{"id":4332,"date":"2021-09-28T11:21:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2021-09-28T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:21:27","slug":"10-teams-that-have-not-won-a-college-football-championship-in-over-a-decade-but-should","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/10-teams-that-have-not-won-a-college-football-championship-in-over-a-decade-but-should\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Teams That Have Not Won A College Football Championship in Over a Decade but Should"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Chad Wilson<\/strong><\/em>
\nTwitter: @gridironstuds.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

College football is fun isn’t it?\u00a0 The week to week battle to see who will outlast everyone to the end and play for the national championship is just soap operaish.\u00a0 Well,\u00a0 that’s kind of how it used to be,\u00a0 not so much lately.\u00a0 Articles like this one can get you labeled as a hater but I don’t care.\u00a0 College football is one of those things I am passionate about but less so in recent years.\u00a0 Call it the rapid changes that have eroded at the fabric of fan loyalty to the centralization of power to one conference and really one team.\u00a0 Whatever it is,\u00a0 it sure would be nice to see other programs crawl back into consciousness.<\/p>\n

As we all know,\u00a0 consciousness means either play for or win a national championship.\u00a0 Over the last 12 years,\u00a0 one team has won half the titles and we all know who that is.\u00a0 Combine that with the fact that only four or five teams have really even had the chance to bite the apple and you can see where boredom may settle in for the college football fanbase at large.\u00a0 This has left us to live in a fantasy world where we create hypotheticals via social media and like I will do in this blog article.<\/p>\n

Having watched college football for the greater part of 40 years now,\u00a0 I have seen a lot of teams come and go in the mainstream.\u00a0 Some of them have left an unforgettable impression while others were pretty much ho hum.\u00a0 With that in mind,\u00a0 here is my list (in reverse order of course) of teams that have not won a championship in the last 10 years but should for the goodness of college football.<\/p>\n

#10. Georgia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not since true freshman running back Herschel Walker dazzled us with his powerful running style,\u00a0 break away speed and leaps over the pile into the end zone have we been blessed to see the Dawgs raise the trophy.\u00a0 Last year celebrated 40 years since the boys in Athens could allow their voices to reach max volume.\u00a0 While they have made a little noise in recent years under Kirby Smart,\u00a0 the hollering has been more in being able to furnish their house with 5-star recruits and less about hanging trophies on their mantle.\u00a0 The Dawgs have been the butt of jokes because of their ringless nature.\u00a0 Wouldn’t it be swell to watch them win one and meltdown in a sea of anti decorum on Twitter?\u00a0 This season seems to provide one of their best opportunities of late.<\/p>\n

#9. Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The youngsters of the college football viewing audience world will wonder aloud if Michigan has ever won a college football national title.\u00a0 Who could blame them,\u00a0 most of them weren’t alive to see the rose in Charles Woodson’s mouth in 1997.\u00a0 Hell,\u00a0 many of them will faintly remember Woodson’s NFL career despite it occurring in three different decades.\u00a0 Ohio St. has partied alone in the Big 10 for quite some time now.\u00a0 It sure would be nice for the boys in blue to give the Buckeyes some media competition.\u00a0 Besides,\u00a0 only God in Heaven knows what Jim Harbaugh would do if he ends the drought for his alma mater.\u00a0 He may buy out all of the Dickies in Walmarts nationwide.<\/p>\n

#8. Penn St.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

One man and one man alone has led Penn St. to the ultimate in college football.\u00a0 The late Joe Paterno,\u00a0 high water pants and plain uniform excellence marked the 80’s and 90’s.\u00a0 A tarnished legacy because of a wayward assistant coach has been the legend ever since.\u00a0 Whether you are a fan of Penn St. or not,\u00a0 you have to admit that having them get back into the mix and win one would be great for college football.\u00a0 In this era of swag and style points,\u00a0 a win by the guys dressed in Dick’s Sporting Goods football uniforms would give many something to hate on.\u00a0 Imagine the chaos if something so plain became so rich!<\/p>\n

#7. Oregon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of style points.\u00a0 Who bedazzled themselves more than Oregon did in the early 2010’s?\u00a0 From the 425 uniform combinations with chrome helmets to the ridiculous signs held up in between plays,\u00a0 the Ducks were different.\u00a0 For all that pizazz,\u00a0 Oregon couldn’t quite put the ball in the net but they sure excited us trying.\u00a0 They are less colorful these days (see Mario Cristobal going looney on a player that earned a taunting penalty last week) but they still carry a card.\u00a0 The Pac-12 and Western United States football in general could use a pick me up and the Ducks getting bathing in a championship trophy would be soothing.<\/p>\n

