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A poster on another site brought this up. Who are the three top underachieving athletic programs? I agree with his top three actually.
1-Texas A&M:
"A giant, wealthy state university with a huge donor base, and located 70 miles closer than UT to the Houston-area football / basketball / baseball talent megazone. One top-five finish in football in almost 60 years, zero Elite Eights in its history and only one Sweet 16 in more than three decades, and wins in just two CWS games in only five appearances all-time (just two in the last 50 seasons)."
Pretty incredible that they only have 1 major title in the major men's sports.
2-Georgia:
"Georgia is second in the line of succession to the throne. Another very large state university with loads of resources. Only BCS school with NCAA minimum academic standards in the state that sends the fourth-highest number of residents to the NFL. Has prime access to the Atlanta area, one of the top three generators of NCAA basketball and baseball talent. Good but not elite football history, putrid basketball history, and mediocre baseball history with a couple of bright spots."
3-UCLA:
"UCLA certainly deserves a mention. There is more than enough talent in the L.A. metro area to supply both USC and UCLA with tremendous football talent, but UCLA's football history, while good, is certainly not elite. UCLA has an ultra-elite basketball history, but they haven't been consistently elite since Wooden left -- but at least they have that history. With the incredible amount of baseball talent in Southern California, it's almost unbelievable that UCLA has only made five trips to the CWS, with three of those coming in the last five seasons; at least they finally seem to have gotten things together in baseball."
1-Texas A&M:
"A giant, wealthy state university with a huge donor base, and located 70 miles closer than UT to the Houston-area football / basketball / baseball talent megazone. One top-five finish in football in almost 60 years, zero Elite Eights in its history and only one Sweet 16 in more than three decades, and wins in just two CWS games in only five appearances all-time (just two in the last 50 seasons)."
Pretty incredible that they only have 1 major title in the major men's sports.
2-Georgia:
"Georgia is second in the line of succession to the throne. Another very large state university with loads of resources. Only BCS school with NCAA minimum academic standards in the state that sends the fourth-highest number of residents to the NFL. Has prime access to the Atlanta area, one of the top three generators of NCAA basketball and baseball talent. Good but not elite football history, putrid basketball history, and mediocre baseball history with a couple of bright spots."
3-UCLA:
"UCLA certainly deserves a mention. There is more than enough talent in the L.A. metro area to supply both USC and UCLA with tremendous football talent, but UCLA's football history, while good, is certainly not elite. UCLA has an ultra-elite basketball history, but they haven't been consistently elite since Wooden left -- but at least they have that history. With the incredible amount of baseball talent in Southern California, it's almost unbelievable that UCLA has only made five trips to the CWS, with three of those coming in the last five seasons; at least they finally seem to have gotten things together in baseball."
