Kentucky's NC in football came at the Sooner's expense

You would think Kentucky has enough accolades in hoops that they don't have to stoop to the level of claiming fake national championships.

We'd try to help you out

Congrats on your title, but in this case Oklahoma is more relevant in football than Kentucky.

Not taking away the fact you guys are a basketball powerhouse.

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Lost to the only 1A team with a winning record they played in the regular season.

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Not their fault the SEC sucked dick that year.

Kind of like this year.

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The only selector that recognized Kentucky didn't exist for almost 40 years after the season.

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Not quite.

1 Total Major College National Championship Year(s)

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Year

Record

Selector

1
1950
11-1-0
Bill Libby
Loren Maxwell
Sagarin Ratings

I am surprised bama doesnt claim it since bryant was the coach

Tennessee has more of a claim than Kentucky, and has more selectors. Tennessee finished higher in the polls. Tennessee and UK finished with same record. Only reason UK won SEC is because they played more games.

Kentucky has nothing but a bowl trophy. OU has the real hardware.

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Kentucky has nothing but a bowl trophy.

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1951 Sugar Bowl Program = .50 cents (70 bucks today on Ebay)
1951 Sugar Bowl Ticket = 4.50 cents (185 bucks today on Ebay)
1951 Sugar Bowl win by Kentucky = PRICELESS

Ending the 3 year undefeated reign of Oklahoma is worth much more than just an old trophy.

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I didn't know UK claimed this.

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The answer was already in your response.

When you announce the MNC before the bowls, it is viewed as suspect based on how the game values the post season. Back when it was just 4 or 5 bowls, they were still big enough deals as to bragging rights. Why do you think the Rose Bowl stopped letting the SEC play after WW II?

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I think so, that's how it was done back then.

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Which is why they changed the system.

Face it, OU has been arse chapped for year for letting a basketball school break their run in football so they have to diminish it to ease the pain.

FWIW, the Maryland post season and the Kentucky postseason were 2 watershed game to move the final polls till all the bowl games had been played. As this is how it is done currently, it seems a retroactive award based on the current system is not as flawed as you imply.

While the Bear may have been a new HC at UK, it is not like he did not rove himself later in life. Saban wan a Natty @ LSU before he one @ Bama. Are you suggesting the LSU MNC was diminished just because it came earlier?

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10/21 vs. Villanova (4-5) W 34 7 @ Philadelphia, PA

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Home game for Villanova

Villanova went to bowls in the old days, just ask Auburn, Villanova played them to a tie in their bowl game.

Auburn University, had rolled up an impressive 7-2-2 record and had closed out the 1936 regular season with six shutout wins on their schedule. Villanova, under coaching great Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, piled up a sterling 7-2 record, and had earned victories over the likes of Penn State, Boston University, Detroit and South Carolina. Like Auburn, Villanova boasted of an outstanding defense, one that recorded four shutouts and had not allowed any opponent more than seven points.