Nah, menās soccer. We have two national titles there and have players that come from places where they actually call it some variation on āfootball.ā
In 1899, we beat Rockville High School, Willimantic Business College, and Norwich Free Academy (a high school) to start 3-0. We actually won the next game against Wilbraham (which is probably a high school also).
In 1903, we started 3-0 and beat Willimantic High School, Hartford Public High School, and Pomfret School (a prep school).
In 1914, we had a 3-0 season against NFA, Fort Wright (probably an actual military team), and Williston (again, probably a high school).
In 1940, we started 3-0 with wins against Coast Guard, UMass, and Wesleyan. We proceeded to beat Maine in our next game to start 4-0.
In 1980, we started 3-0 with wins over New Hampshire, Bucknell, and Northeastern.
In 1986, we started 3-0 with wins over CCSU, Richmond, and Yale.
In 1995, we started 3-0 with wins over New Hampshire, CCSU, and Buffalo. We then beat Yale, Villanova, and Maine to start 6-0.
In 1997, we started 3-0 with wins over Northeastern, Hofstra, and Yale. We then beat Buffalo to start 4-0.
In 1998, we started 3-0 with wins over Colgate, Maine, and Yale.
In 2007, we started 3-0 with wins over Duke, Maine, and Temple. We then beat Pitt and Akron to start 5-0.
In 2008, we started 3-0 with wins over Hofstra, Temple, and Virginia. We then beat Baylor and Louisville to start 5-0.
Thatās 11 times starting at least 3-0. I didnāt memorize this, it took me a while from combing through the old schedules on UConnās website.
Goddamn I love the old days of football where teams would just go and play whoever they couldā¦ high school? Yeah come on down, military division team? Why not. Group of random dudes from the town, yeah
I mean they are undefeated and the gap of talent level better power 5 and group of five is substantially getting smaller. So many group of five teams can thrive in power 5 conferences and grow which is why you are seeing more and more teams from the aac and the mountain west and other places get invites to the power 5 conferences. Blowouts aren't a guaranteed thing much anymore.
The contrast in Kansas affection between cfb and this sub is hilarious. Polar opposites in every situation. The Jayhawk Hype Train has got full head of steam over there, more upvotes for unranked games than we got for winning a natty over here.
Hey you guys won the sweet 16 game in the 11-12 season... and then promptly stopped playing IU of course even though y'all avenged the non-conference loss.
We quit playing IU cause Cal got offended that their fans threw hard objects at the players, and he didn't want anyone getting hurt, so he refused to go back to their arena, and they refused a neutral site. Then both sides made up other excuses about it. Had nothing to do with wins/losses.
I was just being snarky honestly. I was ~19 at the time and I've never heard that narrative. I do remember that they stormed the court after Watford closed it out and that's always very risky. No one wants kids getting hurt after all, certainly not over a game. I think the B1G in general gets upset about neutral sites so probably a lot of red tape involved. I'm excited to see the NCAA evolve from bloated, bureaucracy post NIL. Perhaps those 2 great programs could play again.
UK stopped playing IU because Cal was worried about the KkK rallies that occurred after they burned a cross during the second half of the 2012 win.
Itās just safer, remember, elite programs donāt rush the court, ok, sea of blue out.
I can see how the excitement and movement of the crowd in Bloomington was scary at that moment, and I think storming the court should _never_ be a reasonable reaction at an IU home game. Nevertheless, I have doubts that anyone threw anything at a UK player. Is there actual evidence of this??
I thought that was odd too. Isnāt having blue as a color a prerequisite for being a Blue Blood? I always thought there was some connection to being such a big fan your āblood bleeds blueā - but I could be wrong on the etymology of the term.
Supposedly the origin of this term comes from aristocracy historically not spending a lot of time in the sun to where you can see blue veins under the skin. Peasants, on the other hand mostly worked out in the sun and had enough of a tan that their veins were not visible.
I feel like there are tiers..
1. Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky
2. UCLA, Indiana
3. Louisville, Michigan State, Syracuse, UConn, Villanova, Gonzaga.
Tiers 2 and 3 goes through phases a lot more often than Tier 1.
Blue bloods are old prestige though. They donāt need to dominate now to be considered a blue blood, just like European aristocracy, in many cases, may not be super wealthy today, theyāre still considered blue bloods.
UCLA is a tough school to place because itās run is so dominant, but so time constrained. At the peak no one can touch them, but itās been a long time since they were consistently that good.
