Other Sad Teams

Guy Chamberlin said:
It always cheers me up a  bit to know that other people are suffering, and although some of these teams will go to bowl games, most of the fanbase thinks their college football legacy deserves better. 

Texas  7-5

All the money, recruiting advantages, coaching changes and arrogance, and the Longhorns still aren't back to relevance. 

TCU  5-7

They've had a damn good run the last few years, but look at that record-- no better than Nebraska!

Florida State  6-6

One more win, but they've had some of the most embarrassing losses of any Division 1 team this year. Fired their second year head coach. May be trending back up. 

Miami  6-6

Warm weather, recruiting hotbed, football legacy, keeping most of their players out of prison these days, but still mired in mediocrity. 

Michigan State  6-6

Meh.

Northwestern  3-9

They used to fight Nebraska for the upper reaches of the second tier of the Big 10, but they were just awful this year.

Washington 7-5

Huskies fans expect more, especially in a weak Pac 12

Stanford 4-8

They've been tough, smart and in the hunt all decade. A power football team that vintage Huskers want to emulate. But the personnel ran out this year. It happens.

UCLA  4-8

They've got every advantage we supposedly lack, and Scott Frost's more proven mentor at the helm, and they continue to troll the bottom of the Pac 12.

Colorado  5-7

Do their fans expect more or deserve better?  Don't know. Don't care. 

Tennessee  7-5

This record probably has the folks in Knoxville feeling optimistic, which shows just how far the Vols have fallen.

Texas A&M  7-5

I've never considered A&M college football royalty, but their fans seem to disagree. LIke 6-6 Missouri, they look like they're fading down the backstretch of the SEC

Arkansas  2-10

Believe it or not, Arkansas used to be a player. Or a spoiler. Or something. And Nebraska used to covet their coaches. They probably weren't as good as their 2-10 record suggests.
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Ya, when your team is losing reveling in schadenfreude is all you got. I especially enjoyed Texas having such a disappointing season.

 
Landlord said:
tl;dr they've had minor down spells, but nothing as long or as pitiful as pretty much any other blue blood that exists. They've been the most consistent over 50-60+ years in a way that just seems unfair and improbable :lol:  
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Well, it probably has helped Ohio State that they are the only Power 5 football program in a state with a population of over 11 million people.  Frankly, it's shocking that the lawmakers in Ohio never made a push decades ago to get a second Ohio school in the Big 10 - there are many states that are much smaller that have had more than one power conference football team for decades (Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Oregon, etc).

 
In all of college football, there are only a handful of programs more dissapointed than Nebraska right now.  The list of who we can laugh at is ever shrinking.  But the debacle that is Arkansas, is about as sad as it gets.  Last 3 years of 4-8, 2-10, 2-10.  Arkansas is a program that has money and a state that cares about their football.  And they dont have the hope on the horizon that the rest of the struggling programs have. 

We have been ALMOST as bad the last 3 years, but we have a coach we believe in, who will stay here as long as he is welcome.  I believe we already hit our rock bottom, and are moving in the right direction.  Arkansas is still in their pit, with no telling when they will get out.  I'm sure Arkansans have a deep hatred for motorcycles.

 
FSU will be on the upward with them hiring Norvell from Memphis.  He has been a favorite coach of mine for a while.  I lobbied for him to come here when Riley and Frost got hired. 

 
Igetbored216 said:
Texas has always baffled me. I have seen good coaches go there, and get fired from there. They seem to constantly under perform, which is weird considering they have great athletes on the team. I would take many of their players for Nebraska. I would assume it has something to do with the administration? 
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Not a Texas fan at all, but with that said, I am also puzzled. I believe TH was the right hire, but with all the talent they have, something is wrong. UT and Oklahoma recruit most of the best players in the State of Texas. But I suppose UT needs to give Herman at least five years, but who knows if the University will be patient enough. However, let them lose, as far as I am concern. 

 
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Pretty much all the power teams from the 90's, with the exception of the Florida Gators, have been dormant for the last couple of seasons. They say college football is cyclical, so let's hope in a few years time those 90's teams are back up.

 
Texas A&M never won anything in the Big XII, let alone the SEC.  Probably the most delusional fanbase in all of college football.  R.C. Slocum, Dat Nguyen, Manziel/Evans is the Aggie legacy.  I'd say, much like Arizona State and Maryland, one of the most underachieving college football programs in college football history with the recruiting footprint and resources available.

 
DrinkinwitTerrellFarley said:
Texas A&M never won anything in the Big XII, let alone the SEC.  Probably the most delusional fanbase in all of college football.  R.C. Slocum, Dat Nguyen, Manziel/Evans is the Aggie legacy.  I'd say, much like Arizona State and Maryland, one of the most underachieving college football programs in college football history with the recruiting footprint and resources available.
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They've been solid for a while though.....but never great.  Have they ever made a BCS bowl?

Edit: Looked it up, only looked back 30 or 40 years, but not 1 BCS bowl....they did go undefeated in 94' with 1 tie, but didnt go to a bowl.  Not sure how that happens? 

They usually have been decent, (never a laughing stock), but never great either.  I'd liken A&M to a POOR MAN'S Bo Pelini.  

 
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BigPeterJ said:
They've been solid for a while though.....but never great.  Have they ever made a BCS bowl?

Edit: Looked it up, only looked back 30 or 40 years, but not 1 BCS bowl....they did go undefeated in 94' with 1 tie, but didnt go to a bowl.  Not sure how that happens?
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In the first year of the BCS (1998), A&M won the Big 12 and lost to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl.  But all in all I agree, they're a middle-class P5 program at best.

 
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BoNeyard said:
Pretty much all the power teams from the 90's, with the exception of the Florida Gators, have been dormant for the last couple of seasons. They say college football is cyclical, so let's hope in a few years time those 90's teams are back up.
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Even the Gators under Ron Zook, Will Muschamp, and Jim McElwain were very mediocre at times.

 
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