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re: Alabama fans - Question about the 1973 Sugar Bowl
Posted on 2/21/16 at 4:33 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 2/21/16 at 4:33 pm to RollTide1987
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Why should Alabama not claim the 1973 national championship when one of the two major polls voted them national champions in 1973?
I have never understood the argument to the contrary.
Because two teams were picked as champion.
Two weeks later those teams met on the field (you know, where who is the best team is decided).
One team won.
Like a playoff or college Super Bowl.
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Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:06 pm to Hometown Hero
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Because two teams were picked as champion.
And that's all that matters.
Notre Dame won the AP while Alabama won the UPI.
Had one of the polls waited until after the bowl games in 1950 to award their national championship trophy, Kentucky would have claimed a share of the national title after beating Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.
In 1951, had one of the polls waited until after the bowl games to award their national championship trophy, Maryland would have won a share of the national title after defeating Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl.
Oh...and let's not even start on Tennessee's claim to the 1967 national championship.
Bottom line, there are many more examples I can throw out at you where a previously crowned national champion lost their bowl game to a team that would have won the trophy had the polls waited until after the bowls. But we only pick on Alabama because they're on top at the moment.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 8:42 am to Hometown Hero
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Because two teams were picked as champion.
Two weeks later those teams met on the field (you know, where who is the best team is decided).
One team won.
Like a playoff or college Super Bowl.
I'll bet you're a youngun.
U know LOTS of teams, Arkie being one, Michigan, Nebraska, all claim national titles that they were awarded by the UPI and then they promptly lost their bowl games but still list those titles? That's how the UPI worked. I suppose you only old enough to remember the BCS where it was two teams, one game, nice, pretty and organized. Well, fact was we had two major polls, UPI and AP. Ask Arkie and 69 Texas if they claim their titles befoer bowl games.
Hell, Notre Dame claims 7 or 8 in years that they DIDN"T EVEN PLAY in a bowl game.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 9:06 am to Hometown Hero
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Because two teams were picked as champion.
Two weeks later those teams met on the field (you know, where who is the best team is decided).
One team won.
Like a playoff or college Super Bowl.
So you agree that Tennessee has 1 national title then, right?
1938 - 11-0 & won the Orange Bowl but finished #2 in AP Poll
1950 - finished #3 in the coaches and #4 in the AP
1951 - finished #1 in AP and Coaches polls, however they lost the Sugar Bowl to #3 Maryland.
1967 - finished #2 in the coaches, #2 in the AP and lost the Orange Bowl to Oklahoma
So, I guess Alabama only has 9 then (1961, 1964, 1965, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015). I can live with that.
This post was edited on 2/22/16 at 9:09 am
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