re: My Top ALL-TIME 5 SEC Teams

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National championships: 18

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Great data pull, Dawg.

Let me add to it:

Undefeated Seasons:
Alabama - 12
Tennessee/Auburn - 9
UGA /LSU- 4
Florida - 1


Since you had all-time wins...how about,

All Time Losses:
Alabama - 324
Tennessee - 399
Georgia 409
LSU - 421
Florida - 441
Auburn - 466

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This is completely subjective. Before modern era the traditional powerhouses could offer as many scholarships as they wanted. Anyone with a brain would agree implementing scholarship limits has made the sport far more competitive and more difficult to win a championship.

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Nonsense. The Bowl era was a beauty pageant contest. Great teams could and would be ignored just because it suited the powers that be. Try climbing that mountain.

If Coach Saban won the SEC, he was going to the BCS/4 team Playoff. Twice, BAMA went to the playoffs and didn't win the SEC.

Coach Bryant's Alabama teams won the SEC eight times in the '70s alone, so by those modern metrics, that would have been eight times he could have legitimately teed it up for a national championship try with BAMA. That didn't happen. The number one and number 2 teams did not play each other. Bowl systems had conferences committed and obligated by contract to play in that bowl, almost guaranteeing the BEST teams would never see each other on a football field to settle our differences. An independent team like Notre Dame or Penn State could roam about and choose their bowl, and frankly, had a built-in advantage to a degree. That is the only way #1 Penn State actually got to play #2 ALABAMA in the 1979 Sugar Bowl. A miracle.

These days, every week, there is clarity and certainty about how to get your team into a Playoff in the SEC. Each week, the polls let you know where you stand for that one event alone. We have an entirely different playoff committee poll just designed to make all this happen that takes over at the end of the season. The polls no longer care what politics never stopped screaming about only a few decades ago. It's no longer a popularity contest, based on only what you happen to like or not like. If you win, you're simply in.

History would have been rewritten for great coaches and great teams of yesteryear with today's Playoff system.

One major poll (Liktenhous) selected the Vols in 1967. For the record a year later in 1968 they picked Georgia yet Georgia didn't hang a banner based on one poll because that would be idiotic.

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how about UGA claiming a title in 1942 when real men were off fighting in WW2

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You know multiple members of that team went on to fight and die in WW2, right? Where did you serve, chickenhawk?

A majority of the 1942 major selectors picked Georgia in 1942. That is their standard. A majority. One picked Tennessee in 1967. That isn't a standard, it is sad. And shouldn't those guys have been in the jungles of Southeast Asia anyway in 67 by your standard?

No cause US draft to Vietnam didn’t start until 1969 idiot. Just stop posting buddy. Not even UGA fans want to claim you lol

Keep championing a natty from during WW2 you embarrassment

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And UGA fans want to complain about Tennessee claiming titles, how about UGA claiming a title in 1942 when real men were off fighting in WW2. Having to take advantage of a weak SEC cause heroes like General Neyland left college football to go fight Nazis.

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“Poschner served in the United States Army in World War II, where he received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Distinguished Service Cross.[5] On January 8, 1945, Poschner participated as a lieutenant in the Battle of the Bulge. While advancing into enemy territory, he was severely injured by machine-gun fire and did not receive medical treatment until two days later.[1] Poschner lost both legs and several fingers as a result of his injuries.”


So this guy, according to you is not a real man. He was an end on UGAs 1942 team.

I don’t think heros like him deserve to be denigrated by scum like you. It’s just football, and the fact that your team has sucked at it for most of your life shouldn’t give you a pass for such crass behavior.

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Headquarters, SEVENTH U.S. Army, General Orders No. 328 (July 20, 1945) The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) George William Poschner, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces near Kohlhutte, France, on 8 January 1945. Lieutenant Poschner, heavy weapons platoon leader, moved forward and manned a heavy machine gun, delivering rapid and accurate fire on the enemy and inflicting numerous casualties. All available ammunition expended, he left his foxhole, picked up a light machine gun, slung the belt over his shoulder and continued forward toward the enemy gun, firing the machine gun as he moved. He continued his fire until he was seriously wounded through the head by an enemy bullet, but he in turn had killed or wounded an estimated 20 Germans. First Lieutenant Poschner’s extraordinary heroism, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 45th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.

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There is hardly any objective ranking system that would not have UGA as the 2nd best all time program.

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In your heart you know he's right.

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There is hardly any objective ranking system that would not have UGA as the 2nd best all time program

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We've had a good streak lately, but the stats don't lie.

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We've had a good streak lately, but the stats don't lie.

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The stats posted by the OP are wrong.

He claims UGA has 839 wins, we have 892.

He claims UGA has 13 conference titles, we have 17 (15 SEC).

He claims UGA has 33 bowl wins, we have 38.



He claims UT has 6 NCs, they have 2.