Published 6/27/2009
by Jason Dunigan
at Bleacher Report - College Football
Ever have that conversation with a friend? The "which school has the best athletic department" conversation? I found myself having that very discussion recently. It wasn't pretty.
To make a long story short, let's just say that if your friend has to bring up how many Women's Swimming National Championships his school has won in order to prove his point, he really doesn't have a leg to stand on.
That said, and with all due respect to the College World Series and the NCAA Hockey National Championship, the only two college sports that really matter in the "Land of the Free" are football and men's basketball.
Over the years there have been many theories and many formulae proposed to decide just which school can boast of being the best of the best. Everything from the number of national championships won, to overall winning percentage, to how many Hall of Fame players and coaches a school has produced regularly gets thrown into the equation.
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