re: UPDATE..Bogus National Title claims: Alabama claims 18 but most are questionable

Prior to 1998 it was the world we lived in when it came to crowning a NC. Sports writers in the big cities of the North and West Coast ruled the roost. They could select their sucked up Big 10 an Pac 10 champs at will. For example, look at the Michigan and Nebraska 1997. But because of the sports writers they shared it with Nebraska.

Prior to 98 it was up to the school to claim the Natty if it was presented to them by any poll. Some schools claim them and some didnt. Thats what you see in the first half of the 20th century.

If Bama claimed it prior to 1998, well good for them. So did every other school in the country. Look at Notre Dames NCs. They claimed almost everything prior to 98 and still sucked