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re: David Housel's column
Posted on 11/23/12 at 11:18 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
Posted on 11/23/12 at 11:18 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
BTW, just read the article.
Seems the author of the book and AU's media guide recognizes 6 as well, but recognizes 1993 instead of 1958.
The author of the book notes AU has been named NC 9 times in the various polling organizations. There are pretty good arguments for 1910 and 1914. AU was clearly the best team in the south those years, but teams from the south did not really play northern teams then so saying who the best was is not possible.
Anyway, maybe we just go with the author of the book. 9 NCs. All 9 teams were undefeated and named national champs (most by multiple polling organizations) so sounds good.
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Being undefeated or winning a conference championship is not enough to be included on Skotnicki’s client list. To make his list, a team has to be named or designated National Champion by at least one recognized selector, and there are many from which to choose. One might argue too many, but that is another discussion for another day. Suffice it to say each of these teams, as Skotnicki notes, was named National Champion by someone or by some entity. Recognition could come from an individual, mathematical formula or some other evaluation, but the designation was made.
What, if anything, should Auburn do about it? That, too, is a question for another day. It is not as if Auburn doesn’t already recognize some of these teams as national champions, four of the seven (1913, 1983, 1993 and 2004) are listed as national champions in the Year-By-Year Record section of the media guide
Seems the author of the book and AU's media guide recognizes 6 as well, but recognizes 1993 instead of 1958.
The author of the book notes AU has been named NC 9 times in the various polling organizations. There are pretty good arguments for 1910 and 1914. AU was clearly the best team in the south those years, but teams from the south did not really play northern teams then so saying who the best was is not possible.
Anyway, maybe we just go with the author of the book. 9 NCs. All 9 teams were undefeated and named national champs (most by multiple polling organizations) so sounds good.
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