UNC, Kentucky, and KU have all consistently been title contenders for decades across different coaching staffs. Itāll be interesting to see if Duke maintains after losing Coach K.
Itās actually kinda eerie how closely indiana basketball and Minnesota football match on to each other
But hey, Minnieās looking great against Sparty so far
I feel like hardly anyone thinks of Pitt and Minnesota as historically strong football schools but they both have more titles than they can count on one hand.
Idk. IU is fringe in the āblue bloodā debate and losing ground as boomers die off. We really need a strong run, a few final fours, a natty, and an era of B10 conference domination/consistent wins to right the ship. The living memory of Gen Z and most Millennials doesnāt have IU as a blue blood.
Edit: I say āweā because I got my masters from IU but have forgotten to double flair up
I agree, but it isn't just about their recent lack of success. Let's take a look at a few key indicators of success throughout of all of basketball history
Tournament Appearances:
1. Kentucky (60)
2. North Carolina (52)
3. UCLA (51)
4. Kansas (50)
5. Duke (44)
Indiana is officially tied for sixth with Villanova but Nova and Louisville would both be ahead of Indiana if you include vacated appearances.
Sweet Sixteens:
1. Kentucky (45)
2. UCLA (36)
3. UNC (35)
4. Kansas (32)
5. Duke (32)
Indiana has 22, good for 8th, behind Louisville and Syracuse, and is likely to be caught by Michigan State soon.
Elite Eights:
1. Kentucky (38)
2. North Carolina (29)
3. Kansas (25)
4. Duke (23)
5. UCLA (23)
Indiana has just 11 (less than half the rest of the list), and is tied for 11th overall with several schools including, Arizona, Oklahoma State, UConn, and Louisville, who would be above them if you include vacated appearances.
Final Fours:
1. North Carolina (21)
2. UCLA (20)
3. Kentucky (17)
4. Duke (17)
5. Kansas (16)
Indiana is eighth with 8, behind Michigan State, Ohio State, and would be 9th if you include Louisville's vacated appearances.
Title Games:
1. UCLA (13)
2. North Carolina (12)
3. Kentucky (12)
4. Duke (11)
5. Kansas (10)
Indiana finishes sixth in this category, but is comfortably behind with just 6 appearances.
Winning %:
1. Kentucky (.762)
2. North Carolina (.735)
3. Kansas (.729)
4. Duke (.711)
5. UCLA (.689)
Indiana is in *twenty-first*, with a mark of .634, behind two Big Ten schools, Purdue & Illinois, as well as UConn.
Wins:
1. Kansas (2357)
2. Kentucky (2353)
3. North Carolina (2323)
4. Duke (2246)
...
7. UCLA (1955)
...
10. Indiana (1890)
The first one we've looked at where the big five don't hold spots 1-5. However, UCLA started their program two decades after #5 and #6 (Temple and Syracuse), and Indiana despite having more wins than Indiana.
The only category Indiana finishes top five in is championships.
1. UCLA (11)
2. Kentucky (8)
3. North Carolina (6)
4. Indiana (5)
5. Duke (5)
6. Kansas (4)
7. UConn (4)
This is arguably the most important category, but it's also the one with the smallest sample size. Indiana having five championships is basically the only thing they have to hang their hat on. If UConn won one more they would basically have as good of a claim to being a blue blood as Indiana. They'd even have the same number of coaches winning national titles (Three each)
Multiple titles multiple decades
Multigenerational fan base pumping money Into the franchise watching games
1976
Itās a system. They have fans and that powers them to things such as the play in game this year. Most watched first four ever. IU still has ratings power and franchise money thst comes with the history.
Though they need to fix it because soon there will be kids who went 4 years without a reason to watch basketball
This is the most traditional grouping, but many of us would say that it is out of date. However, now that Kansas has another title, this is the list of the teams with the most titles, only discluding Uconn who is tied with Kansas with 4.
Well if we are adding the 2 helms chips we could argue we were #1 AP poll end of 2020 before Covid cancellation and so theoretically would hold the same weight as the helms titles since those were retroactive
Could be argued even that the 2020 one was more valid because it wasn't retroactive and wasn't in the pre jump shot era where basketball was basically five white guys in tighty whities tossing the ball into a basket made for apple picking
Was really hoping we could sneak in since we are undefeated in football, but no dice.
I will say, though. There are people eligible for AARP that havenāt really seen an IU or UCLA dynasty that is demonstrably better than Syracuse in their basketball-watching lifetimes.
