re: Florida Has Only 30 Years Of Relevancy

Metro…you’re trying to win an argument. I’m not. I’m telling you as a as an observably sensible poster what happened. You can elect to believe me or not.

Vince was the AD from 79-04. He had the sign put up. He took the sign down as the AD. Vince Dooley’s decorating taste is not indicative of what the university does and doesn’t claim, because frankly universities don’t concern themselves with that stuff. It not like the university president called Vince and told him UGA’s position was to be this or that. He caught grief, primarily by the surviving members of the 42 team for the sign as well as the fanbase. And it came down.

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Florida football made Tom Petty finally back down.

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FIFY

You want proof that the AD and head football coach had the sign put up and taken down?

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Claiming and Awarded are completely different. Anyone can claim something if it wasn’t AWARDED. Georgia in 1942 is an example. Does UGA have a legit claim to it? Yes. But just because you have a case does not mean it’s nationally recognized.

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I'll talk to you. You, at least can have a conversation without twisting somebody's words.

You are correct. Claimining and Awarded is two different things. But we were the consensus champions in 1942. We were awarded the title by the majority of services that named/awarded titles. That is my whole point.

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But just because you have a case does not mean it’s nationally recognized.

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Not sure what you mean...Nationally recognized. We were consensus champions. There were more services that thought we were champions than anyone else, so yes, we were and are nationally recognized. If your point is we did not participate in a title game, then all titles prior to 1992. Then you must argue with those who argue that if it was not a game between #1 and #2 do not count.
That would knock out 1994, 1996,1997. Point is this. There have always been a number of ways the country has named a national Title winner and a bunch of different methods have been used. Nobody can say definitively which method is the be all, do all.

Some say AP Poll. Some say BCS. Some say #1 vs. #2. You will have a multitude of differing opinions as to the correct method. But if the majority of selectors name a team National Champion, that is as legit as any other.