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re: Right or wrong, Alabama is the GOAt in college football?
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:01 pm to MetryTyger
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:01 pm to MetryTyger
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MetryTyger
Alabama also has 10 major national championships, USC has 6 major national championships.
Alabama has 27 conference championships overall, USC has 36 overall.
Alabama has had 60 bowl appearances, USC has had 49.
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Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:01 pm to Forkbeard3777
We also have 1 more recognized title than them but dont let a bad stat get in the way of a good spin. 
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:02 pm to ThaKaptin
#riding2gamelosingstreak
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:04 pm to Nissanmaxima
its terrible when 2 loss seasons ending in the sugar bowl are labeled down years. 
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:04 pm to Nissanmaxima
everyone knows it's between bama and the dame ... the others don't have the history that goes back to the 30s/20s, or don't have nearly the same number of titles and conference titles ...
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:08 pm to RollTide1987
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RollTide1987
Right or wrong, Alabama is the GOAt in college football?
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MetryTyger
Alabama also has 10 major national championships, USC has 6 major national championships.
Alabama has 27 conference championships overall, USC has 36 overall.
Alabama has had 60 bowl appearances, USC has had 49.
Well, cool, but I wasn't comparing Alabama and USC, I was simply responding to Old Yeller's earlier post that stated he thought the "Top 3" were Alabama, USC and Notre Dame....
When, in actuality, Alabama is 7th in victories and 6th in winning %, and USC is 9th in both.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:10 pm to Nissanmaxima
Tell me, which one is worse? Alabama's two game losing streak or LSU's 3 game losing streak to Alabama?
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:12 pm to MetryTyger
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Well, cool, but I wasn't comparing Alabama and USC, I was simply responding to Old Yeller's earlier post that stated he thought the "Top 3" were Alabama, USC and Notre Dame.... When, in actuality, Alabama is 7th in victories and 6th in winning %, and USC is 9th in both.
That website you keep posting has an all time list. The top 3 are Bama, ND, and USC. Surprise surprise
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:14 pm to tiderider
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everyone knows it's between bama and the dame
Yep.
Tier 1 - Bama & ND
Tier 2 - Oklahoma, USC, Michigan, OSU, PSU, Neb, Texas
Tier 3 - FSU, Miami, Tennessee (although they are spiraling downward)
Tier 4 - UGA, LSU, aTm, Arky, UCLA, Auburn
You can probably swap around some from tiers 3 & 4.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:17 pm to MetryTyger
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When, in actuality, Alabama is 7th in victories and 6th in winning %, and USC is 9th in both.
Which is only one part of the equation. And anyways, if you were add back in the 8 wins Alabama was forced to forfeit in 1993, and the 21 wins Alabama vacated over a 3-season stretch in the mid-00s, the Crimson Tide would be 861-313-43 since they started playing football in 1892 (my earlier figures were inaccurate). That would put Alabama at #4 all-time in overall wins.
This post was edited on 6/24/14 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:19 pm to Old Hellen Yeller
Jesus it's just THEIR opinion. Dayum. Must every human being ever conceived since the Big Bang agree that Alabama is the 'GOAT' just because you people fantasize in your minds that you are ??????
Alabama has an impressive no. of national championships, HOWEVER, like 'no. of victories' and 'winning percentage', it's not the only criteria.
I'm sorry, but people don't automatically think 'Alabama' when discussing the greatest college football program of all time.
Notre Dame, Michigan, and Oklahoma maybe.
Now, the last 5 years ??? Probably Alabama.
Alabama has an impressive no. of national championships, HOWEVER, like 'no. of victories' and 'winning percentage', it's not the only criteria.
I'm sorry, but people don't automatically think 'Alabama' when discussing the greatest college football program of all time.
Notre Dame, Michigan, and Oklahoma maybe.
Now, the last 5 years ??? Probably Alabama.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:21 pm to RollTide1987
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Which is only one part of the equation.
And plus teams like Michigan have padded their win totals by playing in a conference that only had one other decent team in it. The Big 10 has always been Michigan, OSU, and little sisters of the north. Hasn't the Pac 8/10/12 basically owned the Big 10 in the Rose Bowl historically?
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:21 pm to MetryTyger
^Don't try to reason with them.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:21 pm to MetryTyger
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I'm sorry, but people don't automatically think 'Alabama' when discussing the greatest college football program of all time.
Notre Dame, Michigan, and Oklahoma maybe.
Shots fired
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:22 pm to MetryTyger
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Alabama has an impressive no. of national championships, HOWEVER, like 'no. of victories' and 'winning percentage', it's not the only criteria.
And if you add back in the 29 games Alabama was forced to forfeit/vacate, they would be in the Top 5 both in wins and winning percentage.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:25 pm to David Cornwell
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What Alabama has going for them is...
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...the most bowl wins, most bowl appearances
This is very misleading. The Big Ten forbid its members from playing in any bowl but the Rose Bowl until the late 1970s. Also, Notre Dame refused to play in bowls until 1970 because they said that it interfered with their final exams.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:25 pm to tiderider
quote:Yep, so let's go by head to head match ups. What do those numbers look like?
everyone knows it's between bama and the dame ... the others don't have the history that goes back to the 30s/20s, or don't have nearly the same number of titles and conference titles ...
I know one is the NC game NDh won but because UPI didn't do a poll after Bowl games, Bama claimed the NC.
The disparity in Bowl Game appearances is only because ND never accepted Bowl Bids until after the 1969 season, so that argument is invalid. ND would have AT LEAST as many Bowl appearances.
This post was edited on 6/24/14 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:28 pm to Bamatab
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Bamatab
Right or wrong, Alabama is the GOAt in college football?
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everyone knows it's between bama and the dame
Yep.
Tier 1 - Bama & ND
Tier 2 - Oklahoma, USC, Michigan, OSU, PSU, Neb, Texas
Tier 3 - FSU, Miami, Tennessee (although they are spiraling downward)
Tier 4 - UGA, LSU, aTm, Arky, UCLA, Auburn
You can probably swap around some from tiers 3 & 4.
Sorry to disappoint you, but LSU is 11th all-time in victories, and 8th in bowl appearances, AHEAD of Penn State, and waaaaaaaaay ahead of Florida State and Miami.
As a matter of fact, LSU was way ahead of Florida State and Miami - BEFORE those two programs starting winning regularly.
USC is only 9th in victories and winning percentage.
Alabama is 7th in victories and 6th in winning %
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:31 pm to RollTide1987
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RollTide1987
Right or wrong, Alabama is the GOAt in college football?
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Alabama has an impressive no. of national championships, HOWEVER, like 'no. of victories' and 'winning percentage', it's not the only criteria.
And if you add back in the 29 games Alabama was forced to forfeit/vacate, they would be in the Top 5 both in wins and winning percentage.
Fair enough 87, I can agree with you on that.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 3:32 pm to Cincinnati Bowtie
quote:I love when people say this. Bama was awarded the NC by UPI. They were awarded 9 more NCs as well, most unanimous. Deal with it.
but because UPI didn't do a poll after Bowl games, Bama claimed the NC.
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