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re: Question about Alabama and all those titles.
Posted on 12/20/13 at 1:03 pm to Brazos
Posted on 12/20/13 at 1:03 pm to Brazos
If they would just drop 41. The others are legit.
25: won the only bowl game
26: tied in the only bowl game
30: won the only bowl game
34: won the only bowl game
61: AP/Coaches
64: AP/Coaches
65: AP
73: Coaches
78: AP
79: AP/Coaches
92: AP/Coaches
09: BCS
11: BCS
12: BCS
They should claim 45 and/or 66 instead of 41.
25: won the only bowl game
26: tied in the only bowl game
30: won the only bowl game
34: won the only bowl game
61: AP/Coaches
64: AP/Coaches
65: AP
73: Coaches
78: AP
79: AP/Coaches
92: AP/Coaches
09: BCS
11: BCS
12: BCS
They should claim 45 and/or 66 instead of 41.
This post was edited on 12/20/13 at 1:04 pm
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Posted on 12/20/13 at 1:08 pm to Majin Buu
Full BS Story
Because before Alabama got 12, it only got six.
Atcheson is the former Alabama sports information director who added five pre-Bear Bryant national titles to the team's media guide in the 1980s. Those changes still resonate today with one burning question: Just how many national championships does Alabama have, anyway?
The NCAA record book recognizes Alabama with seven "consensus" national championships -- the six by Bryant and 1992.(Editors Note: since this was published you can add 3 more) According to this list, "consensus" means a championship bestowed since 1950 by any, but not necessarily all, of the following: the Associated Press, United Press International, Football Writers Association of America, National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame, USA Today/CNN or USA Today/ESPN.
Atcheson said that in the 1983 media guide, he added the five pre-Bryant national titles now listed -- 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934 and 1941. Taylor Watson, curator at the Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa, said it was actually the 1986 media guide.
"I tried to make Alabama football look the best it could look and just make it as great as it could possibly be," Atcheson said. "I was a competitor myself with the other schools, and what they bragged about and boasted about, I wanted people to know the best about my school."
Because before Alabama got 12, it only got six.
Atcheson is the former Alabama sports information director who added five pre-Bear Bryant national titles to the team's media guide in the 1980s. Those changes still resonate today with one burning question: Just how many national championships does Alabama have, anyway?
The NCAA record book recognizes Alabama with seven "consensus" national championships -- the six by Bryant and 1992.(Editors Note: since this was published you can add 3 more) According to this list, "consensus" means a championship bestowed since 1950 by any, but not necessarily all, of the following: the Associated Press, United Press International, Football Writers Association of America, National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame, USA Today/CNN or USA Today/ESPN.
Atcheson said that in the 1983 media guide, he added the five pre-Bryant national titles now listed -- 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934 and 1941. Taylor Watson, curator at the Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa, said it was actually the 1986 media guide.
"I tried to make Alabama football look the best it could look and just make it as great as it could possibly be," Atcheson said. "I was a competitor myself with the other schools, and what they bragged about and boasted about, I wanted people to know the best about my school."
This post was edited on 12/20/13 at 1:09 pm
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