#6. Notre Dame<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Irish are the catholics you love to hate but you hate them less when they aren’t champions.\u00a0 Think of the emotions that would rumble inside of you as watched the guys with the golden helmets and their coach with the rose colored cheeks sneering at you with big trophy in hand.\u00a0 Wouldn’t it just piss you off?\u00a0 Yeah,\u00a0 that’s what we need.\u00a0 Instead of us being mad every week over dismissed players for targeting we can stew for a whole offseason at Notre Dame being at the top of college football again.\u00a0 In fact,\u00a0 we could have them be our first ever four loss national champ seeing as though unless they’re .500,\u00a0 someone important wants to put them in the College Football Playoff annually.\u00a0 It would be awesome just to have people looking at gothic church structures across the country in disgust simply because the catholic football team is the best.<\/p>\n

#5. Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything’s bigger in Texas including the growing amount of time it’s been since Vince Young danced into a pile of launched confetti in the back corner of the Rose Bowl end zone.\u00a0 Since the night Vince became a legend and dispatched of the Trojan dynasty,\u00a0 Texas has ridden the role of coaster.\u00a0 They had a slight chance to block the Saban dynasty one night but Colt McCoy’s bum shoulder advanced what might have been the inevitable.\u00a0 Texas has been branded with mediocrity for over a decade now serving up over cooked steaks of rampant disappointment.\u00a0 Once again there’s a new face in town as the head coach but college football just has a better feel when Texas is threatening to win it all with their wealth of high school football talent.<\/p>\n

#4. Oklahoma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Believe it or not,\u00a0 Oklahoma has not won a title in 20 years.\u00a0 Hard to believe isn’t it?\u00a0 They have hoodwinked us with out of this world quarterbacking excellence and multiple college football playoff appearances but yeah,\u00a0 nothing.\u00a0 It sure would be nice if all of that horn honking would actually lead to an open lane for celebration eh Sooner fans?\u00a0 I guess with Lincoln Riley in Norman you always have a shot.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 the move to SEC can be regarded as questionable for someone looking to grab the ultimate prize.\u00a0 Or maybe not.\u00a0 Putting a dominant year together in the NFL conference could streamline the other Crimson of the conference to NCAA paydirt.\u00a0 We could trot Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops and the Bozz out in a cut off t-shirt to raise the trophy.<\/p>\n

#3. Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forget how you feel about the Gators at the moment (yes I’m talking to you Canes and Seminoles).\u00a0 You have to admit that it was downright fun when Steve Spurrier was funnin and gunnin in the Swamp.\u00a0 Beating Tennessee and then using snazzy quotes to let the humiliation of the loss linger for weeks was gold.\u00a0 You can’t tell me that you didn’t like seeing the Gator brand advanced with the awesome talent level that was possessed during the Urban Meyer years.\u00a0 Sure,\u00a0 it gave your blood another reason to boil.\u00a0 We need that high heat again.\u00a0 The state of Florida is producing talent at a high rate but it’s benefitting all of the colleges that reside outside of the sunshine.\u00a0 Imagine the turmoil within the state if Florida could reach the mountain top while the other two major programs are holding Twitter coaching searches.<\/p>\n

#2. USC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since Vince made\u00a0 the Trojan wince,\u00a0 it just hasn’t been the same in Los Angeles for the team that rideth upon a horse.\u00a0 When Pete Carroll took his show to the Great Northwest,\u00a0 he apparently took all the movie stars with him.\u00a0 There’s nothing on the USC sidelines now but missed opportunity and despair.\u00a0 It sure would be nice to see Marcus, Ronnie, Snoop and OJ (snicker) back on the SC sidelines again.\u00a0 We all know there’s only one way that’s going to happen.\u00a0 When the Trojans win a championship it’s a show.\u00a0 It’s a show unlike anything we would see from Iowa, Kansas St. or Northwestern.\u00a0 I think you catch my drift.\u00a0 It’s just more fun when the Trojans have the gun.<\/p>\n

#1. The U<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nobody did it better than the Hurricanes.\u00a0 For every celebrity sighting on the Colosseum sidelines in Los Angeles,\u00a0 there was a whole team walking off the plane looking like they raided an Army Navy Surplus.\u00a0 For every dominant Alabama performance in the last decade plus there is an on field celebration by a Hurricane that would make a grandma clutch her King James version.\u00a0 The establishment hated the Canes so much that they literally legislated them out of college football consciousness.\u00a0 That level of hate and emotion could only serve to bring even more interest to the game of college football.\u00a0 No doubt Miami were the trendsetters in the game.\u00a0 If allowed to drink from the golden cup once more the Canes could restore the joyful feeling that only a first down hip thrust can illicit.\u00a0 While it seems more like a pipe dream at the moment,\u00a0 it would be an absolute nightmare for the powers that be if it did happen.\u00a0 I’m all for seeing the hardened face rulemakers scrambling once again to stop the spread of 305 excellence.\u00a0 Aren’t U?<\/p>\n

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