re: Alabama's claim to 15 National Championships DEBUNKED

1941 should've never been claimed and it's an embarrassment...we should drop that one like a hot potato...

I can see his point in '64 & '73 as well...even though that's the way many of the polls did it back then (bowls were kind of seen more as a reward to a good season as opposed to an extension of the season)...and as the author showed, many other schools claim similar titles. I think the problem then was the polls awarding the titles before the bowl as opposed to the teams accepting them...don't know why they ever went that route. While these 2 claims are nowhere near the embarrassment of claiming 1941, I'd be OK with dropping them as well...

I think 1978 was legit though...while we lost to USC (who finished #2 AP and #1 UPI), USC lost to Arizona State (unranked AP, #19 UPI). We were ranked #2 in both polls before the bowls and we beat the #1 team in country. No problem claiming this one, and no problem sharing it with USC either...

While I think we got screwed in '66 and '77, many other schools have had similar things happen to them as well (Auburn in '83 and Ole Miss in '60 spring to mind) so don't think we can claim either of them...

I'm OK with claiming just 12...