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

If you talk to me, I usually just stick with poll titles. Legacy (Retro) titles are hard to quantify and that 1941 claim from the guy who did the media guide ages ago is an eyesore.

I'm sure people will point to my signature, and as I've explained a billion times - that's the "if Alabama claimed as many titles as Alabama does" (playing on when other schools make the same statement). Someone awarded Alabama a title in 31 different seasons.

These are the legit titles (AP, UPI, BCS and CFP):
1961, 1964, 1965 (AP), 1973 (Coaches), 1978 (AP), 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020

I find the criteria "#1 had to play #2" to be an odd one, considering that nothing required that prior to 1992 - and even then, it wasn't really enforced until much later. Miami could have ducked Alabama, played a weaker opponent at the end of the 1992 season. Per Chicken, if they lose that game and Alabama moves to #1 anyway it's no longer a "valid title".

I'm sure the fact that it invalidates one LSU title and several Alabama ones played no part in his logic