Hang on, hang on…you say Indiana has no chance? They have the best win in the country at this point and are ranked #3. They will go undefeated thru the regular season and host a playoff game. You guys cant scream that the playoffs and winning in a singular season all of a sudden are worthy of saying a program is a winner/loser…then dump on what Indiana is doing. Cignetti is big time. How can you possibly give Ole Miss the stamp of apporval (who has done nothingof significance)…but not Tech or Indiana??
Oregon is now a constant. They werent what I would consider a constant yet in my book.
You can argue that were cynical…but theres no doubt that youre a pessimistic curmudgeon.
You’re moving goal posts. You were talking about people legitimately having a shot at winning it all. Now you’re talking about having a good season.
I’m not dumping on Indiana. Cignetti is a fantastic coach (and he’s no spring chicken as everyone here harps on about needing a “young, energetic coach”). They’re having a great season. They’re not going to win it all, though. It’s going to be one of the same teams.
I keep asking this question: when was the last time a team won the National Championship, that had never won it previously in their history. 15 schools have won the NC 80% of the time. The answer is Florida in 1996. Previous to that the longest drought of a new school winning it all had been 5 years. Now we are at 29. In the 90s there were 5 schools that achieved this: Colorado, Georgia Tech, Washington, Florida St & Florida. None since.