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Mythical National Championships: The Alabama Way
Posted on 3/13/25 at 3:58 pm
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Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:00 pm to TTsTowel
Tell about how a team of 5’9” white guys won a natty a hundred years ago
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:13 pm to TailbackU
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Tell about how a team of 5’9” white guys won a natty a hundred years ago
Black guys weren't allowed to play.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:31 pm to TTsTowel
I’ve long advocated that Bama should claim the 1930 Basketball Natty.
Pitt, who was retroactively awarded by Helms, wasn’t in a conference and didn’t play in any tournament. They also lost 2 games.
Pitt, who was retroactively awarded by Helms, wasn’t in a conference and didn’t play in any tournament. They also lost 2 games.
This post was edited on 3/13/25 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:33 pm to TTsTowel
Is that Elvis… 5th from,the left? 
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:33 pm to TTsTowel
It's important to note from the story:
-- The Premo-Porretta Power Poll, a retroactive ranking system, named Alabama the national champion for that season.
-- The ranking system was created by Pat Premo and Phil Porretta, who used statistical analysis to compare teams from different eras.
-- Alabama's athletic department does not officially recognize the 1929-30 team as national champions.
A "retroactive ranking system"..........probably a Crimson Tide-invented system.
-- The Premo-Porretta Power Poll, a retroactive ranking system, named Alabama the national champion for that season.
-- The ranking system was created by Pat Premo and Phil Porretta, who used statistical analysis to compare teams from different eras.
-- Alabama's athletic department does not officially recognize the 1929-30 team as national champions.
A "retroactive ranking system"..........probably a Crimson Tide-invented system.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:35 pm to JetDawg
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A "retroactive ranking system"..........probably a Crimson Tide-invented system.
All ranking systems are retroactive for that era, including the one who named Pitt.
They hang that banner proudly. Bama should too.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:42 pm to TTsTowel
The Murphmetric system showed Georgia was the National Champion that season.
Whitey McFloyd led the Southern Conference in PPG (7.8), RPG (6.1), and assists per game (4.8), becoming the first player to win a basketball triple crown in a major conference. The 5'6" power forward would later lead the Works Progress Administration Irwin County Georgia team to a regional title in 1935.
Whitey McFloyd led the Southern Conference in PPG (7.8), RPG (6.1), and assists per game (4.8), becoming the first player to win a basketball triple crown in a major conference. The 5'6" power forward would later lead the Works Progress Administration Irwin County Georgia team to a regional title in 1935.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:47 pm to TTsTowel
If the shirts weren't printed it didn't happen.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 5:05 pm to TTsTowel
So the Aubie OP is peeved that some never heard of organization retroactively claimed UA as champions almost a a hundred years ago, while UA does NOT recognize this title, but somehow this is the “Bama way” and it proves something. Meanwhile, Tiggers were giddy to claim the golf digest title from ‘03. It kind of feels like you should be teaching an Aristotlean logic seminar for the OT and Poliboard.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 5:48 pm to TTsTowel
I did not know this.
Suck it and Roll Tide.
Suck it and Roll Tide.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 5:53 pm to Tuscaloosa
Less teams need to retroactively claims titles, not more.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 5:55 pm to Crimson K
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So the Aubie OP is peeved that some never heard of organization retroactively claimed UA as champions almost a a hundred years ago, while UA does NOT recognize this title,
I think he’s just mad because Auburn hasn’t won a natty in basketball. It must suck as a fan to know that. SMH
Posted on 3/13/25 at 5:56 pm to Crimson K
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Tiggers were giddy to claim the golf digest title from ‘03.
I believe they went 8-5 in 2003, dumb arse.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 6:58 pm to TTsTowel
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UA does not, however, recognize the 1929-30 basketball team's mythical national title. In fact, a UA spokesperson had never heard of the Premo-Porretta honor when contacted about it by The Tuscaloosa News. The Alabama basketball media guide notes the squad as Southern Conference champion with no mention of a national title.
???
Posted on 3/13/25 at 7:12 pm to Tuscaloosa
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They hang that banner proudly. Bama should too
You should give them pointers on how to claim titles (not that Bama needs the help, at least in football). Who would know better than you? You’ve got about a dozen or so self proclaimed poster awards.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 9:53 pm to LSUgrad88
Use Chicken's counting method. We still have more than all y'all.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 10:27 pm to auisssa
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We still have more than all y'all.
The interesting/confusing question is with how many legit ones you do have, why the need to create fictional ones?
Posted on 3/13/25 at 10:30 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
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I believe they went 8-5 in 2003, dumb arse
Pardon my misremembering the year of a good AU season over 2 decades ago.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 10:40 pm to Crimson K
You didn't know because you're a child
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