re: Only 3 Teams Left With a Realistic Chance of Completing the Trifecta in 2016

You are certainly welcome to step inline with other LSU fans and claim something that is not really true like Alabama fans do. And, you can keep the banner hanging. But, you really lose the right to call Alabama out if you do.

I really don't really care which way you go so don't take it personally. But, I am not changing the widely recognized list to add LSU due to the factors I stated in a post above in addition to:

1) LSU is the only school to ever claim that the American Legion Bowl was the basis for a national championship. Basically, LSU won a basketball game in the last game of the season called the American Legion Bowl, and that is pretty much it. You can't really with integrity say you won the national title based on winning an invitational game when you are the only entity who says it.

2) You posted text that is very similar yet significantly different than the text that is online in at least one place. LSU claiming is different than being named:

"Many schools claim or recognize pre-tournament era national college basketball championships by virtue of being selected by third-party selectors, such as the Helms Athletic Foundation, including the University of Kansas,[17] Purdue University,[18] Stanford University,[19] the University of North Carolina,[20] the University of Pittsburgh,[21] the University of Wisconsin,[22] Syracuse University,[23] and Washington State University.[24]

In addition, in some years teams won playoff series or tournaments played on the court for a national championship. For example, LSU claims the 1935 championship by virtue of winning the American Legion Bowl game against Pittsburgh in a match-up of regional powers.[25]

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