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Per se this is true. But (I am guessing you were not alive back then) everybody in the country that was football fans considered that game to determine the NC. Now, that might change according to the outcome. But everybody knew thta if Georgia won we would be crowned National Champions. In fact, you could go down the years and do the same thing.

You are correct, though in that there was no direct game titled The National Championship game. There were games that determined the National Championships, though and that was one of them.

You played the #7 team, it was not a #1 vs #2 game. Multiple bowl games were factors in the national championship. If Georgia lost, Notre Dame would not have been the national champion.

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And your point? Is it that we played an easy schedule? yes. We did. Are we the National Champions for the 1980 season? Yes. We are.

Henry put his yards up against many ranked teams with good defenses.

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That's silly, since you just pointed out three teams that were ranked when Georgia played them, therefore he played against ranked teams.

They were ranked at the time of the game. At the end of the year, only Notre Dame was ranked and that game isn't included in his stats.

So your only ranked win was against #9, Notre Dame.

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Posted by DawgsLife

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Posted on 5/28/22 at 3:03 pm to 3down10

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You played the #7 team, it was not a #1 vs #2 game. Multiple bowl games were factors in the national championship. If Georgia lost, Notre Dame would not have been the national champion.

Read my post again. You just repeated it. Congrats?

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Henry put his yards up against many ranked teams with good defenses.

In an era in which teams throw the ball a whole lot more and can't focus on the run defense as much. Back then teams passed far less and defense focused more on the run. And Georgia was the epitome of Herschel right, Herschel left, Herschel up the middle. That was basically our entire defense. I haven't looked, but I would be willing to guess that Alabama when Henry played threw for twice as many yards as Georgia did.

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They were ranked at the time of the game.

Again you just repeated what I said. I said they were ranked at the time they played. Isn't that what playing against ranked teams means?

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So your only ranked win was against #9, Notre Dame.

And again simple English eludes you.

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Let me explain it to you another way. back then (If I remember correctly) rankings did not include 25 teams like they do today. It was a top 20. Both Florida and South Carolin ended (after Bowl Games) with 4 losses. Lasts seaosn 4 teams with 4 losses ended up in the top 25.

This post was edited on 5/28/22 at 3:07 pm

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