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re: "1941" The title that will live in infamy!
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:07 pm to SavageOrangeJug
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:07 pm to SavageOrangeJug
We gained 5 extra titles the same way y'all gained 4 extra titles in the 70s.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:09 pm to AlabamaAlum07
And now Tennessee is bankrupt/irrelevant. The joke is on savageorangefatass.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:11 pm to AlabamaAlum07
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AlabamaAlum07
We gained 5 extra titles the same way y'all gained 4 extra titles in the 70s
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We don't give a frick. No other fan base does.
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You Bammers are the only fan base that freaks when someone questions your bogus claims.
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Why is it so important to your fan base to have these bogus claims accepted?
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WHY?
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:20 pm to SavageOrangeJug
Well you obviously do care since you keep replying and all.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:23 pm to AlabamaAlum07
I just want one of you to give an honest answer?
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Why is it so important to your fan base to have these bogus claims accepted?
This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:46 pm to SavageOrangeJug
One thing Bama excels at is "national championships" won on paper, but lost on the field.
Witness '64,'73, and '78. (In '78 they lost at home decisively to USC during the regular season, but then split the NC with the Trojans on paper at season's end)
Of course they still claim these paper "titles".
Looks to me like they would have more pride.
Witness '64,'73, and '78. (In '78 they lost at home decisively to USC during the regular season, but then split the NC with the Trojans on paper at season's end)
Of course they still claim these paper "titles".
Looks to me like they would have more pride.
This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:48 pm to ksayetiger
Too bad your team can't beat Bama.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:49 pm to TideGolfer
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TideGolfer
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Try Japan!
Oh no you diin't
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:54 pm to SavageOrangeJug
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Explain how you suddenly gained 5 extra titles? Why is it so important to your fan base to have these bogus claims accepted? WHY?
As for why Bama didn't claim the other 5 till after '83, I have no idea as it's obvious they only counted the poll titles prior to that...maybe for marketing reasons...either way I don't see any logical reason as to why '41 is claimed as it's an embarrassment...
Other than 1941, I don't know why everyone thinks so many of the other titles are bogus. While lookin' at the '64 and '73 titles thru today's eyes looks iffy, they were backed by either the AP and/or the Coaches polls and I don't know of any school who doesn't claim a poll title regardless of whether they won or lost their bowl game. While there were no polls/authorities to back the pre-poll titles Bama claims (1925, 1926, 1930, and 1934), at least some of the newspapers felt the Rose Bowl was a de facto championship game as it was the only bowl game back then...and Bama won (or tied in '26) the Rose Bowl each of those years. Found one contemporary newspaper that claimed Bama winners of the "National Grid Title" in 1925 after their Rose Bowl win over Washington: 1926 Rose Bowl Article
I can't answer for the whole Bama fan base. I've been a fan ever since I watched my first Bama game on TV back in'69...and while I like Bama's tradition and history, I'm not hung up on the exact number of titles claimed...I agree with you that we haven't won15...but I'm comfortable with any number in the 10 to 14 range...
Posted on 11/12/15 at 9:24 pm to SeaCay
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Oh no you diin't
Yea I did! I know! Sorry!
Posted on 11/12/15 at 9:28 pm to OldPete
I will shamelessly claim '41 as State's title.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 9:49 pm to cypressbrake3
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In '78 they lost at home decisively to USC during the regular season, but then split the NC with the Trojans on paper at season's end
We finished the '78 regular season #2 in both polls (USC lost to an unranked team after beating Bama and fell in the polls). We played #1 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl and won. Usually when #2 beats #1, it's only logical the #2 team moves to #1...even so, #3 USC jumped over us in one poll so it was a split national championship (Bama won the AP, SC won the UPI)..there's not a school in the nation that wouldn't have claimed that one...
This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 9:51 pm
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