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BSchwartz07 said 03/18, 11:50 AM
There are always records out there that seem impossible to break, and while your record may be a tough one to ever see fall, the only issue I have is that not only has it been done once (so it is possible), but all it takes is ONE GAME for your record to fall.

With the college game is close and competitive as it is now I will say that the NCAA DI Record that will never be broken will be the Oklahoma Sooner's 47 game winning streak.

The Sooners won every game from October 10, 1953 till November 16, 1957. That's FOUR YEARS without a single loss.

Just think this year's national champs lost 2 games THIS YEAR!

No way with the competition that is out there today as well as the BCS title game, the only way you will see a team go FOUR YEARS without a loss will be on your Xbox.

BSchwartz07 said 03/18, 12:57 PM
Alright Goodell lest put this into perspective,

Washington won 39 games ending in 1914
Yale's 37- 1890-1893 and 1887-1881
Toledo's 35- 1969-1971

So it's been 37 years since someone came within 12 games of this record, No team in the NCAA D1 football currently holds a 12 game winning streak.

So what you are saying is that a team 37 years ago was only 1 perfect season away from breaking this record.

Theoretically your record could be broken in 12 plays. Teams blow out other teams ALL the time, add to that the fluff games they play at the beginning of the season it isn't crazy to think a school could run a score up.

Now your record is improbable, mine is at this point almost impossible.

BSchwartz07 said 03/18, 05:51 PM
It isn't just that it has been 37 years, it has been 37 years since a team came within a FULL SEASON of this record. It isn't like Toledo was just about to break the record.

The truth is that with the national scale of games today, marquee match ups as well as the BCS matching up the top two teams every year, as well as players leaving for the NFL running off 4 seasons without a loss just isn't going to happen.

The difference here is that with your record all you really need is for all the chips to fall into place, say a QB throws 6 TD in a game that isn't crazy, well with the current OT system we saw games go into 5 OT's last year, 5 short drives and you have a new record.

In order to win for 4 full seasons without a loss you have to???.
-Avoid slipping up, just one bad game, or even one bad play can end it.
-Build GREAT team chemistry, almost every position will have multiple people playing there over this stretch
-AMAZING recruiting classes, again the guys you start with are not the ones you finish with.

I'm not saying that 11TD in a game is an easy task, I'm just saying that winning EVERY SINGLE GAME for 4 Years is MUCH harder and less probable.