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re: SEC Teams longest time between National Championships
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:54 am to joshnorris14
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:54 am to joshnorris14
National championships prior to 1965 were meaningless because the polls were final before teams played bowl games.
Winning in your conference and your part of the country is not enough to be called a national champion.
Bear Bryant should have won 2 more national titles. In 1950 his Kentucky team went 9-1 and won the SEC and then beat national champion Oklahoma 13-7 in the sugar bowl.
In 1966 Alabama was unbeaten(10-0) and lost out to Notre Dame who was 9-0-1 even though Alabama won their bowl game big over Nebraska while ND did not even play in a bowl game. It was political.
Only the Bear could have won a national title with Kentucky and in my opinion he did!
Winning in your conference and your part of the country is not enough to be called a national champion.
Bear Bryant should have won 2 more national titles. In 1950 his Kentucky team went 9-1 and won the SEC and then beat national champion Oklahoma 13-7 in the sugar bowl.
In 1966 Alabama was unbeaten(10-0) and lost out to Notre Dame who was 9-0-1 even though Alabama won their bowl game big over Nebraska while ND did not even play in a bowl game. It was political.
Only the Bear could have won a national title with Kentucky and in my opinion he did!
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Posted on 7/9/20 at 9:10 am to BamaTide1958
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In 1966 Alabama was unbeaten(10-0) and lost out to Notre Dame who was 9-0-1 even though Alabama won their bowl game big over Nebraska while ND did not even play in a bowl game
That's never been discussed here before. Wow!
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