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re: Alabama with only 8 NC's

Posted on 12/31/11 at 11:17 am to
Posted by TxTiger82
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 12/31/11 at 11:17 am to
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four Rose Bowl teams (before 1936) that were named by one service, or another, as champions.


There were no "services" naming champions at the time. It was all a bunch of geeks with computers crunching numbers after the fact. There was no "champion" before 1936.
Posted by attheua
Tuscaloosa
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 12/31/11 at 11:21 am to
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There were no "services" naming champions at the time.


Newspapers across the country declared the winner of the game to be a 'champion'

The Bryant museum has quite the collection. I'll see if I can look them up.
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