(12-27-2020 09:47 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(12-26-2020 03:21 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Throw out BYU and the three services academies (as those four are "different animals" compared to the other G5-ers) and Boise clearly is the "Notre Dame of the G5" in terms of brand, name recognition, recent wins, etc.

However, the "Notre Dame of the G5" in terms of history — national awards, top 25 finishes, overall wins, well-known coaches, etc. — and I would think Houston is the "ND of the G5." Maybe I'm forgetting a program that would top UH.

BYU and the service academies may be "different animals," but so is Notre Dame, since it has been an independent from the get-go.

From that standpoint, strictly speaking, the only team that could be aptly referred to as the "ND of the G5" would be the non-P5 independent with the strongest overall record.

That would be BYU, which is, like Notre Dame, a "different animal."

In terms of history alone, BYU (38 bowl games) might come out ahead of Houston (27 bowl games).

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It's hard to come up with a suitable P5 analogy to Boise State, since no P5 program is an FBS newcomer that has played a similar number of seasons in its current conference with a similar record of success.

The closest analogy might be Florida State, which didn't join a conference until 1992 and has played in a bowl game every year since, except 2018.

However, "Boise St. is the Florida St. of the G5" doesn't have quite the same ring to it...