Is Michigan the only marquee program to not play for a title?
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Penn St, Michigan and Georgia are probably the best answers. One could argue Colorado. Hard to categorize them historically, but they were like the Oregon of the 80s and 90s. Crazy that they've fallen off the map totally with no recovery in sight. I remember my high school team wanting Uniforms like theirs.
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Buffaloes finding it hard to get that California talent. Oregon and the California schools shutting them out. They will likely never become a powerhouse again unless they get the perfect coach that can pull talent from Cali.
Good call on Georgia. A state like Georgia rich in talent yet haven't won a title in over 30 years.
Bu bu bu but they got harbaugh
We sure did, bytch
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What a shytty program. 
May not be relevant currently, as in the last 6 years or so, but to say that a program that's one or two all-time in wins isn't big time is just silly. Every program experiences ups and downs. That shouldn't diminish their history.
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When was UCLA a marquee football program?
it's a basketball school, that happened to have a successful football team.
UCLA athletics should never be confused with UCLA Football
it's a basketball school, that happened to have a successful football team.
UCLA athletics should never be confused with UCLA Football
only in a 5 block radius in westwoodUCLA is big time you fukk boys
This is what I thought was weird about Colorado wanting into the Pac so badly. I get that they have a lot of student body from the west coast, but they had been competing in the Big 8 for a long time. Lots of recruiting ties to the midwest and mid-south and vice-versa. They got their share of Cali kids, when they were good, but they were a national program with more pull than Stanford or Oregon in Cali. They used to have lots of pull in Texas as well.
that was while Baylor, A&M and TCU were down or downright terrible. between Bill McCartney leaving, and hiring 2 clowns to succeed him they really screwed that program up. UDub still brings in talent, they might have 3 1st rounders this year, but CU has been flatout bad for a long time now. they would need a wonderkid type coach to bring them back to life
Mr. 1nighter
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Michigan hasn't been in that discussion either. had a lil run but they have been avg since then. In the big 10 alone Wisconsin and Penn St were better during the bcs era.
Michigan went to 5 BCS bowls, Wisconsin 5, Penn St only 2. Avg Big 10 finish during the BCS era finish(without sanctions) Wisc: 3.6, Mich:4, Penn St: 5