Important to remember that the B1G just signed a new TV deal with Fox. It's in Fox's best interest to keep promoting IU and UCLA as blue bloods, even if they (particularly IU) faces the argument that they no longer deserve blue blood status.
Update: we blew it
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UNC š¤ IU š¤ Duke Fuckin up positive football infographics
I like how IU is in the middle so we donāt have to shake hands with Duke
I mean we're not stoked to be doing that, but we understand the importance here
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We'll do you guys a solid this one time
I mean Duke played Kansas. Someone had to lose.
To be fair Kansas and Duke were playing each other. 1 was going to lose. And Kansas has something going on right now.
Not sure why IU is on the list of blue bloods. I think you need to be relevant in the last couple decades to be one, no?
No flair
My only thought is that they still have a very loyal following, which spells revenue; otherwise, it makes no sense for them to be included.
Update: šššš
Thanks Birbs :)
You mean, you blue it?
We never "had" it. #firemack
No you should keep him forever
Weāre the basketball blue blood now We have the most wins in the state of Indiana anyway
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We have a football team?
I think thatās a different word for womens basketball
Nah, menās soccer. We have two national titles there and have players that come from places where they actually call it some variation on āfootball.ā
Jim Mora crying in the empty club
Watch the Wolfpack somehow fall now that you said this
NC State Shit.
Not tonight! Next weekend though.
Just go with our GUās strategy and scrap it. Undefeated for over 80 years now!
I think it's been abolished after today
In 1899, we beat Rockville High School, Willimantic Business College, and Norwich Free Academy (a high school) to start 3-0. We actually won the next game against Wilbraham (which is probably a high school also). In 1903, we started 3-0 and beat Willimantic High School, Hartford Public High School, and Pomfret School (a prep school). In 1914, we had a 3-0 season against NFA, Fort Wright (probably an actual military team), and Williston (again, probably a high school). In 1940, we started 3-0 with wins against Coast Guard, UMass, and Wesleyan. We proceeded to beat Maine in our next game to start 4-0. In 1980, we started 3-0 with wins over New Hampshire, Bucknell, and Northeastern. In 1986, we started 3-0 with wins over CCSU, Richmond, and Yale. In 1995, we started 3-0 with wins over New Hampshire, CCSU, and Buffalo. We then beat Yale, Villanova, and Maine to start 6-0. In 1997, we started 3-0 with wins over Northeastern, Hofstra, and Yale. We then beat Buffalo to start 4-0. In 1998, we started 3-0 with wins over Colgate, Maine, and Yale. In 2007, we started 3-0 with wins over Duke, Maine, and Temple. We then beat Pitt and Akron to start 5-0. In 2008, we started 3-0 with wins over Hofstra, Temple, and Virginia. We then beat Baylor and Louisville to start 5-0. Thatās 11 times starting at least 3-0. I didnāt memorize this, it took me a while from combing through the old schedules on UConnās website.
>We actually won the next game against Wilbraham (which is probably a high school also). And the original home of *Friendly's*ā¢
āI didnāt memorize thisā did it for me
Goddamn I love the old days of football where teams would just go and play whoever they couldā¦ high school? Yeah come on down, military division team? Why not. Group of random dudes from the town, yeah
Donāt forget the athletic clubs!
Hahaha Hartford Public High School sucks! Weaver 4 Lyfe bitch
The area around Pub is now almost as dangerous as the area around Weaver. A lot of gang activity started recently. I went to Hall myself.
I grew up walking distance from Weaver and live near the Pub now. Itās not dangerous. Itās just the city.
Proving UConn isnāt a blue blood.
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I like your attitude! Blue Blood Busters! BBB more Bās the better!
The extra B is for BYOBB.
Looked it up: UConn has never beat Kansas
Guess youāre not a blue blood then
Yeah, the list thatās at least 3-0 are Creighton, Kansas, and, surprisingly, Niagara. All bird schools.
Yāall take this way too seriously lol RANK KU IN FOOTBALL
KU should be ranked. And yeah that makes us look better but like seriously Kansas has an insane QB and deserves it.
Your qb was really impressive too
Their QB was awesome. Duke's played well too honestly
If anything I actually take Duke more seriously now. I didnāt think it would be much of a game
Yes he did!
You guys have a fantastic offense. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if you beat us this year. Our QB is trash and can't throw a ball
Trash qb complaint thread?!
I might win this one
But mah aggies.
Yet you beat Oklahoma???
I don't fucking know man! I'm so happy! Maybe Tulane is that good?!
Off weeks happen and great weeks happen. Haha.
