http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013...aafootball

I had not seen this before. Pretty cool.

That TCU line zig zags all over the graphic.

What makes 1965 the "modern era"? Seems like a date cherry picked to get over the decade when the PCC collapsed and reformed as the Pac 5, 6 and 8.

Yeah, I'd say 1982 and OU vs NCAA BOR is the real start of the modern CFB era

Though I guess you could say 1965 would be at the start of the integration era

I wish we had one more lane change in ours....

(03-24-2014 08:33 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  I wish we had one more lane change in ours....

Nice one.

Wouldn't the early 90's and the beginning of the BCS era be the beginning of the "modern era" as independents basically disappeared by 1992.

(03-24-2014 09:40 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(03-24-2014 08:33 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  I wish we had one more lane change in ours....

Nice one.

They've got their blinker on, just looking for that opening

(03-24-2014 07:50 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Yeah, I'd say 1982 and OU vs NCAA BOR is the real start of the modern CFB era

Though I guess you could say 1965 would be at the start of the integration era

That's also when unlimited substitution came in, when the Vietnam War and boomers swelled the enrollment of the state schools and the year after a service academy last challenged for a national title (Navy under Roger Staubach in 1964 Cotton Bowl). Also the Ole Miss/Minnesota/Navy group disappears from the top 10 and it starts looking pretty typical for today-USC, Texas, Notre Dame, Alabama, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio St.

(03-25-2014 04:56 AM)IceJus10 Wrote:  Wouldn't the early 90's and the beginning of the BCS era be the beginning of the "modern era" as independents basically disappeared by 1992.

Well, by that logic, this coming year would be the beginning of true modern college football as it will be the first one with a four team playoff.

I think 1965 is used because of integration reasons. To me, that's as good an arbitrary starting point as any.

(03-25-2014 07:56 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(03-24-2014 07:50 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Yeah, I'd say 1982 and OU vs NCAA BOR is the real start of the modern CFB era

Though I guess you could say 1965 would be at the start of the integration era

That's also when unlimited substitution came in, when the Vietnam War and boomers swelled the enrollment of the state schools and the year after a service academy last challenged for a national title (Navy under Roger Staubach in 1964 Cotton Bowl). Also the Ole Miss/Minnesota/Navy group disappears from the top 10 and it starts looking pretty typical for today-USC, Texas, Notre Dame, Alabama, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio St.

1982 would be the last phase of the 1A - 1AA split too.