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re: Many schools have been gypped out of national titles, but 1983 Auburn was one of the worst
Posted on 6/28/23 at 7:04 pm to JetDawg
Posted on 6/28/23 at 7:04 pm to JetDawg
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Georgia's 1942 title isn't bogus...UGA was the CONSENSUS national champion -- most of the pollsters voted UGA #1, not Ohio State.
Umm. No.
Ohio State won the AP Title. How can you claim Georgia as “consensus champs” when they were #2 in the only poll that counts?
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Posted on 6/29/23 at 3:20 pm to AUTiger789
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Ohio State won the AP Title. How can you claim Georgia as “consensus champs” when they were #2 in the only poll that counts?
The AP was just one of nearly 20 different NCAA-authorized polls conducted back then. The AP was in its infancy and it wasn't even the most respected poll of that time. The Dickinson was. The AP didn't gain the respect it has today until the 1950s and 1960s and the reason for that is because many of the polls back then stopped doing them.
"Consensus" means the majority of all polls conducted went for UGA, not Ohio State. Eight polls voted for Georgia....5 went for Ohio State....1 went for Wisconsin. Therefore, the consensus (majority) of polls taken went to Georgia, not Ohio State and Wisconsin. Ohio State didn't even play in a bowl game. Georgia went to the Rose Bowl and beat UCLA, 9-0.
This post was edited on 6/29/23 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 6/29/23 at 8:15 pm to AUTiger789
Hard false. The AP was 6 years old and far from the end all be all NC recognition. The AP was a “poll” in the sense that it was comprised of 15 sportswriters overwhelmingly in the MW and NE and that was closely contested. UGA won 8 of 13 recognized NC entities, won the Rose Bowl a much better arbiter of NC in the day, and had the Heisman trophy winner. OSU beat 1 ranked team, didn’t play in a bowl, also had a loss, and won 9 games rather than 11.
I think UGA should claim 1946 when they were the only undefeated untied team in the country.
I think UGA should claim 1946 when they were the only undefeated untied team in the country.
This post was edited on 6/29/23 at 8:26 pm
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