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MilliniumPrince said:
Pitt has never won a single national title....not one? Pretty damned cocky fan base considering they haven't won much.
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They definitely won in 76. I think they may have had a few mistakes in the championship count. I know they listed Miami with 2, when they have 5. There may be a few more in there, but it would take some time to pick through it all.
 
Football "championships" are not NCAA sponsored. That's likely why it's not included.
 
Slasher said:
Football "championships" are not NCAA sponsored. That's likely why it's not included.
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They must have some way of determining how they assigned points for championships won. It just seems a bit confusing to me.
 
Huh?

WVU had 19 National Championships for "Rifle". I'd weight differently.

UNC has 46 NC's....22 in Women's Soccer. I'd weight sports.
 
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www.heartlandcollegesports.com

Big Ten Expansion: Kansas Ranks as Top Fit According to 538

Statistics website FiveThirtyEight put together a list of which remaining schools from around college athletics would be the “best fit” for the Big Ten Conference as the league continues to reportedly consider expansion. While there were no Big 12 teams in the Top 10 “best fits”, as calculated...
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billybud said:
Pitt won the Football National Championship in 1976 with Heisman winner Tony Dorsett.

Went undefeated and beat #5 Georgia in the bowl.
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They actually claim 9 and based on the variety of entities that crowned them unofficially as many as
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Plus Pop Warner was once their coach , you can’t get more iconic than that .
That Jonhny Majors team 1976 was the consensus pick . i believe it was near unanimous.
i followed Pitt since the famous 1955 Sugar Bowl against Bobby Dodds Ga Tech team .
Pitt and Penn have much longer football histories than Penn State
of course Western Pennsylvania produced a ton of great players in its blue color heyday
 
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I remember FSU playing Pitt in 1980 and giving them their only loss of the season....that Pitt team had four future NFL Hall of Famers on it, led by Marino.

The next season, Bobby played his "Octoberfest" schedule...played five consecutive game on the road...Nebraska, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Pitt, and LSU. I went to the Ohio State game.
 
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Rufus said:
Interesting article on USC. Are the Trojans the most hated brand in college football?

theathletic.com

USC’s resurgence as college football’s most hated team: ‘Sports needs villains’

Lincoln Riley and the Trojans are going to do everything in their power to win now, and they're not going to apologize for it.
theathletic.com theathletic.com
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I'd argue the most hated brand is also the most loved, just like the Yankees and Manchester United...................................................Notre Dame.
 
The Notre Dame hatred feels dated (as does the Yankees honestly). It's carryover from earlier generations, but the lack of winning gives it little relevance today. I'm not even sure they were the most hated when they last won their title, as Miami had usurped them. But I was only a kid so that was before my time. Darth Visor and Pete Carroll were the devils when I was growing up. Not sure anyone has matched them since. I guess Alabama, but there is some awe mixed in there that keeps the hatred light.
 
I’m not sure what has happened in the past decade from UConn being next in line that was skipped by Louisville to where things stand now, but this list ranks the top ten (actually 11) Group of 5 programs that would be attractive to the ACC, Big 12 or PAC 12. Even Temple made the list for the ACC. UConn didn’t even make the list. Not sure if that’s because UConn is independent in football and technically not Group of 5.

collegefootballnews.com

College Football Expansion Top 10 Candidates From Group of Five Conferences

Top 10 – plus one – Group of Five conference schools that make sense for expansion.
collegefootballnews.com
 
Rufus said:
I’m not sure what has happened in the past decade from UConn being next in line that was skipped by Louisville to where things stand now, but this list ranks the top ten (actually 11) Group of 5 programs that would be attractive to the ACC, Big 12 or PAC 12. Even Temple made the list for the ACC. UConn didn’t even make the list. Not sure if that’s because UConn is independent in football and technically not Group of 5.

collegefootballnews.com

College Football Expansion Top 10 Candidates From Group of Five Conferences

Top 10 – plus one – Group of Five conference schools that make sense for expansion.
collegefootballnews.com
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It’s because we aren’t G5. No worries. Happy to be on the Indy list instead.

