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Originally Posted by raybec 4
It seems that there are maybe only a half dozen schools that would meet your standard for "big". I believe if they are playing in the power 5 they are a big school. They compete against the absolute best in college football. That's where the true measuring stick is for big or small IMO. Level of competition and their performance against that competition.
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I'm not saying they're a bad program. And yes they've produced some quality NFL defensive players, no question. All I'm saying is that they might be in the power 5, but they ain't OU, OSU, or whoever. They're on the outside looking in at those teams, yes?
And they don't win much, do they. Well, except last year, 9-4. And beat some decent teams, iirc.
But mostly they're a middle of the road team, most years. They've had just two winning seasons in the last ten, and they've been smoked by some pretty unimpressive teams in the process. in those terms, they haven't really competed, if they got the brakes beat off them, did they?
The only thing that puts a hole in my argument is the fact that PUR has beaten some ranked teams recently, particularly last season, when they beat Iowa (23), and Mich St. (9). But they also got smoked by teams like Wisconsin (27?).
Hell, it's not an indictment. My Sooners have always had a relatively big student body, but they went a stretch of years where they were mostly insignificant as a football team. More recently they've been in the conversation nationally, but there was a period of more than a decade after Switzer left for the NFL when they weren't.
But if you want to base it on the student body, okay, go ahead. Imo, the number of students shouldn't really have anything to do with the football team's success or how anyone ranks their football team, but okay.