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<blockquote data-quote="BCJacket" data-source="post: 676017" data-attributes="member: 2332"><p>What's interesting to me is: in the ACC, Tech is the program with the greatest (longest) history of successful football. There's a lot of recency bias in thinking that Da U, FSU and VPISU <em>should</em> be nationally prominent. </p><p></p><p>They each were good on a national level for 10-20 years... and outside of that, not. FSU and VPISU won their first Bowl games in 1986. Miami had been to two bowls until the 80's and voted on dropping to I-AA in the late 70's. For FSU and VT their runs were basically all under one Hall of Fame coach. Clemson may be going through their golden age now.</p><p></p><p>Pitt was really good for a spell in the 70's won a Natty, no one is asking when 'the Pitt' is gonna be back. Cuse won one in the 50's. Tech's been good in spurts since football began. I wonder if in 50 years we'll look at Miami, VT and FSU as 'they were good for a bit back in the 1990's'. Kind of like how people view Tech under Dodd.</p><p></p><p>There's lots of programs that are down(ish) right now that have a lot more legacy to claim than the 'big' ACC schools. Minnesota, USC, the Michigans, Tennessee, Texas... I think it's just as likely that the next ACC school that finds their Bowden/Dodd/Dabo HOF rename-the-stadium coach and goes on a 10 year run is one of the North Carolina schools or Pitt or Tech as it is that VT or FSU will find another one. Or Da U will figure out how to be "Da U" in the modern era with rules and stuff. Just a 'shower thought' after reading this thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BCJacket, post: 676017, member: 2332"] What's interesting to me is: in the ACC, Tech is the program with the greatest (longest) history of successful football. There's a lot of recency bias in thinking that Da U, FSU and VPISU [I]should[/I] be nationally prominent. They each were good on a national level for 10-20 years... and outside of that, not. FSU and VPISU won their first Bowl games in 1986. Miami had been to two bowls until the 80's and voted on dropping to I-AA in the late 70's. For FSU and VT their runs were basically all under one Hall of Fame coach. Clemson may be going through their golden age now. Pitt was really good for a spell in the 70's won a Natty, no one is asking when 'the Pitt' is gonna be back. Cuse won one in the 50's. Tech's been good in spurts since football began. I wonder if in 50 years we'll look at Miami, VT and FSU as 'they were good for a bit back in the 1990's'. Kind of like how people view Tech under Dodd. There's lots of programs that are down(ish) right now that have a lot more legacy to claim than the 'big' ACC schools. Minnesota, USC, the Michigans, Tennessee, Texas... I think it's just as likely that the next ACC school that finds their Bowden/Dodd/Dabo HOF rename-the-stadium coach and goes on a 10 year run is one of the North Carolina schools or Pitt or Tech as it is that VT or FSU will find another one. Or Da U will figure out how to be "Da U" in the modern era with rules and stuff. Just a 'shower thought' after reading this thread. [/QUOTE]
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