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re: Top 10 SEC teams that didn't win NC
Posted on 12/4/15 at 5:23 pm to BigOrangeBri
Posted on 12/4/15 at 5:23 pm to BigOrangeBri
I think OldPete is correct. I know that OU only counts its' AP,UPI and BCS championships.
The landscape was different in 1950, bowl games hadn't become the determiners yet in that the final poll was released before they were played.
I didn't know Tennessee claimed 1950. I know they won it in 1951.
A couple of sidenotes. The UK team that beat OU was coached by Bear Bryant. In 1949 OU went 11-0 beating LSU 35-0 in the Sugar Bowl to cap the season. We didn't get the nod however and we don't claim that season. OU also went undefeated in 1954 during "the streak" and did not win the national title nor do we claim it.
I've looked it up and OU could claim 16 National Championships, but only claims 7. The "others" I suppose are by lesser recognized or respected authorities. I guess all I'm really saying is is that some minor selector or group of writers calling a team the national champion isn't really the same thing.
Anyhow interesting to know that Tennessee claims 1950, I learned something new.
The landscape was different in 1950, bowl games hadn't become the determiners yet in that the final poll was released before they were played.
I didn't know Tennessee claimed 1950. I know they won it in 1951.
A couple of sidenotes. The UK team that beat OU was coached by Bear Bryant. In 1949 OU went 11-0 beating LSU 35-0 in the Sugar Bowl to cap the season. We didn't get the nod however and we don't claim that season. OU also went undefeated in 1954 during "the streak" and did not win the national title nor do we claim it.
I've looked it up and OU could claim 16 National Championships, but only claims 7. The "others" I suppose are by lesser recognized or respected authorities. I guess all I'm really saying is is that some minor selector or group of writers calling a team the national champion isn't really the same thing.
Anyhow interesting to know that Tennessee claims 1950, I learned something new.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 6:29 pm to sows
Yeah we claim six. I don't feel 1940 and 1967 are legitimate claims though.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 6:52 pm to sows
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I didn't know Tennessee claimed 1950. I know they won it in 1951
In '51, just like in '50 with OU, UT went undefeated and was named national champion by both polls and then lost their bowl game to an undefeated Maryland team...ironically, the same thing would happen to Maryland in '53...
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