I thought this was an interesting question that ESPN had up and figured I would ask this board what they thought.
Do you want some Beamer like consistency and no les or do you want one glorious season and then mediocrity (a la Chizz)?
Give me a good coach who runs a tight ship, graduates kids, challenges for les every year as well as keeping the U out of trouble, and I would gladly trade in the Natty Auburn won in 2010.
In the case of my Alma Mater, it's had 3 undefeated seasons since 93' and I feel like it would eventually break through yet again if it had a solid football coach who was consistent.
Since we're talking college, I'd go with winning a le and then sucking for a long time after.
Nobody will ever remember the team that kept winning a lot of games but never won it all. As a Tech fan beating #1 UT in 08 was our biggest win ever but nobody will really remember that in the grand scheme of things (lol Tech, lol Dead Gayders, guns up? get your grades up!, I have experienced something you will never experience, freedom ain't free, Jason Witten no helmet etc).
Plus, it would be an awesome year if your team won a le and you actually went there. I don't think I'd go to many alma mater games after i graduate
It's an interesting question, but one most people approach looking forward. It's quite a bit easier to choose the le before having to go through the extended mediocracy part of the bargain. Do answers change when you sample fans who can look backwards at the situation? Take Washington. They won a le in 1991 and have been a 6 win team ever since. Would Washington fans trade places with Virginia Tech if they could?
On another note, I really like the white on white text/background color combination on the poll question.
Got to go with the le. You can be a consistent winner for literally decades and never win a National Championship- like Michigan under Schembechler. Add that to the fact that to a certain extent winning a NC involves factors outside of your control- the opinions of pollsters, other teams winning or losing, etc.
Tbh, considering that my team will never be allowed to play for a national le in the BCS or in this joke 4-team playoff, I'll gladly take consistency until we get a legitimate postseason system....
It's different for the non-AQ schools. I'd take the le for Ohio State but consistency for Kent State (especially after watching them go 16-115-1 from 1989 through 2000.)
As a Mav fan, I'm still glad they won a le even though we're about to start being irrelevant for a long time. Seeing them come close and close but never get it was probably worse because that's a lot of false hope
I'd definitely take the one Auburn championship and this current season of mediocrity over 20+ years of being bowl eligible.
But I'd take 20+ years of bowl eligibility over being Colorado with their 1990 le followed by 20+ years of .
yeah, kinda failed on the poll color scheme. Didn't know you could change it
I did get to see Auburn play the year they won the natty while I was living in Lexington. Seeing Randall Cobb, Cam, and Fairley on the field at the same time was pretty cool.
Suppose I have a different perspective than most. Just tired of the inep ude, arrests, and allegations that perpetually surround the Auburn program. It sucks, although the more I think about it, the less enthusiastic I am that I would trade the natty for solidity.
I'd just settle for a Rosebowl followed by a lot of mediocrity
how long must you suck for the le? 8 or 9 years of sucking for a le is a pretty good trade IMO.
Maybe it's because my collegiate football program suck and basketball program is historically very strong, but in football, I'll take Rose Bowl or le and instant Auburn-style retribution suckage, but I'll take the consistent Top-10 basketball program because it's much easier to get hot and make a Final 4 as a consistent Top-10 team in basketball than it is to be a top-10 team consistently in football, or even make an ideal bowl (Rose or BCS le) even as a top-10 team, see Oregon this year.
Realistically for Ole Piss, I'll take consistency since winning a le in this conference with the teams we have to recruit and play against make it next to impossible.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
