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re: Alabama fans - Question about the 1973 Sugar Bowl
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:22 am to Bama54
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:22 am to Bama54
Banned for taking up for myself. I got attacked by several about what their Governor and Ad said about another subject. and this LCD character is nothing but a troll. But ok read a few of my post and determine at whatever
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Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:27 am to LC412000
Beat on the field by the other co-champion...yet still insist they were the national champions. 
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:28 am to Hometown Hero
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Beat on the field by the other co-champion...yet still insist they were the national champions.
Sorry, but back then trophies were awarded prior to bowl games.
It is the way it was.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:30 am to Hometown Hero
Well UPI named them as the national champion, cannot blame them for that. Blame UPI if someone needs to be blamed. Then again, Coach Bryant could have taken the easier road and played in the Orange Bowl, but instead chose to take on #3 Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:31 am to LC412000
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Well UPI named them as the national champion, cannot blame them for that. Blame UPI if someone needs to be blamed. Then again, Coach Bryant could have taken the easier road and played in the Orange Bowl, but instead chose to take on #3 Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.
They lost to the other co-champion.
Any reasonable person knows who the real champion was in 1973. It was Notre Dame.
Same with 1978. USC was the real champion.
This post was edited on 2/21/16 at 10:32 am
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:38 am to Hometown Hero
Unsure why people get upset if a school claims championships or not. It is just fill, does not really make a whole lot of difference in the world. I mean, really at the end of the day in 2016, does it really matter who won the NCAA football championship in 1973?
The game does provide good memories for fans on both sides, which is all it should do anyway, right? It is entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.
The game does provide good memories for fans on both sides, which is all it should do anyway, right? It is entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:40 am to LC412000
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Unsure why people get upset if a school claims championships or not
Why would you want to claim a championship that is not yours? It is hollow.
What makes one school try to take undeserved glory from another?
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:43 am to Hometown Hero
Sorry UPI awarded it to Bama prior to the Bowl games.
Until the crowning was delayed until after Bowl season, many considered Bowl games exhibition games and they often weren't taken as seriously.
Until the crowning was delayed until after Bowl season, many considered Bowl games exhibition games and they often weren't taken as seriously.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:43 am to Hometown Hero
Well, now you are asking a question I cannot answer.
Almost like the guy who stands before a crowd of people and proclaims that his wife is the most beautiful woman on earth, when everyone in the room knows she is butt arse ugly.
Almost like the guy who stands before a crowd of people and proclaims that his wife is the most beautiful woman on earth, when everyone in the room knows she is butt arse ugly.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 10:51 am to Bama54
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Sorry UPI awarded it to Bama prior to the Bowl games.
Until the crowning was delayed until after Bowl season, many considered Bowl games exhibition games and they often weren't taken as seriously.
Yes, but we know who the real champion was in 1973.
The better team that won on the field.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 11:01 am to Hometown Hero
The real champion is the one with the trophy in the case.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 11:03 am to Bama54
There is the answer
Posted on 2/21/16 at 11:31 am to Bama54
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The real champion is the one with the trophy in the case.
You mean the Sugar Bowl trophy?
The one where the co-champions met on the field and the champion won?
I agree.
Congrats to Notre Dame on the 1973 championship.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 12:45 pm to Hometown Hero
Y'all claim 1940, 1951, and 1967 despite losing your bowl (s) (and 40 and 67 weren't AP or UPI). You suck at this.
This post was edited on 2/21/16 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 2/21/16 at 12:54 pm to Hometown Hero
Bless your little hearts, quite a few teams did not play bowl games until the 1970s especially Notre Dame. Bowl games were regarded as exhibitions.
Little trolls on an obscure chat board can say whatever snarky thing comes to teenage mind but there are truths in the world. Two of them are:
1. Alabama was UPI National Champion for 1972;
2.Tennesse and LSU were not anything important that year except as another easy W for Alabama.
Come to think of it, that was the sole purpose of those teams the entire decade. Dam, it's still true today..and they say history doesn't repeat itself LOL
Little trolls on an obscure chat board can say whatever snarky thing comes to teenage mind but there are truths in the world. Two of them are:
1. Alabama was UPI National Champion for 1972;
2.Tennesse and LSU were not anything important that year except as another easy W for Alabama.
Come to think of it, that was the sole purpose of those teams the entire decade. Dam, it's still true today..and they say history doesn't repeat itself LOL
This post was edited on 2/21/16 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 2/21/16 at 1:33 pm to Jacknola
Posted on 2/21/16 at 1:44 pm to LC412000
Just made up for 1966..Bama and Ken Stabler were robbed by Play for the Tie Parseghian and politics.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 1:49 pm to Hometown Hero
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.
I have never understood the argument to the contrary.
Posted on 2/21/16 at 2:33 pm to TouchdownBama
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TouchdownBama
You fricking suck
Posted on 2/21/16 at 4:31 pm to Jacknola
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Jacknola
Are you a fricking idiot in everyday life, or just about football?
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