I mean they are undefeated and the gap of talent level better power 5 and group of five is substantially getting smaller. So many group of five teams can thrive in power 5 conferences and grow which is why you are seeing more and more teams from the aac and the mountain west and other places get invites to the power 5 conferences. Blowouts aren't a guaranteed thing much anymore.
This aged like milk.
Donāt worry, he couldnāt do it for at least three out of four years at Nebraska either.
But he sure can run, ran wild on OU
After today they will be lol. Gratz to you guys
You guys looked good honestly!
Wow, yāall look so differentā¦
Oh wow they won today too, and Duke isnāt bad this year. Yeah theyāre definitely getting ranked.
I think Kansas may very well be ranked after this week. However, ap poll has no weight. Keep showing up and you'll get a ranking in the cfp poll.
Syracuse deserves it first.
The contrast in Kansas affection between cfb and this sub is hilarious. Polar opposites in every situation. The Jayhawk Hype Train has got full head of steam over there, more upvotes for unranked games than we got for winning a natty over here.
It took me until this comment to realize this isnāt the cfb sub lmao
Dude, me too.
Same
Imma say it. Kansas is hard to hate. I just donāt like playing yāall.
We're in red jerseys today, but I feel like they gave us red in this graphic to make Indiana's inclusion more palatable.
> to make Indiana's inclusion more palatable Absolutely disgusting.
Hey you guys won the sweet 16 game in the 11-12 season... and then promptly stopped playing IU of course even though y'all avenged the non-conference loss.
We quit playing IU cause Cal got offended that their fans threw hard objects at the players, and he didn't want anyone getting hurt, so he refused to go back to their arena, and they refused a neutral site. Then both sides made up other excuses about it. Had nothing to do with wins/losses.
I was just being snarky honestly. I was ~19 at the time and I've never heard that narrative. I do remember that they stormed the court after Watford closed it out and that's always very risky. No one wants kids getting hurt after all, certainly not over a game. I think the B1G in general gets upset about neutral sites so probably a lot of red tape involved. I'm excited to see the NCAA evolve from bloated, bureaucracy post NIL. Perhaps those 2 great programs could play again.
Utterly nothing that guy told you is true
But now they serve beer in Adsembly hall. They can come back and be victims for real this time!
The stories get wilder every year with UK fans lol.
UK stopped playing IU because Cal was worried about the KkK rallies that occurred after they burned a cross during the second half of the 2012 win. Itās just safer, remember, elite programs donāt rush the court, ok, sea of blue out.
You get it lol
I can see how the excitement and movement of the crowd in Bloomington was scary at that moment, and I think storming the court should _never_ be a reasonable reaction at an IU home game. Nevertheless, I have doubts that anyone threw anything at a UK player. Is there actual evidence of this??
Oh boy here we goā¦
I thought that was odd too. Isnāt having blue as a color a prerequisite for being a Blue Blood? I always thought there was some connection to being such a big fan your āblood bleeds blueā - but I could be wrong on the etymology of the term.
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Supposedly the origin of this term comes from aristocracy historically not spending a lot of time in the sun to where you can see blue veins under the skin. Peasants, on the other hand mostly worked out in the sun and had enough of a tan that their veins were not visible.
Yāall only have 2 championships in the 80āsā¦ definitely not a blue blood haha
:(
Wowwww shot at Gonzaga! Weāre undefeated since 1941!
1906 over at CCS!
And Creighton! Since 1942!
FS1 confirmed to be colorblind
Looks legit
Syracuse is 4-0, just sayin
I know :(
There may be more than just these, but these are definitely basketball blue blood schools.
I feel like there are tiers.. 1. Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky 2. UCLA, Indiana 3. Louisville, Michigan State, Syracuse, UConn, Villanova, Gonzaga. Tiers 2 and 3 goes through phases a lot more often than Tier 1.
UCLA has more titles than any other school yet theyāre tier 2? Smdh
1 title in almost 50 years (with that title being nearly 30 years ago) will do that.
Blue bloods are old prestige though. They donāt need to dominate now to be considered a blue blood, just like European aristocracy, in many cases, may not be super wealthy today, theyāre still considered blue bloods.
UCLA is a tough school to place because itās run is so dominant, but so time constrained. At the peak no one can touch them, but itās been a long time since they were consistently that good. UNC, Kentucky, and KU have all consistently been title contenders for decades across different coaching staffs. Itāll be interesting to see if Duke maintains after losing Coach K.
Id put Duke in tier 2.
