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re: UPDATE..Bogus National Title claims: Alabama claims 18 but most are questionable
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:44 am to rolltiden49ers
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:44 am to rolltiden49ers
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A lot closer than y’all will ever be in football and basketball combined.
...but NOT 18....correct?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:54 am to Rocky Horse
I decided to go ahead and do the math for all SEC teams, and see who claims the least % of bogus titles to real titles.
"Real Title" criteria is as follows.
Titles before 1936 things are pretty much wide open. Undefeated seasons, math formulas(that were developed before 1950), rose bowl wins, whatever. It's pretty difficult to have a bogus claim in this era(spoiler: Still happens).
1936-1997 - Poll Era. Only AP and Coaches Polls are valid in this era. Other claims will be marked as bogus.
1998-present - BCS/Playoff Era. Self explanatory. Only UCF and USCw are lame enough to claim fake titles in this era.
I'm only using titles that the school themselves claim. I'm assuming the wiki pages are correct, if I get one wrong let me know and I'll fix the data.
Vandy, Miss St, Mizzou and South Carolina have 0 claims, but it should be noted they all have atleast 1 claim, sometimes 2 or 3 if they were to make the type of claims others are making here. So shout out to these schools for keeping it honest.
Ranked by least amount of bogus claims to most. % and # of bad claims in case of a tie.
1. LSU - 4 claims, 0 are bogus, 0% bogus claims.
2. Florida: 3 claims, 0 are bogus, 0% bogus claims.
3. Auburn - 2 claims, 0 are bogus. 0% bogus claims depsite the push by some ignorant Auburn fans to change it.
4. Alabama - 18 claims, 1941 is bogus. 6% bogus claims.
5. Georgia: 4 claims, 1942 is bogus. 25% bogus claims.
6. Texas A&M: 4 claims, 1927 and Jimbos 20XX are bogus, 50% bogus claim
7. Tennessee: 6 claims, 1938, 1940, 1950, 1967 are bogus. 66% bogus claims.
8. Kentucky: 1 claims, 1950 is bogus, 100% bogus claims.
8t. Arkansas: 1 claim, 1964 is bogus. 100% bogus claims.
10. Ole Miss: 3 claims, 1959, 1960 and 1962 are bogus, 100% bogus claims.
Congrats to LSU, they get the #1 rank due to having 4 claims over 3 claims to Florida with both no bad claims.
And some of you schools down at the bottom are funny.
"Real Title" criteria is as follows.
Titles before 1936 things are pretty much wide open. Undefeated seasons, math formulas(that were developed before 1950), rose bowl wins, whatever. It's pretty difficult to have a bogus claim in this era(spoiler: Still happens).
1936-1997 - Poll Era. Only AP and Coaches Polls are valid in this era. Other claims will be marked as bogus.
1998-present - BCS/Playoff Era. Self explanatory. Only UCF and USCw are lame enough to claim fake titles in this era.
I'm only using titles that the school themselves claim. I'm assuming the wiki pages are correct, if I get one wrong let me know and I'll fix the data.
Vandy, Miss St, Mizzou and South Carolina have 0 claims, but it should be noted they all have atleast 1 claim, sometimes 2 or 3 if they were to make the type of claims others are making here. So shout out to these schools for keeping it honest.
Ranked by least amount of bogus claims to most. % and # of bad claims in case of a tie.
1. LSU - 4 claims, 0 are bogus, 0% bogus claims.
2. Florida: 3 claims, 0 are bogus, 0% bogus claims.
3. Auburn - 2 claims, 0 are bogus. 0% bogus claims depsite the push by some ignorant Auburn fans to change it.
4. Alabama - 18 claims, 1941 is bogus. 6% bogus claims.
5. Georgia: 4 claims, 1942 is bogus. 25% bogus claims.
6. Texas A&M: 4 claims, 1927 and Jimbos 20XX are bogus, 50% bogus claim
7. Tennessee: 6 claims, 1938, 1940, 1950, 1967 are bogus. 66% bogus claims.
8. Kentucky: 1 claims, 1950 is bogus, 100% bogus claims.
8t. Arkansas: 1 claim, 1964 is bogus. 100% bogus claims.
10. Ole Miss: 3 claims, 1959, 1960 and 1962 are bogus, 100% bogus claims.
Congrats to LSU, they get the #1 rank due to having 4 claims over 3 claims to Florida with both no bad claims.
And some of you schools down at the bottom are funny.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 6:03 am
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