Well, let's take a look at what Alabama's then-current SID, Wayne Atcheson, said as to why he added the 5 extra titles (keep in mind that 1934 was the only pre-Bryant national title claimed in Bama's 1982 media guide)..,.....

“I want to say the right thing here,” Atcheson explained to me (CBS Sports) in 2010 for an article in The Birmingham News. “I made the change because Coach Bryant had these 25 years and six national championships and they were emphasized so much. It was on all the stationery. And when I got there, it was a matter of seeing there were five others (before Bryant) and we should put them all together. It was as simple as that. …

“I tried to make Alabama football look the best it could look and just make it as great as it could possibly be. I was a competitor myself with the other schools, and what they bragged about and boasted about, I wanted people to know the best about my school.”

Nothing wrong with being competitive and proud of your school. But.......don'tcha think he went a bit overboard to the point of incredulity and just plain being wrong?

Oh, well. Everybody else has jumped on the wagon doing it, claiming some years that just absolutely make no sense (like you, Tennessee, trying to claim 1967 -- that's on par with Bama claiming 1941 -- stupid).