The impact of laundry

[Jaydumo20]

What role does the jersey a team wears play into their success?

There hasn't been much diversity in the teams that have won the natty over the past few decades. There have been some really good teams (Houston, Gonzaga, Illinois, Alabama, TN, Wisconsin, etc) but when it comes to crowning a champ it's the usual suspects.
Is it coincidence that the same handfuls of teams win, despite coaching and administration and roster changes?
Does the jersey on your back have an intimidation effect on the other team and a confidence boost for the blue bloods?

A few of the podcasts and analysts following the PC game cited the idea that the team with the CT logo had the mojo regardless of how much the other team dominated.

What factor, if any, does laundry and legacy play? How much do you believe in psychological, non-statistical, factors?

 

[UCLJ0211]

When the laundry piles up in my house it creates significant challenges

 

[bendm]

laundry matters. becoming a blue blood is like becoming a tenured professor, it's hard to lose that status (IU kept showing up to class drunk and eventually got fired. been in AA ever since). but i think that NIL + portal will continue to even the playing field. BYU is the perfect example. they would never have gotten the #1 recruit without NIL or been able to surround him with a decent team without the portal.

 

[Jaydumo20]

laundry matters. becoming a blue blood is like becoming a tenured professor, it's hard to lose that status (IU kept showing up to class drunk and eventually got fired. been in AA ever since). but i think that NIL + portal will continue to even the playing field. BYU is the perfect example. they would never have gotten the #1 recruit without NIL or been able to surround him with a decent team without the portal.

True. Indiana football really flipped the laundry perspective on its head. Let's see if they complete it.
In this year's world series i think there was a weird forcefield around the Dodgers. Those teams were evenly matched, regardless of the Dodgers billion dollar payroll, but there was no way they weren't winning that world series. It just seemed like things were turning towards the jerseys.

 

[FatElvis]

Laundry is everything. If the Houston equipment manager had only used a fabric softener, Emanuel Sharp wouldn't have been so stiff on that last play against Florida. 😉

 

[HuskyHawk]

What role does the jersey a team wears play into their success?

There hasn't been much diversity in the teams that have won the natty over the past few decades. There have been some really good teams (Houston, Gonzaga, Illinois, Alabama, TN, Wisconsin, etc) but when it comes to crowning a champ it's the usual suspects.
Is it coincidence that the same handfuls of teams win, despite coaching and administration and roster changes?
Does the jersey on your back have an intimidation effect on the other team and a confidence boost for the blue bloods?

A few of the podcasts and analysts following the PC game cited the idea that the team with the CT logo had the mojo regardless of how much the other team dominated.

What factor, if any, does laundry and legacy play? How much do you believe in psychological, non-statistical, factors?

If the sport is basketball, then blue primary teams are prohibitive favorites (UConn, Duke, UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas, Villanova). If the sport is football then red primary teams are prohibitive favorites (Bama, UGA, Ohio State, Nebraska, OU). As you move around the color where blue adjacent (green) teams are more likely to succeed in basketball (MSU, Baylor) and red adjacent (orange) teams are more likely to succeed in football (Florida, Clemson, UT, Auburn the other UT). There are relatively few exceptions here including Houston and Michigan.

Black and Gold teams rarely win except in wrestling but are occasionally good at football (Iowa, UCF, Colorado, Vandy). Where teams have blue and red primary colors in equal measure (Kansas, Arizona, Gonzaga) , the blue seems to dominate and they are basketball schools.

 

[Jaydumo20]

If the sport is basketball, then blue primary teams are prohibitive favorites (UConn, Duke, UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas, Villanova). If the sport is football then red primary teams are prohibitive favorites (Bama, UGA, Ohio State, Nebraska, OU). As you move around the color where blue adjacent (green) teams are more likely to succeed in basketball (MSU, Baylor) and red adjacent (orange) teams are more likely to succeed in football (Florida, Clemson, UT, Auburn the other UT). There are relatively few exceptions here including Houston and Michigan.

