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re: Can somebody explain to me the 1972 Season?
Posted on 1/3/13 at 4:11 pm to I-59 Tiger
Posted on 1/3/13 at 4:11 pm to I-59 Tiger
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Wow,pretty impressive.
I know. And that's why people need to stop bitching about the title from that year that we share with USC. Yeah…we lost to them, but we played a MUCH tougher non-conference schedule than USC did that year. Our first three opponents were all ranked in the Top 10 when we played them.
The schedules Bryant put together in 1977 and 1978 cost us the first consensus threepeat in college football history.
This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 4:13 pm
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Posted on 1/3/13 at 4:13 pm to RollTide1987
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I know
Check about 4 posts before yours.
Posted on 1/3/13 at 4:41 pm to RollTide1987
quote:Which might explain the 1979 OOC schedule:
The schedules Bryant put together in 1977 and 1978 cost us the first consensus threepeat in college football history.
Georgia Tech (4-6-1)
Baylor (8-4)
Wichita State (Div 1AA) (1-10)
Virginia Tech (5-6)
And before anyone claims otherwise, VA Tech was a perennial HC opponent in those days. Four of their 5 wins in '79 were against Appy State, William & Mary, Richmond and VMI.
Another bit of trivia from Bryant's last undefeated season: Bama played three consecutive opponents - Vandy, Wichita State, and Florida - who finished their respective seasons with 10 losses apiece. The combined record of Bama's 11 regular season opponents was 47-72-2, a winning percentage of .397, the lowest ever for consensus national champ.
This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 4:48 pm
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