I wish Liberty, UMass and NMSU would join CUSA so it would just be us, ND and Army on the Indy list.
 
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Rufus said:
I’m not sure what has happened in the past decade from UConn being next in line that was skipped by Louisville to where things stand now, but this list ranks the top ten (actually 11) Group of 5 programs that would be attractive to the ACC, Big 12 or PAC 12. Even Temple made the list for the ACC. UConn didn’t even make the list. Not sure if that’s because UConn is independent in football and technically not Group of 5.

collegefootballnews.com

College Football Expansion Top 10 Candidates From Group of Five Conferences

Top 10 – plus one – Group of Five conference schools that make sense for expansion.
collegefootballnews.com
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No worries. Monitoring the situation.
 
Hoophound said:
It’s because we aren’t G5. No worries. Happy to be on the Indy list instead.

I wish Liberty, UMass and NMSU would join CUSA so it would just be us, ND and Army on the Indy list.
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Liberty and NMSU are both joining CUSA. UMASS is begging at their door for a football only inclusion. It stinks because scheduling home games in October and November is getting more and more difficult.

It's easy to envision a scenario where we have no choice but to join a G5 league for football only, CUSA being the most likely to offer that to us.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
Liberty and NMSU are both joining CUSA. UMASS is begging at their door for a football only inclusion. It stinks because scheduling home games in October and November is getting more and more difficult.

It's easy to envision a scenario where we have no choice but to join a G5 league for football only, CUSA being the most likely to offer that to us.
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I hope we Don’t join a g5 league… we would make close to nothing in tv money… I think if we play well and fans want to watch us maybe SNY would pay a few million a year… but I think your right if we can’t schedule anyone in October and November we might have too
 
Speaking of BORC
why the 3rd best conference instead of the Pig 2?
"there is something to be said for being the big dog in a good league instead of the 17th invitee to a shark tank (and possibly taking a smaller revenue share to join)."

www.si.com

College football realignment: What if Power 5 became 3? - Sports Illustrated

After those in the Big Ten and the SEC, these schools are the best-of-the-rest.
www.si.com www.si.com

UNC
Clemson
FSU
Miami
Oregon
Washington
Baylor, TCU, or Houston
Stanford
Cal
Okie St
UVA
Utah
AZ St
Cinci
UCF
WVU or Pitt
 
The big 12 has started negotiations with fox and espn…can effect the future big east tv contract
 
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UConn Basketball is important to the Big East basketball conference which intern is not a Bad Deal for Fox
if UConn has to remain independent and is decent , a possible deal to broadcast UConn football with Fox
Could be agreed upon when the new contract is written
If football can remain viable you could really increase your brand
to a national audience .
 
www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Column: Are Aztecs headed to Pac-12? Question continues to simmer

Pros and cons mount as a Pac-12 team spoils the opening of San Diego State's new stadium
www.sandiegouniontribune.com www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Here is an interesting tidbit I had not heard before….Phil Knight has offered to pay the difference in reduced share payouts in the B1G to both Oregon and Stanford…

“Nike founder Phil Knight is said to be aggressively pushing his two alma maters, Oregon (undergrad) and Stanford (biz school), offering for them to take a reduced media rights share that wouldn’t drop the existing membership’s annual payout while covering the balance himself.”
 
Rufus said:
www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Column: Are Aztecs headed to Pac-12? Question continues to simmer

Pros and cons mount as a Pac-12 team spoils the opening of San Diego State's new stadium
www.sandiegouniontribune.com www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Here is an interesting tidbit I had not heard before….Phil Knight has offered to pay the difference in reduced share payouts in the B1G to both Oregon and Stanford…

“Nike founder Phil Knight is said to be aggressively pushing his two alma maters, Oregon (undergrad) and Stanford (biz school), offering for them to take a reduced media rights share that wouldn’t drop the existing membership’s annual payout while covering the balance himself.”
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That's a plus for NUO, the Nike University of Oregon. Or is it the Knight University of Oregon. Or the Oregon Ducks - Apparel Provided By Nike. like the MSU Spartans presented by Rocket Mortgage.
 
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