Black and Gold teams rarely win except in wrestling but are occasionally good at football (Iowa, UCF, Colorado, Vandy). Where teams have blue and red primary colors in equal measure (Kansas, Arizona, Gonzaga) , the blue seems to dominate and they are basketball schools.

You make an eerily solid point. Especially if you consider the red bball schools who knock on the door but never close it out - Houston, ohio state, Wisconsin, San Diego state, Bama, Arkansas.... and then when a red team does win the natty they vacate it due to violations.

 

[bendm]

Black and Gold teams rarely win except in wrestling but are occasionally good at football (Iowa, UCF, Colorado, Vandy).

Notre Dame?

 

[navery12]

I don't think it really matters, at least not in the way I'm interpreting some of the responses. Put Dan Hurley or Bill Self or Kelvin Sampson at any school and I think those schools would be national championship contenders.

Good coaching trumps all, and leads to all of the other factors people mention. I'll put it this way, if we were having this conversation in 1990 nobody would talk about the mojo of the UConn jersey. But 3 successful coaching hires in a row changes that opinion pretty fast

 

[Jaydumo20]

I don't think it really matters, at least not in the way I'm interpreting some of the responses. Put Dan Hurley or Bill Self or Kelvin Sampson at any school and I think those schools would be national championship contenders.

Good coaching trumps all, and leads to all of the other factors people mention. I'll put it this way, if we were having this conversation in 1990 nobody would talk about the mojo of the UConn jersey. But 3 successful coaching hires in a row changes that opinion pretty fast

Good points.
the way I initially meant it was, at least in one common scenario-"

let's say in a game between Duke and Houston in the national championship, for example, is there a subconscious thought in both teams and the fans minds that Duke is supposed to come out on top (or at least has the historical edge) and that Houston needs to overcome decades of Duke history?
In that case, I believe that this inevitably does happen. Whether it 'always' controls the outcome is not realistic but I think it does carry some weight.

Our most recent final four opponents are aware that if you are in that UConn jersey, (even though our natty teams have had different coaches and personnel) you don't lose in the title game.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Notre Dame?

Outlier, but arguably among a handful of "good at everything" schools. Michigan, Notre Dame and Florida. I'm not counting ancient history like Cal or Stanford's titles.

Also Purple, being a pure meld of blue and red seems to skew towards football (Washington, LSU) unlike those blue & red schools that skew towards hoops. It's not an exact science, but looking at Nebraska and Iowa State, I think they are out of the running in hoops.

 

[GlastonTim]

Laundry is everything. If the Houston equipment manager had only used a fabric softener, Emanuel Sharp wouldn't have been so stiff on that last play against Florida. 😉

Fabric softener is not good for your washing machine.

 

[Lafayette]

I dig our away blue uniforms more than the dress home whites. Dunno why, just partial to blue.

 

[temery]

The Cowboys just haven't been the same since he was fired.

 

[John]

Fabric softener is not good for your washing machine.

dishwasher rinse aid will destroy your gut health too. Neither things are needed.

 

[Waquoit]

I also read that red or orange uniforms cause more tinea cruris.

 

[nomar]

The only laundry that matters is @Chief00's briefs

 

[Conndog]

It’s a huge factor for Alabama football- they even call themselves the Tide because of it

 

[Jaydumo20]

I should've known that an ill-conceived title would devolve into this.

Thankfully I tabled my
"Should men and women play with the same size balls" thread.

 

[El Obrero]

I always root for the laundry. (Specifically, for my wife to do it.)

 

[Deepster]

I think it matters a lot. When a recruit visits, a common tactic is having a jersey with their name on it so they can see and maybe feel what it’s like to be part of that history.

And I think the pro sports are losing some of that with all these gimmick jerseys for promotions or merch sales.

 

[sledog]

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