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re: Why is Tennessee displaying 6 crystal balls in their new facility?
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:12 am to jatebe
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:12 am to jatebe
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Alabama does not display 15 crystal balls. They display the 1992, 2009, 2011, and 2012 crystal balls, which were the BCS era trophies.
They display the other trophies won the other years (such as the AP, FWAA, etc).
Although Bama has won 8 Coaches/BSC trophies and are entitled to display 8 crystal trophies if they wanted to.
The Coaches poll didn't even exist until 50, yet they have crystal footballs for 38, 40, and 41.
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 11:13 am
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:12 am to Korin
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Come on man, even you have to think this is lame.
I do, but frick it.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:13 am to Korin
Although the AFCA started awarding the crystal football back in the mid-80s, they will let a school buy a crystal football if they won the Coaches poll between 1950 and 1986.
But Tennessee has only won the Coaches poll twice, so WTF?
But Tennessee has only won the Coaches poll twice, so WTF?
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:13 am to Vols&Shaft83
We have three crystal balls in Oxford.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:14 am to jatebe
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jatebeWhy is Tennessee displaying 6 crystal balls in their new facility? by jatebe
You just said it.
Maybe, just maybe mind you....
Because it's """"T H E I R"""" new facility.....
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:14 am to bamawriter
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Although the AFCA started awarding the crystal football back in the mid-80s, they will let a school buy a crystal football if they won the Coaches poll between 1950 and 1986.
But Tennessee has only won the Coaches poll twice, so WTF?
They had 6 pictures of crystal footballs in their practice facility for awhile now. This takes the cake though.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:15 am to Tornado Alley
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We have three crystal balls in Oxford.
Next to burning crosses and Klan robes?
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:16 am to Korin
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Well that would actually make sense considering they won the Coaches in 80 and all.
you, as a florida fan, should know that year is incorrect.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:16 am to TT9
Do yo thang breh. I ain't mad. I'm just gonna call you out fir being a hyoocrit. But what else is new
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:17 am to jatebe
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Why is Tennessee displaying 6 crystal balls in their new facility?
1 for each SEC win butch has in his tenure.
Eta: whoops, he only has 5
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 11:18 am
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:17 am to Vols&Shaft83
Didn't the KKK start in Tennessee?
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:17 am to WG_Dawg
Upvote.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:18 am to Korin
Looking at it a little more closely, they have the actual AFCA title information covered up. There should be a black panel with the award information where the orange panel is on each one.
I'm thinking UT had someone make some knockoff crystal footballs.
I'm thinking UT had someone make some knockoff crystal footballs.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:18 am to jatebe
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Why is Tennessee displaying 6 crystal balls in their new facility? by jatebe
Because 1941.
Thanks, Bama.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:22 am to Korin
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Well that would actually make sense considering they won the Coaches in 80 and all.
81, dammit! 80 is ours! It gives us hope for a better tomorrow
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 11:23 am
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:23 am to Korin
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Because unfortunately, anyone can buy one as long as they have $180k.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:24 am to tylerdurden24
My bad, I fixed it. That was an honest mistake.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:27 am to bamawriter
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I'm thinking UT had someone make some knockoff crystal footballs.
Yep, here's where they make all their knockoff crystal products:
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:32 am to Korin
quote:I thought you could only buy one for each year you had won the coaches poll. I know Georgia bought one for their 1980 championship. But their's is legit, they won the coaches poll in 1980.
Because unfortunately, anyone can buy one as long as they have $30k.
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The official name is the American Football Coaches Association National Championship Trophy; it was given this permanent name by the association in 2006. In 2009, the AFCA allowed universities to buy replica trophies for any year a school finished first in the Coaches' Poll prior to the trophy's creation in 1986. Through the 1973 season, the final Coaches' Poll was released in early December, after the regular season, but before postseason bowl games. Beginning with the 1974 season, the Coaches' Poll conducted its final poll after the bowl games. During the era of the Bowl Championship Series and its predecessors (1992-2013), the BCS did not commission its own official trophy, and so the Coaches' Trophy was presented to the winning team in an on-field ceremony after the title game. With the demise of the BCS, its successor playoff system, the College Football Playoff, commissioned a new trophy for its champion; officials wanted a new trophy that was unconnected with the previous championship system. However, coaches were "adamant" that the AFCA trophy continue to be awarded. Since 2014, the trophy has been awarded to the team ranked No. 1 in the final Coaches' Poll of the season in a celebration at that team's stadium sometime after the College Football Championship Game.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:34 am to jatebe
1992 was not BCS era, acknowledge your mistake.
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