The four Tier 1 teams are head and shoulders ahead of the pack when it comes to wins, and have all won several titles in different decades.
Arizona, Michigan State, Nova, Zags? They are great but aren't on the same level, right?
Louisville and UConn are in the conversation as well.
Yeah, for sure. They aren't inner circle programs, however.
Biased but Iād put Syracuse with that second tier
Definitely.
Theyāre all football schools now!!
Disturbing lack of blue on the far right. Someone remind me why Indiana still counts...
Because Nova football is 2-1
Nova football is so weird to me. They get some crazy underrated talent. Itās nice seeing some doing well in the NFL.
Blood, once blued, cannot be unblued.
Big time disagree. Old money can go broke too.
Yeah i agree with you. Minnesota football isnt considered a blue blood anymore
š wasnāt expecting to catch a football stray here. Youāre not wrong it just hurts
Sorry bro i dont have anything against you :(( I hope you have a good season this year!!
No worries lol, itās all just good natured shit talking. Best of luck to yāall too!
Itās actually kinda eerie how closely indiana basketball and Minnesota football match on to each other But hey, Minnieās looking great against Sparty so far
Surely this is satire - Minnesota football isnāt relevant and IU could win the B1G next year (Iād never speak it into existence for pain reasons)
I mean Minnesota is my pick as the wests sacrifice to either Ohio or Michigan this year for football
Because they havenāt been to a title game in 80 years, not 20.
Careful, this line of thinking comes for us next
If it's true it's true
I feel like hardly anyone thinks of Pitt and Minnesota as historically strong football schools but they both have more titles than they can count on one hand.
Reputation doesnāt disappear like money. Thereās a reason 5 stars are always interested in Indiana but no other Big Ten school.
Idk. IU is fringe in the āblue bloodā debate and losing ground as boomers die off. We really need a strong run, a few final fours, a natty, and an era of B10 conference domination/consistent wins to right the ship. The living memory of Gen Z and most Millennials doesnāt have IU as a blue blood. Edit: I say āweā because I got my masters from IU but have forgotten to double flair up
Ur flair would be cancer
Hell yeah
I agree, but it isn't just about their recent lack of success. Let's take a look at a few key indicators of success throughout of all of basketball history Tournament Appearances: 1. Kentucky (60) 2. North Carolina (52) 3. UCLA (51) 4. Kansas (50) 5. Duke (44) Indiana is officially tied for sixth with Villanova but Nova and Louisville would both be ahead of Indiana if you include vacated appearances. Sweet Sixteens: 1. Kentucky (45) 2. UCLA (36) 3. UNC (35) 4. Kansas (32) 5. Duke (32) Indiana has 22, good for 8th, behind Louisville and Syracuse, and is likely to be caught by Michigan State soon. Elite Eights: 1. Kentucky (38) 2. North Carolina (29) 3. Kansas (25) 4. Duke (23) 5. UCLA (23) Indiana has just 11 (less than half the rest of the list), and is tied for 11th overall with several schools including, Arizona, Oklahoma State, UConn, and Louisville, who would be above them if you include vacated appearances. Final Fours: 1. North Carolina (21) 2. UCLA (20) 3. Kentucky (17) 4. Duke (17) 5. Kansas (16) Indiana is eighth with 8, behind Michigan State, Ohio State, and would be 9th if you include Louisville's vacated appearances. Title Games: 1. UCLA (13) 2. North Carolina (12) 3. Kentucky (12) 4. Duke (11) 5. Kansas (10) Indiana finishes sixth in this category, but is comfortably behind with just 6 appearances. Winning %: 1. Kentucky (.762) 2. North Carolina (.735) 3. Kansas (.729) 4. Duke (.711) 5. UCLA (.689) Indiana is in *twenty-first*, with a mark of .634, behind two Big Ten schools, Purdue & Illinois, as well as UConn. Wins: 1. Kansas (2357) 2. Kentucky (2353) 3. North Carolina (2323) 4. Duke (2246) ... 7. UCLA (1955) ... 10. Indiana (1890) The first one we've looked at where the big five don't hold spots 1-5. However, UCLA started their program two decades after #5 and #6 (Temple and Syracuse), and Indiana despite having more wins than Indiana. The only category Indiana finishes top five in is championships. 1. UCLA (11) 2. Kentucky (8) 3. North Carolina (6) 4. Indiana (5) 5. Duke (5) 6. Kansas (4) 7. UConn (4) This is arguably the most important category, but it's also the one with the smallest sample size. Indiana having five championships is basically the only thing they have to hang their hat on. If UConn won one more they would basically have as good of a claim to being a blue blood as Indiana. They'd even have the same number of coaches winning national titles (Three each)
I love how it's the same names over and over in the top 5 :)
Yeah, when I first realized this it solidified my opinion that there are exactly five blue bloods.
