re: Teams Claiming More National Championships Than They Should (Updated OP)

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hell we won in 1908 and no one gave a damn.

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LSU did not "win" anything in 1908. We won all our games, sure. We declared ourselves "champions of the South," yes. But nobody around the country thought LSU was the best team.

In fact, the debate was between Penn and Harvard. Those teams played in the Ivy League, was was the "SEC" of its day. LSU played in the equivalent of the Mountain West.

LSU was like the Boise State of 1908. So if you think that Boise State was better than Alabama in 2009, then go ahead and claim 1908 for LSU.

The truth is that Harvard and Penn were both a LOT better than LSU. We had one player, Doc Fenton. Harvard and Penn had entire teams full of Doc Fentons. They would have waxed us.

This is why LSU didn't and doesn't claim 1908. In my opinion, we never should.

Auburn is in the same boat for 1910, frankly.