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re: Alabama fans - Question about the 1973 Sugar Bowl

Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:06 pm to
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:06 pm to
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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 by Hometown Hero
Member since Feb 2016
225 posts
Posted on 2/21/16 at 5:12 pm to
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RollTide1987

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Oh...and let's not even start on Tennessee's claim to the 1967 national championship


1925 - retroactively claimed championship
1926 - retroactively claimed championship
1930 - retroactively claimed championship
1934 - retroactively claimed championship
1941 - BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
1973 - beaten on the field by the other co-champion
1978 - beaten on the field by the other co-champion

You were saying about Tennessee?
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