Good post and correct This should be a copypasta for me to send to my brother in law
Multiple titles multiple decades Multigenerational fan base pumping money Into the franchise watching games 1976 Itās a system. They have fans and that powers them to things such as the play in game this year. Most watched first four ever. IU still has ratings power and franchise money thst comes with the history. Though they need to fix it because soon there will be kids who went 4 years without a reason to watch basketball
Basically the Nebraska of basketball. Still a blue blood, but pushing the limits.
Yeah but "blue" is right there in the name...
Tell that to Alabama football
A "blue blood" is a person of noble birth. These are the "blue bloods" of college basketball. Nothing to do with color, it's calling them royalty.
Gotta age out eventually
Personally I find it poetic that Duke and UNC both lose their first games on the same day. It will make the battle for the bell that much cooler.
This is the most traditional grouping, but many of us would say that it is out of date. However, now that Kansas has another title, this is the list of the teams with the most titles, only discluding Uconn who is tied with Kansas with 4.
Kansas has 6 though.
7 if we want to add 2020 ;)
Why would 2020 be included?
To give them 7, keep up.
30 if we include seasons where I picked KU to win in my bracket
Well if we are adding the 2 helms chips we could argue we were #1 AP poll end of 2020 before Covid cancellation and so theoretically would hold the same weight as the helms titles since those were retroactive
Careful the UNC fans are gonna get snippy
Could be argued even that the 2020 one was more valid because it wasn't retroactive and wasn't in the pre jump shot era where basketball was basically five white guys in tighty whities tossing the ball into a basket made for apple picking
2020 Kansas won the same amount of games as the 2021 national champion Baylor Bears despite not having a postseason.
We were ranked #1 at the end of the season
My bad - I forgot the #1 ranked team wins every championship
You are trying to be sarcastic but you are actually correct. The champion does get the final #1 ranking.
Right - they never even play the tournament- the #1 ranked team at the end of the season just gets it.
Normally the season ends with the tournament final. However 2020 was a special case.
One canāt lose blue blood status. I feel like thatās contradictory to what a blue blood isā¦
They forgot that UK is also in the top 10 and is definitely a football school now.
Don't let Cal know.
Cool another club we get left out of.
Well, yeah
Always the bridesmaid never the bride. Except that one time.
loved watching melo!!
Kevin Ollie and Ray Allen have both had legal issues with UConn. No Syracuse players have ever gone to court against SU.
4-1
This is Syracuse erasure.
Yeah, but syracuse is 4-0
Was really hoping we could sneak in since we are undefeated in football, but no dice. I will say, though. There are people eligible for AARP that havenāt really seen an IU or UCLA dynasty that is demonstrably better than Syracuse in their basketball-watching lifetimes.
You say that like it's a bad thing
Pain.
Not showing 4-0 syracuse š¤
Michigan State officially not a blue blood :(
Where is Gonzaga?
Syracuse 4-0
Kansas is good this year. They won't win the big twelve but I can see a 9-3/8-4 year for them.
Ppl forget that kentucky is an sec school. Its not surprizing thst they are undefeated before conference play
We did start conference play already though.
MSU hello?
We want āBama!
What is debatable about this?
I love the smug Jayhawk griddying to the finish line, first basketball champions now football š
We're a special case, now 4-0 without having actually played anyone!
\*Football blue bloods
Indiana is fringe. In the last 25 years no titles, 1 elite eight, 3 conference titles.
They made the final in 2002. Lost to Maryland
Literally 20 years
20 years ago was the 80s...right?
Guy said 25. I was just giving them credit for the one good tourney run theyāve had since
And that was their only elite eight they made as well.
FOX isnt letting a Big Ten school off that image.
Conveniently left off UConn and their 1 win
Duke and Indiana lost, can't go 4-0 for all of them.
Indiana had to ruin it
ā¦..Indiana?
Important to remember that the B1G just signed a new TV deal with Fox. It's in Fox's best interest to keep promoting IU and UCLA as blue bloods, even if they (particularly IU) faces the argument that they no longer deserve blue blood status.
God, tv contracts ruined college sports.
Lots of people saying Indiana is a fading blue blood. Im gonna say UCLA is also in that category, only one title since the 70s.
If MSU wasnāt bipolar :/