YouTuber put video out indicating that Minn is one of the "historically TERRIBLE college football teams"

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Hello everyone. I thought I would throw this out there on the eve of another great day of college football. Apparently, according to the YouTuber who produced the attached video, Minn is one of the "historically TERRIBLE college football teams". He acknowledges that Minn had a ton of success before 1960, but apparently has no idea what the word "Historically" actually means. So, I thought I would attach it for your review and thoughts:


GO GOPHERS!!!
 
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[From Perplexity.ai]

The top 10 college football teams by national championships, as recognized by the NCAA, are as follows:

1. **Yale** - 18 championships
2. **Alabama** - 16 championships
3. **Princeton** - 15 championships
4. **Notre Dame** - 13 championships
5. **Michigan** - 10 championships
5. **USC** - 10 championships
7. **Harvard** - 8 championships
7. **Ohio State** - 8 championships
9. **Oklahoma** - 7 championships
10. **Minnesota** - 6 championships[1][2][8].

Citations:
[1] https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/...ge-football-teams-most-national-championships
[2] https://www.espn.com/college-footba...7/who-won-most-college-football-championships
[3] https://www.si.com/fannation/colleg...rankings-national-championships-ap-top-25-era
[4] https://www.foxsports.com/stories/c...tional-champions-during-the-four-team-cfp-era
[5] https://www.espn.com/college-footba...lege-football-national-championship-games-all
[6] https://www.bestcolleges.com/research/who-has-the-most-national-championships-in-college-football/
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS
[8] https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/college-football-champions
 



FanSinceTheFifties said:
"...Minn had a ton of success before 1960..." What changed after 1960?
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The Vikings+Twins, integration in the South, demographics, money and the willingness of alumni of different schools to spend it on football, and the cumulative effects of a losing trend in a sport where there's no draft.

Counteracted by "Minnesota's still a major state flagship university in a major metro with a lot of resources in one of the Big 2 richest athletic conferences"
 




fmlizard said:
The Vikings+Twins, integration in the South, demographics, money and the willingness of alumni of different schools to spend it on football, and the cumulative effects of a losing trend in a sport where there's no draft.

Counteracted by "Minnesota's still a major state flagship university in a major metro with a lot of resources in one of the Big 2 richest athletic conferences"
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All great points, I would also say that University leadership was largely asleep at the wheel for over 30 yrs (Pres & Board of Regents from 1970-2000). Their lack of strategy/vision for the program in the Athletics dept overall and resources lead to a steady decline in the program.

My personal opinion, the Dome ended up being a huge mistake for the UofM. I felt having the team move off campus into a very generic facility along with not making it easy for students to walk to the game led to a very poor overall fan experience for everyone. OK .... hopping off my soapbox.
 

The truly "unfortunate" eras of Gopher football have been few and rare, actually. Salem's reign would qualify, but there are some schools that would have given anything for his 1981 season. The Wacker years netted zero winning seasons, no matter how much people wanted him to succeed. Then the Brewster era, where he still got them to 2 bowl games. Those years tend to skew all the rest of the winning seasons, bowl games, and other things. For the most part, however, Gopher football since 1960 has been at least decent most of the time
 



fmlizard said:
The Vikings+Twins, integration in the South, demographics, money and the willingness of alumni of different schools to spend it on football, and the cumulative effects of a losing trend in a sport where there's no draft.

Counteracted by "Minnesota's still a major state flagship university in a major metro with a lot of resources in one of the Big 2 richest athletic conferences"
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Why would integration in the South affect UM more than the other conference teams? I think you had it right at the beginning -- VIkings and Twins distracted fans and media.
 

FanSinceTheFifties said:
Why would integration in the South affect UM more than the other conference teams? I think you had it right at the beginning -- VIkings and Twins distracted fans and media.
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All conference teams were affected to varying degrees. The Big Ten has four national champions in the past 50 years. 19 in the previous 50 years.
 

99Gopher said:
All great points, I would also say that University leadership was largely asleep at the wheel for over 30 yrs (Pres & Board of Regents from 1970-2000). Their lack of strategy/vision for the program in the Athletics dept overall and resources lead to a steady decline in the program.

My personal opinion, the Dome ended up being a huge mistake for the UofM. I felt having the team move off campus into a very generic facility along with not making it easy for students to walk to the game led to a very poor overall fan experience for everyone. OK .... hopping off my soapbox.
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Excellent point. The dome was ass.
 




99Gopher said:
Hello everyone. I thought I would throw this out there on the eve of another great day of college football. Apparently, according to the YouTuber who produced the attached video, Minn is one of the "historically TERRIBLE college football teams". He acknowledges that Minn had a ton of success before 1960, but apparently has no idea what the word "Historically" actually means. So, I thought I would attach it for your review and thoughts:


GO GOPHERS!!!
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Where was this guy in the thirties? 🤔
 

I think a more thoughtful football mind might suggest we were still good throughout the 60s. 67 big ten title being the best end of us as a power.

I bet we maintenaned a reputation for a good while after before people thought of us as a bad program.
 

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