re: Alabama fans - Question about the 1973 Sugar Bowl

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1925 - retroactively claimed championship

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1926 - retroactively claimed championship

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United Press International, in the lead up to the 1927 Rose Bowl, called the game, "the football championship of America." It was also the first sporting event in American sports history to be broadcast on national radio. Alabama and Stanford played to a 7-7 tie. Naturally both can claim this as a national championship season.

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1930 - retroactively claimed championship
1934 - retroactively claimed championship

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Undefeated Rose Bowl seasons. I'll take them both.

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1941 - BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Agreed.

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1973 - beaten on the field by the other co-champion

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See my other post above.

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1978 - beaten on the field by the other co-champion

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Who lost to an unranked team in the middle of the season by double digits. Alabama played the second toughest schedule in college football that season behind only Notre Dame. Our OOC opponents were Nebraska, Missouri, USC, Washington, and Virginia Tech. Nebraska, Missouri, and USC were all ranked in the Top 10 when Alabama played them. LSU was likewise ranked in the Top 10 when we played them and, to cap it all off, we played and beat #1 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl.

At the time of the Sugar Bowl, Alabama was ranked #2 in both major polls. USC just barely edged Alabama in the UPI vote but won the AP vote very handily.

Alabama was just as worthy of a national champion in 1978 as USC was.