Spinoff Conference Title Thread: The missing 1933 SoCon title.

Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:14 pm

Posted by theGarnetWay

Washington, D.C.

Member since Mar 2010

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Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:14 pm

So I was scanning through our wiki page the other day and I saw this.

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From 1928 to 1934, he led the Gamecocks to seven consecutive winning seasons and a 39–26–6 overall record, which included a perfect 3–0 Southern Conference campaign in 1933. The undefeated conference record earned the Gamecocks the Southern Conference Co-Championship, along with Duke.However, this championship is currently not recognized by either the school or the Southern Conference

After checking out the SoCon page I noticed 1933 was the season when all the SEC schools jumped ship to join the SEC. So undoubtedly the conference was weaker and substantially smaller, but to have neither school nor the conference recognize the title as if the season didn't exist? I think it's time to put up another banner.

But seriously CFB is filled with multiple teams claiming the same title, has there ever been another case when no one claimed a title?

This post was edited on 1/23/14 at 12:15 pm

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Posted by boxedlunch

Member since May 2012

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Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:26 pm to theGarnetWay

The SoCon was a conference of convenience. Essentially it was a bunch of schools that got together but really had little structure. They had no set schedule, no set games, no guidelines and for the first couple of years didn't even give out a championship (it was voted by sportswriters).

I'm not sure the rules they had for winning the title in 1933, but apparently South Carolina didn't come out on top in them.

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