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I was reading an article about the fall of Nebraska football earlier today and it got me thinking. Is Nebraska still a helmet school? A "blueblood"? It doesn't seem like it. They aren't very scary and it doesn't seem like they are on a lull. It seems like they are now in a "new normal" of a middling power 5 team. They certainly seemed like a helmet school to me when they arrived in the B1G. They still have a big sold out stadium. Is that enough?
So, in thinking further, we often speak of MN's glory years and seven national championships. Minnesota was a national power. But nobody suggests Minnesota is a blue blood or a helmet school now.
Minnesota's last national championship was 1960 and the last conference championship was 1967.
Nebraska's last national championship was 1997 and their last conference championship was 1999. It has been 20-22 years.
Were the Gophers still considered blue blood material in 1980? 1987? I was very much around for the 80's and my answer to that question is an emphatic "no!"
So, where is the line between blue blood helmet school and ex-helmet school? And the bigger question(s) Who is now a helmet school, who used to be a helmet school, who is on their way to being a helmet school, etc. ??
I don't think there are right and wrong answers to these questions, as they are subjective. But I'm curious about opinions.
Welcome to bye week.
So, in thinking further, we often speak of MN's glory years and seven national championships. Minnesota was a national power. But nobody suggests Minnesota is a blue blood or a helmet school now.
Minnesota's last national championship was 1960 and the last conference championship was 1967.
Nebraska's last national championship was 1997 and their last conference championship was 1999. It has been 20-22 years.
Were the Gophers still considered blue blood material in 1980? 1987? I was very much around for the 80's and my answer to that question is an emphatic "no!"
So, where is the line between blue blood helmet school and ex-helmet school? And the bigger question(s) Who is now a helmet school, who used to be a helmet school, who is on their way to being a helmet school, etc. ??
I don't think there are right and wrong answers to these questions, as they are subjective. But I'm curious about opinions.
Welcome to bye week.