College Football Facts of life

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It was the defense that won the national championship that everyone also saw. That the attraction of that success just started breading more skillful football plays to want and go play football games at the university with that great defense, and winning tradition.

If you are a great running back you want to go where they run the football. If you are a great passing QB, you want to go where they pass the football also. If you just love tackling people you definitely want to go where the Head coach want you to tackle hard, and often. On and on it goes the successful college football team are attracting all the better college football players. Do you see anything changing that fact of life anytime soon?

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The 25 Most Successful College Football Programs Of The BCS Era

Daniel D Zillmer
10. USC – 173.5 points
From 2002-2008, the Trojans actually played in seven straight BCS bowl games. The only one they lost? The 2006 Rose Bowl to Vince Young’s Texas squad, which was also the BCS National Championship Game. In the 16-year span, USC won eight bowl games, lost four, was banned for two, and didn’t qualify for two. The Trojans posted double-digit victories in nine seasons during the era.
9. Georgia – 174 points
How could Georgia, a program that never reached the BCS National Championship Game, be ranked so high on this list? Consistency. Georgia reached the postseason in every year during the BCS era, notching 11 wins in the process – the most in all of college football. At the same time, the Bulldogs have only reached three BCS bowls – all being the Sugar Bowl. Mark Richt built a program that competed every year, but could never quite get over the hump into the elite.
8. Alabama – 181.5 points
Alabama won the most BCS championships during the era (three), but actually failed to win any other BCS games in the entire 16-year span. In fact, until the 2005 season, the Tide had won just one bowl game since 1998. Prior to Nick Saban’s tenure in Tuscaloosa, Alabama notched double-digit victories twice in the era. Saban’s Tide, however, have racked up over ten wins in six of his seven years. 
7. Virginia Tech – 183.5 points
Virginia Tech, like USC, reached a bowl game in every season during the BCS era. In their first eight years in the ACC, the Hokies tallied double-digit wins – a crazy impressive stat. While VT lost in its only appearance playing for a BCS title (1999 season to Florida State), the school put together one of the most impressive overall campaigns of the time frame. The past two seasons were a bit of a dropoff from what Hokies fans have come to expect.
6. Texas – 193 points
Oddly enough, Mack Brown’s coaching tenure was the entirety of the BCS era – he got the job with the Longhorns in 1998 and was forced out at the end of the 2013 season. Brown’s crowning achievement was the 2005-2006 BCS title win over USC, but he accomplished much more in his time. The Longhorns were ranked in the top ten at the end of the season six times, to go along with 10 bowl wins in 15 tries. UT only suffered one losing season (2010) in the era.
5. LSU – 209.5 points
Until the 2011-2012 BCS National Championship Game, LSU was 4-0 in BCS bowls, with two BCS titles to show for it. While Alabama won that star-studded matchup and subsequently took over the reins in the SEC West, the Tigers were still arguably (see below) the most successful Southeastern Conference team during the era. LSU also outscored its bowl opponents by a combined 127 points.
4. Florida – 210.5 points
Florida appeared in seven BCS games, winning five and losing two along the way. The Gators won two BCS national titles – in the 2006 and 2008 seasons – defeating two schools that are, ironically, ahead of them on this list. This past season was actually the only year that UF did not reach the postseason in the entire era – the program had reached a bowl game in each of the previous 22 years. Overall, the school went 8-7 in bowl games, though five of those losses came before 2005.
3. Ohio State – 215 points
If it weren’t for the 2012 bowl ban, during a season in which the Buckeyes went 12-0 and almost certainly would have been playing in the BCS bowl, OSU would probably have checked in at No. 1 on our list. In 16 seasons, the Bucks played in 10 BCS bowls, winning six and losing four. While OSU lost two consecutive BCS title games in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, the program did win a championship in 2002 after beating Miami (FL) in an epic finale. While SEC fans may scoff at the Buckeyes being this high on the list, it’s hard to deny that they have been as consistent as any school in the nation.
2. Florida State – 217.5 points
Despite a “down” period from 2006 until 2011, during which FSU still racked up five bowl wins, FSU checks in at No. 2 on our list. Winning two national titles – in 1999 and 2013 – certainly helped the Seminoles’ cause, as did the fact that they played in eight BCS games during the era. FSU played in the postseason every single season (going 10-6), notching over 10 wins in seven different seasons. But the Noles weren’t quite the best BCS team of them all…
1. Oklahoma – 223.5 points
Other than Boise State, which played in a much less competitive conference than the Big 12, Oklahoma tallied the most regular season victories of any program in the nation. The Sooners won one national title (in 2000) and totaled a ridiculous 12 seasons with double-digit victories. They played in nine BCS bowl games, including this past season’s Sugar Bowl, in which they upset heavily-favored Alabama. While coach Bob Stoops may have only won one championship in his time in Norman, he’s had the Sooners in contention almost every season during the era. Boomer Sooner indeed.
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