I'm assuming that he's mostly joking, but if he's serious, it's an idiotic argument (especially for an Ivy Leaguer) on several levels. First of all, for the majority of the 19th century, there were basically 3-4 teams that even existed, and for the 1890s-early 20th century, only that many competing at the highest level. It was generally Princeton or Yale, or both, almost every year for about 3 decades. In terms of innovation, prestige, recruiting ability, etc. those two schools were Alabama and USC, and everyone else (the few that did exist) was New Mexico St. And there were no polling organizations that anyone took seriously until 1936 when the AP began their poll. Every national championship Minnesota has won has taken place in an era during which nearly all (if not all) of the current BCS AQ schools were in existence, functional, and competitive. That's the really funny thing about Becky and Hogeye trolls discrediting Minnesota's national titles - their teams were in existence, fully functional, and had every opportunity to win them the same as Minnesota did. But Minnesota won 6, while Iowa, Wisconsin (and Purdue) all won zero. Post-1936 (i.e., when the media and general public really began to take college football seriously) Minnesota has 4, Iowa 0, Wisconsin 0, Purdue 0, and Princeton 0. The only even minor recognition received by any Ivy League school were obscure organizations giving Cornell a "national title" in 1939 and Princeton a "national title" in 1950. People (especially Hogeye and Becky trolls) like to pretend that college football was disorganized and chaotic and Minnesota's titles don't count, but that is almost as far from the truth as possible.
