The Long Sordid History of National Championships

[Iron My Jorts]

That looks like Ohio St for 1942 to me...

Facts can be stubborn things I guess.

 

[goDAWGSsicem]

Wow.

Back to the minors junior... you're not ready.

 

[Iron My Jorts]

Oh, OK.

So you're going to just repeat yourself and ignore the sources cited, even though one of the sources is your beloved Official NCAA site?
Alright then... conversation over.

Looks like someone is gotten to.

 

[Iron My Jorts]

Wow.
Back to the minors junior... you're not ready.

lol
I thought you were done?
So much for the "conversation being over..."

 

[The Crimson King]

The only one that sticks out that Bama fans like to claim is 1941, even though they finished 3rd in the SEC and 20th in the AP poll.

 

[goDAWGSsicem]

How many does Auburn actually claim? 2, or more?

 

[The Crimson King]

How many does Auburn actually claim? 2, or more?

2
1957, 2010

and yeah, we could claim more

 

[The Crimson King]

The 1914 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1914 college football season. The team went undefeated at 8–0–1, outscoring opponents 193–0. Auburn's strong defense, which held opponents scoreless all season, helped the team garner a retroactive national title by James Howell's computer rating system. Auburn University does not claim or otherwise acknowledge this title.
In final game of the season, Auburn played the Carlisle Indians coached by Pop Warner.

LOL, Bama counts these

 

[bchampy]

SportsHoopla has our own current poll, looks like we'll eventually need to ''retroactively'' award correct national titles too.

 

[KansasSooner]

Wow.

Back to the minors junior... you're not ready.

If anyone needs to head back to the minors it's you. The NCAA record site lists 16 championships for Oklahoma. OU only claims the 7 they were actually awarded by the AP/UPI/Coaches Polls. If you read the Wiki site article they also only mention the 7 OU actually claims yet the "official" count by the NCAA is 16.

 

[potzer25]

LOL, Bama counts these

Auburn would claim 1983 by Alabama standards...

 

[BadMotoWeazal]

The only one that sticks out that Bama fans like to claim is 1941, even though they finished 3rd in the SEC and 20th in the AP poll.

None of the WWII championship years should count... Hell the best players in the nation were fighting Nazi's or Japs....

 

[BadMotoWeazal]

2
1957, 2010

and yeah, we could claim more

Didn't Tub get his players special little 2004 rings or sumthing?

 

[metal_frk_334]

Didn't Tub get his players special little 2004 rings or sumthing?

I do believe I heard they even had a National Championship parade for their 2004 National Championship.

Six Meat Buffet Blog Archive Auburn’s National Championship Parade

Auburn doesn't "claim" Bogus National Championships, they just throw large expensive parades in the honor of a championship that doesn't exist.

 

[HighTide]

2
1957, 2010

and yeah, we could claim more

That one is disputed with Ohio State.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Every football national title that we claim is legit!!!!!!

 

[HighTide]

I don't really care about the NC's we claim or don't claim...


I do rep all the SEC championships we won though.

 

[potzer25]

That one is disputed with Ohio State.

Disputed is different than shared...but you know that, right?

For fun, here are the polls that selected Auburn or OSU in '57:

Auburn: AP, Billingsley, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELOChess), Williamson
Michigan St.: Dunkel
Ohio St.: Boand, DeVold, FW, INS, Litkenhous, UPI
Oklahoma: Berryman

Since we are talking about '41, you let me know how legit that one looks:

1941
Alabama: Houlgate
Minnesota: AP, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess)
Texas: Berryman, Williamson

How Tubberville rewards his players for a great year in which no poll selected Auburn as National Champion is his business. That's entirely different than claiming the title and putting up a banner...

It's only funny because so many bama fans get defensive about it...

 

[HighTide]

22 SEC championships > 7 SEC championships

 

[BadMotoWeazal]

Disputed is different than shared...but you know that, right?

For fun, here are the polls that selected Auburn or OSU in '57:


Since we are talking about '41, you let me know how legit that one looks:


How Tubberville rewards his players for a great year in which no poll selected Auburn as National Champion is his business. That's entirely different than claiming the title and putting up a banner...

It's only funny because so many bama fans get defensive about it...

Sharing info isn't getting defensive....