(08-27-2013 06:41 PM)perimeterpost Wrote: and their football program has more losses (638) than anyone else in FBS.
Northwestern has been playing FB since 1886. Of course they have more losses than a team that started playing in 1986. Their all-time winning percentage is still .440, which is not great but not nearly as awful as you're pretending.
Over the past 10 seasons (which is probably as long as any current CFB player remembers), Northwestern is 69-57.
If you want to argue that Miami-Ohio (or any other school) "belongs" in the Big Ten or ACC or wherever, prove that they're at least as good as the middle of the league (in other words, prove that they wouldn't pull down the average if they were there). Arguing that Northwestern or anyone else didn't belong 40 years ago when their football was terrible proves nothing about whether anyone else belongs there today.
Think of it this way: If I was applying for a job at say, Google, or wherever, which would be the better job interview strategy?
(A) Spending the entire interview complaining about some mediocre long-time Google employee, or
(B) Making the case that I'd be a well-above-average Google employee based on my experience and qualifications and that the company would be a better place if they hire me.
Everyone knows that the correct answer is (B), but far too many fans of "G5" CFB teams are just arguing (A).