Where do Sooners rank in ‘blue blood’

The term “blue blood” is thrown around a lot. Schools with a rich history claim this status based on the success of their program during the existence of college football. However, it is a subjective term that is really difficult to quantify.

But one man, Kyle Umlang, which deals with Texas Longhorns, tried to do so by creating a rating system for the accomplishments of individuals and teams to determine who is “blue – blooded” in college football. If you are familiar Blinkin Riley on Twitter, Kyle Umlang is basically Texas Football Blinkin Riley.

Scoring

Kyle gave scores to the following classes.

• Weeks in AP 25 (0.75 points per week).
• Weeks number 1 in AP 25 (1.25 points per week)
• Consensus All-Americans (1 point / prize)
• All Americans agree (1.25 points per prize)
• NFL Draft Picks (1.25 points per pick)
• NFL First Round Betting (1.75 points per selection)
• Winnings (1.00 points per win)
• Conference Championships (1.25 points per championship)
• Heisman Prize Winners (1.50 points per prize)
• Bowl to win (1.75 points per win)
• BCS or New Year Six Bowl (2.50)
• The national championship wins

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Pat on the back!!! Your team is blue-blooded !!! #ThisIsTexas #HookEm pic.twitter.com/5u8q2Fy6OA

– Kyle Umlang (@kyleumlang) July 18, 2021

It’s quite an attempt to find objectivity in something as subjective as what makes a school “blue blood”. Umlang hits all the high notes of his scoring system and is almost everything was weighted pretty well.

In the conference championships, his weight is the only mistake I see in the scoring system. And maybe it’s because the Bowl system has become a joke when teams with a .500 record (and sometimes worse) play in bowl games. Due to the number of bowls in December and January, they have lost a lot of shine over the last two decades. Something that was once an honor for top teams in college football has become a prize for participation in college football.

You can’t tell me that a guaranteed price bowl or an Alamo bowl is more points than a conference championship. There are some bowls that had a lot of weight in the history of college football even before the Bowl Championship series started, such as the Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl or Rose Bowl. Those bowl games carried tons of weight into the national landscape of college football, sometimes determining the national champion of that year. However, not all bowls have the same weight, and give them all more value than a conference championship is scoring.

Oklahoma, blue blood

Oklahoma ranks fifth in Umlang’s “Blue Blood” ratings. Where they succeed in the conference championships and the Heisman Awards, which lead the way in both classes. They land in the top six in all categories, but first-round NFL betting and a BCS / New Year’s six win.

Over the past decade, the Sooners have dropped first-round draft picklists, largely due to their defenses. And at the same time, the crime went through a spell before the Lincoln Riley era, where it was very good, but it wasn’t elite. And it didn’t produce tons of first-round talents.

In the BCS and College Football Playoff eras, Oklahoma Sooners have had opportunities. They’ve played in quite a few of these games, but their record isn’t great.

In nine BCS appearances, Sooners went 4-5. Oklahoma has played in six New Year’s six bowls since the start of the College Football Playoff and has just gone 2-4. Their only wins have come in the playoffs of the New Year’s Six Bowls.

Despite their struggles in the best bowling games of the past two decades, the Oklahoma Sooners have retained the importance of a national title for most of the last 20 years. From Bob Stoops ’tenure to the Lincoln Riley era, the Sooners have been in the debate over the national championship for many years more than not.

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Current Relevance

Although Umlang lists eight schools as traditional “blue blood,” not all have maintained their competitive position at the national level over the years. Nebraska, Michigan, Texas, and USC have a rich history that competes with schools in any country. However, they have fought for much of the last decade of college football.

Texas and USC are having national championships again this millennium and more recently than in Oklahoma. Over the past 10 years, however, their programs have fallen into national championship rivals. While the Sooners fought during the Blake Bell and Trevor Knight eras as a quarterback, they have seen a recovery over the last seven seasons, covering Bob Stoops ’head coaching period and the beginning of Lincoln Riley’s tenure.

Texas, Michigan and USC have not yet appeared in college football playoffs. Nebraska hasn’t even smelled New Year’s Six Bowls.