowa, Kansas St, Illinois, Northwestern, Rutgers, Purdue, Missouri, etc... is good.

 

[Charlie Marlow]

Kansas basketball is the only blue blood in the Big 12

 

[timnsun]

the term "blue blood" is really subjective though, isn't it. i'm sure most here would say N is blue, even though it's actually red. but if you ask folks east of the muddy river, they would challenge the thought. it's pretty much in the eye of the rival as to who is and who isn't sans a few: notre dame, ohio state, alabama, texas, usc, ou, michigan, uga. getting upset about it is thus a useless exercise.

Maybe it is a bit subjective, but every conversation about blue blood status has the same teams listed, even Nebraska. For being so subjective, it’s remarkable that it’s always the same teams mentioned.

Can Nebraska lose that status? I suppose so. But they haven’t yet.

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

Kansas basketball is the only blue blood in the Big 12

I can see Arizona basketball as one.

 

[Dean Pope]

And not 1 team is this conference is one or will ever be one.

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Correct. But I will watch a lot of those games over just about anything else that doesn't include NU.